U.S. Wealth Inequality – Video

23 06 2013

LINK –  http://youtu.be/QPKKQnijnsM

From – Before it’s News





As Capitalism Unravels Some Thoughts on Trotsky

28 03 2012

“More than 30 years later, during the political radicalization of the 1960s, Trotsky’s writings were essential reading for workers and students who wanted to understand how it was possible for fascism to come to power in Germany. I belong to a generation, born in the aftermath of World War II, which found in the writings of Leon Trotsky an incomparable analysis of the political causes of the greatest catastrophe of the twentieth century. Trotsky’s writings made clear that the victory of fascism was not inevitable. Hitler’s rise to power could have been prevented. Fascism was neither the irresistible outcome of the “Dialectic of Enlightenment,” as claimed by Adorno and Horkheimer, nor the product of repressed sexuality, as argued by Wilhelm Reich. Fascism, the most barbaric form of bourgeois rule, came to power as a result of the failure and betrayals of the political leadership of the working class.”

By David North, from  Leon Trotsky and the defense of historical truth

 




Demonstrators storm U.S. embassy in Damascus

11 07 2011

DAMASCUS, Syria — Supporters of the Syrian government pelted the U.S. embassy with rocks, smashed windows and raised their national flag in place of the American one on Monday, a day after the U.S. ambassador here delivered an extraordinary rebuke to the Syrian government on Facebook.

A U.S. embassy official said about 10 of the protesters broke into the embassy compound and destroyed the main entrance. Three of them climbed onto the roof. No embassy staffers were hurt. . . .  (more)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/demonstrators-storm-us-embassy-in-damascus/2011/07/11/gIQAsqr18H_story.html





Message from Qaddafi

13 05 2011

 . . . as all of North Africa comes under attack by US/NATO forces . . .

From  Gaddafi Unplugged and Uncensored

Message from Colonel Mu’ummar Qaddafi  

Recollections of My Life: Col. Mu’ummar Qaddafi, The Leader of the Revolution. April 5, 2011.

[snip] . . .  “Now, I am under attack by the biggest force in military history, my little African son, Obama wants to kill me, to take away the freedom of our country, to take away our free housing, our free medicine, our free education, our free food, and replace it with American style thievery, called “capitalism,” but all of us in the Third World know what that means, it means corporations run the countries, run the world, and the people suffer. So, there is no alternative for me, I must make my stand, and if Allah wishes, I shall die by following His path, the path that has made our country rich with farmland, with food and health, and even allowed us to help our African and Arab brothers and sisters to work here with us, in the Libyan Jamahiriya.” 

Full statement – http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/13-04-2011/117563-message_from_qaddafi-0/





Bank of America in a Panic as Mega-WikiLeak Looms

19 01 2011

precious . . .

Is Wikileaks driving Bank of America to seize domains?

A little-known company that specializes in protecting the public image and product identity of Fortune 500 companies is quietly buying up hundreds of domain names that could be used to host online criticism of the mammoth financial services outfit Bank of America. . . .

. . . . . Why the sudden burst in apparent pre-emptive action? One theory is that Bank of America is bracing for a fresh release of documents from the anti-secrecy site Wikileaks. Founder Julian Assange claims that a pile of confidential records from the computer hard drive of a top bank executive fell into his hands, and it’s only a matter of time before they become public.

Assange told Forbes magazine in November that Wikileaks “could take down a bank or two,” and Computer World reported all the way back in 2009 that Wikileaks had digital documents specifically from Bank of America, as much as five gigs worth. . .  (more)

http://www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org/blogpost/20110118iswikileaksdrivingbankofamericatoseizedomains

see the whole story here.





Capitalism: A Love Story (trailer)

17 03 2010

You can buy it from http://leftbooks.com/