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Tomgram: Frances Fox Piven, Posted by Frances Fox Piven at 6:01pm, November 6, 2011. It was a beautiful, sunlit fall morning when the patrol, many in camouflage jackets, no more than 40 of them in all, headed directly into enemy … Continue reading →

A new law that puts voters in charge of breaking through political spin could be a first step in making policy decisions that work.   Document Actions by Tyrone Reitman posted Nov 04, 2011   Photo by Inkyhack. Daily, it … Continue reading →

Published on Thursday, November 3, 2011 by The Real News Network Click for youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP3aCfkFuoo&feature=player_embedded

by Andy Coghlan and Debora MacKenzie As protests against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters’ worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of … Continue reading →

Published on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by TomDispatch.com by Chip Ward What if rising sea levels are yet another measure of inequality? What if the degradation of our planet’s life-support systems — its atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere — goes hand … Continue reading →

Thursday 27 October 2011 by: Glenn Greenwald, Metropolitan Books | Book Excerpt (Image: Metropolitan Books) You can order Glenn Greenwald’s latest book on Truthout: “With Liberty and Justice for Some” is yours with a minimum one-time donation of $35, or … Continue reading →

No matter which direction you look in America today, things are in decline: job opportunities, wages, benefits, healthcare, educational opportunities, home values, retirement security, infrastructure maintenance, the environment, life expectancy — you name it. In decline, that is, unless you … Continue reading →

Published on Friday, October 7, 2011 by On the Commons by David Morris A few months ago Nassim Taleb, author of the Black Swan, an influential book about the crucial importance of unpredictable, unforeseen events on our financial system was … Continue reading →

Wednesday 12 October 2011 by: Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog | News Analysis The President’s Jobs Bill doesn’t have a chance in Congress — and the Occupiers on Wall Street and elsewhere can’t become a national movement for a more … Continue reading →

By John David   WHERE HAVE ALL THE SMALL BUSINESS LOANS GONE? When Sergio Lub, a small business owner in Walnut Creek, submitted public testimony to the Banking and Finance Committee on May 2, 2011 supporting the creation of a … Continue reading →