Monthly Archives: December 2015

Video: Super Amigos (2007), 1 hr 15 min

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Marc

Reality begins when we all begin to believe. Enjoy this free movie that could inspire us to bring hope and possibility into our late capitalist cul-de-sac! Housing, health care and education should be public goods, not private privileges. http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/super_amigos In … Continue reading →

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2 minutes with Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Marc

http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/videos/canadian-prime-ministers-message-to-the-gop-is-two-minutes-of-awesome-video/ Two months ago, our cousins to the north, Canada, ended the disaster known as conservative government, throwing out Prime Minister Stephen Harper along with his party and replacing them with liberals in huge numbers. Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau … Continue reading →

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The Crisis of Economists by Ulrike Herrmann

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Marc

The mainstream economy doesn’t know what an argument is any more. Claims or assertions are made. This neoclassicism is not a science but resembles a religion that proclaims dogmas. Plural economists only want to change the contents, not abolish the … Continue reading →

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Freedom and the Market

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Marc

Neoliberalism as a movement and an ideology is a world of ideas where egoism and personal responsibility are celebrated; the social is faded out and no place exists for solidarity and social balance. Neoliberalism is based on an ideology of … Continue reading →

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Criticism of Market Theory and Market Ideology

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Marc

to read Franz Garnreiter’s 2013 article, click on http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2015/12/431169.shtml A STATE IS NECESSARY A real market economy functions so very differently than the harmonic optimal conceptions of market theoreticians. The economic freedom of the competitively strong turns so massively against … Continue reading →

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Neoliberalism. Submission as Freedom

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Marc

Neoliberalism. Submission as Freedom Interview with Patrick Schreiner, Nov 20, 2015 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2015/12/431143.shtml The society in which we live is increasingly unfree in all areas and yet successfully passes off this growing unfreedom as freedom… The neoliberal subject is responsible for … Continue reading →

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