The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Michael Raynor 5.0 out of 5 stars Helps Understand OccupyWallStreet–Solid 5 Misses Mark on True Cost Economics,October 13, 2011 I was given this book as a gift, and could not have–in a million years of planning–gotten a better book relevant to OccupyWallStreet (OWS) than this book. I read it this morning while my MGB was …
The Top 5 Facts About America’s Richest 1% VIDEO The American dream is alive and well for the wealthiest 1% of Americans, but unfortunately, if you are in the other 99% the jury is still out. “America is obviously a country where you can go from being middle class to upper class, but right now …
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Will Occupy Wall Street’s Spark Reshape Our Politics? Katrina vanden Heuvel on October 11, 2011 – 2:21pm ET Editor’s Note: Each week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at the WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. When the organizers of Occupy Wall Street first gathered to discuss their plan …
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Katrina Vanden Heuvel, writer for the Nation was interviewed on Democracy Now and mentioned electoral reform (after Danny Schecter segment) in hopes that it would sprout from/around Occupy Wall Street. Independent Media Stalwarts Katrina vanden Heuvel & Danny Schechter Speak Out at Occupy Wall Street Democracy Now!, 11 October 2011 “The moral clarity of this …
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How Real is Versailles on the Potomac? Chuck Spinney, 11 October 2011 Barcelona, Catalunya I began using the phrase Versailles on the Potomac in the late 1990s as a metaphor for the ‘let-them-eat-cake’ politics of the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex or MICC. The MICC’s pervasive practices of front loading and political engineering evolved …
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JOURNAL: Permanent Protest #ows One of the most interesting aspects of Occupy Wall Street (#ows) is the work it is doing to set up permanent occupations in EVERY city (over 1,000 locations globally, and growing) of note. Here’s a quick overview: Navigation of the complex legalities of sleeping/living in an urban, public space (park, square). …
Panic of the Plutocrats By PAUL KRUGMAN New York Times, October 9, 2011 It remains to be seen whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will change America’s direction. Yet the protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street, the super-rich in general, and politicians and pundits who reliably serve the interests of …
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