40 Reasons to Resist!
by Min Reyes 1. …because the Government’s mandate has been to represent corporate greed, not the people’s needs. 2. …because democracy does not happen only at the ballot box; it should materialize every day. 3. …because there are no super heroes, and there never will be: it must be you. 4. …because our collective responsibility […]
Is Default the Only Chance for Real Economic Reform?
Everyone is worried about the possibility of the economic system crashing. That would be understandable if this economic system was working for you, but it isn’t. The current system of predatory global capitalism is more centralized, and more serving of a particular elite, than any form of state socialism or state communism has been. The […]
Anonymous: Bigger, More Contentious, More Chaotic… but Better?
Image by Rock Lou Much has been made about conflicts that have arisen within the hacker community; the main stream media has made sure of that. Stories of rogue programmers sabotaging parts of networks, or supposed splinter groups pursuing alternative agendas have proliferated. Focus has been put on isolated cases, and rumors of questionable provenance, […]
The Debt Ceiling, Political Theater, and the Fire Sale of America
As a people, Americans have been stuck in a version of the movie ‘Ground-Hog Day’ for more than 40 years, give or take. It’s been a consistent, and deliberate, recycling and fine-tuning of the same reality over, and over, again. There has been no improvisation that altered the direction of the story line. There has […]
America’s Zany Economy: Money for Nothing and Your Crap for Cheap
We’re all familiar with the perplexing state of the jobless recovery. More and more Americans are unemployed, underemployed, medically uninsured, and facing foreclosure, while those in the banking and investment sector, whose criminal speculation and fiscal irresponsibility caused the mess we’re in, are making more money than ever before. But, many of us don’t realize […]
