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“Mad as hell” in Madison
Could Madison be the beginning of a national revolt against corporate power? Photo: lemontage via Flickr. The large demonstrations at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin are driven by a middle...
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In peak oil, we can afford unions more than billionaires
Richmond, VA saw one of 65 events nationwide supporting Wisconsin demonstrators. Photo: Virginia Organizing. On Saturday, my wife and I drove up to Thomas Jefferson’s capitol building in Richmond to...
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Koch brothers want to show their softer side
The new marketing campaign to burnish the image of the Koch brothers. In response to an increasing amount of bad publicity fingering them as puppet masters behind Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting...
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Atlas bombed: Right-wing think tanks betray ignorance on energy
Beautiful railroad tycoon Dagny Taggart can't believe that the beautiful oil refinery has gone up in flames. Photo: Atlas Shrugged: Part I. I want to get this review out fast, because, by the time you...
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Will the Transition movement be the Tea Party’s next target?
First, it was the birth certificate. Then Obamacare. Now, the Tea Party is coming after a new "socialist" threat -- sustainable development. Photo: Fibonacci Blue via Flickr. Could Rob Hopkins become...
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Fighting corporate power since 1776
Sorry, Tea Partiers. The original Boston Tea Party wasn't targeting socialism but excessive corporate power and plutocrats of the East India Company. The Boston Tea Party, claims liberal talk radio...
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A nation adrift, unable to pay its debts, now and forever
Whatever happens with today's federal debt, industrial society will still have to pay the piper for our spiritual and ecological debt. Photo: BookMama via Flickr. The implications of defaulting on the...
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Will Republican party die in childbirth?
Nation in thrall as Tea Party holds us all hostage. Photo: Tracy Knauss. The seemingly absolute impasse in the budget debate reveals the high dysfunction in the federal government. There’s an...
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The American people are smarter than the corporate media wants us to know
The average American holds some surprisingly edgy views. Image: thedigeratilife.com. Update: More sensible super-majority views of Americans If you watched the corporate media and listened to the...
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More reasons to hate the Koch brothers
In the game of duelling billionaires, the Koch brothers win the prize for the nastiest. Image: The Other 98%. Poor Exxon. They used to be the oil company that everybody loved to hate. This spawn of the...
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