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Tens of Thousands of Greeks Retake the Streets In General Strike Over Job Cuts
Demonstrators poured into Athens' central Syntagma Square on Tuesday as unions, protesting controversial plans to slash 25,000 public sector jobs, brought the country to a standstill in a fourth general strike this year.
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Pipeline Scandal Deepens: Obama Attorney's Law Firm Works for TransCanada
A new investigation reveals that Robert Bauer, former White House Counsel and President Obama’s personal attorney, works at a corporate law firm representing TransCanada — the company that hopes to build the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Global Power Project, Part 6: Banking on Influence With Bank of America
Bank of America and others continue to get "backdoor bailouts" through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which acts as a legal guarantor and protector of the Wall Street chain gang of criminal conglomerates.
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Justice Denied: Is Trayvon Martin Post-Racial America's Emmett Till?
Today, we all know that Emmett Till’s 1955 murder and the denial of justice to him and his family was the product of racism. As Trayvon Martin’s killing illustrates, colorblindness hasn’t brought us closer to a place where color no longer matters.
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The Democracy Convention: Building A New Economy and Our Communities
This August in Madison, Wis., the second national Democracy Convention will focus on reshaping the economy in the interests of the majority, and pushing back against Wall Street power.
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Ohio's Dirty Secret: Residents Balk At Becoming Oil Industry’s Waste Dump
Ohio is home to 190,000 of the 680,000 fracking fluid disposal wells nationwide. Last year, more than 14 million barrels of the toxic waste was injected into the ground in Ohio.
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Italy Moves to Ban Monsanto's GM Maize, With 80% Public Support
Citing environmental concerns, Italy's Agriculture Ministry announced Friday a decree banning the cultivation of Monsanto's MON810 maize, the only genetically modified crop grown commercially in Europe.
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Hedges: Locking Out the Voices of Dissent
The goal of the corporate state is to criminalize democratic, popular dissent before there is another popular eruption.
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Egyptian Families Grow Further Divided As Conflict Enters Third Week
Egypt is grieving as the streets continue to run red with blood and angry supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi show little signs of backing down.
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The Beginning Is Near: "Occupy Love" Draws Line Between Protest and Empathy
Canadian documentary filmmaker Velcrow Ripper attempts with his film to situate Occupy Wall Street and other global protests within the framework of a love story.
