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Today is Bank Transfer Day — Time to Move Your Money Out of the Big Banks

Why Bank Transfer Day (Today 11/5/11) Is Only the Beginning of Something Huge The movement to make sure our money serves our own values rather than the bottom line of huge banks will only gain energy as small victories accumulate. … Continue reading

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The Occupy Wall Street Movement Goes Global

…and I think it’s unstoppable. In just a month it’s gone from a relatively few protestors in Liberty Plaza in New York to protests on every continent but Anarctica. It seems the ‘little people’ Leona Helmsley disdained are finally demanding … Continue reading

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Matt Taibbi: 5 Things Wall Street Protesters Should Demand of the 1%

Matt Taibbi: 5 Things Wall Street Protesters Should Demand of the 1% Lauren Kelley AlterNet, Oct. 13, 2011 Matt Taibbi writes in Rolling Stone that “the [Occupy Wall Street] movement’s basic strategy – to build numbers and stay in the … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: Christopublicans Intent on Taking America to a ‘Very Dark Place’

“I want you to know that the fundamentalist political movement is the beginning of a cultural revolution that will take our nation to a very dark place. You have to understand that this has been methodically planned and is being … Continue reading

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GOP’s War on the Poor Will Backfire…

…says Jeff Madrick of the Roosevelt Institute. This could be true, if the news gets out that the ‘no tax increases’ party is fine with a payroll tax increase for workers earning under $106,000 a year. (If you make $50,000, … Continue reading

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