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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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.
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New Path, Next System: Juliet Schor on Inequality and the Climate Crisis
We’ve got to find a new path that allows us to solve both climate and economic deprivation at the same time – and we can only do that with a whole different kind of system.
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Thomas Piketty to Angela Merkel: Austerity Has Failed
The never-ending austerity that Europe is force-feeding the Greek people is simply not working – now Greece has loudly said no more.
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Question to Lawmakers: Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Unconstitutional?
Obama and Congress need to explain how the Constitution allows the United States to submit the validity of its federal, state and local laws to "corporate tribunals" with no possibility of U.S. court review.
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Spinning Food: New Report Shows Industry Spends Billions Getting Us To Eat Unhealthy
Food industry front groups and covert communications teams sponsored are going to unprecedented lengths – and deploying an ever wider array of PR tactics – to make sure consumers keep buying unhealthy products.
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"We're In a Revolutionary Moment": Why Chris Hedges Believes the Uprising Is Coming Soon
"You rebel not only for what you can achieve, but for who you [can] become," says the author and journalist.
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Let's Talk About What Socialism Means – When the Employer and Employee Become One
Regulated private capitalism, state capitalism, socialism – these three systems are entirely different from each other, and we must understand those differences to move beyond today's dysfunctional economies.
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On Eve Of Historic Vote, I.M.F. Swings Toward Greece Calling for Debt Relief
The Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, said he would rather cut off his arm than accept another austerity bailout without any debt relief for the country.
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Conservatives Imperil U.K. Democracy In Quest to Kill Human Rights Act
The HRA protects the right to life, liberty, security, a fair trial, respect for private life and freedom of expression – it also bans torture, slavery and discrimination.
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CEO Pay At America's Largest Corporations Rose 54% Since Recovery Began
Chief executives at the country's 350 biggest companies made an average of $16.3 million each last year – but while their compensation soared, the typical worker’s paycheck hasn’t budged.
