John Steiner: Idle No More — Indigenous Uprising Sweeping Across North America?

Idle No More: Indigenous Uprising Sweeps North America Idle No More has organized the largest mass mobilizations of indigenous people in recent history. What sparked it off and what’s coming next? It took weeks of protests, flash mobs, letters, rallies, and thousands of righteous tweets, but Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper finally caved. He agreed …

John Steiner: THE GLOBAL MARCH TOWARD PEACE by Gareth Evans*

A starting point for the new Secretaries of State and Defense. THE GLOBAL MARCH TOWARD PEACE by Gareth Evans Gareth Evans, Australia’s foreign minister for eight years and President Emeritus of the International Crisis Group, is currently Chancellor of the Australian National University and co-chair of the Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect. As …

John Steiner: Cyber Dirty Tricks Crashed Karl Rove / ORCA?

Karl Rove Loses Election After Being Checkmated By Cyber Sleuths? CL OccupyforAccountability, 15 November 2012 Last month, we offered a million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who rigged a federal election on November 6th.  We urged computer experts to contact us with information about any election manipulation of …

John Steiner: IMF Working Paper The Chicago Plan Revisited (Eliminate Debt to Banks, End Credit Leverage, Governments Control Money)

Abstract: At the height of the Great Depression a number of leading U.S. economists advanced a proposal for monetary reform that became known as the Chicago Plan. It envisaged the separation of the monetary and credit functions of the banking system, by requiring 100% reserve backing for deposits. Irving Fisher (1936) claimed the following advantages …

John Steiner: Michael Bloomberg Super-PAC – Fourth Ring in the Bloomber Circus

Bloomberg Starts ‘Super PAC,’ Seeking National Influence Seeking to reshape a national political debate he finds frustratingly superficial, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York is plunging into the 2012 campaign in its final weeks, creating his own “super PAC” to direct millions of dollars in donations to elect candidates from both parties who he …