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Man Jumps To His Death From JPMorgan London Headquarters
Early this morning, at JPM's 33 story high London Headquarters located at 25 Bank Street in Canary Wharf, a 39 year-old man jumped to his death after falling onto a 9th floor roof. The police, who ...
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Longshoremen ordered to pay millions in damages for port strike
A federal arbitrator has ordered a local longshoremen's union to pay nearly $4 million in damages to employers at the port of Baltimore, after a three-day strike by the union's members led to lost ...
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Theory Thursday: It Is Not a Revolution, It Is a New Networked Renaissance
We were very pleased to promote the response to the State of the Union from Kshama Sawant on Tuesday evening. One of the most important values of the Occupy Solidarity Network, is that we support ...
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10 Clever Ideas From Around the World to Root Out Inequality (Like Fining
From Switzerland to New York, it seems like people are talking more than ever about inequality-and its antidotes. Here are some of the most promising and provocative ideas from last year that could
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Remembering MLK the "Terrorist"
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, some people have gone to great lengths to prove their devotion to the legendary civil rights leader. Presidential candidates have been arguing about
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Police start arresting protesters blocking LaGuardia airport
Hundreds of protesters blocked a New York City bridge leading to LaGuardia airport demanding better wages and better work conditions. Soon after airport workers "occupied" the 94th Street bridge ...
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Our Invisible Revolution: Chris Hedges
Our Invisible Revolution By Chris Hedges "Did you ever ask yourself how it happens that government and capitalism continue to exist in spite of all the evil and trouble they are causing in the ...
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America's most popular prescription sleep medication linked to mass shootings
A new report describing the bizarre and dangerous side effects of the sleep aid Ambien has once again raised questions about one of the United States' most popular prescription drugs. In a story by
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NSA is after industrial spying - Snowden to German TV
The NSA agency is not preoccupied solely with national security, but also spies on foreign industrial entities in US business interests, former American intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden, has
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Six of the Top Ten US Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons
For the first time ever, according to Forbes magazine, the 400 richest Americans have more than $2 trillion in combined wealth. And, a fifth of that amount is held by just 10 individuals. Of those ...
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Immunity Project
HIV controllers are miraculous - they are people who are born with a natural immunity to HIV. Like some of the best comic book heroes, controllers have a biological super power that is incredibly ...
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Help reform copyright!
The European Commission wants to hear your opinion on copyright reform. On this site we're making it easy for you to respond to the official EU consultation by filtering out the questions that don't
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White House, lawmakers reject clemency for Snowden
The White House and Congress intelligence committee have snubbed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's plea for clemency urging him to return to the US to face justice. "Mr. Snowden violated US law," ...
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Nestlé Chairman: Water Not a Right, Should Be Given a 'Market Value' and
Hmmmm, we wonder why he would say that? Nestlé's 68-year-old former CEO and current Chairman, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, says he wants to privatize the water supply because people have a sense of ...
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'Not to share wealth with poor is to steal': Pope slams capitalism as 'new
Pope Francis has taken aim at capitalism as "a new tyranny" and is urging world leaders to step up their efforts against poverty and inequality, saying "thou shall not kill" the economy. Francis ...
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'Robot doctors' now working at hospitals in North America
iRobot's telepresence robots are finally rolling out (literally) and ready to hospitals.
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We're About to Lose Net Neutrality - And the Internet as We Know It
The implications of such a decision would be profound. Web and mobile companies will live or die not on the merits of their technology and design, but on the deals they can strike with AT&T ...
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Definitely the most kicka** and coolest president in the world
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Mall rats: Brazilian flash mob forces closure of luxury shopping center
Protests by Brazil's poor against the rich have taken a new turn. Local black youths are taking to shopping malls usually visited by the wealthy, cooking barbecues and dancing. The seemingly ...
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Timebanking: Building Trust and Abundance
For the past three years, I have done what I love: Teach my community how to cultivate urban soils for food production and continually educate myself about organic gardening, permaculture ...
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Hospital Is Occupied by Protesters
Facing a renewed threat of a shutdown, hospital workers occupied Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn Friday afternoon as the hospital's chief executive shut himself inside his office until the ...
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US govt caught using pirated software for military, settles for $50mn
Reuters / Rick Wilking The Obama administration has agreed to pay Apptricity US$50 million for pirating the company's logistics software the US Army used beyond contracted parameters. While the ...
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Pope Francis' Stunning Critique Of Capitalism
(Reuters) - Pope Francis called for renewal of the Roman Catholic Church and attacked unfettered capitalism as "a new tyranny", urging global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality in the ...
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Wildcat Strikes Push China to Write New Labor Laws
Labor Notes is a media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. "
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Pope Francis calls unfettered capitalism 'tyranny' and urges rich to share
Pope Francis has attacked unfettered capitalism as "a new tyranny", urging global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality in the first major work he has authored alone as pontiff. The ...