The way the urban commons create a space to solve material problems and enable social movements to forge city-wide networks are antidotes to people being attracted towards the far-right.
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Profits Trump People in Corporate America
Law and precedent say corporations owe a strong duty to the 99%, and not to shareholders alone. This third installment in a five-part series looks at how the public can take back control.
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The Colony in Congress’s Backyard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The colonists who founded this country fought a revolutionary war against taxation without representation.
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Standing Trial: A Naval Commander of the 99%
Consider the story of Leah Bolger, the latest American hero up on trial:
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America's Newest Commodity: Prisoners
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), owner of the largest private prison system in the United States,
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Goin' Back to Philly
Philadelphia, the birthplace of both the Constitution and America's public banking system, will be occupied for a national gathering in July.
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How High CEO Pay Hurts the 99 Percent
Why are top executives making outrageous amounts of money for not doing their jobs?
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A Housing Justice Movement Builds in Chicago
Amid the urban sprawl and industrial decay that have come to mark Chicago is a growing epidemic of foreclosures and evictions now threatening the lives of tens of thousands of the city’s residents.
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How U.S. Corporations Went From Producers to Predators
Over the last 30 years, corporations have turned on the 99 percent. In this first installment of a five-part series, William Lazonick explores how it happened and how to fight back.
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Music, Love and Bar-B-Que: How the Panthers Won the People
The Black Panthers won over the masses by offering food, music and education to its community, a tactic that could benefit the Occupy Movement, a former Panther tells Occupy Fort Lauderdale.
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Occupy Zurich: Why America Should Abolish Interest
A Zurich occupier urges us to embrace the concept of abolishing interest and wonders why it's so popular in Austria but still taboo in America.
