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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Ultimatums instead of Diplomacy
Ultimatums instead of Diplomacy by Albrecht Mueller and Joachim Kleppe, April 19, 2018 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/29/18808857.php In what phase is NATO’s confrontation with Russia? Contrary to a promise to Gorbachev, NATO expanded eastward from 16 to 28 states. A military system is … Continue reading
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The Market is a Universal Totalitarian Religion by Maria Wolflingseder
The Market is a Universal Totalitarian Religion by Maria Wolflingseder, 2007 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/20/18808617.php The market accepts and rejects like a Calvinist God. The market only promises itself. Its highest good is the economic boom. The Christian God’s reign was not of … Continue reading
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Book Review: “The New Bonapartists”
Book Review : “The New Bonapartists” by Martin Beck & Ingo Stutzle (ed), 2018, freitag.de https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/16/18808502.php In the figure of Bonaparte, the state made itself independent over society at a time when the bourgeoisie lost the capacity to rule the … Continue reading
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The West Must Take the First Steps to Russia by Gabriele Klone-Schmalz
The West Must Take the First Steps to Russia by Gabriele Klone-Schmalz, April 2018 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/14/18808465.php “Russia acts out of a strategic defensive and does not pursue an aggressive, expansive policy. It will defend itself against a policy of Nato that … Continue reading
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The World Dependent on Central Banks by Ernst Wolff
The World Dependent on Central Banks by Ernst Wolff, January 2018 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/12/18808407.php The situation seems extremely contradictory. The economy grows, the stock market posts all-time records, the unemployment numbers fall and industry shows optimism. We live in an exceptional situation … Continue reading
Radical Changes for a Sustainable Economy
From my research, $18 trillion (the amount pumped into the economy to bail out the banks), $214 billion (the amount corporations have spent buying back their stock) and 3 billionaires owning more than 150 million in the US stand out. … Continue reading
Prohibiting Micro-Second Betting on the Exchanges
Prohibiting Micro-Second Betting on the Exchanges by Urs Gasche, Marc Chesney & Thomas Bieger https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/09/18808356.php The financial sector that has gone off course should serve the real economy again in the future. The exchange functions like a gigantic casino with … Continue reading
The US, the Dollar, IS and Saudi Arabia by Ernst Wolff
The US, the Dollar, IS and Saudi Arabia by Ernst Wolff, February 2017 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/05/18808247.php Like his predecessor Obama, President Trump did not say a single word against the ruling house in Saudi Arabia either in the election campaign or since … Continue reading
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Aldous Huxley interview from 1958, 28 min
Thanks, openculture.com for this peak into the future from the futurologist Aldous Huxley! Advertisers know how the people could vote for someone they don’t know. more at: www.openculture.com, www.grin.com, www.linguee.com and www.citizen.org
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5 Reasons for UN Agreements Regulating Corporations
Countless cases of human rights violations by corporations show voluntary self-commitments of businesses cannot ensure social and ecological standards. Instead of social achievements, neoliberal globalization brings a deregulation race downwards. UN agreements create rights for persons instead of companies rather … Continue reading