Category Archives: Economic Democracy

Disinformation Campaign Proves Effective as Anti-SOPA Strike-Breaker

Two or three days ago, announcements were broadcast on various Media Outlets stating that two bills in the Congress and the Senate, SOPA and PROTECT-IP were effectively “Dead-in-the-Water,” resulting in the cancellation (or extreme reduction) of what would have been … Continue reading

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Wall Street Declares War on America (Yes, this constitutes Conspiracy!)

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement Embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, speaking in an interview with the BBC (excerpted on The Takeaway radio program–audio of Quan starts at the 5:30 mark), casually mentioned that she … Continue reading

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Occupy Oakland

Wall Street doesn’t believe in the First Amendment Continue reading

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Information flow can reveal malicious intent

…the sneaky behavior employed to cover the corrupt “innovations” at Enron might have been revealed just by diagramming who is e-mailing whom suggests that the structures of social networks might be a good diagnostic tool. Probing the shapes of social networks might help investigators identify electronic dens of intrigue, such as people communicating within a terrorist network… Continue reading

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Pseudomenos [Greek: liar].

The confusion of truth with lies, which makes it nearly impossible to maintain the difference between the two, and which makes holding on to the simplest cognition a labor of Sisyphus, announces the victory of the principle in logical organization… Continue reading

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The Deficit Hawks Target Nurses and Firefighters

To put this in context, the size of this upward redistribution to the richest 1 percent over the last three decades is roughly large enough to double the income of all the households in the bottom half of the income distribution. Continue reading

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How corporations dodge taxes

Our government is in knots over ways to lower the federal budget deficit. Well, what if we told you we found a pot of money – over $60 billion a year [another report claims U.S. companies are holding $1.2 trillion overseas] – that could be used to help out? Continue reading

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Dogs of Fashion, Dogs of War

“Wait — aren’t pit bulls also popular among some people in the [upscale] Flatiron District, those brainless, image-is-everything youth who seem most fashionable, who appear at the cutting edge of youth culture? Seen as distinctly postmodern, they are called by some “ravers.” They see themselves as individuals, as rebels. How can their appropriation of pit bulls be explained? These postmodern youth, most of whom have middle- to upper-middle-class backgrounds, have also taken to wearing modified working-class clothing: Baseball hats that say DIESEL on them, used overalls that retain their original label: JOE’S AUTO REPAIR. Many wear tattoos as well…” Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Rupert Murdoch!

If Murdoch is judged as “first and foremost a journalist,” the inevitable conclusion is that he is an enabler and purveyor of lies, hatred and criminal activity in the service of his ideological, financial and personal interests. A man like this deserves to be shunned, à la Bernie Madoff or Mel Gibson. That he is celebrated as some sort of hero by people who need not worry about their reputations tells you almost all you need to know about the insanity that grips our benighted political culture. Continue reading

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US Uncut’s Tax-Dodging Protests Go Global

by Allison Kilkenny The founder of US Uncut is ready to take the movement to the next level. Carl Gibson tells me he wants to help shape a simple piece of legislation to end overseas tax havens. Of course, his … Continue reading

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