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Ransacking the World Economy Until “You’ll Own Nothing.”
Part 1: 5,000 Years Setting the Stage By Robert J. Burrowes According to a video published by the World Economic Forum in 2016, by 2030 ‘You’ll Own Nothing. And You’ll Be Happy.’ See ‘8 predictions for the world in 2030’. Clearly, if … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Inequality, Militarization, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged Big Oil, BIS, central banks, COP26, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Emanuel Pastreich, G3P, GFANZ, Global Elites, Goldman Sachs, Great Reset, history, Klaus Schwab, London, Oligarchy, Peter Vanham, Plutocracy, Rockefeller, Rothschild, Russia, Smedley Butler, society, Technocracy, Transhumanism, war, WEF
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Elite Banking at Your Expense: How Secretive Tax Havens are Used to Steal Your Money
By Robert J. Burrowes Tax havens are locations around the world where wealthy individuals, criminals and terrorists, as well as governments and government agencies (such as the CIA), banks, corporations, hedge funds, international organizations (such as the Vatican) and crime … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Economics, elites, History, Inequality, Neocons, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Bribery, central banks, CIA, contract kickbacks, Corruption, Economics, elites, failure to disclose conflicts of interest, fraudulent invoicing, illicit political donations, insider trading, London, Manhattan, Market Rigging, Money Laundering, Neocons, Offshore Banks, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Plutocrats, psychology, Sociology, State Crime, Tax Evasion, Tax Havens, The Vatican, trade mispricing, weapons trading, World War II
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Luddism and Economic Ideology
Source: the HipCrime Vocab Smithsonian Magazine has a very good feature on the Luddites, well worth a read. There are many elements you just don’t read in many economic histories; for example, the 40-hour work week was not brought down … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, media, Neoliberalism, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, Work
Tagged 40 Hour Work Week, 5 Day Workweek, Adam Smith, automation, capitalism, Chris Dillow, economic inequality, Economics, Economism, James Kwak, Kirkpatrick Sale, Labor, London, Luddism, Luddites, Neoclassical Economics, Rebels Against the Future, Revolution, Robots, technology, Wealth Gap, Wealth of Nations, Work
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Rent Strikes: ‘together we can defeat the housing market’
By Matt Broomfield Source: RoarMag.org As they revive a long-dormant form of protest, rent strikers in London and San Francisco must learn lessons from the great strikes of the 20th century. When you can no longer afford to pay your … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Feminism, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, Law, police state, Racism, Recession, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged activism, Class War, Economics, Feminism, financial crisis, Gentrification, Industrial Strikes, Institutionalized Racism, Labor History, London, Mass Strikes, Police Violence, protest, racism, Radical Housing Network, Real Estate, recession, Rent Hikes, Rent Strikes, San Francisco, Student Housing
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