The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Monsanto's Death Grip on Your Food
It increasingly appears that Monsanto is patenting death, perhaps even more so than life.
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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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A Tale of Two Elections: Venezuela and the United States
Venezuela's re-election of Hugo Chavez may be a form of victory for the poor, but the U.S. presidential election is a fight over tactics among big business politicians about how to sell the corporate agenda to the public and continue the one-sided class war against workers.
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Biting the Hand That Fed Them, Wall Street Banks Abandon Obama
In contrast to 2008, when Wall Street's biggest financial firms donated heavily to elect Barack Obama, this year just one Wall Street bank, Wells Fargo, is listed among Obama’s top 20 largest donors.
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The Strike is On in Chicago
The Chicago teachers' strike is on, and it's a worthy battle in the war on the poor.
