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Jefferson County, Alabama files largest municipal bankruptcy in US history (E.P. Bannon)
Nov. 17, 2011 (WSWS) -- Jefferson County, Alabama, home to the state’s most populous city of Birmingham, filed bankruptcy Oct. 9. The size of the debt is over $3 billion, making it the largest munici ...
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The US is a Police State: Review of 'State Power and Democracy,' by Andrew Kolin (Prof. John McMurtry)
Nov. 9, 2011 (Global Research) -- Global Research Editor's Note: This article by Professor McMurtry had been commissioned by an academic journal called New Politics. Upon receiving Professor McMurtry ...
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How Goldman Sacked Greece (Greg Palast)
Nov. 8, 2011 (GregPalast.com) -- Here's what we're told: Greece's economy blew apart because a bunch of olive-spitting, ouzo-guzzling, lazy-ass Greeks refuse to put in a full day's work, retire while ...
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Key Lesson from Iceland Crisis is 'Let Banks Fail' (Haukur Holm)
Nov. 8, 2011 (AFP) -- Three years after Iceland's banks collapsed and the country teetered on the brink, its economy is recovering, proof that governments should let failing lenders go bust and prote ...
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Nearly 29% Of Mortgaged U.S. Homes Underwater (Jane Hodges)
Nov. 8, 2011 (MSNBC) -- A whopping 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for, according to quarterly data released Tuesday by Zillow, a real es ...
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UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top (Matt Taibbi)
Nov. 22, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- Was absolutely mesmerized last night watching the viral video of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying. It was totally amazing, simultaneously one of most depressing and inspi ...
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This Is What Revolution Looks Like (Chris Hedges)
Nov. 15, 2011 - NEW YORK (Truthdig) -- Welcome to the revolution. Our elites have exposed their hand. They have nothing to offer. They can destroy but they cannot build. They can repress but they can ...
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Finding Freedom in Handcuffs (Chris Hedges)
Nov. 7, 2011 -- New York (Truthdig) -- Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges, an activist, an author and a member of a reporting team that won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize, wrote this article after he was release ...
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A Master Class in Occupation (Chris Hedges)
Oct. 31, 2011 -- NEW YORK (Truthdig) -- Jon Friesen, 27, tall and lanky with a long, dirty-blond ponytail, a purple scarf and an old green fleece, is sitting on concrete at the edge of Zuccotti Park ...
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Rebels on the Street: The Party of Wall Street Meets its Nemesis (David Harvey)
Oct. 28, 2011 (DavidHarvey.org) -- The Party of Wall Street has ruled unchallenged in the United States for far too long. It has totally (as opposed to partially) dominated the policies of Presidents ...
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FLATWIRE:How Wall Street Occupied America (Bill Moyers)
Bill Moyers This article is adapted from a speech Bill Moyers gave in October at Public Citizen’s fortieth-anniversary gala. Nov. 2, 2011 (The Nation) -- During the prairie revolt that swept the Grea ...
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