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Can Gift Exchange Fix the Problems of Capitalism and Rebuild Our Lost Community?
Seeded on Mon Jan 2, 2012 7:25 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Wherever I go and ask people what is missing from their lives, the most common answer (if they are not impoverished or seriously ill) is "community." What happened to community, and why don't we have it any more? There are many reasons – the layout of suburbia, the disappea …
Warren Buffet: Stop Coddling the Super-Rich
Seeded on Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:47 PM EDT (The New York Times)
OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting.
Barack Obama and the Debt Crisis: A Successful Con Game Explained
Seeded on Thu Aug 4, 2011 2:11 PM EDT (Black Agenda Report)
The phony debt ceiling crisis was, from beginning to end, a con. It was an elaborate and successful hoax in which the nation's first black president, the Democratic and Republican parties, Wall Street and corporate media all played indispensable parts.
Phone Hacking Scandal By The Numbers
Seeded on Tue Jul 19, 2011 4:34 PM EDT (ProPublica: Articles and Investigations)
The U.K.'s phone hacking scandal seems to keep getting bigger, with more revelations, resignations and arrests. Here's a quick breakdown of some important stats in the scandal so far.
The GOP's Sick Priorities
Seeded on Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:40 PM EDT (Truthdig)
How deceptive for politicians to stress “entitlements” when they talk about gutting Social Security and Medicare, two programs long paid for by their beneficiaries.
The Bad Professor's Beltway Decoder: A Lexicon of Washington Media
Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:00 AM EDT
Writer, poet and activist Adam Cornford has rewritten the definitions of words and phrases to more accurately reflect their meanings in this modern age of humankind.
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The Same Financial Firms Responsible for Our Economic Crisis is Driving Us Toward a Global Food Disaster
Seeded on Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:33 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
US and EU investors -- including US universities, pension funds and investment firms -- are involved in unprecedented land grabs currently taking place in Africa, according to a series of investigative reports released on Wednesday by the Oakland Institute. The Oakland …
5 WikiLeaks Hits of 2011 that are Turning the World on Its Head—And that the Media are Ignoring
Seeded on Wed Jun 8, 2011 5:22 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Between Collateral Murder, the Iraq War Logs, the Afghan War Diary, and Cablegate, it appeared as though 2010 would go down in history as the most shocking year in WikiLeaks revelations. Americans discovered that trigger-happy soldiers who …
So, Tax Relief Works? In Whose World?
Tue Jun 7, 2011 2:00 PM EDT
The economic concept was simple. Tax cuts for the wealthy—those people who own and/or operate big business—would give them more money in which to invest in business.
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Discussion Groups at Temple of Visions | Quantum Activist
Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 6:25 PM EDT (Quantum Activist)
We are pleased to announce a screening of the Quantum Activist and a discussion group celebrating the release of the new workbook at the Temple of Visions in Los Angeles, CA on July 31, 2011 This will be our first localized group event, and will be held for 4 weeks foll …
Conservatives Have Defiled "Freedom" Long Enough
Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 2:06 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Conservatives often complain that they’ve been exiled from power, whether in the corridors of the Capitol or the pages of the New York Times. Yet conservative ideas have dominated American politics for thirty years.
The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic
Seeded on Mon May 16, 2011 3:23 PM EDT (Truthdig)
The moral philosopher Cornel West, if Barack Obama’s ascent to power was a morality play, would be the voice of conscience. Rahm Emanuel, a cynical product of the Chicago political machine, would be Satan.
Coming of Rage: The Euphoria of Assassination
Seeded on Fri May 13, 2011 3:18 PM EDT (Truthdig)
Imagine for a moment that you are a dog or a cat or a horse or a deer or a fox living in Germany in the 1930s.
Unequal Protection: The Early Role of Corporations in America
Seeded on Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:19 PM EDT (t r u t h o u t)
Jane Anne Morris is a corporate anthropologist and writer in Madison, Wisconsin, and she is affiliated with the Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD), one of the leading organizations doing research and work in illuminating the story of corporate personhood. Morris …
Americans Decry Power of Lobbyists, Corporations, Banks, Feds
Seeded on Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:50 PM EDT (gallup.com)
Note: This seed is categorized as "politics" because each of these groups—lobbyists, corporations and banks—have become inseparable from government.
An American Person's Declaration of Independence From the Un-American Corporate Oligarchy
Seeded on Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:37 PM EDT (Zero Party Politics)
On July 4, 2011 I will be marching down to my local federal building and congressman's office and duct-taping a hard copy of this "revised" Declaration of Independence (which I took the liberty of drafting/revising) to their front doors, along with every electronic signature and …
The President is a Muslim and I Have Proof
Seeded on Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:07 PM EDT (Zero Party Politics)
There's no doubt about it, the President is a Muslim. You want proof?
The American Dream As We Know It Is Over: Why progressives need to think beyond the mantra of creating a new "middle-class America"
Seeded on Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:26 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Note: This article is categorized as "politics" because it's impossible to separate capital from politics or corporatism from government.
Tax the Super Rich Now or Face a Revolution
Seeded on Thu Apr 7, 2011 8:31 PM EDT (MarketWatch.com)
Yes, tax the Super Rich. Tax them now. Before the other 99% rise up, trigger a new American Revolution, a meltdown and the Great Depression 2.
The Peasants Need Pitchforks
Seeded on Thu Apr 7, 2011 5:34 PM EDT (Truthdig)
A "working class hero," John Lennon told us in his song of that title, "is something to be/ Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV/ And you think you're so clever and classless and free/ But you're still @!$%#ing peasants as far as I can see."
Safety on the Cheap
Seeded on Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:16 PM EDT (Reader Supported News)
Can we please agree that in the real world corporations exist for one purpose, and one purpose only - to make as much money as possible, which means cutting costs as much as possible?
Where Liberals Go To Feel Good
Seeded on Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:14 PM EST (Truthdig)
Barack Obama is another stock character in the cyclical political theater embraced by the liberal class.
Americans Are Far Less Conservative Than The Right-Wing Claims
Seeded on Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:13 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Among the many memes floating around in the wake of the 2010 election is that America has taken a rightward turn, and conservative pundits seem re-energized in calling America a center-right nation.
2011: Calling Time on Capitalism
Seeded on Fri Jan 7, 2011 9:18 PM EST (Truthout - All Articles)
Recent decades have seen a massive redistribution of wealth, imposing the cost of successive crises on the poorest. Enough!
Hopes for 2011: Do You Have Any?
Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:20 PM EST
Speaking for my own life, 2010 was a horrible year.
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