Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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SLAPPed, Arrested, Deemed Eco-Terrorists: TransCanada Blockaders Persevere
Nonviolent blockaders of the Keystone XL pipeline have been met with pain compliance tactics, felony charges, a SLAPP suit which uses the language of "eco-terrorism" and what amounts to a police state surrounding their tree village in Winnsboro, Texas.
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Why It's Time to Tax Energy, Natural Resources—and Greed
Let’s start implementing taxes on energy sources whose production causes some sort of external cost.
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In Britain, Austerity and Arrests as Government Curbs Right to Protest
Facing scores of arrests in recent months, activists' right to protest is under full assault by a British establishment busy imposing austerity on the people as it ignores any corporate and financial sector crimes.
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Breaking: Federal Prosecutors Sue Bank of America Over Mortgage Program
Federal prosecutors in New York sued Bank of America on Wednesday, accusing it of carrying out a mortgage scheme that defrauded the government during the depths of the financial crisis.
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Learn to Safeguard Internet Privacy Like You're 007
Ever heard of SpamMimic, AnonyMouse, iGolder or PrivNote? When it comes to communicating with fellow activists, there are a lot of free spy tools on the Internet and apps for smartphones that the State can't touch. Learn how to stay private.
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Happy 158th! Revisiting the Socialism of Oscar Wilde
Should the “best amongst the poor” be grateful for meager scraps? Hell no, said Wilde, whose unique anarchist, non-authoritarian version of socialism still resonates today.
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First Foreclosure Town Hall Kicks off in Northern California
C.J. Holmes, the founder of Home Owners for Justice, anticipates that the first Foreclosure Town Hall in Santa Rosa, California, will produce real results to help solve the foreclosure crisis -- starting with a de-facto county-wide foreclosure moratorium.
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How Income Inequality is Stunting America's Growth
A growing body of economic research suggests that America's staggering level of income inequality is a direct factor behind the country's inability to grow and create jobs.
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ACLU Fights to Stop Government Surveillance of our Citizens
The Feds can listen in to you now "whenever government deems it necessary for foreign intelligence reasons." The result? Warrantless wiretaps are intimidating organizations and casting a chill over lawyers, journalists and human rights researchers.
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The War with Self: A Soldier's Lament
We were the evil invaders in this war; our friends died, hard men cried. The question “why” is the deepest pain for those who served. Because this is not a war for democracy, or freedom, or justice. This is a war for profit, for stock prices and fat dividends.
