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Category Archives: EMPIRE
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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Economic Hit Man Speaking Freely: John Perkins (3 of 4)
This is one of the best analyses of corporatocracy I’ve heard – I highly recommend! For many years John Perkins was an “economic hit man” in the world of international finance; a function he performed by persuading Third World … Continue reading
Economic Hit Man Speaking Freely: John Perkins (4 of 4)
This is one of the best analyses of corporatocracy I’ve heard – I highly recommend! For many years John Perkins was an “economic hit man” in the world of international finance; a function he performed by persuading Third World countries … Continue reading
The Real Terrorists
Last night I watched the documentary “The End of America,” based on Naomi Wolf’s 2007 book by the same name. The film follows Wolf on a lecture tour through which she draws a parallel between the steps used by Hitler, … Continue reading
Occupy APEC with Aloha
By Christine Ahn Foreign Policy In Focus E iho ana o luna, E pi’i ana o lalo, E hui ana na moku, E ku ana ka paia. “That which is above shall be brought down, that which is below shall … Continue reading