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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Capitalism’s Dismal Future
Capitalism’s Dismal Future, by Paul Mattick, The Chronicle Review, March 13, 2011 A homeless man named Roger panhandles in New York City, Spencer Platt, Getty Images Apart from the patently nonreality-based dissent of its Republican … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, CONSUMERISM, ECONOMY, GLOBALIZATION, GREED, INTERNATIONAL, POLICY, RESOURCES, SOLUTIONS
Tagged "another world is possible", austerity, CAPITAL, capitalism, global warming
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The One-Percenters
Roger Ebert’s Journal Chicago Sun-Times If it is “socialist” to believe in a more equal distribution of income, what is the word for the system we now live under? A system under which the very rich have doubled their share … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GREED, POLICY
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Senator Bernie Sander’s Guide To Corporate Freeloaders
Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GREED, POLICY, Tax cuts for the rich
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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
Posted in CAPITALISM, EDUCATION, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT, GREED, POLICY
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The President Is Missing
By Paul Krugman The New York Times I’d say that the nation wants — and more important, the nation needs — a president who believes in something, and is willing to take a stand. And that’s not what we’re seeing. … Continue reading
Posted in DEMOCRACY, GOVERNMENT
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Bolivia enshrines natural world’s rights with equal status for Mother Earth
By John Vidal guardian.co.uk Law of Mother Earth expected to prompt radical new conservation and social measures in South American nation Bolivia is set to pass the world’s first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans. The Law of … Continue reading
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Global Military Spending Hits High But Growth Slows
REUTERS The United States has increased its military spending by 81 percent since 2001 – according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Worldwide military spending edged up in 2010 to a record $1.6 trillion, a leading think-tank said on Monday. … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT, POLICY
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Blowin’ in the Idiot Wind
By Maureen Dowd The New York Times Bob Dylan may have done the impossible: broken creative new ground in selling out. The idea that the raspy troubadour of ’60s freedom anthems would go to a dictatorship and not sing … Continue reading
Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, CAPITALISM, CENSORSHIP, GREED, INTERNATIONAL
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