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The People’s Assembly – Saturday 22 June 2013 9am – 5pm #PplsAssembly

June 22, 2013 · by · in Banks, Capitalism, Class, Communism, Corporatism, Culture, Fascism, Fictional Capital, Finance Capitalism, Imperialism, Politics & Ideology, Socialism, The State · Leave a comment

If you’re attending or following updates from The People’s Assembly (which, interestingly, seems to be titled “The People’s Assembly Against Austerity” rather than having a wider scope like, “The People’s Assembly Against Capitalism. Fascism and Imperialism“), please consider the following: People’s Assemblies will work only when people’s assemblies collectively own and control the means of […]

#Bilderberg in the context of #capitalism and the #economy

June 15, 2013 · by · in Banks, Capitalism, Class, Conspiracy, Corporatism, Culture, Fascism, Fictional Capital, Finance Capitalism, Imperialism, Politics & Ideology, The State, War · Leave a comment

The usually low-key, largely ignored annual Bilderberg meeting took place this year at the glamourous Grove Hotel in glamourous Watford. ‘Activists’, ‘ex’-spooks, unexposed spooks and various well-established ‘alternative’ media superstars — including the usual suspects like Alex Jones and David Icke — rocked-up for the Bilderberg Fringe Festival and to scoop-up the search engine results of […]

David Harvey’s Porto Alegre Lecture on ‘A Companion to Marx’s Capital, Volume 1′ in Porto Alegre

May 31, 2013 · by · in Banks, Capitalism, Communism, Marx, Politics & Ideology, Socialism · Leave a comment

“David Harvey visited Brazil for an international seminar on Marx. This is the lecture he gave in Porto Alegre on March 15, 2013 on the publication of the Brazilian edition of his “A Companion to Marx’s Capital, Volume 1″, by Boitempo. With activities extending through three months and six Brazilian cities, the seminar featured Slavoj […]

Bank of England - Inventing Money Out of Thin Air Since 1694

The Inherent Risks of Banking & Capitalism

December 21, 2012 · by · in Banks, Capitalism, Corporatism, Fictional Capital, The State · 4 Comments

“We need to recognise that all banking, whether it’s retail or so-called casino or investment banking, does some have some inherent risks, that’s very much the nature of capitalism.” Mark Field Conservative MP for the Cities of London and Westminster BBC Radio 4 – World at One, 21/12/2012

Missiles on the Blocks – A Response

May 2, 2012 · by · in 7/7, Banks, Corporatism, Culture, Fascism, Finance Capitalism, Police, Propaganda, Quantitative Easing, Sport, The State · 1 Comment

Here’s a comment left on a 99% excellent blog post on Beat Knowledge about the militarisation of Olympic London at the behest of the corrupt and criminal political and ruling classes currently imbroiled in so many fiascos that nobody can quite keep up with all of them. Do please read the original post to which the article below […]