Capitalism
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Media Lens: Bad Pharma, Bad Journalism By David Cromwell
‘Drugs are tested by the people who manufacture them, in poorly designed trials, on hopelessly small numbers of weird, unrepresentative patients, and analysed using techniques that are flawed by design, in such a way that they exaggerate the benefits of treatments. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Why Are We The Good Guys? By David Cromwell
One of the unspoken assumptions of the Western world is that ‘we’ are great defenders of human rights, a free press and the benefits of market economics. Mistakes might be made along the way, perhaps even tragic errors of judgement such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But the prevailing view is that ‘the West’… Continue reading
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Extortion Against Standard Chartered Bank Shows Bias Against Iran By Danny Schechter
On the surface, it looked like a simple game of “Gotcha,” when New York Bank regulators blew the whistle on London’s Standard Chartered Bank for laundering money. The fact that the money was allegedly tied to Iran cast a major shadow on the allegations, given the Islamic Republic’s “bad guy” image in American policy circles. Continue reading
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GR Week in Review: Police States, Failures of Capitalism and Global Warfare
9 May 2012 — Global Research URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30775 Police States:“After reporting this week on a Pentagon-created plan for interning activists at re-education camps, questions were asked about the US Army manual that allegedly outlines the resettling of US citizens. Can Americans be sent to propaganda prisons?” (POLICE STATE: Army manual for re-education Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 9 May 2012: Another Foiled False Flag
012 — Information Clearing House Another Foiled False Flag By Stephen Lendman Pretexts are needed for militarism, imperial wars, and homeland repression. If and when people learn they were duped, it’s too late to matter. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31281.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 21 March 2012: Arundhati Roy – Capitalism: A Ghost Story
21 March 2012— Information Clearing House Afghan Villagers Say Shootings Were Revenge By Deb Riechmann and Mirwais Khan Several Afghans near the villages where an American soldier is alleged to have killed 16 civilians say U.S. troops lined them up against a wall after a roadside bombing and told them that they, and even Continue reading
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The Real News Network: This Week February 20 – February 24
25 February, 2012 — The Real News Network February 24 Greeks Look to the Left for SolutionsCostas Lapavitsas: The left is gaining in popular support but have so far failed to present a coherent programGo to story | Go to homepage Continue reading
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Video: The Truth of the Apple iPad Behind Foxconn's Lies
Video produced by Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior Continue reading
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Disaster Capitalism in Action in Europe (with Video) By Moira Dalgetty in Athens
Make no mistake: what took place in Greece on the 12th of February 2012 – the agreement by the Greek parliament to the wholesale sell-off of their country – is about something far bigger, and much more insidious and dangerous, than debt, the story that is being sold to the public across Europe. To demonise… Continue reading
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Video: – Eric Hobsbawm 'Responsible Capitalism?'
Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm told Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman that capitalism was concerned only with growth and making profit, not responsibility. Continue reading
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THE GR WEEKEND REVIEW: INTERNET CENSORSHIP FINANCIAL FRAUD AND “MILITARY JUSTICE” Selected Articles and Videos
29 January 2012 — Global Research THE GLOBAL RESEARCH WEEKEND REVIEW We bring to the attention of our Readers a selection of feature articles, analysis and breaking news Property Rights versus Human Rights: Challenging the Super Wealthy – by Danny Schechter – 2012-01-29 Continue reading
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Video: Public Dialogue Situations: The Left’s Responses to the Crisis in Europe and North America
With Leo Panitch, Stephanie Ross, Albert Scharenberg and Bill Fletcher. Moderated by Greg Albo. Sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, the Centre for Social Justice, and the Socialist Project. Continue reading
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Capitalism: what a load of rubbish! By William Bowles
The controversy over climate change illustrates the fundamental dilemma that capitalism has when it comes to facing up to the end-product of production purely for the sake of profit. Small-time it’s toxic but tolerable. Global it spells almost certain disaster for us as a species along with countless thousands of others. Continue reading
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Global Research: Occupy Wall Street, Selected Articles 1-16 October 2011
17 October 2011 — Global Research Statement of Solidarity, Occupy Wall Street, Zucotti Park – by NYC General Assembly, Occupy Wall Street – 2011-10-16 Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Newslinks 5-6 October 2011
6 October 2011 — williambowles.info Wall St Occupation: ‘All wronged by corporate forces are our allies’ Green Left Weekly issue #782 Today at 12:28 peter_b The declaration published below was unanimously passed by all members of Occupy Wall Street on September 29. It is the first official document for release. Receive an official press copy Continue reading
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Video: Welcome to the Police State: NYC Cops Mace Peaceful Protestors Against Wall Street
I’m beginning to wonder whether the right to assemble is effectively dead in the US. No one who is a wage slave (which is the overwhelming majority of the population) can afford to have an arrest record, even a misdemeanor, in this age of short job tenures and rising use of background checks. Continue reading
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