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Max Haiven, Truthout: The revelation that key legislation for banking regulation was in fact drafted by Citigroup proves that the lack of change since the 2008 economic crash is no accident.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16911-financial-totalitarianism-the-economic-political-social-and-cultural-rule-of-speculative-capital



Global Power Project, Part 1: Exposing the Transnational Capitalist Class

Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com: The influence wielded by banks and corporations is not simply through their direct wealth or operations, but through their affiliations and interactions with political and social elites, both nationally and globally.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16965-global-power-project-part-1-exposing-the-transnational-capitalist-class



The Structural Genocide That Is Capitalism

Javier Sethness, Truthout: The internal logic of capitalism results in structural violence that includes genocide, a review of Garry Leech s new book argues.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16887-the-structural-genocide-that-is-capitalism



Challenging Casino Capitalism and Authoritarian Politics in the Age of Disposability

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: "There is by now an overwhelming catalogue of evidence revealing the depth and breadth of the corporate- and state-sponsored assaults being waged against democracy in the United States," writes Giroux in this excerpt from his latest book chronicling the war on education and youth.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/17176-henry-a-giroux-americas-education-deficit



Why Aren t Americans Fighting Back?

E. Douglas Kihn, Truthout: Within this polarized culture of the haves and the have-nots, the capitalist class has the advantage of knowing who their enemy is and what the endgame is: total domination. Working class Americans must define their desires and define their enemy to do battle with the 1%.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17498-why-arent-americans-fighting-back



Global Power Project: Banking on Influence With Bank of America

Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy: Bank of America is, in short, a profound symbol of much that is wrong on Wall Street: massive fraud, money laundering, racketeering, conspiracy and weighty influence in Washington and beyond.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17644-global-power-project-banking-on-influence-with-bank-of-america



Banking on Influence With Citigroup

Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com: Like all the big banks, Citigroup is heavily integrated with other dominant institutions in American and international society, which helps explain why the bank can break so many laws and get away with it.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17806-global-power-project-part-7-banking-on-influence-with-citigroup

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Scott Ritter: The problem and the solution
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/spin-1/why-is-america-so-crazy.html

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The Era of Fiat Currency Capitalism
http://lewrockwell.com/rosenberg/rosenberg-p24.1.html

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Capitalism, Democracy, and Elections

By Richard D. Wolff

Real democracy means that important decisions affecting people s lives are made genuinely and equally by the affected people. The capitalist organization of enterprises thus directly contradicts real democracy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35405.htm



How Unchecked Capitalism Has Brought the World to the Brink of Apocalypse and What We Must Do Now

By Robert Jensen

We have both a moral obligation and practical reasons to work for justice and sustainability.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35503.htm



Health Disparities Between Rich And Poor Areas Are Only Getting Worse

By Tara Culp-Ressler

The United States has significantly worse health outcomes than other wealthy countries. New research documented the increasing reality that health is inextricably linked with wealth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35531.htm



Bankers Own the World And are ultimately destroying it

By Chris Martenson

The Top 50 Companies Own 40% of Eveything.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35650.htm

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Big Banks Making a Buck off Commodity Price Manipulation
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/07/24-0

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Debt ceiling deal: DC wins, Americans lose

US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Campaign For Liberty

10/21/13

Washington, DC, Wall Street, and central bankers around the world rejoiced this week as Congress came to an agreement to end the government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling. The latest spending-and-debt deal was negotiated by Congressional leaders behind closed doors, and was rushed through Congress before most members had time to read it. Now that the bill is passed, we can see that it is a victory for the political class and special interests, but a defeat for the American people...

http://tinyurl.com/mqhf9vc


From Information Clearing House

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Overthrow the Speculators
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/12/30-3



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