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The future of obedience in a world of unfettered capitalism, globalisation, staggering inequality and environmental change.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34052.htm



The corporate 'predator state'

Op-Ed

Economist James Galbraithcalls this the ''predator state,'' one in which large corporate interests rig the rules to protect their subsidies, tax dodges and monopolies. This isn t the free market; it s a rigged market.

http://is.gd/CztQWW



If I Ruled the World

By Antony Loewenstein

We have a responsibility as a connected world to not tolerate and enable injustice in one state while opposing it elsewhere.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34437.htm



Obedience is Extremely Dangerous: Three Things Young People Should Know to Save the World

By David Swanson

We should think about how not to put ourselves in positions in which we are expected to blindly obey. And we should prepare ourselves to refuse immoral instructions whenever we receive them.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35203.htm


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The Wall Street Lobby Owns DC: Crony Capitalism Prevails at Every Turn

Jeff Connaughton, Prospecta Press: DC insider Jeff Connaughton explains how a former Democratic Senator, a Wall Street point man, undercut President Bill Clinton on even a minor amendment to hold corporations accountable for intentional deceptive securities fraud.

http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/15355-a-dc-insider-explains-how-the-wall-street-lobby-owns-dc-crony-capitalism-prevails-at-every-turn



''Capitalism Never Solves Its Crisis Problems; It Moves Them Around Geographically''

Gaius Publius, America Blog: This is one of the best, and visually interesting, animations about modern capitalism and the political/economic system we have been living in for the last 50 years I have ever seen, says Gaius Publius.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15414-capitalism-never-solves-its-crisis-problems-it-moves-them-around-geographically



The Hypocrisy of Justice for All

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: Why is true justice, not just the word we recite from the Pledge of Allegiance, still unaffordable for those who need it most?

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15460-bill-moyers-essay-the-hypocrisy-of-justice-for-all



Capitalism s Costs, Capitalists' Freedom

Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: Capitalists argue that relocation and outsourcing of manufacturing are essential freedoms which boost ''capitalist efficiency,'' but such efficiency is impossible to prove, as the capitalists never measure or consider the costs to the workers and communities left behind.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15443-from-detroit-to-china-to-bangladesh-capitalisms-costs-capitalists-freedom



The US Criminal (In)Justice System

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: The prison-industrial complex is a symptom of a larger problem: economic and political systems that allow exploitation for profit.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15498-a-forest-of-poisonous-trees-the-us-criminal-injustice-system

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Modern Capitalism s Hall of Hypocrisy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/01

Capitalism as Psychosis
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/02

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The rise of the corporate state
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/chris-hedges/obey.html



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