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Will Israel Endure?
“The only thing standing between Israel and national suicide any more is America and its willingness to tell Israel the truth.” Thomas Friedman, New York Times 12/25/12Thomas Friedman, a superstar of the mainstream press, has produced a remarkably
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The “Real” Recovery
The following is the second in a three part series on global corporations. To read Part 1, click here. How have your personal finances been since the global economic crisis began in 2008? Are
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When You Got $0.00, You Got $0.00 To Lose: An Interview With Mike Connolly
On Sunday August 19, I met Massachusetts State Rep. candidate Mike Connolly at Veggie Galaxy on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge. We talked about Occupy, Connolly’s “no money” campaign., the role individual initiative can play
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How Some Americans Misunderstand the Separation of Church and State
© Josh Sager – August 2012 www.sarcasticliberal.blogspot.com The United States is a purely secular country and was founded on the ideal that government should be completely separated from any religious sect. The term “separation
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Opinion: America Is So Far Down the Path of Corruption that We Fail to See it As Anything but the Norm
Modern American politics have become so extreme and bought by corporate interests that Americans should be near-universally protesting the decay of our political system. Unfortunately, corrupt practices in our government have become so widespread
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Assembling an Assembly: What Occupy Can Learn from Medieval Iceland’s Althing
This article originally appeared in the Occupied Times of London. It is not obvious that one needs a sovereign for a society to organise itself or to address its concerns. The Occupation movement has
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Richard Wolff on Leaving Our Unstable System
For 50 years, it has been impossible in the United States to seriously debate or criticize our economic system. The different points of view represent different ways of cheerleading for it. So in a
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The “occupations” in Boston and around the country are a justified response to the outrages of our current political-economic system. This is a system that looks the other way as the top 1% runs
Read More »Free School University (Dec. 10 – Dec. 19)
Unless noted, classes meet at the north end of Dewey Square. Look for the bright orange schedule board on the right side of Main Stage for the schedule of up-coming classes, updates, location changes,
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