Saturday, April 24, 2010

Bill Moyers Journal 4-23-2010 (2-30m videos and script)

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In case you missed it, this Bill Moyers program, the second to his last regular PBS program, features two outstanding guests: 1) Bill Black ...

Cochabamba's New Direction

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from Yes! Magazine. When the social movements met, what came through loud and clear was that people all over the world think that climate c...

`Capitalism is the main enemy of the Earth', Evo Morales tells people's climate conference (7:08m video)

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from Democracy Now.  Morales, speaking at the April 20 conference inauguration, started his speech with a slogan, "Planet or death, w...

A Radical Climate Solution Goes Mainstream

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from The Washington Independent. The ruling classes are so arrogant and desperate to save the goose (the capitalist system) that lays their ...

Time out

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Washington is "Totally and Completely Corrupt" (1:14m video)

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Chris Hayes from U-Tube. Listen to a very succinct and accurate description of the US Congress. Chris Hayes, columnist for the Nation magaz...

$33 Billion for War, How Could I Spend Thee on Local Jobs?

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from Huffington Post.  Sometime between now and Memorial Day, the House is expected to consider $33 billion more for war in Afghanistan. .....

The Exceptional Nature of Cuban Urban Agriculture

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from Civil Eats. Excellent comparison of the different economic systems in the US and Cuba as they impact on food production. In the US the ...
Friday, April 23, 2010

Interview with Bill Black: The Great Global Bank Robbery, Parts 1&2

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from New Deal 2.0.  I haven't had a change to read all of both parts, but Black appears to drop some real bombshells in this interview. ...

Can US dollar remain world's currency? Pts.2-4

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from The Real News Network. This insightful interview continues with Jane D'Arista who is a research associate with the Political Econom...

State budget crisis about to become a "catastrophe"

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from The Economic Populist. The author reports on the many devastating effects that the current economic collapse is having on states in the...

Economist James Galbraith: Economists Should Move into the Background, and "Criminologists to the Forefront"

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from Washington's Blog. The author assembles the views of many critics that the economic collapse was caused by fraud. Hence the perpetr...

Obama Reassures Wall Street on Bank Regulation Bill

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by Barry Grey from Global Research.  With complete cynicism, Obama and congressional Democrats, with the assistance of the media, are prese...

Obama's Cooper Union Speech: President Urges Wall Street Support For Reform

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from Huffington Post. The author contrasts Obama's recent speech to that of FDR in the 1930's when the latter said, "We had to...

Greek public sector workers strike to oppose austerity measures

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from World Socialist Web Site. The Greek people are fighting back against the capitalist elites. Tens of thousands of civil servants took p...

Time out

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George Papendreou and the Greek people

Chimpanzees Prefer Fair Play To Reaping An Unjust Reward

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from The Primate Diaries. This article presents research which suggests to me that chimpanzees may be smarter than humans after all. ...chi...

Why I hate Earth Day II: the road to hell in baby steps

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by Sharon Astyk from Casaubon's Book. She makes some very good points about the distortion of news and commentary re the issues of envir...

'Major Oil Spill' Feared As Rig Sinks Off US Coast

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from Common Dreams, source from Agence France-Presse.  Officials said the current spill had the potential to be the worst seen in the Unite...

Iceland volcano gives warming world chance to debunk climate sceptic myths

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from the Guardian.  But one opportunity the volcano has gifted us in particular is the chance to put to bed once and for all that barrel-ag...