Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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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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The Anti-Drone Movement Takes Flight
With drones seemingly more in the public’s conscience than ever, anti-drone activists have just launched their most ambitious campaign to date.
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Secret Athens Report: Berlin Owes Greece Billions in WWII Reparations
A top-secret report concluded that Germany owes Greece upward of €160 billion in World War II reparations — enough to solve the country's debt problems.
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Revealed: State Dept's Keystone XL Contractor Approved Explosive Peruvian Pipeline
The State Department consulting firm that claims TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline proposal is safe and sound has a shady past.
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Obama's E.U. Trade Deal Includes New Political Powers for Corporations
The Obama administration is pursuing a free trade agreement with the European Union that would grant corporations new political power to challenge an array of regulations both at home and abroad.
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Farmers-Consumers vs. Monsanto: Many Davids Can Topple One Goliath
Global resistance to Monsanto is growing as people rise up to reclaim food and seed sovereignty.
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E.U. Climate Commissioner: "Stop Paying the Polluters"
Harnessing the existing broad consensus against fossil-fuel subsidies is possible even in the absence of a legal agreement.
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"Look away, America!": The Corporate Bait and Switch
The rich count on Americans being so distracted that they don’t focus on record corporate profits and offshore accounts.
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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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IMF Urges Cuts to Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Supports Carbon Tax
The IMF estimates that rolling back subsidies on fossil fuels, which reached some $480 billion in 2011 in pre-tax costs alone, could result in a 13 percent decline in global carbon emissions.
