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Why Fast Track Would Hand Total Control of the Money Supply to Private Banks — Permanently
The Trade in Services Agreement now being debated for Fast Track would open the doors even wider for private banks and commercial service industries – and slam the door on governments seeking to open private banking sectors to public ownership.
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Nicaraguans Protest Massive Chinese Canal Project
Opponents say the canal will cause major environmental damage and uproot tens of thousands of people from their homes, while the Nicaraguan government says the plan will create 50,000 jobs and boost the country's economy.
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Harvard-Smithsonian Climate Skeptic Took $1.2 Million From Fossil Fuel Corporations
Willie Soon, a widely published scientist considered an "authority" by those rejecting the science behind climate change, has received vast amounts of cash from Exxon Mobil, the American Petroleum Institute and the Koch family.
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The Student Loan Crisis and the Debtfare State
With over $1 trillion in outstanding loan balances, the student loan industry has a lot in common with the subprime mortgage industry.
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With Deep Ties to Politicians, Private Prisons Have Exploded As Profit Centers
Politicians have favored private prisons because they’re supposed to save taxpayer money – but they haven’t, and meanwhile they generate windfall profits for corporate shareholders while creating far worse conditions for prisoners.
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"Freer Than I've Ever Been": Squatted Eco-Village Overshadows Royals' Magna Carta Celebrations
The Runnymede eco-village is as much about reimagining the future as it is about compensating the imbalances of Britain's past.
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The Triumph of Occupy Wall Street
Nearly four years after the precipitous rise of Occupy Wall Street, the movement so many thought had disappeared has instead splintered and regrown into a variety of focused causes.
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Seattle Protesters To Launch Kayak Blockade Preventing Shell Rig Departure
Seattle activists opposed to Arctic drilling have vowed to launch a kayak blockade to prevent the departure of Shell’s drilling rig.
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Republican Billionaire Pledges $175 Million to Push Party On Climate Change
A North Carolina executive is pouring his own money into trying to sway people in the GOP to take global warming seriously.
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People's Anti-Mining Struggle in El Salvador Highlights The Perils of Global Trade Deals
Here is the story of how free trade agreements like the TPP pave the way for transnational corporate plunder – by establishing legal protections for companies to pollute with impunity, then get a big pay-out afterwards.
