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Tag: Occupy Wall Street

Jackson, Mississippi rising

June 10, 2014 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Economy, Employment, Good government, Infrastructure One comment

Six years after the 2008 economic meltdown, the overwhelming majority of people in the U.S. and the E.U are still struggling. Most people know

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Will the protests at the University of Southern Maine spark a national student movement?

April 3, 2014 Madonna Gauding Economy, Education, Politics, Privatization Leave a comment

Like so many other institutions in this, our neoliberal land of opportunity, universities have become infested with rent extracting parasites. Were I to say

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Dear Senator Warren, we need you to be president

November 20, 2013 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Banks, Congress, Demographics/Polls, Obama One comment

The title of Noam Scheiber’s November cover story in the New Republic is: “Hillary’s Nightmare: A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies with

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“The Self Destruction of the 1 Percent”

October 19, 2012 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Economy, History One comment

Chrystia Freeland’s October 13th, New York Times opinion piece, “The Self Destruction of the 1 Percent” compares the rise of the oligarchy in 14th century Venice

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Alan Grayson: Why we need him back in Congress

December 28, 2011 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Congress, Economy, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Republicans like to refer to former Florida congressman Alan Grayson as “stupid.” If you put “Alan Grayson is stupid” in Google, you will get

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The militarization of local law enforcement

December 14, 2011 Madonna Gauding Cities, Crime/Violence, Government, Military, Police, Public safety 2 comments

One of the many disturbing trends since 9/11 is the steady militarization of our domestic police. Thanks to loads of money and equipment funneled

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OCCUPIED Amendment to end corporate money in politics

December 5, 2011 Madonna Gauding Good government, Voting/Elections 2 comments

As a testament to the growing influence of the Occupied movement, on November 18, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), a member of the House Judiciary

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Occupy Wall Street redefines the American dream

November 26, 2011 Madonna Gauding Economy Leave a comment

Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and

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Thinking outside the tent: Where the 99% movement could “camp out” next

November 17, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Employment, Financial reform, Politics 2 comments

Now what? Now that the political establishment has succeeded in physically removing Occupiers from several cities, what direction should the movement take? Many have

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Is concern about the diminishing middle class causing us to forget the poor?

November 15, 2011 Arthur Lieber Economy, Financial reform, History, Obama, Poverty 3 comments

Out of sight, out of mind. That’s been a major problem for poor people in the United States. When John F. Kennedy was a

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