Category Archives: POLICY

1967 Summer of Love –> 2017 Summer of Rage & Resistance

ATA (Artists’ Television Access) 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco CA July 20 – August, 2017

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Chevron’s Worst Year Ever, Episode 5: Nigeria

By Rebecca Tarbotton, Rainforest Action Network, Executive Director / reposted from SFGate / originally posted May 28, 2012 This has been one of the worst years ever for Chevron. From it’s ongoing massive legal losses in Ecuador, to offshore disasters … Continue reading

Posted in Big Oil, BIGOTRY, CAPITAL, CAPITALISM, CAPITALISM IS OVER!, COLONIALISM, CONSUMERISM, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EMPIRE, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENT, Global Warming, GLOBALIZATION, Health, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, imperialism, INCOME INEQUALITY, INTERNATIONAL, Investment, OCCUPY THE WORLD!, POLICY, postcolonialism, RACISM, RESOURCES, UNEMPLOYMENT, Women's Rights | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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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LISTEN!!! Richard Wolff on Capitalism Part 1 of 2

Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITALISM, CIVIL LIBERTIES, CONSUMERISM, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EMPIRE, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT, GREED, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, INCOME INEQUALITY, OCCUPY ALL STREETS!, OCCUPY THE WORLD!, OCCUPY!, POLICY, PROTESTS, SOLUTIONS | Leave a comment

LISTEN!!! Richard Wolff on Capitalism Part 2 of 2

Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITALISM, CIVIL LIBERTIES, CONSUMERISM, CORPORATE BRUTALITY, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EMPIRE, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNMENT, GREED, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, INCOME INEQUALITY, OCCUPY ALL STREETS!, OCCUPY THE WORLD!, OCCUPY!, POLICY, PROTESTS, SOLUTIONS | Leave a comment

Racist NYPD Is Out-Of-Control

STOP STOP AND FRISK!!!

Posted in CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, POLICE BRUTALITY, POLICY, PROTESTS, RACISM | Leave a comment

Corporations Are Not People

This week marks the second anniversary of the infamous Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. FEC.  In a nutshell, Citizens United declared that corporations are people, and money is speech.  This opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate cash in U.S. … Continue reading

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Occupying a New Reality

One of the things I’ve loved the most about the Occupy movement is the position that we just don’t give a fuck what political analysts, pundits, and “experts” think or project about the “strategies” and tactics that this global revolution … Continue reading

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Economic Hit Man Speaking Freely: John Perkins (1 of 4)

This is one of the best analyses of corporatocracy I’ve heard – I highly recommend!   For many years John Perkins was an “economic hit man” in the world of international finance; a function he performed by persuading Third World … Continue reading

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Economic Hit Man Speaking Freely: John Perkins (2 of 4)

This is one of the best analyses of corporatocracy I’ve heard – I highly recommend!   For many years John Perkins was an “economic hit man” in the world of international finance; a function he performed by persuading Third World … Continue reading

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