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Ehrenreich: The Truth Exposed by Occupy Shows That the Real Elites Are the Thieves of the 1%, Not The Liberals of Conservative Myth

Barbara Ehrenreich, John Ehrenreich, The Nation and TomDispatch.com. December 15, 2011.

For decades, conservatives have generated antipathy towards a so-called "liberal elite." Occupy helped America discover the 1% and their crimes.

Shock Doctrine in Practice: The Connection Between Nighttime Robbery In the Streets and Daytime Robbery By Elites

Naomi Klein, The Nation. August 17, 2011.

When you rob people of what little they have, in order to protect the interests of those who have more than anyone deserves, you should expect resistance.

Americans Don't Realize Just How Badly We're Getting Screwed by the Top 0.1 Percent Hoarding the Country's Wealth

David DeGraw, Amped Status. August 14, 2011.

With an unprecedented sum of wealth held within the top one-tenth of one percent of the US population, we now have the most severe inequality of wealth in US history.

Doom Is Not Inevitable: Hope Is Out There, We Just Have to Work For It

Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch.com. July 31, 2011.

They may not make it into mainstream news, but hard working activists who understand that hope is not guaranteed continue to give us reasons to be optimistic.

8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. July 31, 2011.

The ruling elite has created social institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance.

Is a Real Resistance Movement to the Big Banks Finally on the Rise?

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. April 3, 2011.

There is no way to vote against the interests of Goldman Sachs. Civil Disobedience is the only tool we have left.

The Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy

Lisa Dodson, The New Press. March 4, 2011.

Sociologist Lisa Dodson investigates the growing grassroots movement against unethical standards within the workplace.

Extremist Christians Aim to Create Armed Militias Against "Godless" Federal Government

Sarah Posner, Julie Ingersoll, Religion Dispatches. July 12, 2010.

Christian Reconstructionists believe civil government should be reformed according to the dictates of biblical law. Some advocate for followers to take up arms.

Shocking New Report: The CIA Performed Human Experiments on Prisoners Under Bush

Stephen Soldz, AlterNet. June 7, 2010.

A new report details how the effects of torture on detainees were closely studied in order to perfect 'enhanced interrogation techniques.'

Iraq's Civil Resistance

Bill Weinberg, The Nation. December 11, 2007.

Iraq's labor leaders are, of course, targeted for death.

Making an Example of Ehren Watada

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. February 6, 2007.

Those who resist this war deserve our gratitude and our support. And our willingness to resist as well.

The War on Trial: A Look at the Legal Merit of Watada's Case

Paul Rockwell, AlterNet. February 5, 2007.

Lt. Watada risks prison to argue that Bush's war is illegal. But his actions are based on solid evidence about military conduct in Iraq and a clear understanding of the law.

Ehren Watada Leads The Way Out Of Iraq

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. January 31, 2007.

The military court stifled Watada's challenge to the war's legality, but his stand reveals the path those in power should follow.