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Corporate State
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Billionaires to the Barricades?
Since Occupy Wall Street, populist politicians and liberal intellectuals have been inveighing against income inequality – but more recently, the topic has been taken up by a different and unlikely group of advocates: billionaires.
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We Are All Greeks Now
The poor and the working class in the United States know what it is to be Greek – they know underemployment and unemployment, they know life without a pension, they know existence on a few dollars a day.
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U.S.-European Corporate Maneuvers: When Privacy Becomes A Barrier to Economic Growth
With all eyes focused on Greece, the European parliament has quietly passed a non-binding resolution on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a damning corporate trade pact between Europe and the U.S.
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The U.K. Is Privatizing Aid to the Developing World As Corporations Seek Their Cut
The U.K. government has increased support for the private sector benefiting corporations – not the people who need it.
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After Water Privatization In This Pennsylvania City, The Poor Pay the Price
Almost a quarter of Coatesville’s population live below the poverty line – yet residents spend more than $100 each month for water, feeding the coffers of the private Pennsylvania-American Water Co.
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Solutions Remain In Greece: Nationalize the Banks, Turn the Credit Spigots Back On
Greece could provide an inspiring model of sustainable prosperity for the world – but it's being strangled by a hegemonic power in a financial war that is being waged against us all.
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Syriza Surrenders: Time for Renewed Popular Resistance
Now that Syriza has caved in to the creditors, the need for grassroots mobilization is more urgent than ever – a new cycle of struggles is ahead of us.
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With "Mental Waterboarding" Germany Tells Greece: Surrender Fiscal Sovereignty In Return for Bailout
A weekend of high tension that threatened to break Europe in two climaxed on Sunday night when the leaders of Germany and France presented Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with the ultimatum.
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The Extremist Governor: What Scott Walker Doesn't Want You to Know
The punditocracy may declare Walker the “most electable” based on his plain vanilla demeanor and shortage of gaffes – but his record as Wisconsin governor makes him the most dangerous, extremist candidate on the GOP stage.
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Exxon Scientist: Oil Giant Knew 35 Years Ago About Climate Change – And Denied It Ever After
A newly discovered email from Exxon's in-house climate expert reveals the world's biggest oil company knew about climate change but spent more than $30 million on think tanks and researchers who denied its existence.
