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		<title>Don Hazen: Eliot Spitzer, Matt Taibbi, Van Jones: Superstar Lineup Tackles Financial Crisis and Congressional Collusion</title>
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		<description>An unprecedented live-streaming event on March 27th brings together some of the hottest critics of our political and economic system. </description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Tom Ferguson: AlterNet&#039;s Key Expert in Fighting the Battle Against Citizens United and Obscene Money Influence in Campaigns</title>
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		<description>A Q&amp;amp;A on money corrupting the political system with Tom Ferguson, considered by many to be America&#039;s leading expert in money and politics.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Battle for the Future: AlterNet Expands its Education Coverage - Join Us</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29397328/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-Battle-for-the-Future-AlterNet-Expands-its-Education-Coverage-Join-Us/</link>
		<description>AlterNet is stepping up to meet the education challenge &amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;ldquo; and we invite you to join us.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Join Us: AlterNet Expands its Coverage of Labor and Workers&#039; Rights </title>
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		<description>Conservatives&#039; anti-worker crusade will not go unchallenged. We&#039;re ratcheting up our worker coverage by establishing a unique Labor special coverage area.</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: What&#039;s Next? Join With AlterNet in Looking into the Future</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/29047178/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-Whats-Next-Join-With-AlterNet-in-Looking-into-the-Future/</link>
		<description>It&#039;s time to generate a new conversation about how to create the future we want. That&#039;s why we&#039;re launching a full-fledged Visions section.</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: We&#039;ve Come a Long Way in 2011, From Depression and Heartbreak to Authentic Hope for the Future &amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;rdquo; Help Us Keep Going</title>
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		<description>If we have done a good job, if we have kept you informed, stimulated, and inspired, we hope you will make a contribution.</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: OWS: To Change the Country, We Just Might Have to Change Ourselves </title>
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		<description>If we are going to contribute to this huge fight against unbridled global capitalism, we must accept the anxiety and uncertainty of doing things differently.</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Message to Occupiers: Stay Strong -- They Can&#039;t Beat Down Hopes, Dreams and the Fight for a More Humane World</title>
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		<description>There is a long road ahead, but every obstacle overcome leads to a better tomorrow. We just have to refuse to take no for an answer.  </description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:00:01 PST</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Belated Thank-You for Your Super-Successful Fundraising Support</title>
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		<description>Thanks to hundreds of you who came through in the clutch.</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/27838867/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to hundreds of you who came through in the clutch.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Van Jones on America&#039;s Uprising: It&#039;s Going To Be an Epic Battle</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27549388/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-Van-Jones-on-Americas-Uprising-Its-Going-To-Be-an-Epic-Battle/</link>
		<description>Jones talked to AlterNet about the growing social movements for change, running real progressives in 2012, and how we can train a million new leaders.</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/27549388/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jones talked to AlterNet about the growing social movements for change, running real progressives in 2012, and how we can train a million new leaders.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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<item><feedburner:origLink>http://www.alternet.org/story/152605/the_big_picture%3A_a_40-year_scan_of_the_right-wing_corporate_takeover_of_america__/</feedburner:origLink>
		<title>Don Hazen: The Big Picture: A 40-Year Scan of the Right-Wing Corporate Takeover of America  </title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27519885/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-The-Big-Picture-A-Year-Scan-of-the-RightWing-Corporate-Takeover-of-America/</link>
		<description>Author and public intellectual Colin Greer tells us how we got where we are today. It&#039;s not a pretty picture, but hope is on the way.</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/27519885/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Author and public intellectual Colin Greer tells us how we got where we are today. It&amp;#039;s not a pretty picture, but hope is on the way.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Editorial/Appeal: It&#039;s Time to Really Support Our Team</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27236707/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-EditorialAppeal-Its-Time-to-Really-Support-Our-Team/</link>
		<description>Team Tea Party, led by the Kochs and other wealthy right-wingers, want an America for the wealthy, dominated by conservative religion and the extremist Ayn Rand fanatics. </description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/27236707/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Team Tea Party, led by the Kochs and other wealthy right-wingers, want an America for the wealthy, dominated by conservative religion and the extremist Ayn Rand fanatics.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: How Do We Stop the Relentless Expansion of the American Empire? First, Uncover the Truth About It</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/26924361/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-How-Do-We-Stop-the-Relentless-Expansion-of-the-American-Empire-First-Uncover-the-Truth-About-It/</link>
