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22 Signs That We Are On The Verge Of A Devastating Global Recession

Many of these signs are detailed later on in this article. But most people don t understand what is happening because they don t put all of the pieces together. If you just look at one or two pieces of data, it may not seem that impressive.

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Conflict between rich, poor strongest in 24 years

Tensions between the rich and poor are increasing and at their most intense level in nearly a quarter-century, a new survey shows. Americans now see more social conflict over wealth inequality than over the hot-button topics of immigration, race relations and age.

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Social Justice Quiz 2012: Thirteen Questions

By Bill Quigley and Sam Schmitt

The poverty rate among children in the US is over 20 percent. How does US compare with the rest of the 30 nations surveyed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30386.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Mass Movement Must Challenge 'Concentration of Wealth'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/13-4

Romney s Tax Plan: Coddle the 1%
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/13

What is the Occupy Movement Accomplishing?
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/01/13-0

Who Knew There Was So Much Poverty?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/13-12

More Than One Kind of Capitalism
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/13-7

Martin Luther King, Jr: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/16-6

The Revolutionary MLK
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/01/16-0

We Know How to Curb Poverty, We Simply Fail to Act
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/20-5

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How Washington and Big Business Colluded to Make the Rich Richer

Moyers & Co., Programming Announcement: ''This weekend Bill Moyers returns to television with Moyers & Company. In his first show, Bill explores how Washington made the rich richer at the expense of the middle class. On Friday, the premiere episode of Moyers & Company, Bill s guests, Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, authors of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class, argue that America s vast inequality is no accident, but in fact has been politically engineered.''

http://www.truth-out.org/moyers-co-how-washington-and-big-business-colluded-make-rich-richer/1326463694



Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in His Own Words

Video

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: ''Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of US foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his 'Beyond Vietnam' speech ... as well as his last speech, 'I Have Been to the Mountain Top,' that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated.''

http://www.truth-out.org/special-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-his-own-words/1326736984



US Ranks 27th in Social Justice

Jim Hightower, Other Words Blog: ''USA: We're No. 1!' Oh, wait: Iceland is No. 1. But we did beat out Poland and Slovakia, right? Uh...no. But go on down the rankings and there we are! No. 27, fifth from the bottom. So our new national chant is, 'USA: At Least We are Not Last!' ... Our bottom-of-the-heap ranking in social justice confirms the economic and political inequality that the Occupy movement is protesting.''

http://www.truth-out.org/us-ranks-27th-social-justice/1326737822



Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson on Engineered Inequality

Video

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: ''In this show segment, Moyers & Company dives into one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: How Washington and Big Business colluded to make the super-rich richer and turn their backs on the rest of us.''

http://www.truth-out.org/jacob-hacker-paul-pierson-engineered-inequality/1326819737



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