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Peter Dreier, Truthout: Billionaires from the Walden family to Bill Gates to the Koch brothers have spent millions defaming public education. Now filmmakers Jim and Dawn O'Keefe offer an antidote.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17455-go-public-finally-a-film-that-celebrates-public-schools



Extensive Koch Links to New Right-Wing $250 Million Mega Fund

Nick Surgey, PRWatch: The shadowy, Koch-funded 'Freedom Partners' group posted its first federal tax report, which uncloaked several Koch-related entities that were previously unknown. New details of the group s spending are available for the first time.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/18919-revealed-extensive-koch-links-to-new-right-wing-250-million-mega-fund



Six Ways Neoliberal Education Reform May Be Destroying a College Near You

Owen Davis, AlterNet: Those who have followed K-12 reforms see the writing on the wall for higher education. To truly remedy the system, higher education must be understood as a public good, rather than private commodity available only to those who ll pay the asking price.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19339-six-ways-neoliberal-education-reform-may-be-destroying-a-college-near-you



Are the Koch Brothers the New "Copper Kings"?

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The ghost of William A. Clark, the corrupt "Copper King," is alive and well in the form of billionaires such as the Koch Brothers, who are corrupting our political process while destroying the environment and poisoning us.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19569-are-the-koch-brothers-the-new-copper-kings

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Blessed Are the Rich

By Jim Hightower

One thing I have come to value in the last couple of years is the altruism and keen economic insights of the fourth-richest man in America: Charles Koch.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35652.htm

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Trojan Horse for mass indoctrination
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/24467.html

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Koch Bros. Financial Cabal Exposed
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/12-1

How a Koch Brothers 'Business League' Spent $236 Million to Frame the Debate
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/13-0



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