As a result of the shareholder revolution, the money that once went to expansion and new ventures has gone instead into shareholders’ pockets.
Russia Today: 33% of US 16 & Up Not Working
03 Economy, 11 Society, Civil Society, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Government
33% of Americans out of workforce, highest rate since 1978
The number of Americans aged 16 and older not participating in the labor force hit 92,898,000 in February, tying December’s record, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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CounterPunch: Deep Green Resistance – Confronting Industrialism
03 Economy, 03 Environmental Degradation, 07 Other Atrocities, 11 Society, Civil Society, Commerce, Ethics
If You Can't Clean It Up, Don't Make It
Confronting Industrialism
by DERRICK JENSEN
Q: What do you call someone who puts poison in the subways of Tokyo? A: A terrorist. Q: What do you call someone who puts poison (cyanide) into groundwater? A: A capitalist: CEO of a gold mining corporation. Read full article.
William Blum: Greek Tragedy, US Hypocrisy
03 Economy, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, Civil Society, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Government, Peace Intelligence
The Greek Tragedy: Some things not to forget, which the new Greek leaders have not.
American historian D.F. Fleming, writing of the post-World War II period in his eminent history of the Cold War, stated that “Greece was the first of the liberated states to be openly and forcibly compelled to accept the political system of the occupying Great Power. It was Churchill who acted first and Stalin who followed his example, in Bulgaria and then in Rumania, though with less bloodshed.”
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Jean Lievens: Greek Crisis Mis-Stepping? Robert Steele Comments
03 Economy, 08 Wild Cards, Civil Society, Ethics
Glezos denounces Greek loan agreement as “illusion”
Syriza’s most senior politician, the 94-year-old war hero and MEP Manolis Glezos, opposes his party’s decision to extend the Eurozone bailout program.
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Sepp Hasslberger: Free Online Movie (Until 1 March) –
01 Agriculture, 03 Economy, 06 Family, 07 Health, 11 Society, Commerce, Corruption, Earth Intelligence, Government
Good new documentary on vaccines and other health related things – free viewing until 6 March.
New BOUGHT Documentary reveals insidious truth behind Vaccines, GMO's & Big Pharma. The food, vaccine, drug, insurance and health industry are a multi-BILLION dollar enterprise… focused more on profits than human lives. The BOUGHT documentary takes viewers deep “inside the guts” of this despicable conspiracy… Featuring exclusive interviews with the world's most acclaimed experts in research, medicine, holistic care and natural health… Bought exposes the hidden (and deadly) story behind it all.
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Antechinus: Bill Mitchell Demystifying Modern Monetary Theory
03 Economy, Government
Bill Mitchell: Demystifying Modern Monetary Theory
For most people, the greatest challenge to near-and-dear convictions is MMT’s claim that a sovereign government’s finances are nothing like those of households and firms. While we hear all the time the statement that “if I ran my household budget the way that the Federal Government runs its budget, I’d go broke”, followed by the claim “therefore, we need to get the government deficit under control”, MMT argues this is a false analogy.
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