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Class Warfare

I Try To Eat Less: The Story Of The Economy

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Class Warfare, Poverty, Working Life, The Audacity of Greed, Jobs, Great Depression, u6, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

We will not be in recovery until we have a serious debate about the economic system in the country and how it robs workers of their ability to get a fair wage for a fair day's work.

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From Toronto to Pittsburgh to Jay Leno, Capitalism Marches On...

Michael Moore | Posted 09.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Labor, Class Warfare, Venice Film Festival, Jay Leno, Michael Moore, Toronto Film Festival, Afl-Cio, Universal Health Care, Capitalism: A Love Story, Single Payer, Capitalism, Labor Unions, Movies, Pittsburgh, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News
Michael Moore

My crew and I had one thought in mind while we were filming Capitalism: What if the powers-that-be refuse to give us funding for the next movie after they see what we've put in this one?

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Priorities: Afghanistan Versus Worker Pay Hikes

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Reserve, Wages, Class Warfare, Federal Workers, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Should federal workers get pay hikes or should we continue to waste lives and money on another foolish, dangerous war?

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The Insurance Lobby's Strategy: Class Warfare from Above

Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Paul Broun, Ben Nelson, Class Warfare, Healthcare Reform, Red-Baiting, Politics News
Leighton Woodhouse

The insurance lobby and their proxies in the GOP are using red-baiting techniques that are as old as Communism itself to brand working Americans who support reform as "un-American."

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Part 2: Un-Spinning Healthcare Reform

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: De-Regulation, Class Warfare, Unemployment, Health Care Rationing, House Democratic Leadership, George W. Bush, Universal Healthcare, President Obama, Health Insurance, Blue-Dog-Coalition, Congress, Single Payer Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Recession, Blue Dog Democrats, Universal Health Care, Doctors, Politics News
Kimberly Krautter

The problem isn't a few highly specialized physicians as much as it is the gaping maw between the few zip codes where they practice and the rest of the country. This is the real class warfare.

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The Gates of Political Distraction

Thomas Frank | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Crowley, Culture Wars, Class Warfare, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Obama Gates, Henry Louis Gates, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Umbrage at a Harvard professor's class snobbery might derail this generation's greatest hope for actually mitigating the class divide.

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I'm Sick of Hearing About the Poor, Poor Millionaires

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warfare, Wealthy, Tax Rates, Al Franken, Reform, Tax the Rich, Media, Jim Webb, Republican, Reagan, Pelosi, Ultra Rich, Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Ultra Wealthy, Health Care, Robert a Heinlein, Taxes, House, Millionaires, Msm, Franken, War, Democrat, Billionaires, Rich, Webb, Democrats, Mainstream Media, Income Tax, Tax, Chris Weigant, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Class Warfare, Denmark, Healthcare, Heinlein, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats have to get over their knee-jerk reaction to being labeled "tax and spenders" by their opposition. If higher taxes for millionaires are the way to pay for healthcare reform, then let everyone know it, and know why.

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Just A Thriller?

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Class Warfare, Racism, King of Pop, Pop Culture, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Prince, Entertainment News
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

One man embodies what I would term the deep power of pop culture/music as no other before him.

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Why Is Rush Limbaugh Attacking Me?

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Primaries, Class Warfare, Rush Limbaugh, Unions, New York, Senate, Jonathan Tasini, Maria Bartiromo, Media News
Jonathan Tasini

Thank you, Rush Limbaugh -- it's an honor to be attacked by you. When Rush attacks people who are trying to spread some honest truth -- in this case, ...

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Yes, Maria Bartiromo, There Is Class Warfare

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Class Warfare, Budgets, Unions, Taxes, Working Life, Maria Bartiromo, Financial Crisis, States, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

What was most interesting about my debate with CNBC's anchor Maria Bartiromo is how she became speechless -- and that ain't no easy feat -- when I challenged her about class warfare.

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Obama Needs to Be Tough on Credit Card CEOs

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Populism, Class Warfare, Bankruptcy, Economic Crisis, Credit Cards, New Depression, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Global Recession, Credit Card Abuses Legislation, Obama Credit Card Abuses, Credit Card Rate Increases, Banks, Banking Crisis, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News
Robert S. McElvaine

The American people do not want the unconscionable interest rate increases made "easier to understand" -- we want them reversed.

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Keep the Bank Pirates on the Run

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Credit Card Abuses Legislation, Populism, Class Warfare, Bankruptcy, Economic Crisis, Credit Cards, Obama Credit Card Abuses, New Depression, Global Recession, Credit Card Rate Increases, Banks, Banking Crisis, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News
Robert S. McElvaine

President Obama seems to be hearing the growing outcry against the big bank pirates' declaration of war on the American people through their outrageous increases in credit card interest rates.

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Banks Declare War on America

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Populism, Bankruptcy, Capitol One, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Recession, New Depression, Credit Cards, J.P. Morgan Chase, Credit Card Rate Increases, Citibank, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Banks, Class Warfare, Amex, Great Depression, Business News
Robert S. McElvaine

These rate increases -- some to as high as 29 percent -- are exactly the opposite of what the bad economy needs for recovery.

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From Now on, Equality Needs to Be Our Organizing Principle

Johann Hari | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Stress, Friendship, Consumerism, Class Warfare, United States, Capitalism, Obesity, Portugal, Sweden, World News
Johann Hari

At the end of the failed age of market fundamentalism, the long-suppressed democratic cry for equality is emerging once again.

