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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Iceland Sentences 26 Bankers to a Combined 74 Years In Prison
In a move that would make many capitalists’ head explode if it ever happened here, Iceland recently sentenced their 26th banker to prison for their part in the 2008 financial collapse.
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First Greece, Then Spain, Now Portugal: Leftists Vow To Topple New Government
Portugal appeared headed for months of political uncertainty – even crisis – on Monday after the main opposition Socialists and their allies pledged to bring down the country’s new minority government as early as next week.
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Another Money Is Possible, Part I: Will the ScotPound Succeed As A Parallel Currency?
The new digital currency for Scotland could stimulate local economies, create a level playing field for small businesses, and support social justice for all its citizens.
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Drones, IBM and the Big Data of Death
A study produced for the Defense Department by IBM consultants opens a window into the deep guts of the military-industrial complex, where the technologies of assassination and corporate sales converge.
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Economists Agree With Most Americans: Raise Taxes on the 1%
What could a tax-the-rich plan actually achieve? As it turns out, quite a lot, experts say.
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The Frack Rebellion Is Now: Breaking the Law In Order To Uphold It
These activists are waging a war against a corporate state that is deaf and blind to the rights of its citizens and the imperative to protect the ecosystem – and they're being monitored, demonized and criminalized in the process.
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A Law Abused: Why Dodd-Frank Is Killing Off Community Banks
The legislation was supposed to end "too big to fail" and promote financial stability, but Dodd-Frank’s “orderly liquidation authority” has replaced bailouts with bail-ins and threatens the existence of banks with assets under $1 billion.
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Who's Burning Black Churches in St. Louis?
There’s a long history of terrorism against black churches in America, one that begins in the era of slavery and continues up through Reconstruction, the civil-rights era, and into the 1990s – but the recent arsons have been slow to get attention.
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Bernie Sanders's Highly Sensible Plan to Turn Post Offices Into Banks
Postal banking is common worldwide, and is a good way to reach people who don't have access to standard savings accounts.
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When the IMF Meets: Here's What Happened At the Global Plutocracy’s Pow Wow in Peru
At closed-door events on the sidelines of the conference, a select group of government and monetary officials from the G7 and G20 nations wined and dined with bankers and the global financial elite at decadent dinners and lavish parties.
