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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Occupy Wall Street Vs. the American War Machine
Where a state stands on the international scale impacts the fate of that state's social movements. The United States' position as a global military power puts the Occupy Wall Street movement at a particular disadvantage.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, 75,000 people descended on Chicago to protest the NATO summit, two judges sided with Occupy Wall Street against the NYPD, the indefinite detention clause of the NDAA was halted by a judge, several shareholders meetings were #occupied and protesters swarmed the G8, despite its move to isolated Camp David.
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The Rise of the New Economy Movement
As our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models.
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Hipster Cop Ironically Hates Music
"Hipster Cop," a plainclothes detective with a love for Ralph Lauren, became an internet sensation last fall when he was spotted looking very fashionable while patrolling an Occupy Wall Street protest.
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Two Kinds of Wealth, Two Kinds of Debt
To abet market inequities as Congress has, to reward market criminality as Congress has, and then to suggest that eighty years of Social Security surpluses are the source of the nation’s debt and the economy’s ills as some in Congress do is spectacularly dishonest.
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Opinion: Blockupy Frankfurt Is a Glimmer of Hope Amid Crushing Austerity
Popular protests such as Blockupy Frankfurt offer an alternative to capitalism for those facing a life hunting through garbage cans.
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On the Eve of the NATO Summit, Is Phone Jamming Coming to Chicago?
Not only do the FBI and Secret Service have standing authority to jam cellphone signals, but they along with state and local authorities can also push for the shutdown of cell towers.
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How Green is My Occupy? Looking ahead to Rio+20
If you are an environmentalist -- the upcoming Rio+20 Conference on June 20 is a hot topic. If you are an occupier, helping these two movements merge may be your hot topic
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Before Occupy, There Was Wisconsin
In February and March of 2011, Kevin J. Miyazaki began photographing protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, an early precursor to the now historic events of Occupy Wall Street.
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American Autumn
What would a world look like that had a culture and an economic system that placed human need above corporate greed, and how do we bring that world into being?
