World-News

Ellen Brown, Truthout: ''An electronic database called MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has created defects in the chain of title to over half the homes in America. Counties have been cheated out of millions of dollars in recording fees, and their title records are in hopeless disarray. Meanwhile, foreclosed and abandoned homes are blighting neighborhoods. Straightening out the records and restoring the homes to occupancy is clearly in the public interest?. But how? New legal developments are presenting some innovative alternatives.''

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-neighborhood/1326472096



Bill Moyers: Occupy a Cause

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: ''What?s the common cause behind Occupy protesters? The Moyers & Company team visited the Occupy Wall Street site several times between October and December in 2011, visits that reveal real faces, real people, and a true common cause. In this premiere Bill Moyers Essay, Bill talks about their anger, not at the concept of wealth itself, but at the crony capitalists who resort to tricks, loopholes, and hard, cold cash for politicians to make sure insiders prosper.''

http://www.truth-out.org/bill-moyers-occupy-cause/1326562917



Protesters Demand Tougher Robo-Signing Settlement for Banks Making Record Executive Payouts

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: ''Federal officials this week are moving to finalize a settlement with banks over the 'robo-signing' scandal, and activists say several banks accused of processing fraudulent foreclosure documents in recent years made a record $144 billion in payouts to employees in 2011.''

http://www.truth-out.org/protesters-demand-tougher-robo-signing-settlement-banks/1327350914



Why All the Robo-Signing? Shining a Light on the Shadow Banking System

Ellen Brown, Truthout: ''The Wall Street Journal reported ... that the Obama administration was pushing heavily to get the 50 state attorneys general to agree to a settlement with five major banks in the 'robo-signing' scandal. The scandal involves employees signing names not their own, under titles they did not really have, attesting to the veracity of documents they had not really reviewed. Investigation is revealing that it did not just happen occasionally, but was an industry-wide practice ... and that it may have clouded the titles of millions of homes.''

http://www.truth-out.org/why-all-robo-signing-shining-light-shadow-banking-system/1327502824

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Home Seizures May Jump 25% This Year as U.S. Foreclosures

Resume: The number of home repossessions is likely to rise about 25 percent from the more than 804,000 properties seized last year as lenders resume foreclosure actions

http://buswk.co/z0DlkG


From Information Clearing House

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Crony Capitalism
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/01/21



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David Goldstein, McClatchy Newspapers: ''Free to flood a campaign with as much money as they can, these souped-up political action committees have already impacted the Republican presidential contest. Their sandbox won t be just the presidential race, either. Since the 2010 election, super PACs have more than tripled in number, and their largesse could shape some pivotal contests for the House and Senate, as well.''

http://www.truth-out.org/super-pacs-are-making-their-rich-presence-felt-2012-campaigns/1326472315



The Apocalyptics

John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus: ''They are like a heavy metal band. Dress them up in black, put some Goth makeup on them, give them a name like The Apocalyptics, and they d fit right in with the head-banger crowd. After all, it s mostly doom and gloom with the Republican candidates, particularly when they start in on foreign policy. The lead singer for a while, Michele Bachmann, loved to croon about the world entering its final days.''

http://www.truth-out.org/apocalyptics/1326554528



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22 Signs That We Are On The Verge Of A Devastating Global Recession

Many of these signs are detailed later on in this article. But most people don t understand what is happening because they don t put all of the pieces together. If you just look at one or two pieces of data, it may not seem that impressive.

http://bit.ly/xV1rOA



Conflict between rich, poor strongest in 24 years

Tensions between the rich and poor are increasing and at their most intense level in nearly a quarter-century, a new survey shows. Americans now see more social conflict over wealth inequality than over the hot-button topics of immigration, race relations and age.

http://yhoo.it/AAyJAo



Social Justice Quiz 2012: Thirteen Questions

By Bill Quigley and Sam Schmitt

The poverty rate among children in the US is over 20 percent. How does US compare with the rest of the 30 nations surveyed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30386.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Mass Movement Must Challenge 'Concentration of Wealth'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/13-4

Romney s Tax Plan: Coddle the 1%
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/13

What is the Occupy Movement Accomplishing?
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/01/13-0

Who Knew There Was So Much Poverty?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/13-12

More Than One Kind of Capitalism
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/13-7

Martin Luther King, Jr: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/16-6

The Revolutionary MLK
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/01/16-0

We Know How to Curb Poverty, We Simply Fail to Act
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/20-5

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How Washington and Big Business Colluded to Make the Rich Richer

Moyers & Co., Programming Announcement: ''This weekend Bill Moyers returns to television with Moyers & Company. In his first show, Bill explores how Washington made the rich richer at the expense of the middle class. On Friday, the premiere episode of Moyers & Company, Bill s guests, Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, authors of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class, argue that America s vast inequality is no accident, but in fact has been politically engineered.''

http://www.truth-out.org/moyers-co-how-washington-and-big-business-colluded-make-rich-richer/1326463694



Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in His Own Words

Video

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: ''Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of US foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his 'Beyond Vietnam' speech ... as well as his last speech, 'I Have Been to the Mountain Top,' that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated.''

http://www.truth-out.org/special-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-his-own-words/1326736984



US Ranks 27th in Social Justice

Jim Hightower, Other Words Blog: ''USA: We're No. 1!' Oh, wait: Iceland is No. 1. But we did beat out Poland and Slovakia, right? Uh...no. But go on down the rankings and there we are! No. 27, fifth from the bottom. So our new national chant is, 'USA: At Least We are Not Last!' ... Our bottom-of-the-heap ranking in social justice confirms the economic and political inequality that the Occupy movement is protesting.''

http://www.truth-out.org/us-ranks-27th-social-justice/1326737822



Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson on Engineered Inequality

Video

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: ''In this show segment, Moyers & Company dives into one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: How Washington and Big Business colluded to make the super-rich richer and turn their backs on the rest of us.''

http://www.truth-out.org/jacob-hacker-paul-pierson-engineered-inequality/1326819737



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By The Oil Drum

I believe that the market price is about to collapse as it did in 2008, and that this will mark the end of an era in which the market has been run by and on behalf of trading and financial intermediaries.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30241.htm



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But Not Both Presently

By Jay Janson

Shall Americans choose between sanity or empire, or choose not to choose but to change America?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30239.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=empire
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http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/news-media-corruption/how-the-media-manipulates-the-world-into-war.html



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http://lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano36.1.html

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The Good, the Really Bad and the Very Ugly
http://lewrockwell.com/celente/celente91.1.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/12-0

Revolving Door: From Top Futures Regulator to Top Futures Lobbyist
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/12-3

Is the American Dream Fading?
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/01/12-0



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/12-1

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The Foreclosure-to-Rental Screwjob

By Mike Whitney

The only thing we know for sure is that the ''fix is in'' and that Bernanke will do what he always does when the banks are in a pinch. Throw them a lifeline.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30237.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bernanke
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A select group of Marines is quietly battling terrorism across a wide swath of Africa as part of the first wave of what could become a long-term mission for the Corps.

http://bit.ly/xk1LgL



US Troops Now in 4 African Countries to Fight LRA

U.S. troops helping in the fight against a brutal rebel group called the Lord s Resistance Army are now deployed in four Central African countries, the top U.S. special operations commander for Africa said Wednesday.

http://abcn.ws/yt3iW3


From Information Clearing House



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