Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
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Global Power Project: The Group of Thirty and the "Good Discussion" They're Still Having
Emerging from the Rockefeller Foundation in the late 1970s, the Group of Thirty was designed as a think tank, lobby/industry group and, ultimately, a consensus-building institution for the global elites – to ensure that they stayed that way.
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Thanksgiving Report: Cuts to U.S. Food Programs = Hunger
With $11 billion of food-stamp cuts in place and $40 billion in welfare cuts on the table, charities and religious groups must significantly step up their political campaigning to combat hunger.
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First Nation Clan Blocks Path of Northern Pipelines in British Columbia
As corporations attempt to drive the Pacific Trails and Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines through British Columbia wilderness, the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet'suwet'en people are courageously occupying in a strategic place to defend their lands.
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How A Tobin Tax and Tax Haven Disclosures Could Transform Spain's Economy
If the Spanish financial sector was the main actor involved in the housing bubble and it got a $50 billion bailout, isn't it logical to ask that that sector receive the “austerity treatment” instead of the whole society? Here's how change is going to happen.
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Just 90 Companies Caused Two-thirds of Man-made Global Warming Emissions
Chevron, Exxon and BP are among the companies most responsible for climate change since the dawn of the industrial age.
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Swiss Voters Defeat Bill Seeking to Cap Executive Pay
Though voters rejected a proposal Sunday to limit top executives' salaries, anger over pay has tapped a nerve in Switzerland, where people are increasingly unhappy with rising wealth inequality.
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Exposed: University President Lied to Students About Fracking On School Property
“It’s insulting to know that an entity I’ve been paying $4,000 in yearly tuition is also responsible for my deteriorating health."
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$10 Trillion Heist: Debunking the Myth that "U.S. Corporations Pay Too Much Taxes"
Since 2009, $10 trillion in buybacks, payouts and hoarded cash by U.S. corporations have been diverted from tax revenues and real investment.
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Obamacare Faces New Threat at State Level from Corporate Mega-Lobby ALEC
A new proposal by the American Legislative Exchange Council, approved at its annual meeting in Chicago in August and published as a model bill for adoption by state assemblies nationwide, would scupper the federal health insurance exchanges.
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Puppet States: How National Power Brokers Pull the Strings in State Elections
Since the Supreme Court loosened rules on political spending in 2010, unions and business groups have focused money on state elections, a new analysis shows.