25 Horrifying Images of the "Free" Market at Work
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By Alternet When economists talk about how a market “regulates itself,” what they mean is that markets reach an equilibrium between supply and demand. This says nothing about whether or not this equilibrium will be a good thing for society. … |
If Nelson Mandela really had won, he wouldn't be seen as a universal hero
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by Slavoj Žižek, theguardian.com, Monday 9 December 2013 10.05 GMT In the last two decades of his life, Nelson Mandela was celebrated as a model of how to liberate a country from the colonial yoke without succumbing to the temptation … |
The Greek government collaborates with Golden Dawn nazis to pass its neoliberal agenda
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Source: The Guardian “I’m the embodiment of every fascist’s fantasy. I’m a Jew, a communist – and a heretical communist, a Trotskyist, at that. I don’t fit anywhere. The only thing I happen not to be is homosexual.” My old … |
In Greece, things move fast – except justice for Kostas Sakkas
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Behind the anarchist’s hunger strike is the tale of his illegal detention. It would have sounded unbelievable in the recent pastHara Kouki and Antonis Vradis, guardian.co.uk, What’s in a … |
From Sweden to Turkey: The uneven dynamics of the era of riots
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Short text about the current dynamics of what we have called “the era of riots”. It was written before the events in Brazil. These events include the 4th of the dynamics in the “era of riots” and ask the question … |
IMF: the industry of apologies
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After three years in Greece, the IMF has triumphed in its mission assigned by PASOK [1] and the international banking system. Since people learned to apologise the sense of honour was lost, an old Greek saying goes. In the case … |
JP Morgan to eurozone periphery: “Get rid of your pinko, anti-fascist constitutions”
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By Austerityland – Leigh Phillips At times, I do marvel how antiseptic, bland even, that the language of the most wretchedly villainous documents can be. Last week, the European economic research team with JP Morgan, the global financial giant, put … |
Goodbye growth
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Written by Giorgos Kolempas Image by Clifford Harper The globalized capitalist economy, in both previous and present crises, knows how to put forward only three identical goals: Enlargment! Expansion! Growth! The political exponents constantly repeat the same words: if we … |
In Brazil, the mask of democracy is falling
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By Franco A., originally published by Truth Is A Beaver.
It’s true: I do think all the signs in Portuguese are a problem for those who wish to understand the protests that are taking place in my country. … |
PEOPLE’S HOUSES: WE URGE THE PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR URGENT SOLIDARITY ACTIONS WITH PEOPLE OF TURKEY!
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Dear brothers and sisters, dear friends of the democratic people’s movement in Turkey! Istanbulites are under brutal attack and violence of the police and gendarmarie forces since 15th June evening when the police attack against Gezi Parkı started after … |
