Category Archives: GOVERNMENT

Proof Obama will sign NDAA 1031 Citizen Imprisonment Law in a few days

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The National Defense Authorization Act is the Greatest Threat to Civil Liberties Americans Face

By E.D. Kain Forbes If Obama does one thing for the remainder of his presidency let it be a veto of the National Defense Authorization Act – a law recently passed by the Senate which would place domestic terror investigations … Continue reading

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U.S. citizens could be held by military without charge

It’s interesting to note how our rights as U.S. citizens are eroding. The Senate recently passed a bill which would allow a sitting U.S. president to declare the U.S. a “battlefield” and to have American citizens detained by the military indefinitely … Continue reading

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The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy

By Naomi Wolf The Guardian The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class’s venality. US citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police … Continue reading

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Occupy Student Debt Campaign Announces Nationwide Payment Refusal Pledge

By Amanda M. Fairbanks HUFFINGTON POST NEW YORK — Early Monday afternoon, a group of faculty and student organizers unveiled the Occupy Student Debt campaign from the southeast corner of lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park. As part of the Occupy Wall … Continue reading

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Occupy APEC with Aloha

By Christine Ahn Foreign Policy  In Focus E iho ana o luna, E pi’i ana o lalo, E hui ana na moku, E ku ana ka paia. “That which is above shall be brought down, that which is below shall … Continue reading

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We are all Occupiers | Arundhati Roy

People the world over salute the Occupy movement for standing up to injustice and fighting for equality at the heart of empire Arundhati Roy · 17/11/2011 ·Text re-posted from guardian.co.uk Tuesday morning, the police cleared Zuccotti Park, but today the … Continue reading

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Wikileaks cables show race to carve up Arctic: Secretary Hillary Clinton highlights the Opportunities of Artic Exploitation

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CBS 60 Minutes : Congress Trading Stocks on Inside Info Part 2 of 2

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CBS 60 Minutes : Congress Trading Stocks on Inside Info Part 1 of 2

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Vanishing Of The Bees

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Elizabeth Warren!

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Massive police action cracks down on Occupy Oakland

Police Raid Occupy Oakland Camp, By MALIA WOLLAN; Re-posted from The New York Times, November 14, 2011 OAKLAND, Calif. — Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Oakland encampment downtown on Monday morning, making arrests and flattening … Continue reading

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Rags to Riches: Who Should Really Care?

Not the 99 percent. We’ve let the cheerleaders for the richest among us get away with myths about mobility for much, much too long. By Sam Pizzigati Too Much Mobility, apologists for America’s grand fortunes love to argue, trumps inequality. … Continue reading

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OCCUPY Los Angeles! Robert Reich speech. November 5th, 2011

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California Refuses to Accept Obama’s Banking Sellout

By Robert Scheer TruthDig There is no three-strikes law for crooked bankers, not even a law for a fifth strike, as The New York Times reported in the case of Citigroup, cited last month in a $1 billion fraud case. … Continue reading

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Occupy the Polls: Tuesday’s Critical Tests of Political Power

By John Nichols The Nation Columbus—Americans who are frustrated with the broken politics of the moment will have plenty of opportunities to Occupy the Polls on Tuesday. That’s what happened in Boulder, Colorado, last week, when voters shook things up … Continue reading

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#OpESR – Occupy Iowa Caucuses

  This communication is protected by Anonymous. The Democratic Party has failed us The Republican Party has failed us Both parties are desecrating the american democracy and committing crimes against humanity on behalf of american people. Both parties are funded … Continue reading

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#OWS: The brand leaders cannot afford to ignore

By Paul Mason, Nov 2, 2011, Re-posted from BBC News Cannes, France: I can sense very clearly here at Cannes that this is the moment “the masses” start shaping the policy response to the global financial crisis. Why? Because everybody … Continue reading

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Gov. Scott Walker gets mic checked!

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