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Global Capitalism: A Castle Made of Sand

Global Capitalism: A Castle Made of Sand

The “Looming Fiscal Cliff” The United States election charade is finally over. Apparently Wall Street had mixed feeling about either the results or the general health of the global financial market. On November 7, the Dow Jones index dropped by 312 points. Some mentioned increased “concerns about Europe’s financial crisis,” but the discourse in Washington […]

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Vote Obamney to Keep Wall Street and the Military Industrial Complex in Office

Vote Obamney to Keep Wall Street and the Military Industrial Complex in Office

Two Faces of the Same Coin On November 6, 2012 or shortly thereafter, the farce will be over, as US citizens will have played along with this sad excuse for an electoral process. The “leader of the free world” will be crowned, but the policies, global state or corporate puppet masters will still have their […]

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US Election 2012: Occupy Should Have Backed Up Sanders

US Election 2012: Occupy Should Have Backed Up Sanders

Editor’s Note: The original version of this article was written on December 27, 2011. At the time NJP was “floating” the idea of a Senator Sanders run for the 2012 US presidential election. The article was not received well by the decision makers at Occupy, who painted the movement paradoxically as a “pure grassroots leaderless […]

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Frankenstorm: Wake up Call on Governments’ Criminal Inaction on Climate Change

Frankenstorm: Wake up Call on Governments’ Criminal Inaction on Climate Change

A giant storm is announced to make its landing on the East Coast of the United States on Sunday October 28. Two days ago, hurricane Sandy was hammering Cuba and Haiti in the Caribbean. On Friday, NASA called hurricane Sandy  “the bride of Frankenstorm”. The extreme weather system is coming as an uninvited guests and […]

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US Election 2012: The Illusion of Democracy

US Election 2012: The Illusion of Democracy

“Leader of the Free World” or PR Person for the Global Corporate Oligarchy? Tonight President Obama will “debate” Mitt Romney. The topic seems to be of critical importance to the rest of the world: it is after all about the United States’ foreign policy. The president of the United States of America is often emphatically […]

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