If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
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Canada's Wealth Divide: On Inequality, Politics Matter
The core message of the new book "Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics" is that democratic politics and income inequality in Canada are deeply linked — and that the problems extend past the disparity in wealth that surged in the 1990s
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Global Power Project: Central Bankers and the Institute of International Finance, Part 3
The relationship between the powerfully connected Institute of International Finance and global central bankers goes well beyond the timid attempts at “regulation” on the part of global banks, as this third segment in the IFF series reveals.
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Fighting Terminal Illness in Longview, Wash., Anti-Coal Activists Step Up The Campaign
With U.S. coal corporations looking overseas, the stage is set for a clash over access to the Pacific Coast — a conflict now playing out in the public scope hearings over the Millennium Bulk Terminal.
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Spain Reports NSA Tracked 60 Million Phone Calls In a Month
The Spanish newspaper El Mundo reproduced a graphic illustrating that the NSA spied on tens of millions of phone calls in the country late last year, widening the net of European nations and leaders under heavy U.S. surveillance.
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"Real Food Challenge" Sweeps Universities As Students Demand Healthy Policies
Some 140,000 students participated nationwide in more than 450 campus Food Day events last week, pushing for more community-farmed, ecologically sound food buying practices at their schools — and impacting university policies as a result.
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Police "War Games" And Weapons Expo Brings Global Militarized Elite to Oakland
At the 7th annual “Urban Shield” event held in Oakland, law enforcement officials from across America and the world could browse and purchase a plethora of military weapons, from the latest in munitions to armored cars and drones.
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The Black Panther Past Reborn
The Panthers, who celebrated a reunion in northern California, have no blueprint for protest except to preserve their own history and to encourage today's young people. Their unfolding story of rebellion, resistance and revolution continues.
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EXPOSED: U.K. FRACKERS REPLICATE U.S. FRACKING INDUSTRY'S LIES AND MISINFORMATION
The oil and gas industry, along with stealth PR handlers, touted Britain's fracking future at last week's U.K. Shale Gas Environmental Summit in London — taking a page from American industry's playbook by sowing scientific doubt about the risks of fracking.
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Hedges: Our Invisible Revolution
It appears that political ferment is dormant in the United States. This is incorrect. The battle of ideas is percolating below the surface.
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Thousands March on Washington Demanding End to Surveillance
Masses of protesters aligned with the coalition Stop Watching Us assembled on the 12th anniversary of the Patriot Act to urge Congress to reform the legal framework that supports the government's secretive online data gathering network.
