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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Canada had its best election ever!
Canada had its best election ever two weeks ago. Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party are now the Majority Party with 184 seats (previously 30 seats) and Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are termed out. “When government trusts citizens, citizens … Continue reading
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Progress Means Reduced Working Hours – In the View of Marx and Keynes
Progress Means Reduced Working Hours by Berhard Schutz and Wolfgang Katzian, October 2015 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/26/18779271.php More and more people use the free time option and decide for more freedom instead of higher negotiated salaries. Shorter hours can lead to economic growth, … Continue reading
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Offshore Shell Games: $2.1 Trillion in Corporate Fraud, 56 pp
Citizens for Tax Justice, “Offshore Shell Games 2014,” The Use of Offshore Tax Havens by Fortune 500 Companies, June 2014, 56 pp http://ctj.org/pdf/offshoreshell2014.pdf Offshore accounting gimmicks by multinational corporations have created a disconnect between where companies locate their actual workforce … Continue reading
End Climate Crimes by Fabian Scheidler
End Climate Crimes by Fabian Scheidler http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/10/291693.php THE PLANETARY LIMITS OF THE MEGA-MACHINE ARE REACHED/ THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS WITH AN UNCERTAIN END In the 21st century, the global mega-machine strikes ecological, social and economic limits where it ultimately breaks down, … Continue reading
Stop the TTIP, TPP and TISA!
Barcelona is declared a free TTIP and CETA zone. https://stop-ttip.org/blog/barcelona-is-declared-free-ttip-and-ceta-zone/ Here is a link to their important website: https://stop-ttip.org/what-is-the-problem-ttip-ceta/ What is the problem? The EU soon intends to sign two far-reaching trade agreements: one with Canada (CETA = Comprehensive Economic … Continue reading
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TTIP: Attack on Democracy and the Constitutional State
TTIP: Attack on Democracy and the Constitutional State Call to a Mass Demonstration on Saturday Oct 10 in Berlin! to read the articles by Elisabeth Beer and Thilo Bode, click on http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/10/291618.php The free trade agreements TTIP, TPP, CETA and … Continue reading
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Video: 97% Owned – Economic Truth documentary, 59 min
The system is inherently unstable through the financial elite and their something out of nothing ideology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcGh1Dex4Yo Published on 30 Apr 2012 To join the campaign to democratise money see http://www.positivemoney.org.uk/97per… Watch the sequel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Ac7… When money drives almost all … Continue reading
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