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October 2010
Report: Tea Party Activism Tied to Extremists and Turning Violent
The Tea Party and its Republican Party handlers are on the defensive this week after an Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights report linked several prominent Tea Party leaders to extremist and openly racist organizations.
Hungry for Answers
When Paul Krugman and Martin Feldstein – Reagan's Chief Economist, Trilateral Commission, Group of 30.... – concur that there is literally no end in sight to the 10 percent - plus unemployment levels, and no known path to recovery without another major shift leftward in US politics; and that there is a 1 in 3 chances of another recession next year; and a 1 in 10 chance of catastrophe in the event of another "externality" (unpredicted war, climate crisis, currency shock, etc); and that the global scope of the crisis spells no cure through trade – its time sharpen our understanding of exactly what's happening to capitalism.
