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How Revolutionary Movements' Fear of Money Helps the Oligarchy
We live in a revolutionary activist culture that teaches people to be afraid of money, to never ask for it, and to never openly say you want it or need it – and meanwhile, the oligarchy runs laps around us.
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When Fat Cats Meet In Munich: Welcoming the International Monetary Conference
This last installment in a series looks at what the IMC has done, ahead of this weekend's conference, to maintain power among the world's most influential bodies controlling economic, financial and monetary affairs.
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House Committee Puts NSA on Notice Over Encryption Standards
A new amendment would remove the requirement that the National Institute of Standards and Technology consult with the NSA on encryption standards.
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Marching Against Oil: More Tar Sands Resistance Is Rising, This Time In Quebec
The one-month-long Peoples for Mother Earth march across Quebec to protest TransCanada's Energy East pipeline will be the largest march in North America.
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The VA Scandal Is Just the Latest Bait and Switch By Big Corporate Government
An anti-government narrative, perpetuated by the deceitful role-playing of Democrats and Republicans, creates the conditions that make a corporate heist of public resources possible.
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The War on Want: Challenging Inequality and War as Pillars that Prop Up Capitalism
Inequality is not a by-product of the system. Inequality is the central point of the capitalism.
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Dispatch From Baltimore: Economic Democracy Means a New People's Economy
People want greater decision making in their workplaces, communities and lives – and that's what economic democracy offers.
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Hacker-Informant "Sabu" Betrayed Anonymous – And Now Freed After "Extraordinary" FBI Cooperation
Anonymous condemned the court's decision, saying the FBI uses captured informants to "pacify online dissent and snuff out journalistic investigations into the U.S. government’s misconduct.”
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Failing to Rein in Spending, IRS Delays New Rules for Dark Money Groups
The agency has postponed rules to impose new spending limits by social welfare nonprofits, which have poured money into politics since the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010.
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What the Left Can Learn From the Far Right's Political Gains In Europe
The extreme right has worked hard to make themselves more palatable – while demonstrating that the old formula of scapegoating the already marginalized continues to be a winner.
