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  • Education for responsible global resource management without Money is the Key to Peace
    4 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    One thing is clear. Money is POWER. And for the richest entities in the world which is the conglomirate of multinational corporations MONEY IS THEIR ONLY POWER. If you design a social system without money corporations and the oligarchy of class domination will never exist on earth again. Freedom will actually exist. And Peace will be a reality. How is this so?
    I can tell you that more protests, arrests, and mass harasment is now going on and will increase more than any other time in (…)

  • Atomic Weapons purpose is the Enslave the Worker through FEAR of Death to Corp. CAPITALISM.
    3 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    World War II was created to drive to opposing working groups into self destruction economically and to at the same time build an atomin weapon to insure that the money dominant oligarchy could destroy at their whim any possible threat to their world power and domination. As social ideals of equality and justice grew so did the fear in the upper class that they would eventually loose money and power and thus have to submit to a system where their politcial power and financial domination would (…)

  • The End, French Style
    1 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Today’s seismic shift in sentiment on Wall Street was due in no small part to the courageous vote by the citizens of France in turning down the proposition on ratification of the EU Constitution on Sunday. Their nay-saying to the much of the conceptual structure of the European Union struck a major chord for national identity and self-determination over the collectivism of the EU.
    The ramifications of this vote are likely to be far-reaching and extremely liberating. In essence, the people (…)

  • Bush, & Prince Abduallah hold hands, discuss oil prices
    26 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    US President George W. Bush (L) and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz discussed the soaring cost of oil but emerged with no short-term fix for sky-high gas prices.
    Exxon Mobil reaps record profits - 2001
    Bush and Saudi crown prince find no easy solution to oil price crunch
    Exxon Mobil Posts Record Profits - 2005
    The most obvious villains are the giant oil companies and rich oil countries such as Saudi Arabia.
    Exxon Mobil profits exceed $25bn
    The biggest reason pump (…)

  • Halliburton: Poster Child of the War Profiteers
    22 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    More and more revelations about contract abuse by Halliburton come out regularly. Just last week Rep. Henry Waxman issued a report that found Halliburton overcharging in Iraq now totaled more than $200 million, see: http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/. Activists in Houston are working with national groups, including Democracy Rising, to highlight corporate contract abuse by Halliburton when they hold their shareholders meeting this May 18. In the interview below with DemocracyRising’s (…)

  • Debtors of the World, Unite!
    16 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The "bankruptcy reform" bill "passed the House on a 302-126 vote on Thursday, a month after the Senate voted 74-25." It is time for the American wing of the global justice movement, which has been struggling to force the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to drop the debt under which peasants and workers of the global South groan, to take on the finance and credit industry that oppresses US workers by usury.
    Why not begin this weekend, when global justice activists gather in (…)

  • Wall Street: How It Works and for Whom
    9 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Doug Henwood’s Wall Street: How It Works and for Whom (Verso, 1997) is now available for free download.
    Wall Street
    It’s an excellent book, a must-read for activists under late capitalism, who need to understand the power of finance capital over the fate of workers of the world.
    Despite the use value of his book, "[t]he author made less than $10,000 on this book for six years of work, even though it sold over 20,000 copies. So please consider a contribution here (via Paypal)," says (…)

  • How Big Business Buys the Politicians
    7 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Corporate America makes a windfall off “investment” in Washington How big business buys the politicians By Eric Ruder |
    IF YOU run a big corporation, you don’t just get what you pay for from Washington. You get much, much more than you pay for.
    In exchange for political contributions that amount to petty cash for them, some of America’s largest companies are reaping a bumper crop this year—in looser environmental regulations, limitations on consumer lawsuits against them, bankruptcy (…)

  • Iraq Reconstruction Fund Invested on Wall Street-No Comment from Pentagon Officials
    3 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    april 4th
    April Fools Day Edition, 2005 HOAX for the april fool day !!!! http://www.counterpunch.com/cox04012005.html
    Salina, Kansas
    Of the $18.4 billion that Congess appropriated 16 months ago for postwar reconstruction in Iraq, only $3.6 billion has been spent to date. There has been much head-scratching over this uncharacteristic failure of the Pentagon to spend money promptly.
    A recently unearthed portion of a Defense Department memo sheds some light on the issue, suggesting that (…)

  • Artists Break With Industry on File Sharing
    2 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    A prominent group of musicians and artists, breaking with colleagues and the major entertainment studios, is urging the Supreme Court not to hold online file-sharing services responsible for the acts of users who illegally trade songs, movies and software.
    by Jonathan Krim
    The group, which includes representatives of Steve Winwood, rapper Chuck D and the band Heart, said in court papers to be filed today that it condemns the stealing of copyrighted works. But it argues that popular (…)