judge rules in favor of ows protesters retaking zuccotti park
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zuccotti is no longer surrounded by barricades and last night occupy wall street protesters returned to zuccotti park the ows protesters were kicked out of the park back in mid november due to health concerns but now after the courts ruled in the protesters favor they have slowly being making their way back to the epicenter of the protest goldie an ows activist joins us and gives us the latest from the reoccupationfollow lucy on twitter at http:twittercomlucykafanov

occupy congress: ows takes a run at capitol hill
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america039s anti-corporate occupy protesters are starting the year as they mean to go on - digging in with their demos as they clock up 4 months of the campaign thousands are due outside congress later on tuesday - hoping their demands won039t fall on deaf ears as representatives reconvene after the holidays rt039s gayane chichakyan is in washingtonrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

thom hartmann amp neil howe: are we in the fourth turning
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neil howe co-author of quotthe fourth turningquot while what039s going in washington may seem like run-of-the-mill dysfunctional politics that we039ve all gotten used to - the reality is - we could be watching something much much bigger unfolding something bigger than speaker boehner - something bigger than harry reid - and something even bigger than president obama this debt-limit fiasco might actually be the start of a crisis in america unlike any this nation has ever seen since the great depression or even the civil war thom hartmann is joined by neil howe - president ampamp co-founder of lifecourse associates ampamp the author of eight books including the one i want to talk about tonight quotthe fourth turningquot

to die for failed female suicide bomber speaks out
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there039s a worrying rise in the number of suicide attacks carried out by women around the world and it039s gaining momentum among palestinians bent on revenge against israel but the lethal choice to die for a cause took a surprising twist for one palestinian woman who was captured before she detonated her device as rt039s paula slier has been hearingrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

occupy seattle protesters attacked and peppersprayed by police
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in seattle washington a march through the city039s downtown district late tuesday turned grim after a pregnant 19-year-old girl who only gave her name as jennifer was pepper-sprayed by police officers while participating in a peaceful protest that same evening dorli rainey described by the occupy seattle movement as quota 4-foot 10-inch 84-year-old womanquot with ties to activist dating back decades also became the victim of a pepper-spray assault from the seattle police departmentvideo courtesy chris natale: http:wwwyoutubecomusertoastycake942

obama: banks broke no laws
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obama says the banks broke no lawsthis is one reason why protesters should be outside the white house protestingit seems obvious obama is on the side of wall street

full show - 12611 ows: from the street to foreclosed homes
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thom talks with journalist sarah seltzer and deputy director of the alliance of californians for community empowerment christina livingston about the protesters of occupy wall street039s decision to shift their focus from occupying city streets to occupying the homes of people at risk of foreclosure

full show - 41311 president obama039s deficit recovery plan
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thom explains how president obama039s debt plan differs from the tea party favored quotreaganomicsquot later in the daily take he examines how america is falling behind in the global economic race

thom hartmann: mi citizens vs gov snyder dictatorship
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john philo sugar law center for economic and social justice joins thom hartmann michigan governor rick snyder039s quotfinancial managersquot will face their first legal test - as the sugar law center for economic and social justice filed suit today arguing his quotfinancial managersquot law violates the state constitution earlier this year - republican governor snyder passed a bill that allows him to take over any city in michigan that039s struggling financially - fire all the local elected officials - and put in place a crony of his own personal choosing - what039s called a financial manager - to handle the city039s finances that financial manager has the power to do pretty much anything - from voidin union contracts - to cutting local government services - to even selling off huge chunks of the city like public parks and power plants to his buddies in private corporations at a fire-sale price but as the sugar law center says in a press release about the law: quotit is a power grab by lansing politicians ideologically committed to rewarding the private sector at the expense of the common god an attack on the very core of democracyquot and now sugar law center is fighting back

occupy tulsa arrests police pepper-sprayed protesters
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in the early morning hours of november 2nd police raided tulsa039s occupy wall street protest 10 people were arrested several protesters were pepper sprayed while sitting down on the ground they were clearly not posing any sort of threatcourtesy: http:wwwyoutubecomuseremmettlollis

protesters defend occupy portland from the police
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thousands of protesters flooded streets around the occupy portland camp on saturday november 12 to protect the heart of city039s occupy movement from the police earlier mayor sam adams threatened to close the camp portland police department officers were ready to close parks for protesters but having faced massive resistance they had to retreatvideo courtesy http:wwwyoutubecomusersteveschwindt

full show - 111111 conversations with great minds and weekly rumble
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author of quotweb of debtquot ellen brown joins thom for quotconversations with great mindsquot they discuss the demise of the us economy increasing student loan debt and the role of the federal reserve

blacklisted: uk workers fighting job market ban
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after years of unsuccessful attempts to find jobs thousands of uk construction workers have found out why skilled engineers have discovered their names were on an quotemployment blacklistquot - an illegal document which shattered their livesrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

video of angry riots in albania: cars torched cops stoned 3 dead
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in the albanian capital tirana at least three people have been shot dead and several others injured during a rally thousands of protesters gathered outside the prime minister039s office demanding the government step down over corruption allegations police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds who called for fresh elections the country has been in a political deadlock since the opposition rejected the result of the ballot two years ago

us pharm industry creates diseases
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us pharmaceutical companies get creative when it comes to disorders and drugs to treat almost anything from canine depression to female sexual dysfunction the industry has been accused of illegally pushing medicine onto the market often endangering the lives of patients rt039s lauren lyster reports from new york