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The Guilds Need to Change Too.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33619-california-film-tax-credits-arent-enough-the-guilds-need-to-change-too) October 26 2026 # IMPORTANT READS --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e4/082l-e4263d5a.png) ### How Capitalism Cost Americans Their Dignity Written by Umer Hague on October 11 2018. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/16373-how-capitalism-cost-americans-their-dignity) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/11/082m-1130002c.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/16372-group-rights-still-threaten-the-nation-s-existence)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 11 2018. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [Group Rights Still Threaten the Nation’s Existence](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/16372-group-rights-still-threaten-the-nation-s-existence) Martin Luther King gave the strongest rebuke to Group Rights during his “I Have a Dream” Speech where he spoke of a day when a person would be judged… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/53/082x-5366b79b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/16365-for-the-gop-kavanaugh-was-all-about-bill-and-hillary)### [For the GOP, Kavanaugh Was All About Bill and Hillary](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/16365-for-the-gop-kavanaugh-was-all-about-bill-and-hillary) Written by Unai Montes-Irueste on October 11 2018. 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