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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Cornel West: The Obama and Bush Administrations – Very Little Concern For The Poor
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What Good Is Wall Street?
Much of what investment bankers do is socially worthless. by John Cassidy THE NEW YORKER A few months ago, I came across an announcement that Citigroup, the parent company of Citibank, was to be honored, along with its chief executive, … Continue reading
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The Billionaires Want More, More, More
By Senator Bernie Sanders HUFFINGTON POST The billionaires are on the warpath. They want more, more, more. In 2007, the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income — more than … Continue reading
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Are We Living In The End Times?
Slavoj Zizek, the philosopher and cultural critic speaks to Riz Khan on Al Jazeera about the collapse of society and the failure of capitalism.
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Will Sit / Lie Stand?
Check out this map that allows us to see which neighborhoods voted in favor of Prop L, the Sit-Lie Law. People in the Haight voted NO, even though perception is that the proposition was generated from that neighborhood. This was … Continue reading
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Creative Capitalism
Bill Gates discusses “Creative Capitalism” as an alternative to Capitalism: Example of “Creative Capitalism” in action:
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Consumerism and Climate Change
These two articles in today’s NY Times point to the core contradiction of our times: U.S. Retail Sales Post Biggest Gain in 7 Months in October As Glaciers Melt, Science Seeks Data on Rising Seas We are still judging “success” … Continue reading
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SOLUTIONS: Generosity – Giving is Receiving
THE GENEROSITY FOOTPRINT By Kathleen Reardon The Huffington Post Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “What you are speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you say.” Rave as they might about the patriotic nature of their motives, far right media … Continue reading
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Who Will Stand Up to the Superrich?
By FRANK RICH THE NEW YORK TIMES IN the aftermath of the Great Democratic Shellacking of 2010, one election night subplot quickly receded into the footnotes: the drubbing received by very wealthy Americans, most of them Republican, who tried to … Continue reading
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