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Why Obama Must Join The Drug War Debate in Colombia

Staff, The Guardian. April 8, 2012.

At a summit in Colombia this week, Obama will have the opportunity to have an honest conversation about our failed drug policy and how desperately we need reform.

Chomsky: How the Young Are Indoctrinated to Obey

Noam Chomsky, AlterNet. April 4, 2012.

Forty years ago there was deep concern that the population was breaking free of apathy and obedience. Since then, many measures have been taken to restore discipline.

The Biggest Engine of Economic Growth? 8 Ways Taxpayers and the Government Are Necessary to Capitalism

Colin Greer, AlterNet. March 13, 2012.

Almost everything the American capitalist system needs is provided by taxpayer dollars and government action.

Conservatives Have Defiled "Freedom" Long Enough -- It's Time for Liberals to Reclaim the Word

Corey Robin, The Nation. May 16, 2011.

We must push the argument that the market is a source of constraint and the government an instrument of freedom.

Hedges: We Must Defy the Corporate Monsters Laying Waste to Our World

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. April 18, 2011.

Once we demand that a society serve the needs of citizens and the ecosystem that sustains life, rather than the needs of the marketplace, we make hope visible.

Was Last Week's Market Crash a Direct Attack By Financial Terrorists?

David DeGraw, Amped Status. May 10, 2010.

In a market where 70 percent of all trades are executed by computer algorithms via High Frequency Trading, Goldman Sachs has the power to make the market crash or rise at will.

Baffling Market Plunge -- Is There a Shady Game of Market Manipulation At Work?

Danny Schechter, MediaChannel.org. May 9, 2010.

Last week's market plunge continues to baffle economists. Should we blame a trader who made a typo or were there others playing a shadier game of market manipulation?

Capitalist Pigs: What the Wall Street Meltdown and Swine Flu Have in Common

David Sirota, AlterNet. May 9, 2009.

Pigs are supposed to be the smartest domestic animal. But they clearly have trouble when charged with managing capitalism.

The Fallacy of the 401(k)

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. October 14, 2008.

401(k)s are the contemporary version of the get-rich-quick scheme. They place retirement in the shaky hands of the market.

The U.S. Economy Is Socialism for the Rich

Michael Leon Guerrero, Movement Vision Lab. July 24, 2008.

Free market capitalism in the United States is by no means "free." It's time we recognize this and move past the destructive neoliberal agenda.

As Housing Implodes, U.S. Is at an Economic Tipping Point

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. July 17, 2008.

Instead of having a light at the end of the tunnel, we have another train. Brace yourselves for a wreck.