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Bombing Capitalism

Esther Iverem | Posted 10.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Foreclosures, Capitalism Movie, Michael Moore, People of Color, Citigroup, Roger and Me, Countrywide, General Motors, Citigroup Memo, Marcy Kaptur, Plutocracy, Capitalism: A Love Story, Hurricane Katrina, Republic Windows and Doors, Entertainment News

On a throwback vibe, you could say that Capitalism: A Love Story is the bomb. By exploring the economic system of capitalism as an evil, Moore fires a salvo into the heart of America's social machine.

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Is the Opposite of Capitalism Democracy? A Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Anis Shivani | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Foreclosures, Populism, Ronald Reagan, Larry Summers, Globalization, Economic Bill of Rights, Republic Windows and Doors, Goldman Sachs, Capitalism: A Love Story, General Motors, Dennis Kucinich, General Motors Bankruptcy, Roger & Me, Plutonomy, Financial Deregulation, Deindustrialization, Bill Clinton, Economic Crisis, Flint, Democracy, Franklin Roosevelt, Capitalism, Oligarchy, Nafta, Barack Obama, Sicko, Robert Rubin, Glass-Steagall Act, Jimmy Carter, Michael Moore, Alan Greenspan, Business News

Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.

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Will Michael Moore's Capitalism Be A Game Changer?

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Foreclosures, Mortgages, Countrywide, Michael Moore, Christopher Dodd, Documentary, PA Child Care, Capitalism: A Love Story, Fdr, Republic Windows and Doors, Capitalism Movie, Michael Moore Movie, Michael Moore Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News

Every time I see a new Michael Moore movie, America looks a little different to me. I feel an odd mixture of hopefulness, anger, and spiritual fatigue.

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Richard Gillman, Republic Windows CEO, Held On $10M Bail In Financial Crimes Investigation

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Republic Windows and Doors, Republic Windows Protest, Republic-Windows-Sit-In, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Chicago Factory Protest, Republic Windows Investigation, Richard Gillman, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A judge has set bond at $10 million for the former CEO of a Chicago factory where workers staged a high-profile sit-in last year. Ric...

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Republic Windows Official In Custody For 'Hijacking Assets'

Chicago Tribune | Annie Sweeney and Matthew Walberg | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Factory Sit-In, Republic Windows Investigation, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

One official of Republic Windows and Doors, the Chicago company that abruptly shut down last year without paying severance and vacation pay to employe...

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Republic Windows Broke Federal Labor Law

Chi-Town Daily News | FERNANDO DIAZ | Posted 04.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Republic Windows and Doors Lay Offs, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Republic Windows Labor Law, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

The National Labor Relations Board's regional director has found Republic Doors and Windows violated federal labor law in closing the company's Goose ...

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Republic Windows Sit-In Workers To Get Jobs Back Under New Owner

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Serious Materials, Republic Windows Workers, Green Jobs, Job Cuts, Republic Windows Sit-In, Chicago Sit-In, Green Business, Chicago Factory Protest, Organized Labor, Labor Movement, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The factory where laid-off workers staged a highly publicized sit-in that garnered national attention last year was sold to a Californ...

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Republic Sit-In Workers Kick Off National Labor Tour

Chi-Town Daily News | Megan Cottrell | Posted 03.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Republic Windows Workers, Labor Movement, Republic Windows Protest, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

Two months ago, the workers at Republic Windows and Doors went from regular people to national stars and started a conversation about the economic cri...

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Republic Windows Factory May Reopen Under New Owner

Crain's Chicago Business | Meghan Streit | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Republic Windows Factory, Serious Materials, Serious Materials Republic, Republic Windows New Owner, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

Republic Windows & Doors Inc., whose sudden closure in December garnered national attention, may be back in business with a new owner. California-bas...

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$10 Million Tax Subsidy To Closed Republic Factory Can't Be Recovered

Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 02.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Republic Tif Money, Republic Tif, Chicago Tax Subsidies, Tifs, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

So much for that $10 million. As expected, Daley administration officials told aldermen [Monday] that the city can't recover any of the taxpayer-fund...

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City Wants TIF Money Back From Closed Republic Windows Factory

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 02.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Republic Tifs, Republic Tif Money, Republic Windows, Tifs, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

Top mayoral aides will appear before a City Council committee today to explain what, if any, legal action the city will take against shuttered Republi...

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Republic Windows Workers Continue Fight Against Bankrupt Company

AP | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Labor, Republic Windows Injunction, Republic Windows Protest, United Electrical Workers, Chicago Workers Protest, Labor Movement, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A union representing Chicago workers whose recent factory sit-in drew national attention are taking new action against the now-bankrup...

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Workers End Protest At Closed Chicago Factory

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Bank of America, Republic Windows Protest, Chicago Factory Sit-in Ends, Chicago Sit-In, Bank of America Protest, Labor Movement, Chicago Factory Protest, Republic Workers Settlement, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Republic Windows and Doors, Labor, Chicago Workers Strike, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Chicago Factory Protest Ends, Chicago Workers Protest, Bank of America and Republic Windows & Doors, Chicago Protest, Protesting Workers Settlement, Chicago News

CHICAGO — They've taken their sleeping bags and pillows back home and hauled away their protest placards after ending a nearly weeklong sit-in a...

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Obama Embraces Chicago Factory Sit-In: Symbol of New Wave of Activism

Peter Dreier | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Workers, Chicago, Protest, Obama, Sit-In, Union, Bush, Republic Windows and Doors, Recession, Business News

The bold factory take-over by the Republic workers in Chicago may be a fluke, or it just could be the opening salvo of a new wave of grassroots activism inspired by Obama's campaign.

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