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textEmancipation in Crisis by Tomasz Konicz
The contradictory capitalist mode of production is thus not only the driving force[11] behind the mounting debt and economic crises,[12] it is also the cause of the unfolding climate catastrophe. It goes without saying that “man-made” climate change is in large part the result of the social system – the way society is organized and reproduced – in which people are forced to live....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2023 7:53am PDT
textNew old financial crisis & China's peace plan by Klaus Wagener
Since Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Corporation, and Signature Bank all toppled within a week in the U.S., and now First Republic Bank has also run into trouble, there are increasing signs that the next big financial crisis, which was only postponed in 2019 by tons of freshly printed central bank money, could now erupt with force. $9 trillion has been injected into the "U.S. market" since 2019....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2023 2:12pm PDT
textElected officials and coalition groups urge the Legislature to enact price gouging bill by Ramon du Houx
EOPA California, representing over 462 elected officials from 49 counties, strongly supports protecting consumers from oil price gouging with SBX1-2. EOPA California has a letter specifically for elected officials to sign in support of SB1-2 (Skinner). In just five days 108 have signed, and the number is rising daily....
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2023 3:11pm PDT
textOnline events w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Rob Hopkins, Margaret Atwood, Noam Chomsky, etc. by Toward increased Networking
Here are about 12 online events taking place over the next 2 weeks (and starting at 11:30 am tomorrow, Tuesday, 3/14), featuring people such as John and Gabriel Shipton (Julian Assange’s father and brother, respectively), India Walton, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Rahwa Ghirmatzion, Peter Linebaugh, Rob Hopkins, Margaret Atwood, Noam Chomsky, and many others. These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all...
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2023 9:30am PDT
textIran-Saudi Peace a Diplomatic Coup by China by DLi
The just-announced Peace deal(or revived diplomatic relations) between Iran and Saudi Arabia is a game changer in the Middle East. Since WW II, the USA had touted itself as the most influential Peace broker in the region, but had only turned the region into a powder keg. Now, the world is seeing how a responsible outside power--in this case China--can gain the trust and respect of two of the bitterest enemies in the MidEast....
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2023 5:38pm PST
textThree Women Discover the Americas’ Best Kept Secret—Nicaragua! by Phoebe Sorgen, Jennifer Sullivan,Dianne Blais
Eyewitness account-inspiring trip Jan.2023. 50% of government is female. Met w/ Minister of Women, Sandinista legislators, peasant revolutionaries, agro-ecologists at women cooperatives, health pro's. Model of resilience, caring economy/society, alternative to capitalist corporatocracy. Preschool thru post doc free. Free health care. No hunger or homeless. Si se puede!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2023 7:25pm PST
textInflation debate and The inflation conundrum by Yves Wegelin and Thomas Sablowski
If inflation is the result of a distributional conflict, it can also be deliberately stopped by governments. Governments could skim off the higher profits through a tax in order to subsidize energy costs for consumers. Governments could also raise taxes (on the rich, it should be added) as a way to curb economic demand and thus inflation....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2023 7:26am PST
textThe final system question Parts 1 and 2 by Bertram Burian
The enrichment elites of the West in particular have been trying for decades to extend their influence to the whole world. That is their declared concept. The worldwide "final victory", the "end of history" (4), the elimination of all competitors for raw materials and markets, have been part of capitalism and imperialism from the very beginning....
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2023 8:27am PST
textPutin’s war has caused oil industry price gouging, EOPA officials call for it to stop by Ramon du Houx
Elected officials say to protect the world we need to accelerate the transition off of fossil fuels to end our dangerous dependency. They want to end the price gouging on gas caused by the oil industry using the war in Ukriane as an excues to raise prices...
