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Abandoning the middle class, governments lose legitimacy

By Erik Curren | September 28, 2011

Susan Sarandon

People who care about climate change and peak oil have long despaired of convincing their national governments to take decisive action or even, in some cases, to acknowledge that there's a problem. Now, the world's democracies seem to be losing the confidence of their citizens to deal with the economic crisis too. Following on the Arab Spring, the ouster of Gadaffi and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Adbusters, anti-corporate activism, India, Israel, Occupy Wall Street, plutocracy, youth protests

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