March 2012
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“Colonialism is the massive fog that has clouded our imaginations regarding who...”
– Waziyatawin
You cannot have colonialism without genocide.
(via cuntymint)
This is why we must deliberately and consciously resist colonialism in how we tell stories and what stories we tell — otherwise we will get lost in the fog.
(via circlesoffire)
Why does 76 percent of the Ron Paul's Super PAC... →
it should come as a shock and disappointment to his followers that Ron Paul’s single largest donor—his Sheldon Adelson, as it were—founded a controversial defense contractor, Palantir Technologies, that profits from government espionage work for the CIA, FBI and other agencies, and which last year was caught organizing an illegal spy ring targeting American political opponents of the US Chamber...
February 2012
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The Arab Awakening →
As revolution shakes the Arab world, a series of films explore the roots of the uprisings and ask what next?
The Arab Spring began in 2010 ushering in an era of revolution and protest. Revolution has shaken the Arab world for a year, as protesters, many armed only with smartphones, stared down heavily armed riot police and rattled the Middle East and North Africa.
During the early days...
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St Paul's protest: Occupy London camp evicted →
Police and bailiffs have evicted anti-capitalist protesters and removed tents from the Occupy London camp at St Paul’s Cathedral. [read more]
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Court Orders Man To Apologize To Estranged Wife On... →
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Massachusetts town vows to defy indefinite... →
A small town in Massachusetts says it is “opting out” of a federal law that allows the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without trial.
The city of Northampton on Thursday passed a strongly worded resolution (PDF) to protest provisions of the federal government’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which even President Barack Obama said he had “serious reservations” about signing.
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It disappeared! Vaporized!
bostonreview:
The obscene euphemisms the media has been using to describe MF Global’s theft of customer funds remind me of a routine by comedian Paul Mooney …
White broker, what happened to your customers’ money?
It disappeared.
Really? That’s fascinating. We’ll have to study it and perhaps implement further regulations.
Black broker, what happened to your customers’ money?
It...
The Game Is Rigged: As a general rule, wealth buys... →
fralcon:
As a general rule, wealth buys political influence. If a country is having fiscal problems, the blame likely lies with the corporations and individuals who benefited the most from its policies. Don’t blame the public worker who has the unmitigated gall to be in the middle class. Look at the businesses and individuals connected to government officials. This is why austerity measures...
What Oligarchy Means: Small Groups of... →
occupyonline:
Forget the five people you meet in heaven, here are the five people running the US election system these days.
We know how the super PACs have come to dominate the presidential campaign, but a closer look at financial-disclosure numbers shows how just a tiny handful of billionaires are dominating those super PACs. An analysis of January’s campaign-disclosure filings reveals...
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Eurozone ministers back 130 BILLION-euro bailout... →
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed a second bailout for Greece after marathon talks in Brussels.
Greece is to receive loans worth more than 130bn euros (£110bn; $170bn).
In return, Greece will undertake to reduce its debts to 120.5% of its GDP by 2020 and accept an “enhanced and permanent” presence of EU monitors to oversee economic management.
Greece needs the funds to avoid...
Civilisation faces 'perfect storm of ecological... →
Celebrated scientists and development thinkers today warn that civilisation is faced with a perfect storm of ecological and social problems driven by overpopulation, overconsumption and environmentally malign technologies.
In the face of an “absolutely unprecedented emergency”, say the 18 past winners of the Blue Planet prize – the unofficial Nobel for the environment – society has “no choice...
UK Wants to Store All Electronic Transactions in... →
anticapitalist:
Data on all phone calls, text messages, email traffic and online visits would be stored for a year in vast databases under a new anti-terrorism plan in Britain, The Telegraph reported Saturday on its website.
The report, which did not cite sources, said that phone companies and broadband providers would be ordered to store the information themselves for a year for security...
A minarchist in Detroit: LogicallyPositive, the...
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idealisticjunk:
Detroit born and raised, knee deep in the tumblr game for 2 years
I like silver, guns, and smoking trees
I like the markets just as long as they’re free
Fuck gun laws, when it comes to weaponry, I have a fucking arsenal
If its not free market capitalism, its unsupportable, fuck your alternet.org article
I love using logic, logical positivism is my...
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