Capitalism
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Occupy Wall Street and then the World Newslinks 7-10 November 2011
10 November 2011 — williambowles.info 10 November 2011 Introducing the Robin Hood tax Links – International journal of socialist renewal Today at 13:09 Notes from a talk at Occupy Wellington on October 29, 2011, to coincide with the #RobinHood global march By Grant Brookes, Tax Justice Campaign (New Zealand) The campaign for a Robin Hood tax… Continue reading
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Gala London Premiere of The Crisis of Civilization, 29-30 Nov, 7pm, Whirled Cinema
Following the successful UK premiere at the Leeds International Film Festival on Sunday of our documentary feature film, The Crisis of Civilization, we are delighted to announce that we will be holding our FREE 2 day Gala London Premiere at the Whirled Cinema in Camberwell. Continue reading
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Video: EU: Democracy Incompatible with Debt Collection By Michael Hudson
Democracy Now! video stream from Germany by Michael Hudson, who’s been closely following the Greek crisis. Continue reading
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You Say You Want A Revolution. What Will Happen To Occupy Wall Street If It Loses Its Park? By Danny Schechter
The hard real-world contradictions of urban life have bumped up against the idyllic hopes of the occupiers as all the urban crises that our society has ignored and neglected surface in that half acre of hope. Continue reading
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VIDEO: Occupy Movement in Canada: Occupy Nova Scotia (ONS),The Role of the Top-Down OWS "Media Coordinators" By Amir Alwani
Contributor Amir Alwani was back at Occupy Nova Scotia to document some of the speakers and protesters. He made some interesting discoveries. In the first segment, a protester voices his concern over the structure of the General Assembly within the overall movement. He illustrates the irony that people have taken to the streets as the… Continue reading
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Ed Miliband and the Political Mainstream By Dan Hind
Ed Miliband has just posted an article in which he notices the existence of the occupation of Saint Paul’s, and of ‘hundreds of similar demonstrations in cities across the world’. The piece is a masterclass in political positioning and it deserves a little close reading. Continue reading
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Turn the World Upside Down: From Occupation to Revolution By John Spritzler
If OWS decides explicitly that its goal is revolution, it would transform the OWS movement. It would be a qualitative leap and set the agenda for the coming years: a national and international conversation about how to make a revolution and what a post-revolutionary society can be like. If OWS does this, then folding the… Continue reading
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A Chill Descends On Occupy Wall Street; "The Leaders of the allegedly Leaderless Movement" By Fritz Tucker
On Sunday, October 23, a meeting was held at 60 Wall Street. Six leaders discussed what to do with the half-million dollars that had been donated to their organization, since, in their estimation, the organization was incapable of making sound financial decisions. The proposed solution was not to spend the money educating their co-workers or… Continue reading
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650,000 Americans Joined Credit Unions Last Month More…
“One of the tactics the 99 Percenters are using to take back the country from the 1 percent is to move their money from big banks to credit unions, community banks, and other smaller financial unions that aren’t gambling with our nation’s future. Now, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) reports that a whopping 650,000… Continue reading
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Video: 'Build a future which reflects our dreams' — Angela Davis addresses Occupy Wall Street
Author, activist and member of the Committees of Correspondence (former Communist Party USA) Angela Davis spoke at Occupy Wall Street in Washington Square Park, New York City, on Sunday, October 30, 2011. Continue reading
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Capitalism and Environmental Catastrophe By John Bellamy Foster
30 October 2011 — MRZine John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff at Occupy Wall Street. Photo by Carrie Ann Naumoff This is a reconstruction from notes of a talk delivered at a teach-in on “The Capitalist Crisis and the Environment” organized by the Education and Empowerment Working Group, Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park (Liberty Plaza),… Continue reading
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Caught between God and Mammon By Dan Hind
A noted Conservative politician and author, Boris Johnson, yesterday invoked demonic powers in a blasphemous outburst against the people camping outside St Paul’s Cathedral. In what can only be described as a Satanic parody of the ritual of exorcism Johnson cried, ‘In the name of God and Mammon, go’. Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street & the World Newslinks 25-27 October 2011
27 October 2011 — williambowles.info 27 October 2011Amidst police crackdown, widespread public support for Occupy movementWorld Socialist Web Site Today at 16:22Recent polls show widespread popular support for the Occupy Wall Street movement and its basic aims, centered on opposition to inequality and corporate domination of politics. The growth of support comes as local governments,… Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street: What You Can Demand versus What You Must DO By Glen Ford
Occupy Wall Street activists are under some pressures to come up with demands to make of the powerful. However, ‘in many cases, there is no point in demanding anything from your enemy, except that he drop dead in a hurry.’ Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street & the World Newslinks 24-25 October 2011
25 October 2011 — williambowles.info 25 October 2011 Brutal arrests at Occupy Oakland Russiatoday.ruToday at 16:31 Police officers in Oakland, California arrested upwards of 75 protesters early this morning as they launched a crackdown on participants in the local Occupy Wall Street offshoot. Continue reading
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“I Demand to Know What You’re Demanding!” Some Remarks on Programme at OccupyLSX By Dan Hind
There is something very striking about the occupation in the City of London. From the outset the ordinary dynamics of protest appeared to have been suspended. The form was different, for a start. This wasn’t a march from A to B, with its accompanying sense of an ending. But more than that, the occupiers weren’t… Continue reading
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I AM NOT MOVING – Occupy Wall Street Movie
16 October 2011 — Ogilvie Film Please share as much as you can, this film is a warning to our elected leaders. To connect to the filmmaker and get updates on new film projects: http://www.facebook.com/OgilvieFilm http://www.ogilviefilm.com Buy song and album at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/versions-prepared-piano/id215661219 UNALTERED MIRRORING IS ENCOURAGED, but please do not change video in any way… Continue reading
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Video: Consensus (Direct Democracy @ Occupy Wall Street)
The community of occupiers at Liberty Plaza have sparked the process of building a movement that now transcends any one physical landmark. The tools to keep the movement alive belong to all of us. Continue reading
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Video Intermission: Occupy Is NOT An Obama Reelection Campaign
Stephen C. Webster writing at RawStory notes that ‘Speaking to a ‘We Are Change’ activist at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ this week, political hip-hop artist Immortal Technique threw down the gauntlet to those in the media who characterize the anti-corruption movement as a partisan affair, suggesting that the 99 Percent are willing to ‘sacrifice’ President Barack… Continue reading
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