Monthly Archives: March 2012

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

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OCCUPY THE SCREEN!

OCCUPY THE SCREEN! ROXIE THEATER March 29, 2012, 7pm 3117 16th Street San Francisco, CA Co-Organized by: Christopher Statton, Roxie Theater; Julie Gilgoff & Alex Tonisson, IFPTE Local 21; Megan Wilson, CAPITALISM IS OVER! If You Want It Thursday, March 29th The Roxie … Continue reading

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Precapitalist socialism in the works of Burroughs

“Society is used in the service of capitalism,” says Baudrillard. Any number of deconstructions concerning the common ground between class and truth may be discovered. Therefore, Lyotard suggests the use of the dialectic paradigm of context to deconstruct hierarchy. The … Continue reading

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Occupy the War Machine

by Willie Osterweil, published on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 by Shareable.net, re-posted from Common Dreams The differences are slight: one decade, one president, one letter out of four. “Change the q to an n, don’t use the phrase ‘WMD’ or … Continue reading

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What Kind of Country …

This American Life March 2, 2012  All across the country right now, local and state governments are finding they can’t pay their bills. Schools are losing teachers, street lights are going dark, garbage is piling up in public parks, and … Continue reading

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We Are The 99% at The Roxie Theater

We Are The 99% at The Roxie Theater in San Francisco’s Mission District!

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Woman Power – Songs for International Women’s Day by Yoko Ono

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Dilemmas: Smaller Bonuses for the Rich 1% and Motel Room Homes for Those The Rich Have Screwed

COMPANION PIECE: How The Rich Are Living with Smaller Bonuses & How Those They’ve Screwed Over Are Barely Managing To Survive: Wall Street Bonus Withdrawal (1% Bonus Withdrawal) By Max Abelson Bloomberg   Florida Homeless Students Increase (Barely Surviving) By Christine Armario Huffington … Continue reading

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