Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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Baseline Welfare: A Primer
A monetary system constructed like ours can be taken quite simply as the planned, gradual dispossession of all entities that are not banks—a brutal daylight raid run straight through the economy and the citizenry.
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New York and Los Angeles Approve Responsible Banking
City councils in the nation’s two largest cities have approved laws aimed at forcing banks to invest more in their local communities.
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Occupy Wall Street Vs. the American War Machine
Where a state stands on the international scale impacts the fate of that state's social movements. The United States' position as a global military power puts the Occupy Wall Street movement at a particular disadvantage.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, 75,000 people descended on Chicago to protest the NATO summit, two judges sided with Occupy Wall Street against the NYPD, the indefinite detention clause of the NDAA was halted by a judge, several shareholders meetings were #occupied and protesters swarmed the G8, despite its move to isolated Camp David.
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A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age?
For the general population, the situation is bad and could get worse, says Noam Chomsky. This could be a period of irreversible decline, where the 1% and the .1% are more powerful than ever, controlling the political system and disregarding the public.
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The Rise of the New Economy Movement
As our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models.
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Climate and the Commons
To stop climate change, we have to stop neoliberal capitalism.
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Quebec Inches Closer to Martial Law
An “emergency law” to “restore order” in Quebec amounts to a declaration of war on the student movement as mass protests continue against proposed 80% increase in tuition costs.
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Gill Tract Arrests Expose University Elitism
On Earth Day—April 22, 2012—about 200 people, accompanied by children in strollers, dogs, rabbits, chickens, and carrying hundreds of pounds of compost and at least 10,000 seedlings entered a 14-acre piece of land containing the last Class I agricultural soil in the East Bay.
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Billionaire Debunks "Job Creator" Myth
A billionaire admits the truth: the rich are not job creators. The only thing that stimulates the economy is supply and demand. In other words: the consumer. You have more power in the broader economy than the wealthiest industrialist.
