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Category Archives: CAPITAL
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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“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
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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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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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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