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How Occupy the S.E.C. has Impacted the Volcker Rule, Fueling Insitutional Support
In terms of historical comparisons, Occupy the S.E.C. reminds me of various elements of populism that the United States experienced at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
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Now Is the Moment to Save Our Postal Commons
Because postal services, owned by the people, are part of the commons, the attack on public postal utilities amounts to an attack on the commons itself.
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Land Conflicts in Argentina: From Resistance to Systemic Transformation
Six corporations control 90 percent of soy production and its derivatives, making record profits - but the environmental costs of production are socialized.
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Could Workers' Self-Directed Enterprises Be Our Economic Solution?
The centuries-old idea of workers' self-directed enterprises has been revived, and the result is a new vision of an alternative to capitalism that could help to mobilize a new left.
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U.S. Appeals Court Deals Major Blow To Net Neutrality
Broadband providers aren't "common carriers," the court said, and that makes all the difference in a decision certain to shake up the fixed broadband and wireless industries.
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What U.S. Revolutionary Past Reveals About Richmond Battle For Eminent Domain
Mortgage relief schemes played an important role in our nation’s history as states passed laws to help debtors. Still, foreclosures became increasingly common, and a mini-revolution erupted when angry farmers organized themselves.
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Harvard's Lawrence Lessig Embarks on 185-Mile Trek to Battle Money in Politics
Dubbing his march "the New Hampshire rebellion," Lessig set out January 11 – the first anniversary of the suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz – for a 2-week walk to highlight the role of corporate money in elections.
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Humboldt Exclusive: As Pot Money Grows, the River Runs Dry
Growing weed in Northern California isn't what it used to be. Today's use of chemicals, cultivation on industrial-sized scale and the overuse of scarce water resources means that despite pot's quasi-legalization, growers may need to rethink.
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How Europe's Social Movements Converged in Amsterdam to Plan 2014 #EUInCrisis
A strategy meeting in Amsterdam became a critical milestone for the convergence of different European social movements on the frontlines of resistance against the neoliberal E.U. austerity regime in 2014.
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Meet Comfort Friddle, the Whistleblower Behind a $320M Mortgage Fraud Settlement
The mother of three helped drive the DOJ's settlement with Home America Mortgage and its parent company for alleged fraud bilking HUD's mortgage program designed to encourage home ownership.