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Entries from August 2010

Templeton, capitalist ideology, and Shermer on markets

August 29th, 2010 · No Comments

http://darwiniana.com/2010/08/29/templeton-and-capitalist-ideology/

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Rotten eggs, broken democracy

August 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Published on Thursday, August 26, 2010 by TruthDig.com Rotten Eggs and Our Broken Democracy by Amy Goodman What do a half-billion eggs have to do with democracy? The massive recall of salmonella-infected eggs, the largest egg recall in U.S. history, opens a window on the power of large corporations over not only our health, but [...]

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Das Kapital, the musical

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Hat tip to Socialist Unity blog.) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2010-08/24/c_13459950.htm Das Kapital relaunched as musical manifesto for capital-obsessed China English.news.cn 2010-08-24 17:08:03

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C&C/Aug 24

August 24th, 2010 · No Comments

CLIMATE AND CAPITALISM An online journal focusing on capitalism, climate change, and the ecosocialist alternative. http://climateandcapitalism.com Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/CandC-FaceBook

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When Wall Street Rules

August 21st, 2010 · No Comments

When Wall Street Rules, We Get Wall Street Rules Dean Baker The middle class is getting whacked by the Great Recession. Fifteen million people are out of work, another 9 million workers can only find part-time jobs, and millions more have given up looking for work altogether. Those lucky enough to be employed are unlikely [...]

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Cliktivism

August 20th, 2010 · No Comments

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/12/clicktivism-ruining-leftist-activism Cliktivism is ruining leftist activism Reducing activism to online petitions, this breed of marketeering technocrats damage every political movement they touch Micah White

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The myth(s) of Adam Smith

August 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Adam Smith: an Enlightened Life By Nicholas Phillipson The myth of Adam Smith is that he was the hard-nosed high priest of self-interested capitalism. A new biography shows that his intellectual goals were far greater and nobler.

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Labor as commodity

August 18th, 2010 · Comments Off

http://www.marxmail.org/msg81207.html Special attention must be paid to this excerpt from the end of this article on an important strike against Mott’s apple juice: — Tim Budd, a 24-year employee who belongs to the union’s bargaining team, said he was shocked by one thing the plant manager said during negotiations. “He said we’re a commodity like [...]

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Honk If You Love Caviar!

August 17th, 2010 · No Comments

August 17, 2010 Understanding America’s Class System By JOE BAGEANT

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The Myth of the Free Market

August 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Published on Monday, August 16, 2010 by CommonDreams.org The Myth of the Free Market by Craig Barnes

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