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The US imagines itself a great democracy, yet most Americans despise its politics. Which is why direct democracy inspires them

Why More Equality? Our thirty years research shows that: 1) In rich countries, a smaller gap between rich and poor means a happier, healthier, and more successful population. Just look at the US, the UK, Portugal, and New Zealand in the top right of this graph, doing much worse than Japan, Sweden or Norway in the bottom left.

Rewritten bankruptcy provisions reduce indebted homeowners to servitude. What has become of the rule of law in the US?

A general introduction to the motivation behind the Occupy movement. This film is by no means an extensive documentary of their agenda but more of a general overview for anyone who doesn't understand 'what it's all about'. I hope this can help to re-address the, largely distorted view, that the mainstream media presents of the Occupy movement. Filmed at College Green, Bristol, UK.

Thom Hartmann talks to Ryan Clayton, US Uncut (http://usuncut.org/) and Johann Hari, The Nation Magazine about the US and UK Uncut.