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The Psychological Warfare Behind Economic Collapse
By Brandon Smith Source: Alt-Market.com The concept of using the economy as a weapon is not an alien one to most people. Generally, we understand the nature of feudalism and how various groups can be herded onto centralized plantations to … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Psychology, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged BIS, Carroll Quigley, central banking, Corporate Globalization, Corporatism, Crony Capitalism, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, financial crisis, Free Markets, IMF, Neo Feudalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, politics, Psy-ops, Psychological Warfare, psychology, Tragedy And Hope, WTO
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Exposing the Giants: The Global Power Elite
By Robert J. Burrowes Developing the tradition charted by C. Wright Mills in his 1956 classic The Power Elite, in his latest book, Professor Peter Phillips starts by reviewing the transition from the nation state power elites described by authors … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Inequality, media, Militarization, military spending, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Bank for International Settlements, Bilderberg Group, BlackRock, CFR, Corporate Globalization, corporate media, Economics, G20, G30, G7, geopolitics, Global Elites, Group of 30, IMF, imperialism, International Capital, International Monetary Conference, International Monetary Fund, J.P Morgan Chase, Management Firms, NATO, NGOs, Oligarchy, peter phillips, Plutocracy, the Council on Foreign Relations, The Power Elite, Trilateral Commission, US Foreign Policy, war, WEF, World Bank, World Economic Forum, World Trade Organization, WTO
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Gaius Publius: Defining Neoliberalism
By Yves Smith Source: Naked Capitalism For years I’ve been using the term “neoliberalism” (or sometimes neo-liberalism*) and I’m always uncomfortable, since it sounds so academic. So I usually add one-phrase definitions and move on. For example, this from a … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Labor, Law, media, Neoliberalism, news, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged 1%, Corporate Globalization, Democrats, Friedrich Hayek, George Monbiot, Global Elites, IMF, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Friedman, Neoliberalism, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, the World Bank, World Trade Organisation, WTO
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Sweat Shops, GMOs and Neoliberal Fundamentalism: The Agroecological Alternative to Global Capitalism
By Colin Todhunter Source: Global Research Much of the argument in favour of GM agriculture involves little more than misrepresentations and un scrupulous attacks on those who express concerns about the technology and its impacts. These attacks are in part designed to whip up … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Empire, Environment, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Health, Neoliberalism, Social Control, society, Technology
Tagged Agribusiness, Agroecology, Big Ag, Biotech, Corporate Globalization, Decentralization, Eric Holtz-Gimenez, Food First, Gates Foundation, geopolitics, GM Agriculture, GMO, Herbicides, Localism, Monsanto, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Organic Food, Pesticides, Poverty, Raj Patel, Sweat Shops, WTO
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Former World Bank Staffer Explains How Neoliberalism Is Destroying The World
By Dylan Charles Source: Waking Times More destructive than bombs, money has become the weapon of choice for the global elite, for the hidden hand of finance can plunder and conquer entire nations, assimilate whole cultures, exploit resources and rape … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Video, war
Tagged Consumerism, Corporate Globalization, Delphi Initiative, Economic Collapse, financial crisis, geopolitics, George Monbiot, Global Elite, IMF, International Monetary Fund, John Perkins, Neoliberalism, Neoliberals, Peter Koenig, U.S. Treasury, war, World Bank, WTO
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Neoliberalism and The Globalization of War: America’s Hegemonic Project
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Source: GlobalResearch.ca The world is at a dangerous crossroads. The United States and its allies have launched a military adventure which threatens the future of humanity. Major military and covert intelligence operations are being undertaken simultaneously … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, black ops, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Energy, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, media, Militarization, military spending, Neoliberalism, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Arms Trade, Big Pharma, Biotech, capitalism, corporate media, Drug Trade, drug war, empire, Fossil Fuel Industry, Globalization, Hegemony, IMF, Latin America, military-industrial complex, Money Laundering, NATO, Neoliberalism, New World Order, Povery, propaganda, TTIP, TTP, wall street, war, war on terror, World Bank, WTO
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO): Profit, Power and Geopolitics
By Colin Todhunter Source: GlobalResearch.ca Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not essential for feeding the world [1,2], but if they were to lead to increased productivity, did not harm the environment and did not negatively impact biodiversity and human health, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Energy, Environment, Geopolitics, GMOs, Health, Science, Social Control, society, Technology
Tagged Colin Todhunter, geopolitics, Global Research, GMO, Green Revolution, IMF, Monsanto, Seeds of Destruction, William Engdahl, World Bank, WTO
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Fighting Back Against Western Sanction
By Ulson Gunnar Source: NEO While the impact of sanctions leveled against Russia is being debated, one fact is perfectly clear; the dangerous interdependence cultivated by the concept of “globalization” leaves nations vulnerable amid a global order dominated by hegemonic … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Geopolitics, History, society
Tagged BRICS, Economic Hegemony, geopolitics, Globalization, IMF, New Eastern Outlook, Ulson Gunnar, WTO
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