Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Sustainable Colonialism® and the Death of Green
Resolute Forestry Products in collusion with the biggest "forest stewardship" certifier, World Wildlife Fund, has begun illegally logging on unceded indigenous land in Canada's Boreal forest.
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The Davis Dozen Shows Occupy the Way Forward
One of the most inspiring recent actions against banks was pulled off by a group of students and faculty at the University of California-Davis.
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Dear Secretary Clinton: Reject the Keystone Pipeline
The nation’s top climate scientists sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stating that approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline could cause irreparable climate impacts.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, the 99 Mile March rocked its way across two states, the movement survived an NYPD smear campaign, Comic Con got #occupied, and banks continued their usual reprehensible behavior.
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Sunset Park Rent Strikers to Stage Sleep-In
On one of the hottest nights of the year, rent strikers and Occupy Sunset Park will gather for a vigil and sleep-in to protest a slumlord.
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How Corporate Politics Bought the Rio Earth Summit - and our Future
Big business and industry control the political process and policy decisions at every level. But what happens when what is politically feasible bears no relation to a livable future on planet Earth?
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How Debt Emerged as a Widespread Occupy Grievance
As Occupy Year One dawns, the battle for debt forgiveness has reached fever pitch.
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Japanese Activism Goes Nuclear
Saying no to nuclear power, Japanese demonstrators demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who chose to restart the country's nuclear industry despite the horrors of Fukushima.
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What Impunity Means
President Obama’s commissioning of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Report promised hope, yet none of the identified perpetrators received meaningful sanctions, and no CEO was jailed.
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States Closing in on Citizens United
Americans across the political spectrum agree that corporations are not people. Now we must use our amendment power under the Constitution to defend our democracy.
