Last and First Men

March on Wall St South – Mobilization info There’s just a few days left until the March on Wall Street South mobilization kicks off! See below for a schedule of events and many other updates. You can also find transportation leaving from your area to bring folks to Charlotte!

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#S17 Updates for the week of August 29th Next month, help us fulfill the dream of economic justice for everyone!

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http://occupywallst.org/article/coalition-march-wall-street-south-condemns-arrests/: Coalition to March on Wall Street South condemns arrests of No Papers No Fear bus riders, undocumented community members in Tennessee via the Coalition to March on Wall Street South

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Social Darwinists With a Smile The New Masters of Capital by ROBERT HUNZIKER When the elite of capitalism met in Davos for the 2012 World Economic Forum, the world did not stand still, tongue-in-cheek, but a vision or special revelation of some kind was expected if only because of their self-elevated status. However, the accolades [...]

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Right In Your Face, America Paul Ryan’s Vicious Budget by RALPH NADER The cruel impoverishment of the debate among the presidential and congressional candidates took a gigantic leap into the pits with Mitt Romney’s selection of 42-year-old Rep. Paul Ryan from the deindustrialized town of Janesville, Wisconsin. Ryan is invariably described by reporters as “an [...]

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Rule By Private Oligarchy by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS The bumper sticker on the beat-up pickup truck read: “Friends don’t let friends vote Democrat.” The driver was obviously not affluent. Yet, despite all the news about mega-trillion dollar bankster bailouts, mega-million dollar bonuses for financial crooks, and unimaginable compensation packages for corporate CEOs who have moved [...]

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The Agents of Financial Calamity The New Transnational Elite by ROBERT HUNZIKER The world’s epicenter of capitalism is the United States, and its reach/power/influence circumnavigates the globe. The elites of the capitalist class are no longer tied to territoriality or driven by national competition. “U.S. capitalism has expanded its reach by morphing into a Transnational [...]

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The Romney / Obama Diversion by ROB URIE In a New York Times editorial (link) written in 1993 the late economist John Kenneth Galbraith made a point that seems to have been lost on subsequent generations—many in the economic elite benefit from the destitution of others. Even more to the point, activist government could put [...]

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