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A Scandal More Shameful than AIG and Just as Costly for Taxpayers

Keli Goff | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Education, Poverty, Class Warfare, Dropout Epidemic, Class, High School Dropouts, Business News
Keli Goff

We should be treating America's dropout epidemic with the same measure of urgency, outrage and activism that has spurred us to tackle drunk driving, AIDS Awareness, and even climate change.

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John Galt Has Left the Building

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill O’Reilly, Class Warfare, Politics, Obama Stimulus Package, Media, Glenn Beck Fox News, Ayn Rand Institute, Colbert Report 'the Word', Stephen Colbert, Juliettepowell, Wealth, John Galt, Colbert Report 'Rand Illusion', Republican, Conservative, Politics News, Wealthy, Money, Ruling-Class, Ayn Rand, Juliette Powell, Media News, Colbert Report, Atlas Shrugged, 33 Million People, Media News
Juliette Powell

If your moral duty is to serve your neighbor and anyone else who is in need, then you don't have the moral right to pursue your own life and happiness.

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Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Market, Populism, President Obama, Economy, Jindal, Poll, Obama, Media, Agenda, America, Blagojevich, Hat. Aretha Franklin, Pelosi, Muslim, Populist, Bonus, Socialist, Tax Cut, Auto Workers, Over-Exposed, Stimulus Package, Limbaugh, Reid, Teleprompter, Rush Limbaugh, Budget, Socialism, Do Too Much, Conservative, Congress, Right Wing, Sixty-Percent, Capitalism, Bipartisan, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Palin, Hypocrisy, Political Capital, Msm, Two-Thirds, Bipartisanship, Pundit, Class Warfare, Partisan, Leona Helmsley, President-for-Life, Helmsley, Politics News
Chris Weigant

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

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Colbert Shrugged: Ayn Rand Institute Responds to 'Rand Illusion'

Juliette Powell | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill O’Reilly, Class Warfare, Obama Stimulus Package, Juliette Powell, Glenn Beck Fox News, Ayn Rand Institute, Colbert Report 'the Word', Conservative, Stephen Colbert, Media, Wealth, John Galt, Colbert Report 'Rand Illusion', Politics, Politics News, Wealthy, Money, Ruling-Class, Ayn Rand, Republican, Juliettepowell, Colbert Report, Atlas Shrugged, 33 Million People, Media News
Juliette Powell

Is Colbert, and the media in general, taking a cheap shot -- going for the easy laugh using Rand's philosophy of selfishness -- or are they using humor and irony to open a much needed public debate?

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Atlas: Shrug This!

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rick Santelli, Class Warfare, Atlas Shrugged, Jon Stewart, Ayn Rand, Wealthy, Wealth, Obama Stimulus Package, Money, Narcissism, Ruling-Class, Obama, Uber-Wealthy, Politics News
Jeff Dorchen

Please, go right ahead, underestimate the power of human beings to live without you golden gods who inhabit the penthouses of the world.

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If We 'Kill the Rich', Don't We Kill the Dream?

Vicky Ward | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Class Warfare, Aig Bonuses, Economic Crisis, Economy, Aig, Bank Bonuses, New York, New York City, Recession, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Financial Crisis, Aig Federal Bailouts, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, AIG Scandal, New York/New York, Washington/United States, Business News
Vicky Ward

New York is the national epicenter of ostentation and consumerism. Now those qualities are considered tasteless. Wealth has become a dirty word.

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Why America Needs a Jade Goody

Michael Wolff | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Jade Goody Cervical Cancer, Britain, Reality TV, Class Warfare, Media, Jade Goody, Old Media, Media News
Michael Wolff

How come the Brits are far crazier about reality TV than we are? You would have thought we'd have had a monopoly on outsized vulgarity -- but we've been so seriously trumped.

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Enough Already About the Jobs the Rich Create

Charles Alexander | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Energy, Taxes, Economy, President Obama, Supply Siders, Science, Business, Rich, Suv, Government, Cnbc, Infrastructure, Education, Tv, Bernard Madoff, Video Games, Class Warfare, Business News
Charles Alexander

Thank goodness that the trickle-down economy collapsed from its own incompetence and corruption, and American people elected Barack Obama to rebuild a society we can be proud of.

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The Bigger Shame: The Rich Got Richer

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Class Warfare, Wall Street, Taxes, Working Life, The Rich, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Respectfully, we can rage about the spectacle of bonuses on Wall Street, but the real crime is this: while a fiscal crisis mushrooms, the richest Americans are let off the hook.

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CEOs Boosting Their Pensions While Workers Pensions go Poof

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Class Warfare, Working Life, Pensions, CEO Greed, Greed, American Greed, Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Recession Fears, Jobs, Financial Crisis, Corporate Greed, Recession, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

CEOs are getting major boosts in their pensions, while the pensions of most Americans have either disappeared or take a major hit.

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Robert Rubin Gets His Pink Slip: Good Riddance

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 02.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Financial Crisis, Class Warfare, Robert Rubin Citibank, Working Life, Robert Rubin, Transition Team, Citigroup, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

The downside to letting Rubin slip quietly from his role at Citigroup is that he leaves with enough of his reputation intact that he still holds some sway in Washington.

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