Monthly Archives: December 2013

VIDEO: Koch Brothers Exposed, 2012, 1 hr

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Marc

to watch the 1 hr video from www.hulu.com, click on Millions of dollars are spent on the propaganda that social security is going bankrupt, raising the retirement age and privatizing social security into private retirement accounts.

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The Resilience of Neoliberalism by Vivien Schmidt and Mark Thatcher, Nov 2013

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Marc

to read the article by Vivien Schmidt and Mark Thatcher published on Nov 20, 2013, click on http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/archives/37626 Given the abject failure of the neoliberal policy offer, why has it persisted as the dominant approach to policymaking and is there … Continue reading →

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The Socialist Origins of the Pledge of Allegiance by Peter Dreier

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Marc

to read Peter Dreier’s article published on 12/24/2013, click on http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/pledge-of-allegiance-origins_b_4497369.html “Francis Bellamy, a Christian socialist, wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892 as a critique of the rampant greed, misguided materialism, and hyper-individualism of the Gilded Age. But you’d … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: Jesus Rebranded by Mark Fiore

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Marc

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/20/1263810/-Jesus-Rebranded??detai… Between the “War on Christmas” and the accusations that Pope Francis is a Marxist, some people can’t seem to make up their mind. Who better to wage a war on Christmas than the people who want the Pope to … Continue reading →

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VIDEO: “Super Amigos,” 2007, 1 hr 12 min

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Marc

VIDEO: “Super Amigos,” 2007, 1 hr 12 min Enjoy this call to utopia/social planning/resistance and solidarity! http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/super_amigos

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The Soup Kitchen State Grows by Christoph Butterwegge

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Marc

“Old age poverty is the result of deregulation of the labor market and dismantling the social state. Need justice and distribution justice have always existed in the political realm. The task of the social state was to fight poverty and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “The Victory of Capital” by Ulrike Herrmann

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Marc

“A society can only provide for the future by investing today in the production of tomorrow… What may be sensible economically for a private household or individual business could be harmful for the national economy, particularly when the economy staggers… … Continue reading →

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Chapter 5: When Government Helped

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Marc

Forthcoming in When Government Helped: Dec 2013, Sheila Collins and Gertrude Goldberg, 57pp, pdf http://www.philipharvey.info/newdealdirect.pdf http://www.philipharvey.info Henry Giroux, Hope in the Age of Looming Authoritarianism, Dec 2, 2013, www.truth-out.org http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20307-hope-in-the-age-of-looming-authoritarianism and The Pope Versus Unfettered Capitalism by John Nichols, Nov … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 2, 2013 by Marc

http://therealnews.com/t2/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/75290/best-of-the-web/overdose-the-next-financial-crisis

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VIDEO: Overdose, December 22, 2012, 46 min