Event: 1 May (May Day) Occupy General Strike

Occupy Wall Street calls for May Day general strike After an American Autumn, the Occupy movement moves into the spring of 2012 and the start of an election year. Nathan Schneider Waging Non-Violence, February 15, 2012 Read the story. Wikipedia / May Day

Owl: Gulag Wealth Fund – Tracking Predatory Capitalism

Gulag Wealth Fund In a recent and very interesting interview with author Cory Doctorow, he mentions Max Keiser’s “Gulag Wealth Fund”. Doctorow says: “And there’s this symbiotic relationship between criminalization or prohibition, and the people who benefit from enforcement, right? There’s a rogue economist named Max Keiser who has a notional fund, just a fund …

Chuck Spinney: For the Record – Government Complicit, Banks Walk Away from Mortgage Crimes with 1% Settlement

The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, 9 Feb 2012 As readers may know by now, 49 of 50 states have agreed to join the so-called mortgage settlement, with Oklahoma the lone refusenik. Although the fine points are still being hammered out, various news outlets (New York …

Theophillis Goodyear: 1% Continue to Press for Billion Dollar Stadium at Taxpayer Expense, in Minnesota

According to the following article, this is the fifth time that the Minnesota Vikings have tried to shove a new $1 billion stadium down the throats of Minnesota taxpayers. Minnesota Vikings Stadium Plan: Saddle Taxpayers With $1 Billion Field Ron Dicker Huffington Post, 7 February 2012 EXTRACT: A fifth plan for a $1 billion stadium …

Kevin Barrett: Larry Silverstein Chutzpah or Super Criminal?

Chutzpah, thy name is Silverstein! Larry wants more billions for blowing up the WTC If you thought Andrew “assassinate Obama for Israel” Adler was the last word in chutzpah…think again. Kevin Barrett truthjihad.blog, Saturday, February 4, 2012 Larry “blow up the World Trade Center for Israel” Silverstein is light-years beyond Adler. Larry Silverstein, you may …