Daily Archives: 19 October 2011

notes from the peanut gallery

Should the priority of OccupyWallSt be demanding a piece of the rotten pie? Restoring the “American Dream”? If it must get out in front of an issue why not Healthcare-NOW!? If restoration is the order of the day I nominate … Continue reading

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Kevin G. Hall: Feds tighten trading rules | Steve Suppan: Wall Street occupies the regulatory agencies

By Kevin G. Hall McClatchy Newspapers Published: Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 6B WASHINGTON – The ability of big financial speculators to manipulate the price of oil and 27 other commodities will be limited under new … Continue reading

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MDS STATEMENT ON “STOP THE MACHINE, CREATE A NEW WORLD” (October2011)

MDS STATEMENT ON “STOP THE MACHINE, CREATE A NEW WORLD” (October2011) In May 2011, Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) endorsed”Stop The Machine, Create a New World” (october2011.org) and joined the October 6 Coalition in good faith and in the … Continue reading

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Richard Pithouse: On the Wall Street occupation: What it will take to win concrete victory

What it will take to win concrete victory Richard Pithouse The choice of Wall Street as the target for the occupation is, in itself, a perfectly eloquent statement. And slogans like, ‘We’re young; we’re poor; we’re not going to take … Continue reading

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Toufic Haddad: The Deal Behind the “Shalit Deal”: Prisoners, Power, Racism

by Toufic Haddad If the prisoner exchange deal announced on 11 October 2011 between Hamas and the Israeli government is fully implemented without major hitches, there is little question who “won” this five-year war of wills: the deal will constitute … Continue reading

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