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Act Out! [30] - Chris Hedges, Klima Kamps, and Kevin Gosztola on a shadow proof government

Act Out! [30] - Chris Hedges, Klima Kamps, and Kevin Gosztola on a shadow proof government
This article originally appeared on Occupy.com

Financial fees are sucking cities and states dry – but they can change the terms if they band together and bargain collectively over interest rates and other financial deals peddled to them by Wall Street.

"This case is not just about me – it's about how much control we allow U.S. corporations and the U.S. government to have over the Internet."

As a nation we're uncomfortable with the morality of the degree – not the kind – of intelligence collection that occurs as a result of secret government-business partnerships.

New data shows that more than a quarter of the nation’s 60 richest universities leave their low-income students owing an average of more than $20,000 in federal loans.

6 days 6 hours ago

A new federal lawsuit centers on more than 200 arrests made on the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street in September of 2012, when the NYPD arrested and harassed protesters for no reason other than that they were protesting.

5 days 9 hours ago

Margaret Flowers is speaking up loudly, saying it's high time we got activists in the halls of the mighty and powerful – time to move from occupying the streets to occupying Congress.

5 days 11 hours ago

Sanders’s rise in this election season is inconceivable without Occupy Wall Street having elevated the conversation around inequality.

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Veteran activist Elaine Brown is determined to transform a once-blighted, under-resourced neighborhood in Oakland, Calif., into a thriving urban farm business that employs former offenders.

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Understanding the ins and outs of the proposed new federal minimum wage is the first step in taking a stance on the issue.

Sanders’s rise in this election season is inconceivable without Occupy Wall Street having elevated the conversation around inequality.

A new federal lawsuit centers on more than 200 arrests made on the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street in September of 2012, when the NYPD arrested and harassed protesters for no reason other than that they were protesting.

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