Monthly Archives: January 2012

Martin Luther King Jr. on Capitalism, etc

Posted on Monday, January 16, 2012 by andycox

“What I’m saying to you this morning is that communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism but … Continue reading →

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Occupy Telephone

Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2012 by meganwilson
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300 Chinese Workers at Apple/ Sony / Microsoft Global Partner Foxconn ‘Threaten Mass Suicide’ At XBox Plant

Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 by meganwilson

By Michael Rundle HUFFINGTON POST Around 300 Chinese workers who manufacture XBox consoles took to a factory roof and threatened bosses with mass suicide over a dispute about pay, unconfirmed reports have claimed. The workers were employed at the Foxconn … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Whines for Bonuses

Posted on Monday, January 9, 2012 by meganwilson

By Jillian Berman HUFFINGTON POST For some on Wall Street, a less-than-stellar bonus is simply too much to bear. Brokerage executives at one Wall Street firm, Jefferies Group, have threatened to leave the company if their bonuses aren’t up to … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Theory Rock By Robert Smigel

Posted on Thursday, January 5, 2012 by meganwilson

A Banned Segment from Saturday Night Live The 1998 Robert Smigel animated short film “Conspiracy Theory Rock”, part of a March 1998 “TV Funhouse” segment, has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it … Continue reading →

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Occupying a New Reality

Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 by meganwilson

One of the things I’ve loved the most about the Occupy movement is the position that we just don’t give a fuck what political analysts, pundits, and “experts” think or project about the “strategies” and tactics that this global revolution … Continue reading →

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Can Gift Exchange Fix the Problems of Capitalism and Rebuild our Lost Community?

Posted on Monday, January 2, 2012 by cherylmeeker

        The reclamation of the gift-based commonwealth not only hastens the collapse of a growth-dependent money system, it also mitigates its severity. Re-posted from AlterNet, January 1, 2012 Wherever I go and ask people what is missing … Continue reading →

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HAPPY NEW YEAR’s

Posted on Sunday, January 1, 2012 by Eliza

will 2012 prove to be significant for the anti-capitalists? I believe this time next year we’ll know, though based on the choices – I’m afraid it’ll be mighty grim. at any rate it seems to me 2012 will be an … Continue reading →

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