Our economic system is unsustainable by its very nature. The only response to climate chaos and peak oil is major social change
by Robert Newman
There is no meaningful response to climate change without massive social change. A cap on this and a quota on the other won’t do it. Tinker at the edges as we may, we cannot sustain earth’s life-support systems within the present economic system.
Capitalism is not sustainable by its very nature. It is predicated on infinitely expanding (…)
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It’s capitalism or a habitable planet - you can’t have both
5 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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Corporate Wealth Share Rises for Top-Income Americans
31 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON Published: January 29, 2006
New government data indicate that the concentration of corporate wealth among the highest-income Americans grew significantly in 2003, as a trend that began in 1991 accelerated in the first year that President Bush and Congress cut taxes on capital.
In 2003 the top 1 percent of households owned 57.5 percent of corporate wealth, up from 53.4 percent the year before, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis of the latest income (…) -
America Is Being Plundered by the Global Elite
31 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsby The August Review
America is For Sale. The sale is "under the table" in that the American people don’t have a clue that it’s being slowly sold out from under their feet, one piece at a time. The sale is deceptive because as the red ink grows larger and larger, we are told by these same globalists that trade and budget deficits don’t really matter that much.
The sale is dishonest because it was planned from the beginning by elitist groups like the Trilateral Commission, to twist and (…) -
Iran’s Oil Exchange Threatens the Greenback
27 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsThe Bush administration will never allow the Iranian government to open an oil exchange (bourse) that trades petroleum in euros. If that were to happen, hundreds of billions of dollars would come flooding back to the United States crushing the greenback and destroying the economy. This is why Bush and Co. is planning to lead the nation to war against Iran. It is straightforward defense of the current global system and the continuing dominance of the reserve currency, the dollar.
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Fearing Social Unrest, China Tries to Rein in Unbridled Capitalism
23 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentWith a fast-graying population, increasing pollution and environmental damage and the absence of a real social system, Beijing is now seeking to check unbridled capitalism and quell flaring social tensions.
Not so long ago, nouveau-riche Chinese could be seen standing in lines several hundred yards long. They were registering to purchase luxury condos in Shanghai — such was the demand. Hoping that prices would continue to rise — as they have over the past four years, by a full 74 percent — (…) -
Homeland Security To Confiscate Bank Safe Deposit Box Contents
22 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
285 commentsBANK OF AMERICA & COMPASS BANK MANAGERS WERE TOLD HOMELAND SECURITY WILL CONFISCATE SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
by notepad
While all the other points I mentioned in a previous post are fairly well documented and discussed elsewhere on the Internet, the bank information I reported is not. This information is from my own experience and research. I discovered the disturbing news quite by accident - and by virtue of its importance, I decided to post my findings here and on a few other forums. (…) -
Collapse of U.S. Economy Imminent
21 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
405 commentsIn its attempt to establish a world empire dominating every nation on the planet, the U.S. has exhausted its ability to finance the expansion and the country now faces imminent financial collapse. From all indications, it looks like 2006 will spell the end for America.
Consider these five important points: Point #1 The U.S., Great Britain and Israel are preparing to attack Iran. As it appears the main reason for invading Iraq was to stop it from selling oil in Euros, likewise Iran has (…) -
US Troops told to ignore Opium Crop that is now more than 1/2 Afghan GDP
20 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
6 commentsBy Philip Shishkin in Faizabad, Afghanistan, and David Crawford in Berlin, The Wall Street Journal
The suspicious whirring of a motor came from somewhere in the dark skies above the river separating Northern Afghanistan from Tajikistan. Tajik border guards say they shouted warnings and then opened fire. What fell out of the sky was a motorized parachute carrying 18 kilograms of heroin.
It was a small drop in a mighty flood of Afghan heroin that is reshaping the world drug market. Once (…) -
Inside Coke’s Labor Struggles
20 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
BusinessWeek travels to Colombia to speak with labor leaders, politicians, workers and others who can shed light on the controversy
To shed more light on the conflicting claims in the Colombia Coca-Cola (KO ) controversy, BusinessWeek sent Mexico City-based Latin America Correspondent Geri Smith to Colombia for a week in late October. She interviewed more than a dozen people, including labor unionists, academics, diplomats, economists, current and former Coke workers, and the country’s (…) -
Even Without a Union, Florida Wal-Mart Workers Use Collective Action to Enforce Rights
20 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
by Nick Robinson
Workers at Wal-Mart and other big-box retail chains-like workers in any mostly nonunion industry with low pay and tense, dreary working conditions-are generally a disgruntled lot. In central Florida, Wal-Mart workers are fighting and sometimes winning campaigns using collective action to solve both shop floor and larger industry-wide problems.
In one rural Florida town, over 20 percent of workers in the local Wal-Mart had their hours cut. In response, workers went into (…)