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50 years since the end of the Bretton Woods monetary system 
Enormous amounts of fiat money can be created by the press of a computer button. But the capitalist state cannot conjure up value out of thin air. It can be created only by the labor of the working class....
Posted: Sun, Aug 15, 2021 11:17am PDT
COVID-19 and Catastrophe Capitalism The scale of the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences on world accumulation are unprecedented, with the global economic costs still increasing. At the end of March, some three billion people on the planet were in lockdown or social-distancing mode.36 Most corporations have no emergency plan for dealing with the multiple breaks in their supply chains.37...
Posted: Tue, Nov 17, 2020 6:55am PST
Open Letter: Dump Trump, Then Battle Biden Priority is dumping Trump...
Posted: Wed, Sep 23, 2020 10:16am PDT
Nolan Higdon & Mickey Huff: United States of Distraction Berkeley Hillside Club
2286 Cedar St
Berkeley, CA 94709...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 22, 2019 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Oct 2, 2019 10:39pm PDT
What to Make of Germany’s Ban of Linksunten Indymedia 
The criminalization of radical movement media like linksunten reveals the threat our communications face under increasingly authoritarian conditions. Various Indymedias have seen this pattern in other forms since the network’s founding at the 1999 protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization – raids, seizures of webservers, and attacks on Indymedia centres established to cover summit protests. The German case indicates the extent to which existing legal structures can be harnessed...
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2017 1:47pm PDT
Book Review: "The Greatest Predatory Attack of History" The 1933 Glass-Steagal law created a firewall between commercial and investment banks and prevented speculators from gambling with the money of savers. Restoring Glass Steagal would help restore trust, public spirit and joy in life. Profit-making is not profit maximizing; speculation is not investment. Is economics monolithic or pluralist? Is mainstream economics brainwashing? How can incentives encourage more investments in the real economy? How can the public sector be expanded? How ...
Posted: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 5:19am PST
John Nichols & Robert McChesney: Dollarocracy: The Money and Media Election Complex 
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 23, 2013 8:06pm PDT
The Low Power FM Deception Do the new Low Power FM Regulations represent progress or more of the same?...
Posted: Thu, Dec 6, 2012 10:04am PST
Stagnation, not growth, is the norm for mature capitalism The dynamics of a mature capitalist economy result in stagnation and financialization, creating deepening inequality....
Posted: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 1:05pm PST
Economic Inequality and Instability Stream or download at http://greatspeechesandinterviews.blogspot.com/ Broadcast at Access Sacramento at http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/mini.cgi?station_name=accesssacramento&site=pro&tm=6524...
Event Date: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 11:18am PDT
Capitalism and the Internet panel discussion Sol Collective, 2574 21st St., Sacramento, CA (1 block south of Broadway)...
Event Date: Thu, May 17, 2012 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, May 13, 2012 6:20am PDT
Discuss Labor and Imperialism SMUD Customer Service Center, 6301 “S” St., just west of 65th St. Handicapped parking right in front of the building. Plenty of additional parking immediately across S St. The 65th St. light rail station is just on the other side of 65th. You must first sign in on a clipboard titled “Marxist School” with the room name and number for our discussion....
Event Date: Tue, Mar 27, 2012 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Mar 25, 2012 6:28am PDT