storm troopers: ows digs deep as batons amp bullets rain on
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protesters from the occupy wall street movement face new challenges as unseasonably bad weather hits the east coast alongside a sweeping police crackdown they039ll now be up against plummeting temperatures snow and strong winds marina portnaya has the latest from new yorkrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

quotpity the billionairequot: thomas frank on the quotunlikely comeback of the rightquot ahead of iowa 1
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wwwdemocracynoworg best-selling author and harper039s magazine columnist thomas frank argues that as president barack obama fails to provide a coherent progressive economic alternative the right has staged an unlikely comeback despite the ongoing fallout from the 2008 financial crisis for which its trademark polices were largely responsible frank039s new book is called quotpity the billionaire: the hard-times swindle and the unlikely comeback of the rightquot quotconservatives after 2008 didn039t take the pundit039s advice they didn039t move to the center they didn039t moderate themselves they did the oppositequot frank says quotthey purged their moderate wings moved dramatically to the right with the tea party movement and enjoyed this incredible success in the 2010 electionquot frank says whether the conservatives will succeed in 2012 is still quotanyone039s guessquot and says obama should quotstart getting some of the rhetoric of the occupy movement in there he needs to start talking about the 1 percent he needs to start talking about what has happened and why over the last 30 yearsquot democracy now also speaks with the nation correspondent john nichols about the occupy movement in iowaclick here to watch part 2 of 2: http:youtubefdfln4uspgyto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for more democracy now reports on 2012 presidential candidates visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgtagselection_2012follow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

protesters continue legal battle for stop and frisk policy
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new york city039s police department is fighting a legal battle for its stop and frisk policy last year 685724 individuals were searched and of those frisked 88 percent were innocent civil rights leaders say that the policy is targeting minorities and isn039t preventing crime but claim the policy itself is a crime nypd alleges this policy has helped remove dozens of guns from the streets carl dix co-founder of the revolutionary communist pary and dr cornel west author activist and professor sound off on the controversial policylike us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica

99th problem
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quot99quot was initially an idea brought to the table by video directorscreators the locker partners noticing the position ampamp constant social media blitzes of mane rok the duo who had talked with the mc prior about a linking for a project approached mane to see if making a hip-hop track with multiple mc039s on it giving their take on the movement was possible no stranger to rounding up groups for work mane immediately approached his cohorts bravo one who039s body of work with his group one eyed kings is laced with quotpoliticallyquot charged material as well as his most recent collaborator dyalekt diamond boiz dyalekt handled the production on the track while also lending his hoodtelligent vocals while recognizing the idea that quot99quot is a rather encompassing number mane then reached out to the reminders stand out vocalist aja black to add her take which led to the including denver039s political and musical champions jonny 5 of the flobots and t minus katlyn of wheel chair sportscamp in essence giving a representation of who the quot99quot are