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By Dylan Charles

The recipe for poverty hasn t happened by accident. To the majority of people in the world, it was planned and executed with steely perfection by the 2% at the top of the corporate food chain.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35530.htm



Child Poverty In The USA

More than 16 million children in the United States, 22% of all children, live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, $23,550 a year for a family of four. Research shows that, on average, families need an income of about twice that level to cover basic expenses.

http://is.gd/zwULMh



The Corporatization of the University

Video

To prevent increasing privatization, he said the United States should put greater emphasis on funding higher education. He added that many other countries, such as Germany and Mexico, offer free or heavily subsidized access to higher education.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35628.htm



Life-saving Transplant Denied and Health Insurance Canceled Over 26-cent Shortfall

By Karin Price Mueller

'They know he s literally in a life and death situation and for 26 cents, they are denying him the right to get the health insurance coverage he needs,' he said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35821.htm



How The $1.2 Trillion College Debt Crisis Is Crippling Students, Parents And The Economy

Two-thirds, that s right, two-thirds of students graduating from American colleges and universities are graduating with some level of debt. How much? According to The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) Project on Student Debt, the average borrower will graduate $26,600 in the red.

http://is.gd/oqAk5g


From Information Clearing House

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The Water Thief Imagines the Corporate-Controlled Future of America

Martha Sorren, Truthout: Martha Sorren reviews The Water Thief, a novel that describes a future controlled by large corporations who own everything, including citizens. As this text makes us face the possible collapse of our democracy, it serves as inspiration to take control of our government today.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17490-dystopian-novel-the-water-thief-imagines-the-corporate-controlled-future-of-america



On the Poor Definition and Measurement of Corruption

Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: In our current society, where the word corruption has become so ubiquitous that it has lost all meaning, we need to reevaluate the language with which we discuss the mass criminality of corporate America.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/17577-on-the-poor-definition-and-measurement-of-corruption



It s College Students vs. the Corporate Machine and the Machine is Winning

Richard Eskow, Campaign for America s Future: Higher education used to be seen as a citadel of learning, growth and opportunity; now student debt is being used as a cash cow to subsidize corporate tax breaks.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17611-its-college-students-vs-the-corporate-machine-and-the-machines-winning



The Crisis of Finance Capitalism and the Exhaustion of Neoliberalism

Michael A. Peters, Truthout: In the five years since the Global Financial Crisis, no policies have been developed to effectively ensure against another systemic failure of banking and insurance systems.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17536-the-crisis-of-finance-capitalism-and-the-exhaustion-of-neoliberalism



We Are All Being Poisoned by Deregulated Capitalism

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The unregulated, earth-destroying capitalism that keeps the 1% on top is killing everyone, whether they live on the Upper East Side or in the Mississippi Delta. The fact is that we are all, rich and poor, being poisoned by deregulated capitalism.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18045-were-all-being-poisoned-by-deregulated-capitalism



Student Debt Is Crushing the Economic Future of the Young

Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: If the job market was not bad enough, the amount of debt that college students are accruing will hinder their overall ability to create wealth in their lifetimes, thus putting the future of the US economy at risk.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19956-student-debt-is-crushing-the-economic-future-of-the-young

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Ralph Nader on People Power: You Don t Have to be Controlled by the Corporations of America
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/07/18

Jubilee USA: Expected Hedge Fund vs. Argentina Ruling Will Impact Global Poverty
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/07/19-0

8 Ways Privatization Has Failed America
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/05

Ripping Off Young America: The College-Loan Scandal
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/15-8

Student Loan Bubble Saddles a Generation With Debt
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/08/20-0

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Bubbles and Busts
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/charles-goyette/bubbles-and-busts/



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By Rob Urie

The guardians of American empire increasingly see us, the American people, as 'others' from whom the social-historical construct 'America' must be protected.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35534.htm



US Activist and Iraq War Veteran Vincent Emanuele Speaks Out

Video

US Iraq war veteran Vince Emanuele speaks out against the US war machine, blowing the whistle on the United States culture of warfare.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35533.htm



The NSA is attempting to collect, monitor and store all forms of human communication

By Glenn Greenwald

That is the definition of a ubiquitous surveillance state, and it s been built in the dark, without the knowledge of the American people.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35549.htm



