Capitalism
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Prosecuting Wall Street Fraud: The US Economy is A Giant Ponzi Scheme By Washington’s Blog
Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky and the Wall Street Journal all say that the U.S. economy is a giant Ponzi scheme. Continue reading
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Why Government is More Afraid of Debt than Depression
Michael Hudson: Deficit Hawks Want a One Two Punch Against the Economy Continue reading
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Danny Schecter on US Banks
15 December, 2010 — The News Dissector 1st collector for Danny Schecter on US Banks Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Western Civilization and Classical Economics: The Immorality of Austerity By Prof. John Kozy
When a civilization abandons its morality, no rationalization can be devised to justify its continued existence. It is likely that many reasons can be given for this abandonment in the Western world, although I am convinced that one predominates—the expansion of law. Law once governed various kinds of behavior. It has now encroached upon various… Continue reading
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Lowering Workers’ Wages is the Objective
14 December, 2010 — The Real News Network Leo Panitch: Big Business opposed to government jobs programs, as their objective is to drive wages down through fear and global competition Follow my videos on vodpod Bio Leo Panitch is the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and a Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science… Continue reading
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The best 4 minutes and 50 seconds you’ll spend today: ‘We are no longer that post-ideological generation.’
UK: Fifteen year-old tells Establishment to stick it Continue reading
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Made in Dagenham: Lessons for Today from the Golden Age of Factory Unrest? by Steve Early
In 1968, the world was transfixed by global student unrest. Less attention was paid to factory uprisings that occurred at the same time and overlapped with campus protests in places like France. In one small corner of the Ford Motor Company’s huge production complex in Dagenham, England, several hundred women did their part in the… Continue reading
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Ben Bernanke: Public Enemy #1 — Mr. Big Shot (Music Video)
In this new music video, for the song “Mr. Big Shot” by Pilot Rai, we feature leading members of the Global Banking Cartel: Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner and Jamie Dimon. We also feature the cartel’s puppet president, Barack Obama. Continue reading
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Revolution Roundup #2: As Mass Rebellion Spreads Throughout Europe, Americans Dance With The Stars By David DeGraw
Over the past few days the people of Ireland, Italy, Britain, Austria and Portugal have all held massive demonstrations against the Global Banking Cartel. Continue reading
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US Imperial Military Presence Unprecedented | Global Research TV
US Imperial Military Presence Unprecedented | G…Follow my videos on vodpod US Imperial Military Presence Unprecedented by grtv. The American military presence in the world is global, blogger and author Tom Engelhardt told RT. “The Pentagon usually admits yearly to about 800 military bases or sites from macro to micro, but in their account they… Continue reading
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Ruling on Behalf of Wall Street’s “Super Rich”: The Financial End Time has Arrived By Prof. Michael Hudson
Now that President Obama is almost celebrating his bipartisan willingness to renew the tax cuts for the super-rich enacted under George Bush ten years ago, it is time for Democrats to ask themselves how strongly they are willing to oppose an administration that looks like Bush-Cheney III. Is this what they expected by Mr. Obama’s… Continue reading
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Conversations with Fidel Castro: The Dangers of a Nuclear War By Fidel Castro Ruz and Michel Chossudovsky
From October 12 to 15, 2010, I had extensive and detailed discussions with Fidel Castro in Havana, pertaining to the dangers of nuclear war, the global economic crisis and the nature of the New World Order. These meetings resulted in a wide-ranging and fruitful interview. Continue reading
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Remembrance Day: Reversing the Tide of War. Say No to Nuclear War By Michel Chossudovsky
When a US sponsored nuclear war becomes an “instrument of peace”, condoned and accepted by the World’s institutions and the highest authority including the United Nations, there is no turning back: human society has indelibly been precipitated headlong onto the path of self-destruction. Continue reading
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US elections: Public policy privatized, ‘democracy’ bought and sold
This is a special election year in the US. For the first time, corporations are allowed to funnel as much money as they want into political campaigns – and they are definitely not missing out on the chance to buy influence on Capitol Hill. The election system in the US is such that it is… Continue reading
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The Party Game Is Over. Stand And Fight By John Pilger
Born of the ‘never again’ spirit of 1945, social democracy in Britain has surrendered to an extreme political cult of money worship. This reached its apogee when £1 trillion of public money was handed unconditionally to corrupt banks by a Labour government whose leader, Gordon Brown, had previously described ‘financiers’ as the nation’s ‘great example’… Continue reading
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Fake Anti-war Activism. The “Humanitarian Road” Towards an all out Nuclear War? By Michel Chossudovsky
The “Just War” theory has served to camouflage the nature of US foreign policy, while providing a human face to the invaders. In both its classical and contemporary versions, the Just War theory upholds war as a “humanitarian operation”. It calls for military intervention on ethical and moral grounds against “insurgents”, “terrorists”, “failed” or “rogue… Continue reading
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What’s so Funny about Outsourcing? By John Feffer
What were NBC executives thinking? The unemployment rate remains near double digits, and many Americans have simply stopped looking for work. And what does the network premier this fall but a sitcom called Outsourced about an American manager sent to run a call center in India. The jokes revolve around funny names, unappetizing food, Sikh… Continue reading
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How Labour is (Part of) the Problem in Building the Left
// 15 October, 2010 Toronto — Left Streamed http://blip.tv/play/AYKFjWMC View on Blip.TV website Lecture by: Professor Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center. A leading scholar and political activist, Frances Fox Piven was recently president of the American Sociological Association and is former Vice-President of the American Political Science Association. Her most recent book is Keeping… Continue reading
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Wallets Full of Blood By Eamonn Crudden
18 October, 2010 — MRZine Houses on the Moon Wallets Full of Blood: Houses on the Moon from aaronrip on Vimeo. Zombie Banker Blues Wallets Full of Blood: Zombie Banker Blues from aaronrip on Vimeo. Roscommon Death Trip Wallets Full of Blood: Roscommon Death Trip from aaronrip on Vimeo. Eamonn Crudden is an Irish filmmaker.… Continue reading
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