1848+: Last and First Men

http://www.indypendent.org/2011/09/29/participatory-democracy-engaged/ The Nuts and Bolts of #OccupyWallStreet By Pham Binh September 29, 2011 | Posted in IndyBlog | Email this article On day 12 of Occupy Wall Street (OWS), I helped moderate a meeting of the “open source” OWS working group by keeping a list of speakers and co-chairing. I am not sure what the [...]

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Published on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 by The Indypendent The Revolution Begins at Home: An Open Letter to Join the Wall Street Occupation by Arun Gupta http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/28-6 What is occurring on Wall Street right now is truly remarkable. For over 10 days, in the sanctum of the great cathedral of global capitalism, the dispossessed have [...]

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When There’s Nothing Left to Lose Saving the Rich, Losing the Economy by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Economic policy in the United States and Europe has failed, and people are suffering. http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/26/saving-the-rich-losing-the-economy/ Economic policy failed for three reasons: (1) policymakers focused on enabling offshoring corporations to move middle class jobs, and the consumer demand, tax base, [...]

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NY Times September 23, 2011 At Home With Karl Marx By SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE LOVE AND CAPITAL Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution By Mary Gabriel Illustrated. 707 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $35. “I first encountered the Marx family story in the back of a London magazine,” Mary Gabriel writes [...]

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RG mail Go to URL to see pictures and videos…. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/09/24/2011-09-24_police_clashes_with_protestors_calling_for_greater_financial_reform_at_union_squ.html Police clashes with ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters as hundreds march on Union Square BY Ashley Fleming AND Christina Boyle DAILY NEWS WRITERS A man is arrested on 12th Street near Union Square. Dozens were arrested after a march from the Occupy Wall Street encampment [...]

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/prosecute-dick-cheney-for-torture-human-rights-group-tells-ottawa/article2179140/ Globe and Mail Sep. 24, 2011 * Prosecute Dick Cheney for torture, human rights group tells Ottawa* Toronto— The Canadian Press A human rights group is urging the federal government to bring criminal charges against former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney, accusing him of playing a role in the torture of detainees during the years [...]

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Rad-Green http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/pax-americana-is-over-1.386383 Haaretz 23.09.11* *Pax Americana is over* *Unlike Great Britain in 1947, the United States cannot pass the Middle East torch to a friendly global power willing to assume its responsibilities. * * By Leon Hadar* For several decades, the world’s leading superpower has been trying to help Jews and Arabs reach an agreement [...]

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Obama’s Roadblock at the UN by NEVE GORDON and YINON COHEN US President Barack Obama’s decision to use the US’ veto prerogative if the United Nations votes to recognise a Palestinian state will constitute a blow to those seeking peace in the Middle East. http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/20/the-one-sided-veto/ His administration’s claim that peace can only be achieved through [...]

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The American dream, and the missing years The terror attacks of 2001 ushered in a decade of wars that shattered Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving the world’s only superpower robbed of its confidence and stripped of its illusions by Rupert Cornwell Independent.co.uk (September 11 2011) In America they speak of the “lost decade”. The moment it [...]

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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29077.htm *A few Important Causes of the Decline of the United States of America * *By Rodrigue Tremblay* *“The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.”*—Montesquieu, (Charles Louis de Secondat) (1689–1755) *“I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Creator. By fighting [...]

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