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Edward Snowden is an American hero who has significantly raised public awareness about the United States' government's threat to global freedom by using extreme and illegal measures of surveillance.
Category Archives: CAPITALISM
MOVE YOUR $$$ NOW! Wells Fargo Taking Away Customers’ Rights To Legal Action
Hey Folks, If you haven’t moved your money out of the big banks yet, NOW IS THE TIME! Wells Fargo just notified its customers that as of February 15, 2012: “YOU AGREE THAT YOU AND THE BANK ARE WAIVING THE … Continue reading
U.S. citizens could be held by military without charge
It’s interesting to note how our rights as U.S. citizens are eroding. The Senate recently passed a bill which would allow a sitting U.S. president to declare the U.S. a “battlefield” and to have American citizens detained by the military indefinitely … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL SECURITY, NEWS
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Yo Voy Con La Sexta!
I was doing some Christmas shopping on the Schools for Chiapas web site and came across a number of items, like the t-shirt above, with the phrase “Yo voy con la Sexta” on them. Google translate revealed that “la sexta” means “the … Continue reading
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We are all Marxists
I just finished reading David McLellan’s monumental biography of Karl Marx. It’s a fascinating account of Marx’s life and work set against the volatile political and economic backdrop of 19th Century Europe. It’s incredible how he (and his family) endured through years of … Continue reading
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Frame Capitalism not the Earth
We in the west think that Darfur was torn apart due to ethnic conflict, while according to David Morse it was a resource war. He writes in an insightful article on Alternet, “The most sophisticated technologies deployed are, on the … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, Global Warming, GLOBALIZATION, OCCUPY WALL STREET
Tagged capitalism, corporate capitalism, Democracy Now, false solutions to climate change, global warming, John Vidal, occupy wall street, Pablo Salon, Slavoj Žižek, The Muppets
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Time Magazine Dec 5 2011 issue: Will be Censored in the United States.
Posted in CAPITALISM, CENSORSHIP, EVIL CORPORATIONS, MEDIA
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Thrive!
Since CIO! launched this website in July 2010 we’ve pretty much used our “blog” as an archive of posts from other sources. However, beginning this week we’re trying something different – we’re actually going to blog! So please be forewarned … Continue reading
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Occupy Everywhere: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein on Next Steps for the Movement Against Corporate Power
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Naomi Wolf’s ‘Shocking Truth’ About the ‘Occupy Crackdowns’ Offers Anything but the Truth
By Joshua Holland AlterNet There has been a flurry of speculation surrounding various reports suggesting that a “coordinated,” nationwide crack-down on the Occupy Movement is underway. The problem with these stories lies in the fact that the word “coordinated” is … Continue reading
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The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy
By Naomi Wolf The Guardian The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class’s venality. US citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police … Continue reading