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?...The Future Is What We Make of It – Part 1
[Social] The Future Is What We Make of It – Part 1 by Michael Krieger Posted December 17, 2017 2017 has been a really strange year for me. As tens of millions of my fellow Americans have experienced mental breakdowns following the election of Donald Trump, an...How Corporate Power Killed Democracy
[Social] How Corporate Power Killed Democracy by Richard Moser Posted December 14, 2017 Since the mid-1970s, when the corporations fused with the state, a new imperial order emerged that killed what remained of representative democracy. Not only would corporations...Understanding How the Enemy of Your Enemy Is Not Your Friend
[Politics] Understanding How the Enemy of Your Enemy Is Not Your Friend by Eric Zuesse Posted December 13, 2017 In political matters, the public are taught to believe that some political Party is ‘good’, and that the others are “bad”; but the reality in recent times,...Quotable Sayings
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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