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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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Occupy Movie

This inspiring documentary highlights the unified voices of Occupy movement participants. This compelling look into the perspectives of citizens rallying for...
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Psywar - Full Documentary

This film explores the evolution of propaganda and public relations in the United States, with an emphasis on the elitist theory of democracy and the relatio...
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Darren Criss on How 'Life Imitates Art' on His First Night in How to Succeed

Darren Criss on How 'Life Imitates Art' on His First Night in How to Succeed | real utopias | Scoop.it
Glee heartthrob Darren Criss officially made his Broadway debut on January 3 as How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’s ...
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Satyajit Das: In the Matter of Lehman Brothers – Part 1: Breaking Up is Hard To Do « naked capitalism

Satyajit Das: In the Matter of Lehman Brothers – Part 1: Breaking Up is Hard To Do « naked capitalism | real utopias | Scoop.it
Commentary on current economic and financial news.
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progressive-economy@tasc: Stiglitz and Job Creation

progressive-economy@tasc: Stiglitz and Job Creation | real utopias | Scoop.it
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Eyes on Trade: Bankers Trying to Use NAFTA to Kill Financial Reform

Remember the Volcker Rule? Proposed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and endorsed by five former Secretaries of the Treasury, it aims to prohibit commercial banks from trading stocks, bonds, currency, and derivatives for their own...
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A Lesson From Occupy Wall Street

A Lesson From Occupy Wall Street | real utopias | Scoop.it
Although OWS is largely a shape-shifting cloud of ideas and frustrations, there is one concrete solution emanating from the tents worth noting: bold, visionary investment in America's infrastructure.
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Lawrence Lessig Supports Plan to Get Money Out of Politics as States Take on Citizens United

www.democracynow.org — California and New York City lawmakers are introducing measures today calling for a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens Unit...
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What Living On $7 An Hour Actually Means

What Living On $7 An Hour Actually Means | real utopias | Scoop.it
In this clip, award-winning journalist Barbara Ehrenreich gets to the root of what it means to be nickel and dimed by the 1%.
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The Must-See GOP Chart For The Iowa Caucus

The Must-See GOP Chart For The Iowa Caucus | real utopias | Scoop.it
Uhhh...this isn't exactly what the American people had in mind when we asked for economic reform.
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The UK rate of profit and others

The UK rate of profit and others | real utopias | Scoop.it
The emphasis of most Marxist research on the rate of profit has been on the US, partly because it is the most important and largest capitalist economy and partly because the data available are so m...
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‘Vision Zero’ and the public perception of traffic safety

Activists interested in a particular issue to be addressed must often figure out how to craft a message novel enough to catch on with the broader public and policymakers. As Joseph Gusfield put it,...
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Noam Chomsky On Ron Paul Questioner: Hello Mr.... | my level

Noam Chomsky On Ron Paul Questioner: Hello Mr.... | my level | real utopias | Scoop.it
“ Noam Chomsky On Ron Paul Questioner: Hello Mr. Chomsky. I’m assuming you know who Ron Paul is. And I’m also assuming you have a general idea about his positions. Here my summary of Mr. Paul’s...
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Noam Chomsky Attacks American "Libertarians"

Everyone's favorite subversive intellectual cuts through the right-wing BS.
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ZCommunications | Dictatorships, US relations & State Propaganda by Noam Chomsky | ZNet Article

ZCommunications | Dictatorships, US relations & State Propaganda by Noam Chomsky | ZNet Article | real utopias | Scoop.it
Dictatorships, US relations & State Propaganda.
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ZCommunications | The Decline Of America by Noam Chomsky | ZNet Article

ZCommunications | The Decline Of America by Noam Chomsky | ZNet Article | real utopias | Scoop.it

"Though the deficit crisis is manufactured for reasons of savage class war, the long-term debt crisis is serious, and has been ever since Ronald Reagan's fiscal irresponsibility turned the US from the world's leading creditor to the world's leading debtor, tripling national debt and raising threats to the economy that were rapidly escalated by George W. Bush. But for now, it is the crisis of unemployment that is the gravest concern."

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Edge: THE END OF THEORY By Chris Anderson

Edge: THE END OF THEORY By Chris Anderson | real utopias | Scoop.it
The other Chris Anderson: "The End of Theory: Will the Data Deluge Make the Scientific Method Obsolete?
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LENIN'S TOMB: Slavery, capitalism and articulated modes of production

LENIN'S TOMB: Slavery, capitalism and articulated modes of production | real utopias | Scoop.it
RT @Commissar1917: Slavery, capitalism and articulated modes of production: The slave is not a proletarian; the...
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Workers’ Control, Challenges and the Revolutionary Government: An Interview with Elio Sayago, President of CVG Alcasa | venezuelanalysis.com

Workers’ Control, Challenges and the Revolutionary Government: An Interview with Elio Sayago, President of CVG Alcasa | venezuelanalysis.com | real utopias | Scoop.it
RT @Commissar1917: #HugoChavez Workers’ Control, Challenges and the Revolutionary Government: An Interview with Elio...
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Joseph Stiglitz: Smith's "Invisible Hand" a Myth?

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/22/Joseph_Stiglitz_Freefall Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz challenges the influential teachings of 18th-century...
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Thoughts on David Graeber’s ‘Debt: the first 5,000 years’ | libcom.org

Thoughts on David Graeber’s ‘Debt: the first 5,000 years’ | libcom.org | real utopias | Scoop.it
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Chris Hedges "Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying!"

January 01, 2012 C-SPAN http://MOXNews.com...
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Slavoj Zizek: Capitalism with Asian values - Talk to Al Jazeera - Al Jazeera English

Slavoj Zizek: Capitalism with Asian values - Talk to Al Jazeera - Al Jazeera English | real utopias | Scoop.it
The philosopher discusses the momentous changes taking place in the global financial and political system.
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Tom Morello & Michael Moore support Occupy Wall Street on Bill Maher

Get money out of politics! Sign this petition if you think your democracy has been hijacked by lobbyists, this is not a partisan issue: http://www.getmoneyou...
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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation