Author Archives: Arlen Grossman

Wall Street Giants

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

Eric Holder Admits Some Banks Are Just Too Big To Prosecute  By Mark Gongloff/ Huffington Post/ March 6, 2013 When the Attorney General of the United States admits some banks are simply too big to prosecute, it might be time … Continue reading →

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…And We Are Screwed

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

We Are Bradley Manning By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 3, 2012 I was in a military courtroom at Fort Meade in Maryland on Thursday as Pfc. Bradley Manning admitted giving classified government documents to WikiLeaks. The hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading →

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WEALTH INEQUALITY: IT’S WORSE THAN YOU THINK

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Arlen Grossman
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What’s the Problem?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Arlen Grossman
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Ultimate Proof That Corporations Aren’t People

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

Here’s a second story by Matt Taibbi that should boggle everyone’s mind. If you were caught working with Mexican drug cartels and organizations linked to al-Qaeda, Iran, North Korea, etc, in the “largest drug-and terrorism money-laundering case ever,” you would … Continue reading →

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First, the Bad News……

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “So what exactly did the bailout accomplish? It built a banking system that discriminates against community banks, makes Too Big to Fail banks even Too Bigger to Failier, increases risk, discourages sound business lending and … Continue reading →

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Explains a Lot…..

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

Making “Other America” Fail By Robert Parry/ Consortiumnews/ February 26, 2013 Behind today’s fight over government spending is a bigger struggle for U.S.  democracy’s future, pitting the traditional white-ruled country against a new multicultural nation, or the Right’s Real America against Other America. To … Continue reading →

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War as Theft

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “Of course it is tempting to close one’s eyes to history and instead to speculate about the roots of war in some possible animal instinct:  as if, like a tiger, we still had to kill … Continue reading →

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BRADLEY MANNING & THE UNSPOKEN AMERICAN EMPIRE

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

One Thousand Days When One is Too Many By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers/Nation of Change/ Feb. 24, 2013 Please note: Although the protest activities described in this October 2011 newsletter article have already taken place this past weekend, the … Continue reading →

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