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Monthly Archives: April 2016
From the Constitutional State to the Security State
From the Constitutional State to the Security State by Giorgio Agamben, April 2016 in Luxemburg 1/2016 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/04/432130.shtml The state of emergency is that arrangement by which totalitarian powers were established in Europe. Hitler’s first official act after his nomination (to … Continue reading
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The Financial Market Crisis in the Light of the Social Market Economy
to read Jorg Althammer’s article, click on http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/04/432012.shtml In 2007 and 2008 the US housing market almost completely collapsed. The crisis was brought about by a combination of state- and market-failures that intensified each other. The failure of the capital … Continue reading
Tax Havens: Threat for Public Budgets by Sven Giegold
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/04/431999.shtml The common good is abused. The struggle against tax havens is a struggle for the rule of law and democracy. Apple, Google, Amazon, Boeing, GE and scores of other corporations shift tens of billions of taxable profits to tax … Continue reading
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