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In the December 2011 issue of Vanity Fair, Michael Lewis profiles Nobel Prize–winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman, who pioneered research into “heuristics,” or the shortcuts humans use when making decisions. 
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Read the Kirkus Review of REVOLUTION 2.0 The Power of the People Is Greater than the People in Power: A Memoir.
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It's a little hard to give a Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture at an Occupy meeting. There are mixed feelings that go along with it. First of all, regret that Howard is not here to take part and invigorate it in his particular way, something that would have been the dream of his life, and secondly, excitement that the dream is actually being fulfilled. It’s a dream for which he laid a lot of the groundwork. It would have been the fulfillment of a dream for him to be here with you.
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Kutztown University's Department of Philosophy hosted Dr. Noam Chomsky, world-renowned philosopher, political activist and linguist, as part of UNESCO World ...
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about China's economic growth and Europe's sovereign debt crisis. He also discusses the U.S economy and the credibility of credit-rating agencies.
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Capitalism is the way the world works, whether we like it or not. President Obama is trying, against stiff opposition, to reign in the worst excesses of free...
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Leaked: Republicans Scared of Occupy Wall Street http://t.co/pC4m2JI4...
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Joe Rogan on Occupy Wallstreet http://t.co/9BnyfNfk...
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Iceland’s journey from financial ruin to fledgling recovery is a case study in roads not taken and choices not made by other countries faced with economic calamity in recent years.
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Trevor Loudon is a New Zealand political activist who was vice president of the ACT New Zealand Party from 2006 to 2008. He has been involved in politics in Christchurch for many years, most notably the Campaign for a Soviet Free New Zealand a group which published dossiers on people involved in the anti-nuclear movement, declaring them to be communists and "connecting the dots" between them and their supposed Soviet masters. He is also a self-described "student" of the Zenith Applied Philosophy cult, an offshoot of Scientology. His view on socialism: "Socialism is a manifestation of mental illness or major character deficiency."
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The idea of a state bank - a favorite of the Occupy movement that sees it as an alternative to Wall Street - has strong support among the Democrats who control the state House. Speaker Frank Chopp called it a top priority last week in a speech opening this year's session of the Legislature.
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CALL TO ACTION to protestors from every city and town across the nation: Come to the U.S. Capitol on January 17th to protest the greatest calling of our time...
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On September 17 of 2011, until NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly called back his shock troops at around 11 p.m., I didn’t think Occupy Wall Street would survive the night. Neither, for that matter, did many of the organizers, whose planning process I had been reporting on since August. But survive it did. So, as the occupation eventually persisted and grew, I made a rule for myself: Don’t try making any predictions about this movement—you will probably be wrong. When people ask me to predict where Occupy is going, I usually just talk about the progress of its older-sibling movements in Greece and Spain and elsewhere, and they’ve been pretty good bellwethers so far.
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The American public is discontent. A January 2012 Gallup Poll reports that 80 percent say they are “dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States.” Similarly, a CBS News Poll finds that 65 percent of those responding say that the country has “pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track” and that the “economy and jobs” pose the most serious problem. The nation hasn’t seen negative polling numbers like these since the 1970s and the end of the post-war economic boom and an oil crisis that meant long lines at the gas pumps. Today, there is clear anger and frustration in the American population.
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As we enter the run-up to Rio+20, we need a new strategic compass that focuses on the needs and well-being of society and the planet, says Jules Peck
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Robert Foster serves up another squeeze of The Juice News. Terrance Moonseed and General Baxter contribute to the discussion of current affairs. Noam Chomsky drops by to answer a few questions. ...
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It came to prominence when demonstrators vowing to represent the 99 percent condemned corporate malfeasance, lopsided executive salaries and the distribution of wealth from the middle to the top. Four months later, the grievances of Occupy Wall Street have become a pillar of campaigns from Washington, D.C., to San Diego.
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Occupy The Future, by Noam Chomsky: "I've never seen anything quite like the Occupy movement in scale and character, here and worldwide. The Occupy outposts are trying to create cooperative communities that just might be the basis for the kinds of lasting organizations necessary to overcome the barriers ahead and the backlash that's already coming."
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When the New-York Historical Society began collecting ephemera from Zuccotti Park this fall, it had no way of knowing whether the protest of the so-called 99 percent would be a passing fad, a turning point in American history, or something in between. Nonetheless, it sent Glenn Castellano, a member of its team, down to the park to collect what he could to capture the Zeitgeist of the movement. These 12 pieces from their nascent collection represent various aspects of the group’s messaging: from mockery of the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans to peace paeans that evoke the flower-child activism of the 1960s. Together, they serve as the record of a movement whose actors often struggled to articulate exactly what they wanted—but who never failed to have a voice.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is nearing and this year protesters at Occupy Wall Street locations around the world will be holding a candle light vigil for the late, great Dr. King. One can argue abo...
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Internet and technology experts discuss why current anti-piracy legislation in the US must be stopped.
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"I ain't got no problem with people becoming millionaires - I wouldn't mind joining the club myself," Mayberry told his congregation. "My problem is when you are so insensitive to people who have not been able to raise themselves up to the level where you are - and you snuff out their dreams."
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Police being armed with military weapons - - - - - - - - - - - Occupy Wall street protesting Cop Brutality Civilians Posse Comitatus Riots Economic Collapse ...
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The decision of the American credit rating agency, S&P, to downgrade the bonds of eight Eurozone governments has reopened the euro crisis.
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