The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
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Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act Into Law, Sparking Protests
Farmers protest after President Obama signs the Monsanto Protection Act into law.
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Europeans Planted Seeds of Crisis in Cyprus
Surprise, surprise! The Cypriot crisis was a time bomb set by the E.U. in 2011.
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How the Koch Brothers are Taking Over the Food Supply, and No One is Noticing
Guess who's baaaaaack?
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50,000 March in Tunisia to Launch World Social Forum
Tens of thousands from across the world called for new measures of liberty and dignity as they descended on Tunis to open the weeklong World Social Forum.
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Why the Rich Don't Give to Charity
Last year, not one of the top 50 individual charitable gifts went to a social-service organization or charity that principally serves the poor and the dispossessed.
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Go Fossil Free: The Campaign
We’re launching the next phase of our fossil fuel divestment campaign aimed at government, religious denominations, museums, foundations -- anyone investing in the destruction of the future, we’re asking them to sell those shares.
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From Detroit to Cyprus, Banksters in Search of Prey
Either we liquidate the banksters or Wall Street will liquidate us.
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Exposing LIFT: The New Corporate Tax-Cut Scam
First it was Fix the Debt, with tax-dodging corporations “leading the charge for massive new corporate tax cuts paid for with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
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America's Three-Tiered Justice System
Big shots are above the law, the government now admits, but a three-tiered justice system has Congress churning out new bills to keep the prison industry booming.
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Walmart Sues Grocery Workers Union, Protesters
Wal-Mart Stores Inc has sued a major grocery workers union and others who have protested at its Florida stores, the latest salvo in its legal fight to stop "disruptive" rallies.
