If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
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Everything We Know About What’s Happened Under Sequestration
Austerity, American style...
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A Tax Day Plan for Fighting the Republic
Outsized chunks of our taxes fund the military, rising healthcare costs and interest on the federal debt while relatively tiny amounts go to education, science, alternative energy, and the environment.
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Tires in Mexico: Can Worker-Owners Make a Big Factory Run?
In this second of a two-part series on the TRADOC workers' cooperative in Mexico, worker-owners have been building tires since 2005 — selling them in the U.S. and Mexico and now paying themselves the highest wage in the tire industry.
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Winner Takes All: The Super-Priority Status of Derivatives
Derivatives have “super-priority” status in bankruptcy, and Dodd Frank precludes further taxpayer bailouts. In a big derivatives bust, there may be no collateral left for the creditors who are next in line.
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A How-To Guide for Foreclosure Defense
The direct action work of defending against a foreclosure is a political statement, where the collective strength of the community has the ability to preserve someone’s material needs.
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California Court Ruling Deals Setback to Fracking on Public Lands
A regulatory setback for hydraulic fracturing on public lands in San Jose, California.
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Happy Birthday! Occupy.com is 1 Year Old
A year ago this week, in early April of 2012, a dozen or so activists from Occupy Wall Street launched a website for the 99% and you’re looking at it now: Occupy.com.
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Google Takes on Rare Fight Against National Security Letters
Google has filed a rare petition to challenge an ultra-secret national security letter issued by the government to obtain private data about one or more of its users.
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We're Not Broke: The Film
The new film tells the story of how U.S. corporations have been able to hide over a trillion dollars from Uncle Sam — and how seven fed-up Americans take their frustration to the streets, vowing to make corporations pay their share.
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Mexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant with Three-Year Strike
When a factory closes, the idea of turning it into a worker-owned co-operative sometimes comes up—and usually dies.
