We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Bank of England Admits Occupy Was Right About Recession
A Bank of England official Andrew Haldane said protesters were correct to focus on inequality as the chief reason for the 2008 economic crash.
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Snakes and Laddering: The Bear Stearns Debacle
The New York Attorney General accused Bear Stearns of "fraudulent and deceptive acts" but made no mention of criminal charges and named no individuals. Like the dotcom crash that was really a Wall Street heist, it's time for us to follow the small print.
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"Austerity" is Code For a Banking Takeover
Through "austerity," international bankers and corporations are imposing economic neo-feudalism on us all.
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Dark Money is Center Stage at Largely Ignored Debate
Unlike the mainstream presidential debates, the third party presidential debate actually tackled the role of dark money and super-PACs in American elections.
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FISA Goes to the Supreme Court
The U.S. government insists that Americans don’t have the right to challenge a law that lets the National Security Agency eavesdrop on the intimate communications of anyone in the country. But all that could change.
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Crackdown on Dissent Continues in Moscow
After being abducted in Ukraine, Russia's Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov has been charged with plotting riots, making him the second Russian opposition leader to be implicated in a criminal case in recent months.
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Labor's Big Test in Michigan
Workers in Michigan may soon earn the right to organize and bargain collectively through labor unions.
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Sticking it to the Super-PACs
Resolving “If the Supreme Court won’t protect democracy, we will,” a new webpage allows fed-up voters to flood Super-PAC email inboxes and phone lines to protest big money's influence in politics.
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Poem: No Fault Politics
Billionaires sit back as profits go sky high/big business cutting benefits, Americans barely getting by.
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Move Your Medical Care
It's time to take on private health insurers.
