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read: ‘Sleepwalking to Extinction’: Capitalism and the Destruction of Life and Earth
This recent Adbusters article makes the case that we are at the most crucial point in human history… and that we we need a paradigm shift. And guess what we have to shift away from: capitalism. And this piece really … Continue reading
Posted in Big Oil, CAPITALISM, EMPIRE
Tagged "another world is possible", basic income, capitalism, global warming, paradigm shift, power down
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Chevron’s Worst Year Ever, Episode 5: Nigeria
By Rebecca Tarbotton, Rainforest Action Network, Executive Director / reposted from SFGate / originally posted May 28, 2012 This has been one of the worst years ever for Chevron. From it’s ongoing massive legal losses in Ecuador, to offshore disasters … Continue reading
Posted in Big Oil, BIGOTRY, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, CAPITALISM IS OVER!, COLONIALISM, CONSUMERISM, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EMPIRE, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENT, Global Warming, GLOBALIZATION, Health, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, imperialism, INCOME INEQUALITY, INTERNATIONAL, Investment, OCCUPY THE WORLD!, POLICY, postcolonialism, RACISM, RESOURCES, UNEMPLOYMENT, Women's Rights
Tagged Big Oil, capitalism, Chevron, corporate capitalism, corporate money, dispossession, global warming, health, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nnimmo Bassey, oil rig burning, permanent underclass, The Corporate State
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Capitalism: A Ghost Story
by Arundhati Roy Re-posted from Outlook India Rockefeller to Mandela, Vedanta to Anna Hazare…. How long can the cardinals of corporate gospel buy up our protests? Is it a house or a home? A temple to the new India, or … Continue reading
Posted in art, AUSTERITY, CAPITALISM, COLONIALISM, CONSUMERISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EMPIRE, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENT, imperialism, OCCUPY!, Women's Rights
Tagged Arundhati Roy, austerity, CAPITAL, capitalism, corporate capitalism, corporate money, health, India, permanent underclass, privatization
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Occupy the War Machine
by Willie Osterweil, published on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 by Shareable.net, re-posted from Common Dreams The differences are slight: one decade, one president, one letter out of four. “Change the q to an n, don’t use the phrase ‘WMD’ or … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, Big Oil, CAPITALISM, NEWS, OCCUPY the War Machine, OCCUPY!, PROTESTS
Tagged "another world is possible", capitalism, DEMOCRACY, OCCUPY, outrage, President Obama, The Corporate State, war, war machine, WARS
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“Debt” by David Graeber
By Justin E. H. Smith Re-posted from Bookforum David Graeber has been much praised of late as a prophet of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and even if one doesn’t want to go that far, his book is remarkably timely. … Continue reading
A week of cognitive dissonance and direct action
What do we do when the government shockingly proves it already has the power to do one day what we were opposing the prior day? It is more than disquieting to see the government brutally illustrating the fact that the … Continue reading
Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, CAPITALISM, OCCUPY SF, OCCUPY WALL ST WEST, PROTESTS, WE ARE THE 99%
Tagged #occupySF, BANKS, CAPITAL, capitalism, corporate capitalism, finacial district, financial institutions, Food Bank of America, Glenn Greenwald, government, obscene pentagon budget, occupy wall st west, Slavoj Žižek, The Black Blob, The Corporate State
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Capitalism and Loneliness: Why Pornography Is a Multibillion-Dollar Industry
By: Harriet Fraad and Tess Fraad Wolff Re-posted from Truthout | Op-Ed Massive social changes in the US labor force and in commerce have transformed the economy and powerfully affected personal relationships. Since 1970, we have changed from being a … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITALISM, OCCUPY WALL STREET, OCCUPY!, THE 99%, UNEMPLOYMENT, Women's Rights
Tagged CAPITAL, capitalism, loneliness, pornography
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Can Gift Exchange Fix the Problems of Capitalism and Rebuild our Lost Community?
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
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM
Tagged "another world is possible", CAPITAL, capitalism, community, consumerism, gift economy, gift exchange, health, lost community, rebuild
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Winning Moments for the 99% in 2011
Re-posted from AlterNet / By Sarah Jaffe / December 26, 2011 This year saw working people around the world begin to stand up and fight back. Ten organizers share their most inspiring moments from the U.S.’s year of action. 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, CIVIL LIBERTIES, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, OCCUPY WALL STREET, OCCUPY!, RESOURCES, UNEMPLOYMENT, Unions, US Military expansioin, Wall Street, WE ARE THE 99%
Tagged austerity, CAPITAL, capitalism, corporate capitalism, DEMOCRACY, health, occupy wall street, permanent underclass, privatization, sit/lie law, The Corporate State
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