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A Tax Day Plan for Fighting the Republic
Outsized chunks of our taxes fund the military, rising healthcare costs and interest on the federal debt while relatively tiny amounts go to education, science, alternative energy, and the environment.
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Tires in Mexico: Can Worker-Owners Make a Big Factory Run?
In this second of a two-part series on the TRADOC workers' cooperative in Mexico, worker-owners have been building tires since 2005 — selling them in the U.S. and Mexico and now paying themselves the highest wage in the tire industry.
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The Anti-Drone Movement Takes Flight
With drones seemingly more in the public’s conscience than ever, anti-drone activists have just launched their most ambitious campaign to date.
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Secret Athens Report: Berlin Owes Greece Billions in WWII Reparations
A top-secret report concluded that Germany owes Greece upward of €160 billion in World War II reparations — enough to solve the country's debt problems.
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Revealed: State Dept's Keystone XL Contractor Approved Explosive Peruvian Pipeline
The State Department consulting firm that claims TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline proposal is safe and sound has a shady past.
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Obama's E.U. Trade Deal Includes New Political Powers for Corporations
The Obama administration is pursuing a free trade agreement with the European Union that would grant corporations new political power to challenge an array of regulations both at home and abroad.
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Farmers-Consumers vs. Monsanto: Many Davids Can Topple One Goliath
Global resistance to Monsanto is growing as people rise up to reclaim food and seed sovereignty.
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E.U. Climate Commissioner: "Stop Paying the Polluters"
Harnessing the existing broad consensus against fossil-fuel subsidies is possible even in the absence of a legal agreement.
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"Look away, America!": The Corporate Bait and Switch
The rich count on Americans being so distracted that they don’t focus on record corporate profits and offshore accounts.
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Winner Takes All: The Super-Priority Status of Derivatives
Derivatives have “super-priority” status in bankruptcy, and Dodd Frank precludes further taxpayer bailouts. In a big derivatives bust, there may be no collateral left for the creditors who are next in line.
