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How Do We Defeat Big Finance Capitalism?
Robert Jensen: Critiques of capitalism have been around since the beginning of capitalism. Is there anything distinctive about this moment? Mainstream society continues to operate as if "there is no
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Michel Bauwens on the pitfalls of start-up culture
Our second extract from the transcript of the C-Realm Podcast Bauwens/Kleiner/Trialogue, Michel Bauwens talks about the disconnect between young idealistic developers and the business models many of
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Chicken tax sponsor refuses to quit
Despite veto threat, Madaleno wants hearing on poultry's role in bay cleanup Even though the " Poultry Fair Share Act" stands no chance of becoming law, the sponsor of the controversial bill to tax
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Banker Bonus Season!
91 Billion in bonuses for banks that made 10 Million homeless? Watch our response - then join in.
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Are Big Banks Out of Control? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
Does the lack of legal compliance that have cost banks billions in fines show that some have gotten too big to manage properly?
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Lawsuit Seeks To Shed Light On Rove's 'Dark Money' Donors
After a recent three-to-three decision by a partisan-deadlocked Federal Elections Commission (FEC), Karl Rove may have thought he was off the hook for federal campaign finance violations by his ...
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Daily Kos
This week in defending the "Kristallnatch" remarks of investment banker Tom Perkins, billionaire Sam Zell argued that the 1% are simply more deserving because "They Just Work Harder." ...
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U.S. Plummets in Global Press Freedom Rankings | Free Press
According to a new report from Reporters Without Borders, there was a profound erosion of press freedom in the United States in 2013.
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Billionaire Defends Fellow Billionaire: 'The 1 Percent Work Harder'
When the going gets tough, the rich dudes stick together. Or at least rich dude Sam Zell did in an interview with Bloomberg TV Wednesday. The billionaire chairman of Equity Group Investments backed
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Daily Kos: Deanna Fei: 'That "distressed baby" who Tim Armstrong blamed for
Last week Tim Armstrong, Chief Executive Office of America Online, held a good news/bad news townhall with his employees in which he said the good news was that the company posted its highest ...
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'This Is Working': Portugal, 12 Years after Decriminalizing Drugs - SPIEGEL
Twelve years ago, Portugal eliminated criminal penalties for drug users. Since then, those caught with small amounts of marijuana, cocaine or heroin go unindicted and possession is a misdemeanor on
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Vertical Turbines, Packed Tight, Boost Power
The trend in turbine design has been toward taller and bigger, as the wind power industry tries to maximize generating capacity. But researchers from Caltech suggest the developers might be going ...
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6 Anti-NSA Technological innovations that May Just Change the World
Posted by S.C.G. Rather than grovel and beg for the U.S. government to respect our privacy, these innovators have taken matters into their own hands, and their work may change the playing field ...
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White on White crime more prevalent than Black on Black
In the United States, a White person is almost six times more likely to be killed by another White person than by a Black person, according to FBI homicide data. In 2011, there were more cases of ...
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The Green Party and Occupy: notes from the 2012 DNC protests
Jill Stein stopped by Marshall Park in Charlotte, NC during the 2012 DNC to engage activists there for about 30 mins. About 12 people stood in a circle listening to Stein near a fountain illuminated
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Enslave the robots and free the poor - FT.com
In 1955, Walter Reuther, head of the US car workers' union, told of a visit to a new automatically operated Ford plant. Pointing to all the robots, his host asked: "How are you going to collect ...
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Hello OWS!
You're working for capitalism. Is capitalism working for you? Posted 7 hours ago on Feb. 12, 2014, 4:08 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Tags: 2014, ReadersWrite, The Plan I don't want to waste your time so
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Google is Now in The Killer Robot Business - Seriously
Posted by S.C.G. Remember those terrifying military robots DARPA contracted out? Well now Google owns the company that built them. Google plus killer robots, what could go wrong? If that video ...
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Democrat Says Job Losses Will Mean More Time to Cook Dinner (VIDEO)
During an ABC roundtable yesterday, host Jonathan Karl asked his guests about a recent Congressional Budget Office report on ObamaCare. The report found that, because ObamaCare offers more subsidies
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Nuclear fusion breakthrough: US scientists make crucial step to limitless power
A team of scientists in California announced Wednesday they are one step closer to developing the almost mythical pollution-free, controlled fusion-energy reaction, though the goal of full ...
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Greece on high alert after extremists declare war on 'German capitalist machine'
Greek authorities have stepped up security after a leftist extremist group declared war on the "German capitalist machine." The group has claimed responsibility for attacks on a Mercedes-Benz branch
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ChangeEngine by ChangingMedia | How Free Money Can Save Us All
While Baltimore attempts to ban the destitute from its streets and those who rely on food stamps to meet their basic needs face cuts, a radical experiment in poverty reduction is being contemplated
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TESA Academy
Welcome to the TESA Academy, where we teach online courses addressing vital issues facing social justice movements. Our current courses include:Introduction to Co-opsLearn the basics of ...
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The Argument For Worker-Owned Tech Collectives
For all the tales of gilded startup parties and billion-dollar valuations, tech workers are often the most overworked, misunderstood and undervalued employees. Others struggle as freelancers or ...
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Popular Resistance Newsletter - Corruption Spurring Global Climate Revolt
Richard Smith writes in Adbusters: "Today, we are very much living in one of those pivotal world-changing moments in history. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that this is the most critical mom...