World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/09-2

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Wall Street Offers a Second Career for Former Politicians

Steven M Davidoff, The New York Times News Service: The wholesale involvement of politicians in finance as opposed to, say, working at industrial America or advising the nation s educational and charitable institutions may be a serious misdirection of resources.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12669-wall-street-offers-a-second-career-for-former-politicians



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Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Voters approved ballot measures in two states and more than 120 cities in several states calling upon legislators to pass an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Citizens United ruling that opened up the US to unfettered campaign spending.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12638-millions-of-voters-demand-constitutional-amendment-to-overturn-citizens-united



Corporate Access to State Lawmakers Facilitated by Taxpayer-Funded ''Associations''

Steve Horn and Sarah Blaskey, Truthout: New report shows Citizens United, which opened the door to limitless campaign contributions, is just the tip of the iceberg in how corporations buy access and bring influence to bear on laws and lawmakers across the nation.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12846-public-citizen-corporate-access-to-state-lawmakers-facilitated-by-taxpayer-funded-associations



Why We Need Redistricting Reform

Sundeep Iyer and Keesha Gaskins, Brennan Center for Justice: Democracy is obstructed when redistricting removes elections from the hands of voters and places it in the hands of line-drawers and bureaucrats.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12855-why-we-need-redistricting-reform

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Campaign To Overturn Citizens United

The LA City Council voted Wednesday to draft ballot language for voters to weigh in on whether they believe there should be limits on campaign spending and whether corporations should have the same rights as people.

http://is.gd/qWMeQN


From Information Clearing House

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Re-Launch of `Declaration for Democracy' Campaign to Overturn Citizens United
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/02/05-0



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Authority!
by Timothy J Taylor

11/08/12

Republicans are associated with religiously oriented political extremists. They have been preaching the wrong message to average Americans. They must begin to rethink their core principles or face the prospect of becoming irrelevant in future elections...

http://authoritycon.blogspot.com/2012/11/gop-losers-why_8.html



Why Mitt Romney lost and the GOP will continue to lose

Reason
by Nick Gillespie

11/09/12

How did Mitt Romney and the Republican Party blow it all so badly? The short answer is that the GOP insisted on pushing backward-looking social issues in a country that is increasingly libertarian...

http://tinyurl.com/axat84g



To Romney and the GOP elites: What goes around comes around

The Daily Bell
by Ron Holland

11/10/12

On November 6th a large percentage of the Ron Paul supporters (10% of the GOP electorate) in the primary season exited the corrupt GOP voting process, stayed home, watched our television screens (like I did) and followed through with our warning to the GOP establishment. No Paul = No Vote in November...

http://tinyurl.com/c7k2h8b


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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How the GOP s War on Voting Backfired

Ari Berman, The Nation: Ten major restrictive voting laws were blocked in court, and turnout among young, black and Hispanic voters increased as a share of the electorate relative to 2008, quite possibly because the push to suppress voters made them even more motivated to cast a ballot.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12646-how-the-gops-war-on-voting-backfired



The GOP s Privatization Pathology

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: There is something pathological going on with Republicans when they think that even FEMA should be privatized.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12756-the-gops-privatization-pathology



GOP s Domination Was Only Temporary

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: The modern GOP is very much into denial of inconvenient truths, whether those inconvenient truths involve climate change or macroeconomics.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12851-gops-domination-was-only-temporary



Obama Has Power but Risks Republican Wrath Gaining Mideast Peace

Ira Chernus, Truthout: Barack Obama may call the shots in the Middle East, but investigations reveal a curious conundrum about who calls the foreign policy shots in the US. The GOP blocks peace.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12969-let-it-begin-with-me-republicans-thwart-mideast-peace

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This Old Party: The Conservative Renovation
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/09-6

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Is the GOP Headed for the Boneyard?
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan275.html

The Failure of Romney and What the GOP Has To Do Next
http://lewrockwell.com/wile/wile66.1.html



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Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Often our country s current economic situation resembles a twisted game of Monopoly, but given the violent example of Greece s collapse, the endgame for a corporate-driven society is one where everyone loses.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12628-monopoly-endgame-for-the-global-economy



The Democratization of Wealth and the Era of Deepening Fiscal Crisis

Gar Alperovitz, Democracy Collaborative Press: The latest chapter from Gar Alperovitz s groundbreaking book, ''America Beyond Capitalism,'' discusses methods of creating wealth that benefits the public directly, where concepts like cooperatives, neighborhood ownership and nonprofit ownership have been proven efficient if given the proper investment.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12614-the-democratization-of-wealth-and-the-era-of-deepening-fiscal-crisis



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Chip Gibbons, Truthout: The Occupy Wall Street movement expands its battle against corporate corruption to include privatized prisons. Occupy groups in DC, Portland, Baltimore and the newly-formed Occupy 4 Prisoners continue the fight against the Prison Industrial Complex.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12602-occupy-the-prison-industrial-complex



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Ellen Brown, Truthout: Beyond credit cards and bank loans, Americans are paying interest on everything from garbage collection to drinking water, giving 35 percent to 40 percent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to big banks and financiers.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12605-its-the-interest-stupid-why-bankers-rule-the-world



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In der sich entfaltenden Krise der europäischen Autoindustrie spiegeln sich die inneren Schranken, an die das kapitalistische Weltsystem stößt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37964/1.html



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