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Occupy Everything (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Oct. 10, 2011 -- "Recession Officially Over," The New York Times' lead headline declared around 7 o'clock this morning. (Watch: they'll change it.) That was ...
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Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now (Naomi Klein)
I was honored to be invited to speak at Occupy Wall Street on Thursday night. Since amplification is (disgracefully) banned, and everything I said had to be repeated by hundreds of people so others ...
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Attorneys General Settlement: The Next Big Bank Bailout? (Matt Taibbi)
A foreclosure sign hangs on a fence in front of a foreclosed home in Richmond, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Oct. 5, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- Amidst all the bad news coming out of Wall ...
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Follow the Money: Behind Europe’s Debt Crisis Lurks Another Giant Bailout of Wall Street (Robert Reich)
Oct. 4, 2011 (Robert Reich.org) -- Today Ben Bernanke added his voice to those who are worried about Europe’s debt crisis. But why exactly should America be so concerned? Yes, we export to Europe -- ...
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Here Come the OWSers! (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Oct. 3, 2011 -- All last week across the media landscape, in pod, blog, flat-screen, and crunkly old newsprint columns, fatuous ...
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Occupy Together: The Best Among (Chris Hedges)
Chris Hedges Sept. 30, 2011 (TruthDig.com) -- There are no excuses left. Either you join the revolt taking place on Wall Street and in the financial districts of other cities across the country or ...
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Is The War On Terror A Hoax? (Paul Craig Roberts)
Paul Craig Roberts Sept. 30, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- In the past decade, Washington has killed, maimed, dislocated, and made widows and orphans millions of Muslims in six countries, all ...
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Fukushima Desolation Worst Since Nagasaki as Residents Flee (Yuriy Humber, Yuji Okada and Stuart Biggs)
Sept. 27, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Beyond the police roadblocks that mark the no-go zone around Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, six-foot tall weeds invade rice paddies and vines gone wild ...
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U.S. Tipping Into Another Recession, Achuthan Says (Liz Capo McCormick)
Sept. 30, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- The world’s largest economy is showing signs of slumping, said the Economic Cycle Research Institute’s Lakshman Achuthan, citing leading indicators. “The U.S. ...
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A Natural Alliance: Unions Join Occupy Wall Street (Common Dreams)
Sept. 29, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- Citing common cause, the Transport Workers Union -- one of the country's largest unions with over 200,000 members -- has announced its support for the Occupy ...
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U.S. economy on ‘knife edge’ of contraction: Fed economist (Reuters)
Sept. 27, 2011 -- SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) -- The U.S. economy is on a "knife edge" between growth and contraction and monetary policy tweaks do not seem to be helping, the Dallas Federal Reserve's top ...
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