		<description>AlterNet has dedicated some serious editorial muscle to do investigative reporting on US military operations around the globe -- can you help?</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/26924361/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;AlterNet has dedicated some serious editorial muscle to do investigative reporting on US military operations around the globe -- can you help?&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 23:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Don&#039;t Trust the Corporate Media </title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/26904315/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-Dont-Trust-the-Corporate-Media/</link>
		<description>These are dark political times to be sure. The best way we can fight back is to support the most aggressive, effective progressive media we can muster. </description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/26904315/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;These are dark political times to be sure. The best way we can fight back is to support the most aggressive, effective progressive media we can muster.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: The &#039;Unfashionable&#039; Matt Damon, Mensch of the Year</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/26767097/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-The-Unfashionable-Matt-Damon-Mensch-of-the-Year/</link>
		<description>Damon breaks out of Hollywood and into serious activism, earning the respect of hard-working activists and progressive leaders alike. </description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/26767097/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Damon breaks out of Hollywood and into serious activism, earning the respect of hard-working activists and progressive leaders alike.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: A Message to All Baby Boomers (and Those Who Love Them)</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/26259851/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-A-Message-to-All-Baby-Boomers-and-Those-Who-Love-Them/</link>
		<description>Will Baby Boomers&amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;rdquo;some of the 77 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964&amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;rdquo;become a powerful force by reconnecting to the ideals of our youth? </description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/26259851/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will Baby Boomers&amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;rdquo;some of the 77 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964&amp;acirc;&amp;euro;&amp;rdquo;become a powerful force by reconnecting to the ideals of our youth?&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Tonight, Watch: Van Jones Jumpstarts New Progressive Movement to Confront and Push Back American Conservative and Corporate Dominance </title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/26227236/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-Tonight-Watch-Van-Jones-Jumpstarts-New-Progressive-Movement-to-Confront-and-Push-Back-American-Conservative-and-Corporate-Dominance/</link>
		<description>Tonight is Jones&#039; opening gambit in a large-scale, ambitious effort to create what many hope will be the progressives answer to the Tea Party.</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/26227236/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tonight is Jones&amp;#039; opening gambit in a large-scale, ambitious effort to create what many hope will be the progressives answer to the Tea Party.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: The Inner Secrets of the Right-Wing Echo Chamber</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/26239189/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-The-Inner-Secrets-of-the-RightWing-Echo-Chamber/</link>
		<description>Brave New Films has provided, with Bernie Sanders, a clear deconstruction of the origins and process of the conservative disinformation propaganda machine. It&#039;s scary.</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/26239189/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brave New Films has provided, with Bernie Sanders, a clear deconstruction of the origins and process of the conservative disinformation propaganda machine. It&amp;#039;s scary.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: &#039;To End All Wars:&#039; Lessons From the Past -- Why It&#039;s So Hard to Stop Wars and Prevent New Ones </title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/26195788/0/alternet_columnists_1241~Don-Hazen-To-End-All-Wars-Lessons-From-the-Past-Why-Its-So-Hard-to-Stop-Wars-and-Prevent-New-Ones/</link>
		<description>Adam Hochschild&#039;s new book shines a light on the mass carnage unleashed by Europe&#039;s suicidal rush to war in 1914.</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;Img align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0&quot; hspace=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/26195788/0/alternet_columnists_1241&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Adam Hochschild&amp;#039;s new book shines a light on the mass carnage unleashed by Europe&amp;#039;s suicidal rush to war in 1914.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Why WikiLeaks Is Essential</title>
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		<description>WikiLeaks has been criminalized for doing, in essence, fundamental investigative work to keep people informed. </description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Exposing Corporate Power, Empire and the Koch-Funded Radical Right</title>
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		<description>These are tough times, and we need hard-hitting journalism.</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<description>Here are the media personalities and publications that progressives love most.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Progressive Media Suffer Losses In the Fight Against the Right-Wing Media Machine</title>
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		<description>Major progressive media stars have recently lost their platforms, while the Huffington Post eschews progressivism -- both worrying developments in the media war with the right.</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<title>Don Hazen: Rachel Maddow Leads for Most Influential Progressive; Mother Jones and The Nation Tied for Best Online Mag; Daily Kos Slim Lead Among Top Blogs</title>
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		<description>MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is demonstrating her huge popularity at the half-way mark of voting in AlterNet&#039;s poll of the &amp;quot;Most Influential Progressive Media Figures.&amp;quot;</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:00:01 PDT</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Hazen, AlterNet</dc:creator>
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