The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
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Using the Fed and Trade to Make the Rich Richer
Nearly all Democrats and even many Republicans now agree that inequality is a serious problem – yet they'll likely stand by and watch as government takes two obvious steps that will increase inequality.
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Koch Industries Refuses to Comply with U.S. Senators' Climate Investigation
In response to a request from three senators, the Kochs' general counsel invoked First Amendment rights.
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The Noose Around Greece: How Central Banks Harness Governments
To buy Greece's bonds as collateral, the European Central Bank is first asking the country to sell off its public assets, slash salaries and pensions, drastically increase taxes and dismantle its social services – all to save the banking system.
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Why A Loss for Chicago’s Mayor 1% Could Be the Win Progressives Have Been Waiting For
Rahm Emanuel’s cascade of calamities points to larger problems within a Democratic party being tugged by neoliberals of the Clinton/Obama school and forces that oppose the party's long rightward drift.
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Balkan People Square Off With Oil Interests Over Adriatic Sea Drilling
Nobody wants to bathe in a sea where they see oil rigs, platforms, tankers and pipelines.
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World At A Crossroads: Stop The Fast Track To A Future Of Global Corporate Rule
Do we want corporate rule or the people’s rule?
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New Book Exposes Scientific and U.S. Government Fraud Over Safety Of GMO's
U.S. government and leading scientific institutions have systematically misrepresented the facts about GMOs and the scientific research that casts doubt on their safety.
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Dot-Com Inequality: Why A Rising Silicon Valley Doesn't Lift All Boats
Interventions that address the needs of working people – in the form of collective organizing and smart public policy – are required as inequality spirals higher in the world's tech center.
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Demanding A Debate on the Trans-Pacific Partnership – History's Largest Trade Deal
A fast-tracked TPP would lock in a rigged set of economic rules, lasting potentially forever, before most Americans — let alone some members of Congress — have had a chance to understand it thoroughly.
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If There's One Thing Romania Doesn't Lack It's Corruption
Big-time corruption and small-fry bribes have brought the whole country to a state of moral metastasis.
