The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
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Money in Politics: Six of the Top 10 U.S. Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons
Charles and David Koch, of Koch Industries, have poured some of their combined $72 billion into conservative politicians while the Walton family, owners of Walmart, exercise a subtler but equally corrosive influence on our national politics.
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Exposed: Globally Renowned Activist Collaborated With Intelligence Firm Stratfor
An exclusive Occupy.com investigation reveals that Srdja Popovic, one of the leading architects of the overthrow of Slobodan Milodevic, has served as an intelligence gatherer for Strator and the U.S. government, informing on activists worldwide.
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Hundreds of Protests Planned Across America for Black Friday
Labor groups hope to capitalize on a year of controversy surrounding Wal-Mart and other big retailers.
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Why Monsanto and Trans-Pacific Partnership Equal Global Food Dominance
World food control has nearly been achieved by reducing plant diversity through GMO seeds made by transnational corporations. If the Trans-Pacific Partnership passes, our food, health, environment and financial system will belong fully to the corporations.
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Global Power Project: The Group of Thirty and the "Good Discussion" They're Still Having
Emerging from the Rockefeller Foundation in the late 1970s, the Group of Thirty was designed as a think tank, lobby/industry group and, ultimately, a consensus-building institution for the global elites – to ensure that they stayed that way.
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Thanksgiving Report: Cuts to U.S. Food Programs = Hunger
With $11 billion of food-stamp cuts in place and $40 billion in welfare cuts on the table, charities and religious groups must significantly step up their political campaigning to combat hunger.
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First Nation Clan Blocks Path of Northern Pipelines in British Columbia
As corporations attempt to drive the Pacific Trails and Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines through British Columbia wilderness, the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet'suwet'en people are courageously occupying in a strategic place to defend their lands.
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How A Tobin Tax and Tax Haven Disclosures Could Transform Spain's Economy
If the Spanish financial sector was the main actor involved in the housing bubble and it got a $50 billion bailout, isn't it logical to ask that that sector receive the “austerity treatment” instead of the whole society? Here's how change is going to happen.
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Just 90 Companies Caused Two-thirds of Man-made Global Warming Emissions
Chevron, Exxon and BP are among the companies most responsible for climate change since the dawn of the industrial age.
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Swiss Voters Defeat Bill Seeking to Cap Executive Pay
Though voters rejected a proposal Sunday to limit top executives' salaries, anger over pay has tapped a nerve in Switzerland, where people are increasingly unhappy with rising wealth inequality.
