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The Leveraged Buyout of America 27 Aug 2013 | 06:28 am
Giant bank holding companies now own airports, toll roads, and ports; control power plants; and store and hoard vast quantities of commodities of all sorts. They are systematically buying up or gainin...
Lessons from Africa: The Parasites of Economics 26 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
A lot of my recent writing has been on the subject of economics – but I never had any formal training in the subject. I didn’t even do it at school let alone university. However, my quite considerable...
Obamacare’s Effect on Unionized Workers 26 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
With most major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly and often pejoratively referred to as “Obamacare,” set to go into effect in January, 2014, union members ...
Sense, Cents, and Sensibility 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
It makes no sense we blow billions buying bombs or bailing out banks, but can’t afford to end world hunger. It makes no sense we pay to see a movie and then are forced to sit through commercials befor...
Katrina Pain Index 2013: New Orleans Eight Years Later 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Eight years after Katrina, nearly a hundred thousand people never got back to New Orleans, the city remains incredibly poor, jobs and income vary dramatically by race, rents are up, public transportat...
A Roadmap to Redesigning Civilization 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Toby Hemenway, host of the video Redesigning Civilization — with Permaculture, defines permaculture as a branch of ecological design that employs natural ecosystems as a model. Although most permacul...
World Inequality vs. Techno-Liberation 26 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
With the important role that technology has played in making better dissidents, it is time for revolutionaries to stop looking at technology as a momentary convenience. Rather, everyone must be on the...
US Vows Retaliation for Rebel Chemical Weapon Use 26 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
The United States today assured the world that the “red line” against chemical weapons use applies equally to both the Assad government in Syria and the rebel forces. “We are not hypocrites,” said Wh...
Lying About Syria, and the Lying Liars Who Lie About the Lying 26 Aug 2013 | 12:51 pm
“U.S. prepares for possible retaliatory strike against Syria,” announces a Los Angeles Times headline, even though Syria has not attacked the United States or any of its occupied territories or imperi...
Latin America: Class Struggle and Resistance in the Age of Extractive Capitalism 26 Aug 2013 | 12:28 am
Class struggle is central in framing the issues of political rule, the relations of classes, the economic structures and strategies, and the distribution of wealth. Especially in the era of imperiali...
