It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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Activists Occupy Women's Library in London
Activists from feminist groups occupied London’s historic Women’s Library on Friday in a daring bid to save it from closure.
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"We Are The 99%!" Occupy Wall Street and the Importance of Political Slogans
The imprecise nature of political slogans is a virtue. The issue is not the literal meaning of the “1%” - but power, which resides in the households of the 1%.
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ACLU Launches Nationwide Police Militarization Investigation
The ACLU has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States.
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Revealed: ALEC Is Behind State-by-State Push to Lower Minimum Wage
Politicians backed by the ultra-conservative American Legislative Exchange Council have introduced 67 laws in 25 states to reduce minimum wage levels, a new survey revealed.
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The 28th Amendment: Separating Corporation and State
Educating the public about the corporate corruption of democracy will lead to reform, and reform will undermine the ability of corporations to corrupt the democratic process.
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Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President and Revolutionary Leader, Dead at 58
The populist combined the leveling spirit of a kind of new New Deal with a model of social change based on redistributed wealth and communal organization.
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Jury Finds 12 Philadelphia Protesters Not Guilty for Wells Fargo Sit-In
In the matter of The People v. Wells Fargo, a Philadelphia jury on Tuesday found 12 Occupy Philly protesters not guilty for a November 2011 sit-in against the banks’ predatory lending practices.
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Techtivist Report: New Copyright Alert System to Drive Sharers Underground
The CAS, backed by Time Warner, Verizon, Comcast, AT&T - and the U.S. government - will disrupt Internet access for copyright violators.
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Fracking Industry Propaganda Battles Science in Obama's New Energy Pick
President Obama's appointment of Dr. Ernest Moniz to head the U.S. Energy Department is a literal payoff to the hydrofracking industry, which has funneled millions into Moniz's Energy Initiative research at MIT.
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Letter from Bulgaria: What’s Taking Us to the Streets?
Twenty-four years after the supposed fall of communism in Bulgaria, it is the social state that has been brought down - not the communist elites.
