Spain’s Sado-Monetarism: Will It Lead to Revolution? – Part II
In the first part of the article, the author lists the austerity measures taken by the conservative Spanish government in the last months and points out their gloomy consequences on the already squeezed Spanish people. He then demonstrates how politicians are completely uninterested in the welfare of the people and how they are dominated by the cynical strategies of […]
Can Europe Spark a Global Revolution Against Shock Capitalism?
What are the American people doing? Greece, Italy, France, Ireland, Spain, England…. all of them have people in the streets. All of them are protesting. All of them are calling for strikes and trying to force the overthrow of not just their government but the entire financial system that would enslave them.
Spain’s Sado-Monetarism: Will it Lead to Revolution? – Part I
The facts As a measure of austerity supposedly meant to rescue Spanish economy, stifled by the debt and by a deep recession, on July 10, 2012, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced a set of public spending cuts and tax increases amounting to €65 billion in two years and a half. The cuts are affecting key […]
Can Power by the People for the People Be Achieved?
By Joost van Steenis Jean-Paul Marat and People’s Power The French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat was murdered before his revolutionary ideas could spread. Marat did not want misdeeds of members of the leading class to be judged by other members of that class. His goal was simple, “to stop corruption and other crimes of the leading […]
Labor Action: Pushing for Strike and Consumer Boycott Against WalMart
A nationwide movement to improve wages and work conditions for WalMart and its warehouse distributors has erupted from what started with a warehouse walkout in Southern California on September 12, 2012, and Ellwood, Illinois three days later because of poor working conditions, discrimination, and undefined or reduced work hours. WalMart has been notorious for being […]
