Shock Capitalism: The Swindlers Of 2008 Are Now Betting On World Hunger
In his new book, “The Great American Stick Up”, journalist Robert Scheer makes one of the most lucid and accurate analysis of the 2008 global financial meltdown or what we call here the strategy of shock capitalism. Scheer connects the dots and exposes “How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats enriched Wall Street while mugging Main […]
Save Our World: 350.org’s 10/10/10 Global Work Party In Photos
Yesterday, people from across the world joined together in 188 countries to dig community gardens, install solar panels, plant trees and demonstrate to push their respective leaders to address the urgent issues of climate change and global warming. The global movement, with the organization 350.org in the lead, wanted to send a clear global message […]
Death Penalty: The Ultimate Denial of Human Rights
Today is the world day against the death penalty, and Amnesty International is focusing its attention on the United States in the human rights organization’s global push to end capital punishment. The United States is the only country in the Americas that carried out executions in 2009. The paragraph below, from Amnesty International, best sums […]
Foreclosure Crisis: Homeowners Take On Banksters In California
In California, which is one of the epicenters of the foreclosure epidemic with Nevada, Arizona and Florida, an activist group is organizing struggling homeowners in their desperate fight to keep a roof above their heads. The Alliance of Californians For Community Empowerment has just launched two days ago the Home Defenders League. The goal of […]