May 2012
This Is The Right One: "African-American" is NOT a... →
zorascreation: It is a Diasporic ethnic group and nationality. It is a PC description of a complex series of cultures. It is a name for a humongous amassing of various different West African ethnic groups (Vai, Mende, Kpelle, Ewe, Ga, Hausa, Fon, Igbo, Senegambian, Temne, Bambara,… Amen!
May 1st
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April 2012
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Ann Pettifor: speech notes for presentation to the...
Via: debtonation.org The political consequences – and threats This profound global economic failure, is prolonged unnecessarily by adherence to the dogma of orthodox neoclassical economics, and has, naturally, a social and political impact. From the Joppik Party in Hungary, to the Progress Party in Norway far-right parties have quadrupled their average share of the vote over the last...
Apr 29th
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Ann Pettifor: speech notes for presentation to the...
Via: debtonation.org blind spot for credit There is only one tool these policymakers argue, with which to tackle the impending catastrophic crisis facing Europe: monetary activism by the Bank of England or the European Central Bank. That is shorthand for pumping money into private banks and leaving them to tidy up the mess. But as Keynes taught us, we cannot, in a slump, separate...
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notational: New Douglas Rushkoff video profile. http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/4/26/motherboard-tv-douglas-rushkoff-in-real-life—2 Read/View; Copy/Paste; Propagate/Grow - Rushkoff reviews the Occupy Phenomena and The Internet
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The Israeli Generals Revolt →
garysick: Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is convinced that Iran is on the verge of acquiring a nuclear weapon. He believes that the Iranians cannot be deterred through diplomacy, and he views the Iranian threat as one that may bring about a second Jewish Holocaust. His generals disagree. In one of the most astounding public breaks by the Israeli national security establishment with a...
Apr 28th
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“Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up.”
–  Studs Turkel (via underpaidgenius)
Apr 27th
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“Somehow, firing people with jobs became the Republican strategy for job...”
– John Atcheson (via azspot)
Apr 27th
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Florian-Ayala Fauna →
Help Florian-Ayala Fauna earn a place on a large billboard in Times Square through Artists Wanted’s “Art Takes Times Square”. Florian-Ayala is a young American artist of great talent, not just in the visual arts but also in the sound arts. Follow the tumbr: http://florian-ayala-fauna.tumblr.com/
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Apr 24th
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Alarm Will Sound
April 26, 2012, Town Hall, Seattle Aphex Twin, Cock/Ver 10 arr. Stefan Freund John Adams, Son of Chamber Symphony Stefan Freund, “Drowning” from Paper Trails Edgard Varèse, Poème électronique arr. Evan Hause Matt Marks, A Song for Wade (This is Not That Song) The Beatles, Revolution 9 arr. Matt Marks Aphex Twin, Omgyjya Switch 7 arr. Evan Hause tickets & info
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Christopher Richard Watson is a Sheffield-born musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history. He was a founding member of the musical group Cabaret Voltaire, and Watson’s work as a wildlife sound recordist has covered television documentaries and experimental musical collaborations. Watson was a founding member of two influential experimental music groups, Cabaret...
Apr 22nd
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Propaganda, Inc.: The State-Corporate Nexus and US... →
jhnbrssndn: Google’s status as an arm of US propaganda is reflected in its membership of a new public-private organisation targeting activists in Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan and Russia My latest for New Left Project.
Apr 22nd
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Laura Poitras on WNYC →
whitneymuseum: Filmmaker Laura Poitras talks to WNYC about government surveillance of U.S. civilians. Her film, The Oath, screens May 30-June 3 as part of the 2012 Biennial.  audio of radio appearance
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Binney-Appelbaum-Poitras →
73r0: Via: Democracy Now April 20th 2012: Exclusive: National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance This is a must see segment to understand the depth of deception the US government has reached when discussing domestic surveillance in public. Traveling a road paved with good intentions the United States is headed toward a totalitarian system, some may...
Apr 21st
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Mitt Romney, American Parasite →
At the time, Mitt Romney had been running Bain Capital since 1984, minting a reputation as a prince of private investment. A future prospectus by Deutsche Bank would reveal that by the time he left in 1999, Bain had averaged a shimmering 88 percent annual return on investment. Romney would use that success to launch his political career. His specialty was flipping companies—or what he...
Apr 19th
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Tumblr Firehose Now Available Exclusively from... →
Read how Gnip monetizes tumblr data for corporate scrutiny.
Apr 19th