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The Corporate State Will Be Broken
Chris Hedges, Truthdig / Op-Ed
http://www.truth-out.org/chris-hedges-corporate-state-will-be-broken/1327331237

How Can Communities Defend Themselves From Corporate Interests?
Rose Aguilar, Truthout / Report
http://www.truth-out.org/how-can-communities-defend-themselves-corporate-interests/1327072431

Quote of the Day … “Voting will not alter the corporate systems of power. Voting is an act of political theater. Voting in the United States is as futile and sterile as in the elections I covered as a reporter in dictatorships like Syria, Iran and Iraq. There were always opposition candidates offered up by these dictatorships. Give the people the illusion of choice. Throw up the pretense of debate. Let the power elite hold public celebrations to exalt the triumph of popular will. We can vote for Romney or Obama, but Goldman Sachs and ExxonMobil and Bank of America and the defense contractors always win." - Chris Hedges [journalist & writer]

The Saga of Vermont Yankee – Nuclear Power in the US: a Rigged System
Karl Grossman, Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/23/nuclear-power-in-the-us-a-rigged-system/