European Union leaders are poised to hold an emergency summit after finance ministers acknowledged for the first time that some form of Greek default may be needed to cut Athens’ debts and stop contagion to Italy and Spain. “There will be an extra summit this Friday,” a senior euro […]
Economics
Michael Hudson is a highly-regarded economist. Hudson says: * The European debt crisis is really financial warfare by the banks * Indeed, the banks are in warfare against the rest of society Read the rest here
More and more people are becoming aware of the complete system failure we’re experiencing in the United States and around the globe. As the true nature of the control system is revealed, people tend to feel as Howard Beale did in Network when he said, “first, you’ve got to get […]
They have been trying to rescue Detroit for years, and for years Detroit has continued to be sucked back into the ground from which it was born. Just as in China you can hear the roar and thunder of growth and ambition and the shouts of greed and triumph, in […]
Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income – an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret. Read […]
A three part BBC documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis, well known for other documentaries including The Trap and The Power of Nightmares. It is an astounding series of films about how humans have been colonised by ( amongst other things ) the machines they have built. [youtube]Uz2j3BhL47c[/youtube] [youtube]Yq0xVuRG4ng[/youtube] [youtube]lXJYkkxh0rk[/youtube]
Police use tear gas on demonstrators in Malaysia as opposition leader is among those injured. [youtube]VTHnjIv36Eg[/youtube]
Without knowing how money is created and managed, all other topics concerning money are out of context. This is crucial : regarding trillions of dollars of economic power, you have no idea where money comes from. It’s time for you to learn. Read the rest here
[ If you haven’t seen this – then it’s two minutes of your life well spent ] An animated interview of John Perkins, author of ‘HoodWinked’ and ‘Confessions Of An Economic Hitman’ [youtube]n7Fzm1hEiDQ[/youtube]