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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From Montreal: An Open Letter to the Mainstream Media
This is what Quebec looks like right now: Every night is tear gas and riot cops, but it is also joy, laughter, kindness, togetherness, and beautiful music.
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10 Things Everyone Should Know about Quebec's Student Movement
Summary: Here are ten things you need to know about the student movement in Quebec.
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All Day, All Week, Bum-Rushing Wall Street
The Global Block Collective has launched a follow up to its now-classic "Occupation Freedom."
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, thousands swarmed Chicago for the NATO summit, Quebec’s student movement reached a critical mass, Greece remains on the brink and Occupy Wall Street’s librarians are suing the city and the NYPD over the destruction of the People’s Library.
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Quebec in Revolt
Motivated by the prospect of a 75% tuition increase over the next five years, hundreds of thousands of Quebecers have taken to the streets and students are on strike. Here's why.
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Oligarchy and its Discontents
Most analysts and citizens of Western society suppose that we live in a democracy. But is it really a system where the people rule and its representatives execute the popular will? Or, do we live in an oligarchy disguised as democracy?
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Banking on the People
There is another way to do banking: rather than feeding off the community, banking can feed the community and the local economy. These George Bailey-style banks, now on the rise, base their decisions first and foremost on the needs of people and the environment.
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Stunning Video Of NATO Summit Protests
Local filmmaker Mike Eisenberg wanted to capture the tensions on the streets as an unbiased observer. The result is "NATO protests - Chicago 2012."
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Baseline Welfare: A Primer
A monetary system constructed like ours can be taken quite simply as the planned, gradual dispossession of all entities that are not banks—a brutal daylight raid run straight through the economy and the citizenry.
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New York and Los Angeles Approve Responsible Banking
City councils in the nation’s two largest cities have approved laws aimed at forcing banks to invest more in their local communities.
