Student Debt Slavery: Bankrolling Financiers on the Backs of the Young
[Economic] Student Debt Slavery: Bankrolling Financiers on the Backs of the Young by Ellen Brown Posted December 27, 2017 The advantages of slavery by debt over “chattel” slavery—ownership of humans as a property right—were set out in an infamous document called the...Merry Christmas, Bankers!
[Economic] Merry Christmas, Bankers! By Karl Gary Posted December 26, 2017 December 25th, 241 years ago, George Washington was crossing the Delaware River for a surprise attack on the British. Why was he crossing the icy river and the real reason for the revolution?...Illusory Money and the Economic System Construct
[Economic] Illusory Money and the Economic System Construct by Julian Websdale Posted December 26, 2017 Governments could create their own money interest-free to pay for public services, but instead they borrow it from the banking system and the population has to pay...You’re Just Not Prepared For What’s Coming, Not Even Close
[Economic] You’re Just Not Prepared For What’s Coming, Not Even Close by Chris Martenson Posted December 22, 2017 I hate to break it to you, but chances are you’re just not prepared for what’s coming. Not even close. Don’t take it personally....6 Ways We’re Already Leading an Economic Revolution
[Community] 6 Ways We’re Already Leading an Economic Revolution by Gar Alperovitz Posted December 21, 2017 From the “buy local” movement to public banking, we’re well on our way to a more democratic, cooperative, and people-centered economy. While progress is never...Electronic Frontier Foundation
Quotable Sayings
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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You do not become a billionaire through labor. You become a billionaire through inheritance, corruption or economic rents – or, in most cases, some mixture of all three.
Grace Blakeley
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Mainstream American liberals think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by Fox and Donald Trump, and mainstream American conservatives think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by MSNBC and the Democrats, but the propaganda strings on both trace back to the same puppet master. And seeing that is just the beginning.
Caitlin Johnstone
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You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.
Deepak Chopra
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It is obvious that the US government is destroying Assange to signal to journalists the consequences of publishing information. It is therefore also obvious that any journalist who fails to use whatever platform they have to speak out against Assange’s persecution has no intention of ever publishing anything that the US government doesn’t want published. Their silence on or support for what is being done to this man can and should be taken as an admission that they are nothing other than state propagandists.
Caitlin Johnstone
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It’s quite fitting that the – imperially pre-determined – judicial fate of Julian Assange is being played out in Britain, the home of George Orwell.
Pepe Escobar
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
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