Time has come to change our ways. It may mean giving up some gadgets and luxuries. The 99% must share and mediate between our needs and our desires. Water, food, shelter for all. Then once that is taken care of, you can start adding the creative add-ons to life. If you want to see the [...]

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A cynical person might make the case that the United States is engaged in genocide. Look at some facts: The corporate food industry produces tons of fake food, lacking in nutrition, and worse containing ingredients that actually do harm. This food is cheap. Organic foods and fresh produce and meats and dairy are expensive, unaffordable [...]

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The media is awash in election minutia and the stores are filled with Christmas decorations (and other holiday paraphernalia, but the Christian celebration dominates). Despite rampant home foreclosures, plummeting financial markets, roller-coaster oil prices, people still seem oblivious to real life. American television is still chock-full of those unreal “reality” programs, and American magazines are [...]

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