Snowden has Become a 'Man Without a Country'

By Dave Lindorff

The America we all thought we lived in is no more. It is an Orwellian nightmare, a soft fascism that could become hard overnight, at the flick of a switch.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35547.htm



The Making of the U.S. Surveillance State, 1898-2020

By Alfred W. McCoy

Within a decade, the U.S. will likely deploy this aerospace shield, advanced cyberwarfare capabilities, and even vaster, more omnipresent digital surveillance networks that will envelop the Earth in an electronic grid capable of blinding entire armies on the battlefield.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35550.htm



Locking Out the Voices of Dissent

By Chris Hedges

It is imperative to defend, as the activists did in New York City, what freedoms and rights we have left. If we remain passive, if we permit the state to continue to use the law to take away our right of political expression.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35545.htm



Email Exchange Between Edward Snowden and Former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey

By Glenn Greenwald

'I believe you have done the right thing in exposing what I regard as massive violation of the United States constitution'.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35573.htm



Dissent, Disappointment and Draconian Rule

Bradley Manning s Plea and the Fight to Be Human

By Chris Floyd

I say: go stand in his shoes, face what he s facing, and see what you would do.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35878.htm



Surveillance and Scandal

Time-Tested Weapons for U.S. Global Power

By Alfred McCoy

It s About Blackmail, Not National Security.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37421.htm

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The NSA whistleblower from EIGHT years ago
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-surveillance-state/the-nsa-whistleblowerfrom-eight-years-ago.html

NSA eavesdropped on US generals, judges, government officials and Obama
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-surveillance-state/nsa-eavesdropped-on-us-generals-judges-government-officials-and-obama.html#sthash.A7hi8bAE.dpuf

Government Propaganda Failing
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/news-media-corruption-1/government-propaganda-failing.html

Russell Tice, The forgotten whistleblower
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-surveillance-state/russell-tice-the-forgotten-whistleblower.html

The complete Russell Tice/Sibel Edmonds interview
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-surveillance-state/the-complete-russell-ticesibel-edmonds-interview.html

Government by blackmail
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-surveillance-state/government-by-blackmail-.html

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Whatever Happened to MoveOn.Org? Progressives and NSA Spying

Jessica Bernstein, CounterPunch: After Snowden s revelations about the NSA surveillance scandal, many from the progressive left have shown anger, but where is the collective protest to gross invasion of privacy? In one of the most prolific scandals of the decade, where is the action from the left?

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17547-whatever-happened-to-moveonorg-progressives-and-nsa-spying



What the Empire Didn t Hear: US Spying and Resistance in Latin America

Benjamin Dangl, Toward Freedom: In all of the data that the US gathered across the region, it missed one crucial fact: that Latin America is no longer Washington s backyard. In spite of the empire s wide reach, there are places where it will always be defied.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17659-what-the-empire-didnt-hear-us-spying-and-resistance-in-latin-america

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Uncle Sam s Big, Big Ears
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/07/eric-margolis/will-the-world-revolt-against-its-overlord/

George Orwell and the Cold War
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/07/murray-n-rothbard/george-orwell-and-the-uss-cold-war/

Do We Really Want a Cold War II?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/patrick-j-buchanan/enough-with-us-belligerence/

The Government is now God to Many
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/anthony-gucciardi/just-as-in-the-ancient-world%E2%80%A8/

The New, Improved 1984
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/charles-hugh-smith/welcome-to-1984%E2%80%A8/

Scandal and Surveillance: On time-tested weapons for global domination
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/alfred-mccoy/scandal-and-surveillance/

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Greenwald: Snowden Has NSA 'Blueprint'
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/07/15-0

Edward Snowden, True Hope for Change
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/16-9

Court Rules to Declassify NSA Justification for Spying
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/17-0

Retiring the American Empire
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/01-12

Oiling the War Machinery, From Oslo to Heathrow to Washington
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/08/19-0



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der religiös verbrämt und militärtaktisch gezielt verstärkt wird.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/154624



''Ringen um das erneute Patt''

Syriens Regime soll nicht gewinnen. Die Rebellen aber auch nicht.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39494/1.html



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