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Author Archives: cherylmeeker
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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Anticapitalism and Occupation
Re-posted from THECURRENTMOMENT 19 Dec The novelty of Occupy in relation to the past decades of anticapitalism has been to introduce one other way of thinking about alternatives – the camp itself as a kind of autonomous, self-sufficient community, with … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, CIVIL LIBERTIES, OCCUPY ALL STREETS!, OCCUPY ALOHA!, OCCUPY LA!, OCCUPY OAKLAND!, OCCUPY PORTLAND!, OCCUPY SF, OCCUPY STUDENT DEBT!, OCCUPY THE WORLD!, OCCUPY WALL STREET, OCCUPY!, TAX THE RICH, THE 99%, UNEMPLOYMENT, Wall Street, WE ARE THE 99%
Tagged anticapitalism, capitalism, corporate capitalism, OCCUPY, occupy wall street, The Platypus Society, THECURRENTMOMENT
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Protest Chevron’s Tax Grab! Tomorrow 12/15 in Martinez, CA
Protest Chevron’s Tax Grab 651 Pine Street, Martinez Thursday December 15, 2011 11:30 AM – Gather and Leaflet Area 12 Noon Rally Find flyers, the Richmond City Council resolution asking Chevron to drop its property tax appeals, and more information … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, Big Oil, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, EVIL CORPORATIONS, PROTESTS, RESOURCES, TAX THE RICH, THE 99%, UNEMPLOYMENT, WE ARE THE 99%
Tagged austerity, capitalism, Chevron, corporate capitalism, DEMOCRACY, global warming, health, Richmond, tax grab, underclass
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Frame Capitalism not the Earth
We in the west think that Darfur was torn apart due to ethnic conflict, while according to David Morse it was a resource war. He writes in an insightful article on Alternet, “The most sophisticated technologies deployed are, on the … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, Global Warming, GLOBALIZATION, OCCUPY WALL STREET
Tagged capitalism, corporate capitalism, Democracy Now, false solutions to climate change, global warming, John Vidal, occupy wall street, Pablo Salon, Slavoj Žižek, The Muppets
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Judith Butler on OWS
Composite Remarks, by Judith Butler Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Washington Square, October 23, 2011 I came here to lend support and offer my solidarity for this unprecedented display of popular and democratic will. People have asked, so what are … Continue reading
We are all Occupiers | Arundhati Roy
People the world over salute the Occupy movement for standing up to injustice and fighting for equality at the heart of empire Arundhati Roy · 17/11/2011 ·Text re-posted from guardian.co.uk Tuesday morning, the police cleared Zuccotti Park, but today the … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, CIO Heroes, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, ECONOMY, EMPIRE, FASCISM, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT, OCCUPY THE WORLD!, THE 99%, UNEMPLOYMENT, US Military expansioin, Wall Street
Tagged arms sales, Arundhati Roy, austerity, Bail Out, capitalism, DEMOCRACY, evictions, foreclosures, globalization, The American Way of Life, The Corporate State, WARS
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Massive police action cracks down on Occupy Oakland
Police Raid Occupy Oakland Camp, By MALIA WOLLAN; Re-posted from The New York Times, November 14, 2011 OAKLAND, Calif. — Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Oakland encampment downtown on Monday morning, making arrests and flattening … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, CENSORSHIP, DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EMPIRE, FASCISM, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT, HOMELAND SECURITY, OCCUPY ALL STREETS!, OCCUPY OAKLAND!, POLICY, political, PROTESTS, RESOURCES, THE 99%
Tagged #occupyoakland, CAPITAL, capitalism, corporate capitalism, permanent underclass, sit/lie law, The Corporate State
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#OWS: The brand leaders cannot afford to ignore
By Paul Mason, Nov 2, 2011, Re-posted from BBC News Cannes, France: I can sense very clearly here at Cannes that this is the moment “the masses” start shaping the policy response to the global financial crisis. Why? Because everybody … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, European Union, FASCISM, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT, MEDIA, OCCUPY ALL STREETS!, OCCUPY OAKLAND!, OCCUPY SF, OCCUPY THE WORLD!, OCCUPY WALL STREET, POLICE BRUTALITY, political, postcolonialism, SOLUTIONS, TAX THE RICH, UNEMPLOYMENT, Wall Street
Tagged austerity, capitalism, corporate capitalism, DEMOCRACY, European Union, Greece, Paul Mason, permanent underclass, privatization, The Corporate State, underclass
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Gov. Scott Walker gets mic checked!
Posted in AUSTERITY, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT, OCCUPY THE WORLD!, PROTESTS
Tagged austerity, capitalism, corporate capitalism, DEMOCRACY, government shutdown
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Bartleby’s Occupation of Wall Street
By Hannah Gersen posted on October 11, 2011 Re-posted from The Millions 1. After a couple days of hemming and hawing, I decided to join the protesters of Occupy Wall Street. I was hesitant to go because until very recently, … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, Wall Street
Tagged "another world is possible", austerity, CAPITAL, capitalism, corporate capitalism, Melville, Wall Street
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The Financial Institutions Banking On Occupy Wall Street’s “Move Your Money Day”
Note: This article is weak in that it leaves aside serious issues like Wells Fargo and Bank of America investments in fossil fuel and mountain top removal. I thought it was of interest, however, in showing the limited corporate consumer … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM
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Keep Wall Street Occupied
Posted in AUSTERITY, bankruptcy, BILLION, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, CONSUMERISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EDUCATION
Tagged #occupySF, BANKS, CAPITAL, capitalism, corporate capitalism, DEMOCRACY, occupy wall street
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Occupy first. Demands come later
by Slavoj Žižek · 26/10/2011 · guardian.co.uk The problem is not corruption or greed, the problem is the system that pushes you to be corrupt. The reason protesters went out is that they had enough of the world where recycling … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, bankruptcy, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, CONSUMERISM, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EDUCATION, EMPIRE, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENT, GLOBALIZATION, HOMELAND SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, INCOME INEQUALITY, OCCUPY ALL STREETS!, OCCUPY SF, OCCUPY THE WORLD!, OCCUPY WALL STREET, POLICY, postcolonialism, PROTESTS, TAX THE RICH, Uncategorized, UNEMPLOYMENT
Tagged "another world is possible", austerity, CAPITAL, capitalism, corporate capitalism, DEMOCRACY, privatization, Slavoj Žižek, The Corporate State
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