David Harvey Anti-Capitalist Chronicles [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9HSg_YJsPw&rel=0&feature=relmfu]
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Posted inCultural / Politics / Refugees / ToMl / USA Empire
Poverty is another form of control
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJbi-W9py8E&rel=0] Gabriel Byrne Clinton, Blair and Obama Destroyed the Idealism of Politics – Gabriel Byrne on RAI (3/4) Paul Jay: Welcome back to Reality … Poverty is another form of controlRead more
Posted inCultural / Surveillance / ToMl
A Private Investigator on Living in a Surveillance Culture
Now that we know we are surveilled 24/7 by the National Security Agency, the FBI, local police, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, hackers, the Russians, the Chinese, … A Private Investigator on Living in a Surveillance CultureRead more
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On culture and power
Interview with Ahdaf Soueif We seem to be entering through a period of contradictions, of dislocating change and crisis, of raised hopes and terrible realities. … On culture and powerRead more
Posted inAsia / Colonialism / Cultural / Politics / ToMl / USA Empire
US Cultural Colonisation in Asia Pacific
Ancient Roman historian Tacitus (c. AD 56 – after 117) would adeptly describe the systematic manner in which Rome pacified foreign peoples and the manner … US Cultural Colonisation in Asia PacificRead more
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America Is Still Singing Woody Guthrie’s Songs
Woody Guthrie, America’s most revered troubadour for social justice, would be 103 years old if he were alive today. He was born on July 14, … America Is Still Singing Woody Guthrie’s SongsRead more
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Protest, but don’t complain
Rita Coburn Whack talking: So, you have a person that’s born in 1928 in Stamps, Arkansas. By 1935, she goes to St. Louis, so she’s … Protest, but don’t complainRead more
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Amazon, the company that killed the bookstore, opens one
Amazon.com, the monolithic corporation that killed the brick-and-mortar bookstore, now owns one. Amazon Books opened Tuesday in Seattle. The store is stocked with 5,000 to … Amazon, the company that killed the bookstore, opens oneRead more
Posted inCanada / Cultural / Social / ToMl
Cultural Genocide
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Canada has concluded that country’s decades-long policy of forcibly removing indigenous children from their families and placing them in … Cultural GenocideRead more
Posted inCultural / Indigenous people / ToMl
Protecting the Sanctity of Indigenous Foods and Cultures
Indigenous peoples inhabit more than 85 percent of the Earth’s protected areas, yet only 1 percent of the billions of dollars spent each year on … Protecting the Sanctity of Indigenous Foods and CulturesRead more