Category Archives: CAPITALISM

I REMEMBER, SO I’M VOTING

Posted on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 by meganwilson
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V and his family go trick or treating

Posted on Monday, November 1, 2010 by andycox
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My New Custom Giants Shirt

Posted on Monday, November 1, 2010 by andycox

Create your own!

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The Ten Biggest American Cities That Are Running Out Of Water

Posted on Monday, November 1, 2010 by meganwilson

24/7 Wall St Some parts of the United States have begun to run low on water. That is probably not much of a surprise to people who live in the arid parts of America that have had water shortages for … Continue reading →

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Voter Intimidation At McDonald’s: Employees Told That, Unless Republicans Win, They Won’t Get Raises Or Benefits

Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 by meganwilson

By Amanda Terkel HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — There may be something rotten at McDonald’s — and it’s not a year-old Happy Meal. The owner of a franchise in Canton, Ohio enclosed a handbill in employees’ paychecks that threatened lower wages … Continue reading →

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Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law

Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 by meganwilson

By Laura Sullivan NPR Last year, two men showed up in Benson, Ariz., a small desert town 60 miles from the Mexico border, offering a deal. Glenn Nichols, the Benson city manager, remembers the pitch. “The gentleman that’s the main … Continue reading →

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Halliburton’s Return: Oil Spill Puts Symbol Of Cronyism And Corruption Back In The News

Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 by meganwilson

By Dan Froomkin HUFFINGTON POST It seems increasingly likely that when investigators determine the precise cause of the oil-rig explosion that threatens to poison huge swaths of the Gulf of Mexico, what they’ll conclude is that something went catastrophically wrong … Continue reading →

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Don’t Try This Abroad

Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by meganwilson

By Dave Algoso FOREIGN POLICY Many globally minded, can-do Americans these days have come to believe that the world’s major problems have solutions, and that these solutions are within reach. This feeling often leads to frustration: Why doesn’t someone just … Continue reading →

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Marx and Sustainability

Posted on Friday, October 22, 2010 by Eliza

A couple of links that present sides of Marx that have almost been completely suppressed: Marx’s Vision of Sustainable Human Development Karl Marx the ecologist And then of course there’s John Bellamy Foster’s Marx’s Ecology: Materialism and Nature; and Ecology … Continue reading →

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Google Tax-Evasion Scheme Costs U.S. BILLIONS

Posted on Thursday, October 21, 2010 by meganwilson

By Jesse Drucker BLOOMBERG Google IS Evil Google Inc. cut its taxes by $3.1 billion in the last three years using a technique that moves most of its foreign profits through Ireland and the Netherlands to Bermuda. Google’s income shifting … Continue reading →

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