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2023 5:41pm PST
textFrom Today (Thu), 3 pm ("Stop Cop City"): Online events w) Vandana Shiva, Chomsky, etc. by Toward increased Networking
Here are about 9 online events taking place over the next week+ (and starting at 3:00 pm today, Thursday, 2/23), featuring people such as Dário Votório Kopenawa Yanomami, Paul Watson, adrienne maree brown, Vandana Shiva, Noam Chomsky, and many others. These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, Australia, and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might b...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2023 12:17pm PST
textEcuador: Former President Moreno Among 37 To Be Indicted by El Comercio/INDYRADIO
The Ina Papers, not mentioned in our corporate media, revealed bribery related to the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric project. Lenin Moreno was involved long before he was President of Ecuador, if these allegations are prove true....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2023 7:14am PST
textWhy The Rage Against The War Machine Rally Is #AntiWarSoWhite by repost
I’m looking at this Rage Against The War Machine rally that is being organized by the Libertarian Party and I am genuinely confused about how folks on the left are involved in this at all....
Posted: Sun, Feb 12, 2023 9:51am PST
text80 environmental groups & elected officials support price gouging penalty on oil companies by Ramon du Houx
80 environmental and public health advocacy groups and elected officials have sent a letter of support to Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), author of legislation setting a price gouging penalty on refiners to be taken up in a special legislative session called for by Governor Gavin Newsom....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2023 1:52pm PST
textCalifornia's record high gas prices have set the stage for showdown with oil companies and by Hank Greenberg
On November 19th, Californians paid $5.30 per gallon of gasoline, while Texans paid $3.02. Stopping this price gouging with a windfall profit cap has become a priority of the governor. If Gov. Newsom can pass a windfall profits cap, it will be viewed as a major victory over the California oil industry. California Governor Gavin Newsom’s official plan to combat these high prices was introduced by State Senator Nancy Skinner, on the day the legislature reconvened to swear in members, Decembe...
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2023 4:04pm PST
textThe Club of Right-Wing Apostles by Thomas Schwendener
Two chief advisers to Donald Trump have launched a think tank for "global freedom" in Zug. At the founding event, the Swiss U.S. ambassador spoke about the "woke inquisition."...
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2023 2:29pm PST
textBattle for Social Democracy and Unfettered Capitalism by Marc Saxer and Rainer Hank
Two opposing schools of thought face each other at the sickbed: neoliberalism and social democracy. But didn't the death-bells of neoliberalism ring in the course of the financial market crisis? Were not neoliberals unmasked as charlatans who first caused the whole mess with their deregulation medicine? ...
Posted: Sat, Jan 7, 2023 7:41am PST
textUtopias and Dystopias as Places of Mental Retreat and Cooperation with China by Dieter Funke and Michael Klare
Joe Biden and his foreign policy team are in many ways still entrenched in the Cold War era, and his administration has generally taken a far more antagonistic stance toward China than Obama. It is not surprising, then, that the progress Kerry made with his Chinese interlocutors in Glasgow largely fizzled out as tensions over Taiwan grew more intense....
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2022 6:18am PST
textThe Humor of Jesus and The cry of the poor by Marc Batko, W Meyer and K Chavent
After much meditation and reflection, I firmly believe that Jesus made fun of individualism and profit-oriented economic systems. Winning people to trust the infinite, invisible and transcendent God was surely his central goal. “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?” he asked his calculating counterpart. “No sparrow falls to the ground without your Father’s consent. You are worth more...!...
Posted: Sat, Dec 24, 2022 11:36am PST
textThe American century was yesterday by Roberto J De Lapuente and Oscar Lafontaine
"The people can always be made, with or without the right to vote, to follow the orders of the leaders. It is very simple. One need nothing to do but to tell the people that they are being attacked, and to reproach the pacifists of their lack of patriotism and claim that they are putting the country in danger. This method works in every country." (Hermann Goering said this when in prison in 1946)...
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2022 8:11am PST
textElected officials show support for a windfall profits cap on oil industry for price hikes by Ramon du Houx
State lawmakers and local elected officials urged legislation on a windfall profits cap on oil companies for the price gouging practices. The penalty would provide a rebate for CA consumers. Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) California local elected officials from frontline communities spoke about how their communities are being affected from gas prices as the oil industry continues to rake in billions of dollars in profits with no regard for how it hurts Californians, our climate a...
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2022 4:24pm PST
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