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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Building the Institutions for Revolt
"People who understand power tend to have the patience to build a base, do the training, raise the money, so when they go into action they surprise people,” says community organizer Michael Gecan of the Industrial Areas Foundation.
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Nader Calls for a New 1 Percent
In his latest book, the critic and activist proposes the creation and activation of a new 1 percent — one that will expose “conditions of deprivation and abuse” and champion “basic fair play.”
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Welcome to 1984
1984 America is about—unless we act quickly—to get ugly. It's in a moment of history that Antonio Gramsci called the “interregnum”: the period when a discredited regime is collapsing but a new one has yet to take its place.
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Nader: The Devastating Cost of Monetized Elections
You outnumber the politicos and their entourages everywhere – yet you are the ones who keep paying the price for letting politics remain a deadly form of distracting entertainment with a media obsessed with the horse race rather than the human race.
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The Empire Files: Ralph Nader Talks 2016 Corporate Elections
The renowned consumer advocate and former presidential candidate discusses the race – from the “Brown Shirt” Trump movement to “corporate criminal” Hillary Clinton – and describes power in America.
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Fueled By Protests, Trade Justice Movement Seeks To Overturn Trans-Pacific Partnership
At its root, the TPP is about modern colonialism. And it’s not too late to stop it.
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My Party Has Lost Its Soul: Former Clinton Aide Laments Victory for Wall Street Democrats
We yearn for a new politics but worry that our democracy, like that Antarctic ice shelf, has reached its tipping point.
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Shutdown Paralyzes Crucial U.S. Safety Regulators: Nuclear, Food, Disease Control
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will run out of funds on Thursday, putting thousands out of work. In the second week of the government shutdown, public employee furloughs are emptying nuclear, food and workplace safety agencies.
