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Monthly Archives: December 2017
Video: “Super Amigos,” (2007), 1 hr 15 min
https://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/super_amigos In Mexico City, five real-life “social wrestlers” have capitalized on the popularity of Mexico’s larger than life Lucha Libre wrestlers to fight for social justice rather than trophies. Wearing custom masks, costumes and capes like the wrestlers who inspired … Continue reading
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So the Yoke Becomes Easier and Capitalism Criticism 2.0
So the Yoke Becomes Easier and Capitalism Criticism 2.0 by Bernhard Emunds and Volkhard Mosler https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/12/28/18805543.php God has decreed definitively: salvation and life in abundance for people – not punishment and destruction. This new life begins with the emaciated and … Continue reading
May the New Year be full of good surprises!
Arguing with a Trump supporter is like arguing with a pigeon who leaves its dropping on the plate, flies away and says it’s made America great again! Polish saying: You can make fish soup out of an aquarium but can’t … Continue reading
Sharing, not Killing
Sharing, not Killing by Friedhelm Hengsbach https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/12/22/18805437.php Refused sharing and rediscovery of sharing are signs of this time. “This economy kills.” So Pope Francis judges socio-economic conditions. Immigrants aren’t the cause of inequality or trickle-down mythology. Taxing the rich is … Continue reading
New constitutionalism and world order – Stephen Gill, 10 pp
New constitutionalism and world order: general introduction by Stephen Gill and A. Claire Cutler, 2014, 10 pp http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/53694/excerpt/9781107053694_excerpt.pdf New constitutionalism and world order 1. We are living in an era in which there is a neo-liberal redefinition of the political … Continue reading
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Capitalism Criticism 2.0 by Volkhard Mosler
Capitalism Criticism 2.0 Karl Marx’ Crisis Theory is More Actual than Ever by Volkhard Mosler, 11/9/2008 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/12/18/18805354.php “Capitalism contains crisis as rain clouds contain rain,” said Jean Juares, the 19th century French socialist. Profits increase in the neoliberal model, not … Continue reading
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Tax Evasion and Inequality, Oct 6, 2017, 59 pp
Tax Evasion and Inequality by Annette Alstadsaeter, Niels Johannesen and Gabriel Zucman (UC Berkeley), Oct 6, 2017, 59 pp https://gabriel-zucman.eu/files/AJZ2017.pdf 1 Introduction The size and distribution of tax evasion is a source of sustained interest and controversy among the public. … Continue reading
We won back net neutrality once and can do it again!
We won back net neutrality once and can do it again! Children’s Health Insurance and Low Income Housing Tax Credits can be won back. Pell grants, WIC food assistance, SNAP, school lunches, The Legal Corporation, Medicaid and Medicare can be … Continue reading
What the State Can Do by Mariana Mazzucato and Karl Gaulhofer
What State Can Do by Mariana Mazzucato and Karl Gaulhofer 8/6/2014 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/12/14/18805294.php The power of ideology is so great it easily creates a distorted perception of facts. In 2007, many people convinced themselves that the main cause of the financial … Continue reading
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) by Olesya Kazantseva
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) by Olesya Kazantseva, 2015 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/12/06/18805126.php Closing tax havens, ending tax competition, and prohibiting profit-shifting are necessary for a fair tax system. The richest 1% in Pennsylvania could receive another $3 billion from Trump’s tax … Continue reading