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Occupy Wall Street Has Seized Control of This Year’s Political Debate
The movement may not have made headlines lately, but it has had a marked impact on both the Obama and Romney campaigns, and now its members are pushing for even more radical change, Douglas Schoen...
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Nobel economist Stiglitz: European, US austerity drive is suicidal
Recent comments by Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize Winning U.S. economist, should be taken to heart by republicans and democrats. Austerity is suicidal public policy warns Stiglitz. He goes on to speak...
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Occupy Wall Street panel: has May Day made a difference?
The Guardian provides viewpoints of May Day of several noted activists in this article. Much of the press coverage of May Day was predictable, focused on conflict – not the news, successful large...
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Tell Us Why You Are Going To Chicago!
For those that have signed up for a bus trip to Chicago, Thanks for jumping on board the 99% Solidarity Chicago bus trip. We’d love to hear your hopes, dreams, and goals for the various Chicago...
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Why Paul S. is Going to Chicago
Paul S. of Portland, OR writes: “I have been involved with Occupy since the beginning here in Portland and its been an experience of a lifetime. I was involved with some campaigns in my high school...
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“Serious as a Heart Attack”
Bill Moyers talks to RoseAnn DeMoro of National Nurses United about the union’s march in Chicago for the Robin Hood Financial Transaction Tax in this interview posted on AlterNet.
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Why Nancy W. is going to Chicago
Nancy W. of Oregon, who is going to Chicago on the Portland bus writes: Who’s Streets the Nurse’s Streets! I am a registered nurse working in my local hospital in Oregon. Nurses are on the front lines...
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Equal rights and the U.S. economy
Chrystia Freeland of Reuters reviews a draft paper by four U.S. economists that makes the strong empirical case that equal rights is good for the U.S. economy. Fairness, they contend, has made the...
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Giving…And Taking Back
by Steven Whitney [Above: The Hall of Mirrors within the Palace of Versailles / Storming the Bastille] Last week, a friend asked: if you could communicate one thing before you died, what would it be?...
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Forget The Barbeque On Labor Day – It’s Time To Take Care Of Business
by Steven Whitney All of us take too many things for granted, the rights and rewards we enjoy for which others greatly sacrificed and often even died. On Memorial Day we do reverently honor our...
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