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New Princeton Study Confirms U.S. Is No Longer A Democracy, Is Now An Oligarchy
It’s become clear over the past few decades that the democracy that our nation was founded on and that our citizens hold so dear is on life support. Our political system has become utterly corrupted by its lust for money, ceding power to the whims of the mega-rich and to the multinational corporations that by their nature have…
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American Workers Green With Envy As Sweden Implements Six-Hour Workday
The American people work longer and harder than any other industrialized nation, with much less to show for it. The indomitable monolith of corporate profit has infested our economy, teaching people that they are only as valuable as to what they can produce, by how many hours they put in, by how willing they are…
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America, Take Notice: Brazil's Supreme Court Bans ALL Corporate Political Donations To Stop Corruption
As American democracy continues to be hijacked by big corporate donors in the aftermath of Citizens United, Brazil’s Supreme Court took an entirely different approach on Thursday and banned corporate contributions to political campaigns and parties. The ruling is a major victory for Brazilian democracy and marks a re-elevation of the rights of the people above those…