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Category Archives: EDUCATION
Occupy Student Debt Campaign Announces Nationwide Payment Refusal Pledge
By Amanda M. Fairbanks HUFFINGTON POST NEW YORK — Early Monday afternoon, a group of faculty and student organizers unveiled the Occupy Student Debt campaign from the southeast corner of lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park. As part of the Occupy Wall … Continue reading
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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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Robert Reich at OccupySF, Police walk out on their own meeting after OSF arrives, OSF at Harvey Milk Plaza
Read the article by Andrew Dalton on SFist “Make so much of a ruckus – nonviolently – that Washington can’t help but pay attention.” Robert Reich to Occupy SF Robert Reich gives a speech to Occupy SF protesters at Justin … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT, HOMELAND SECURITY, INCOME INEQUALITY, OCCUPY SF, OCCUPY WALL STREET, Police, POLICE BRUTALITY, UNEMPLOYMENT
Tagged austerity, CAPITAL, capitalism, corporate capitalism, permanent underclass, police, privatization, sit/lie law, The Corporate State
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HomoEconomics
“Predatory Lending? It wasn’t me!” Upload and quote from Global Justice Ecology Project: “When an angry crowd forecloses on Wall Street (or, in this case, Wells Fargo), they need some entertainment to keep them going. A queer crew of San … Continue reading
Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, AUSTERITY, bankruptcy, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, COLONIALISM, ECONOMY, EDUCATION, GREED, INCOME INEQUALITY, NEWS, OCCUPY SF, OCCUPY WALL STREET, TAX THE RICH, UNEMPLOYMENT
Tagged queer San Francisco
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An Explanation of My Withdrawal from Cal
Well put Ruby Pipes!!! – CIO! by Ruby Pipes The Berkeley Daily Planet There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, EDUCATION, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GREED, SOLUTIONS
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Women Help Promote a Just Global Economy
Anasuya Sengupta Wednesday, September 14, 2011 SF GATE In the countryside of war-torn Mindanao in the southern Philippines, a group of indigenous female farmers have opened their own organic produce store. Even as they try to improve their own health … Continue reading
Posted in ECONOMY, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, GLOBALIZATION, SOLUTIONS, Women's Rights
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SCREENING of LIVING WITHOUT MONEY at ATA
JOIN CIO at ATA for an afternoon of documentary film and dialogue. WHEN: Sunday September 25 at 2pm WHERE: Artists’ Television Access 992 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 WHAT: “LIVING WITHOUT MONEY” (52 minutes, directed by Line … Continue reading
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Suicides and Student Loan Debt
CIO!: One Solution to these suicides and to the worsening U.S. economy is for the federal government to Forgive All Student Loan Debt! Rather than continuing to throw (away) money at Wall Street, the U.S. government should help Main Street … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, GREED, Health, POLICY
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The Corporate State Wins Again
The Corporate State Wins Again, by Chris Hedges, Published on Monday, April 25, 2011 by TruthDig.com When did our democracy die? When did it irrevocably transform itself into a lifeless farce and absurd political theater? When did the press, labor, … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, bankruptcy, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT, GREED, Health, HOMELAND SECURITY
Tagged CAPITAL, capitalism, Chris Hedges, corporate capitalism, corporate money, DEMOCRACY, Democratic Leadership, permanent underclass, The Corporate State, underclass
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Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System
By Chris Hedges Truthdig The demonizing of teachers is another public relations feint, a way for corporations to deflect attention from the theft of some $17 billion in wages, savings and earnings among American workers and a landscape where one … Continue reading
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An Education In For-Profit Education: Infographic
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At Least We Still Can Go Broke
I got a letter today from Alan Grayson. I don’t think he’ll mind me publishing it here since he is running for Congress. But – I think CIO readers will find this fascinating. Dear Cheryl: Unless you’ve been living in … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, bankruptcy, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, ECONOMY, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, POLICY, Tax cuts, Tax cuts for the rich
Tagged austerity, CAPITAL, DEMOCRACY, Democratic Leadership, government shutdown, Republicans
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6 Billion Ways – Accumulation by African Dispossession
6 Billion Ways – Accumulation by African Dispossession, By @Nishmadoshi, March 6, 2011, Political Dynamite This is the second in a series of reports by Political Dynamite writers from the 6 Billion Ways Conference on 5-6 March. The speakers in … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, BILLION, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, EDUCATION, GLOBALIZATION, postcolonialism
Tagged Africa, austerity, billion, CAPITAL, dispossession, Nnimmo Bassey, Patrick Bond, postcolonialism
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It’s the Inequality, Stupid
By Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot Mother Jones A huge share of the nation’s economic growth over the past 30 years has gone to the top one-hundredth of one percent, who now make an average of $27 million per household. … Continue reading
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Who is more valuable: One hedge fund manager or one teacher?
By Robert Reich HUFFINGTON POST Last year, America’s top thirteen hedge-fund managers earned an average of $1 billion each. One of them took home $5 billion. Much of their income is taxed as capital gains — at 15 percent — … Continue reading
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Obama’s Big Budget Cut Proposals Target The Poor
By Arthur Delaney HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — As Democrats and Republicans wrangle over fiscal austerity and the shape of the 2012 federal budget, the White House is targeting programs in the $4 trillion budget that benefit low-income Americans. It’s a … Continue reading
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For-Profit College Recruiters Taught To Use ‘Pain,’ ‘Fear,’ Internal Documents Show
By Chris Kirkham Huffington Post Newly-released internal training documents from several for-profit colleges illustrate a culture that encourages recruiters to increase enrollment by focusing on emotions such as “pain” and “fear” to attract low-income students who are struggling with adverse … Continue reading
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Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World
The Onion “It’s breathtaking,” said Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, a longtime champion and benefactor of the rift’s conservation. “After all we’ve been through in recent years, there’s no greater privilege than watching it grow bigger and bigger each day. … Continue reading
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Post Ethics
KAPLAN TARNISHES WASHINGTON POST LEGACY By Peter S. Goodman The Huffington Post Nearly four decades ago, the Washington Post found itself faced with the sort of agonizing decision that can define a reputation. The New York Times had begun printing … Continue reading
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