Excerpt from the Brainipedia mentograph entry on Wall Street, circa 2020: It wasn’t until the early years of the 2020s that our pre-singularity hominid ancestors realized they should not allow their best and brightest minds to go into the financial … Continue reading →
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Why the Wall Street gang aren’t in jail
Many Canadians (and many more Americans) ask the eminently reasonable question, Why aren’t the bankers who precipitated the financial collapse of 2008 in jail? The damage they inflicted on the U.S. alone was immense: a loss of $11-trillion of personal wealth and 5.5 million jobs, and the foreclosure of over
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Conrad Black: Our Warren Buffet?
Freed from the US prison system Conrad Black is challenging Harper, Canada, and Americans on their failed policies. Particularly around prison reform. A businessman with good arguing skills, the chops to take on a government or two, and with the skills to spread his knowledge, Conrad Black may very well
Continue readingArt Threat: Advocating for a diversity of tactics – Journal of Aesthetics and Protest #8 now available in print
This chart shows how the editors ‘understand how each writer's article functionalizes distrust/trust of institutionality in relationship to how much mediation they understand is useful in reflecting on the complexity of culture.’ The eighth issue of the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest has just been released in print. While the
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
Via Firedoglake, The Austin Lounge Lizards perform “Too Big To Fail”: * More links: Austin Lounge Lizards
Continue readingHow Wall Street buys Washington
Oh, those fickle Wall Street bankers. In 2008, Barack Obama was their man for president. They lavished $71-million on the Democratic candidate, $10-million more than on his Republican rival. Goldman Sachs was Obama’s major contributor. In the current campaign, they are laying out the largesse again, outspending all other special
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Ethical Oil, the Sub-Prime Mortgage Scandal and The Next Great Generation
We are living in difficult times. The ongoing economic crisis started by the 2008 Sub-Prime Mortgage Scandal has all of us thinking about our future. We are vulnerable to unethical appeals to our anxiety in the form of quick fixes and easy profits. The promise of "Ethical Oil" is the
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Continue reading350 or bust: There’s Something Happening In the Air
Need some inspiration? Check out this video: A powerful group of images of the brave people throughout our lifetime (and before) who took the front lines to sow the seeds of social change with peaceful demonstrations and were forcefully dealt with by the preservers of the status quo.
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Quote of the year: “We are the 99 per cent”
Fred Shapiro, associate librarian at Yale Law School has declared “We are the 99 per cent”, the political slogan of the Global Occupy movement, the heavy weight champ of the quotes for 2011. It’s another unavoidable …Read More
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Despite Evictions and Arrests, Occupy Wall Street Message is Getting Through
The actions of those in the Civil Rights Movement were not always supported by the majority of Americans, especially the violence. But the messages presented at the sit-ins and marches did begin to resonate. However, what probably helped the movement the most, was the response of segregationists like George Wallace. “In the name
Continue reading350 or bust: Mr Burns Stands Up For the 1%
Here’s a comic that is making the rounds these days (I found it on Think Progress): More links: Graph: 147 Companies Control 40% of Global Corporate Wealth Occupy Wall Street Movement Energizes Climate Protestors, But Also Highlights Contradictions
Continue reading350 or bust: David Suzuki On Occupy Movement: The Future Of Young People Is Being Sacrificed To Corporate Agenda
David Suzuki was interviewed at the Occupy Montreal event last Saturday: “We’ve got to take back our country, and take back our democracy..Stop serving the corporate agenda. It seems that money is everything that determines what our priorit…
Continue reading350 or bust: Just a Mom, Here For A Better World For My Kids
More links: The Global 99 Percent March In Hundreds of Cities Worldwide For Social and Economic Justice How Wall Street Occupies Washington
Continue reading350 or bust: Cold Prairie Winds Not Enough to Drive Winnipeg Occupiers Out of Memorial Park
I happened to be in Winnipeg this past weekend, and so was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the initial Occupy Canada events in that city. The turnout for the Saturday march was 300+, which was great, but it’s the folks who have brou…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Grassroots at the Real Grassroots. What a Novel Idea
The Occupation of Wall Street protests are growing, and appear to have staying power. Without the corporate funding of the Tea Party, they started with just a small group and an idea.Taxpayers were forced to bail out Wall Street, and yet Wall Street no…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Put Those Things Away Ladies. This Is Too Important
The Wall Street protests continue, with activists promising to hold out for months. However, another element has been brought in, that has no place in a legitimate rally.Topless women with signs requesting that gawkers not look at them but listen to th…
Continue readingHarper Valley: Wall Street, Kiss Your Knackers Goodbye!
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Continue readingArt Threat: Understanding the Crash illustrates resistance to capitalism
Graphic novel Understanding the Crash features stories of struggles against speculative economics are skillfully outlined. From the Miami housing market bubble burst that ignited housing rights struggles, to community struggles for affordable housing in Cleveland, the book etches a detailed picture of a corrupt economic system and stories on grassroots organizing for change.
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