As Robert McChesney notes, universality “is the reason the two most popular and successful federal government programs in the United States have been impossible for the right to defeat
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Moving Connecticut’s Economy from War to Peace | YouTube
Find the unedited recording of yesterday's acclaimed, excellent conference, "Moving Connecticut’s Economy from War to Peace," here
Read More »US lawmakers move to end anonymous shell companies in national defense spending bill | ICIJ
A major anti-money laundering reform is expected to arrive in annual omnibus legislation with bipartisan support.
Read More »First US taxpayer sentenced to prison for crimes revealed by Panama Papers | ICIJ
“It can’t be that most of us pay our taxes, and 17% can willy-nilly disrespect the law,” said Judge Richard M. Berman.
Read More »US calls for ‘significant’ jail time for Panama Papers tax crooks | ICIJ
“Every tax fraud is theft from the pockets of every taxpaying citizen of this nation,” prosecutors said.
Read More »Barbara Lee Speaks for Me: Cut the Pentagon budget! | Win Without War
Congresswoman Barbara Lee has introduced bold new legislation calling for a $350 BILLION dollar cut to the Pentagon budget.
Read More »Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid | WEB OF DEBT BLOG
BlackRock is a global financial giant with customers in 100 countries ... and it now manages the spigots to trillions of bailout dollars from the Federal Reserve.
Read More »The established order has never been weaker — movements need to get to work | Waging Nonviolence
The job for organizers then is to build a bridge from this crisis to the Green New Deal future.
Read More »Letting the Pentagon Loose With Your Tax Dollars | TomDispatch
... When you also include war and security costs buried in the budgets of other agencies, the actual proposed new Pentagon budget comes in at more than $1.2 trillion ....
Read More »Top DNC Committee Is Packed With Fossil Fuel and Bank Lobbyists | Truthout
Despite the pivotal role the DNC is likely to play in selecting who runs against President Trump, there is little public knowledge of who runs the party and who the superdelegates are.
Read More »Building Pathways to a People’s Economy Free Virtual Conference | PeoplesHub
Hear how communities across the country can use policy as a tool for advancing solidarity economies
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