The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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People Vs. Fast Track: Time To Stop the Biggest Corporate Coup Of Our Generation
Transnational corporations are pushing 12 governments to approve an omnibus package of corporate dream policies on energy, finance, intellectual property, agriculture, and more – disguised as a trade deal called TPP.
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The Road to Serfdom, Part II
Today’s financial power to set tax policy, make and enforce the law, and disable public regulation reflects the weakness of industrial capitalism in the face of the vested interests that have fought progressive reform since the 1870's.
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How Congress Plans To Kill Dodd-Frank And Keep Wall Street Unregulated
Eager to relax the nation’s already accommodating financial regulations, lawmakers have a clear plan: seize on complex and esoteric financial activities that few understand, then make tweaks to regulations which wind up gutting them.
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Proclaiming "I Am Not Charlie," Some French Voice Criticism of Charlie Hebdo
"I don't have to be Charlie to mourn the deaths of people who categorically didn't deserve to die."
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Albuquerque Police Officers Who Shot Homeless Man Face Murder Charges
Swat member Dominique Perez and former Detective Keith Sandy will each face a single count of open murder in the death of 38-year-old James Boyd.
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Obama Calls for "Free and Universal" Community College
“I want to make it free because, in America, a quality education cannot be a privilege reserved for the few.”
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The Road to Serfdom, Part I
This is not what was envisioned at the peak of the Industrial Revolution.
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Vermonters Lobby for A Public Bank — And Win Millions for Local Investment Instead
Public banking advocates may not have gotten the state bank they wanted – but they were able to pass new rules that will extend loans to local projects.
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Why Occupy Democracy Threatens the British Establishment at its Core
With waves of peaceful protest ramping up this winter and spring, Britain has a lot more democracy to look forward to ahead of the May election.
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Welcome to "The Era of the People": Jean-Luc Mélenchon Envisions a Citizens' Revolution
The author's short tome makes the case that “the people” are the new social agent for fundamental social change driven by a growing ecological crisis.
