Tag Archives: Capitalism
#Bilderberg in the context of #capitalism and the #economy
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
“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 […]
Recollections of my life: Mu’ummar Qaddafi
An oft-uttered phrase regarding the world’s dominant system of global operation, capitalism, since at least the days of Margaret Thatcher is, “There is no alternative.” That, of course, is a lie and uttered only by regressive individuals that seek to preserve the private privilege, wealth and profit of the few, attributes obtained through ongoing oppression […]
The Inherent Risks of Banking & Capitalism
“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
Hillsborough / Conspiracy ‘X’
Had there been a conspiracy… as some have suggested, it would have been of such massive proportions as to be simply unthinkable in a democratic country. It would have involved hundreds of ordinary people, members of the families, their friends… independent experts, scientists, as well as various police forces. The quote above applies as equally […]
Missiles on the Blocks – A Response, Part II
Part two of the Beat Knowledge militarisation of London during the Olympics discussion thread. Part one here. Original post and comment thread here. Thanks for the considered reply. First up, in the interests of full disclosure, prior to commenting on your article, I had not encountered your writing or speaking works. I have since listened to a talk […]
Missiles on the Blocks – A Response
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 […]
Class Antagonism of a New World Order 
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