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Occupy the planet!
Occupy the planet! Over the weekend – the Occupy Wall Street movement swept across the world – as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Europe, South America, and Asia to push back against too much corporate power in government. In Rome – demonstrations turned violent – as police cars and a government building were torched causing over one million dollars in damage. Here in the United States – where protests have remained peaceful for a month – tens of thousands of people filled Times Square in New York City – and tens of thousands more occupied thousands of cities across the country. In at least four different cities – including New York City – Chicago – Denver – and Phoenix – hundreds of demonstrators were arrested for engaging in peaceful civil disobedience.
After decades of globalism and the emergence of an international banking system that has made transnational corporations and their CEOs mind-boggling rich but destroyed the social fabric of nations across the world – the backlash is now well underway. This is a time of social, political, and economic revolution and the forward march of history, like water running down a mountainside, can't be stopped.
In a few years, this world will be a very different place than it is today.
-Thom
(How do you think it will change? Tell us here.) |
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Occupy This! (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Screwed: OWS has rights... - Michael Ratner, President of The Center for Constitutional Rights 
The Best of the Rest of the News...
A message from Anonymous to Wall street
ALEC...exposed again! - Lee Fang, Reporter / Blogger - Think Progress
Daily Take: The Herman Cain crazy train
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Read Thom's Book for Free!
Now you can read all of Thom Hartmann's " Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back" for free online. Truthout is publishing weekly installments over the coming weeks. Read Chapter 21: Unequal Media today. |
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection." -- Thomas Paine.
Hour One: From Party to Standoff at Times Square: Occupy Wall Street Spreads Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet
Report from Occupy Tacoma and Seattle - J.A. Myerson, Alternet
Hour Two: 175 arrested at Occupy Chicago Joshua M. Kaunert, Occupy Chicago Press & Occupy Chicago Research
Occupy DC Jacob Dean, Associate Producer, Thom Hartmann Program
Hour Three: AP reports - U.S. Troops out of Iraq in December Former California State Senator / Contributing writer-The Nation Magazine Tom Hayden
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Coming up Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour One: Lending his support to Occupy Wall Street Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ, 7th District)
Hour Two: Why are Republicans "denying Democracy" to working Americans by being the "Party of NO" and crashing the economy to keep President Obama from being re-elected? Thom challenges Phil Kerpen of Americans for Prosperity about his new book "Democracy Denied"
Hour Three: Would you let your daughter play lingerie football? Megan Rosker, Writer, former public school teacher and promoter of education reform
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program... your media support group for we the people.
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Thom's Poll
AP is reporting that unnamed sources say – ALL U.S. troops still in Iraq will leave at end of 2011 - Is the Iraq war over?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Thom Hartmann On the News - October 17, 2011
Thom Hartmann & Tom Hayden - AP reports - U.S. Troops out of Iraq in December
Thom Hartmann & State Rep. McKinley - OWS - Denver arrests and Camps
Thom Hartmann & Sarah Jaffe - From Party to Standoff at Times Square: Occupy Wall Street Spreads
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 Would you like to help give a child with a very troubled background this feeling of peace? Thom and Louise Hartmann founded the New England Salem Children's Village (NESCV) in New Hampshire in 1979. With states delaying payment for the children they entrust to the village, they need help with cash flow. Can you help? Now on Facebook. |
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