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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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Democracy in America David Harvey

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Robert J Gordon and the rise and fall of American capitalism

Robert J Gordon and the rise and fall of American capitalism | real utopias | Scoop.it
In the last few years, Robert J. Gordon, a professor of economics at Northwestern University, has persistently argued against the trendy view of the moment that robots, AI and other ‘disruptive technologies’ are about to launch the global economy into a productivity boost never seen before.  I have commented before on Gordon’s series of papers…
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Joseph Stiglitz: "Structural reforms in the USA have been a total failure"

Nobel prize laureate states that the bottom 90% of Americans have seen their incomes stagnate for almost half a century. That -he affirms- is a failed economy.
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Why One of the Richest Countries on Earth Is So Poor: The Facts that Drive the ... - Huffington Post

Why One of the Richest Countries on Earth Is So Poor: The Facts that Drive the ... - Huffington Post | real utopias | Scoop.it
The United States is among the richest countries in all of history. But if you're not a corporate or political elite, you'd never know it.
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Undermining US Power—An Interview with Peter Bohmer - CounterPunch

Undermining US Power—An Interview with Peter Bohmer - CounterPunch | real utopias | Scoop.it
(What follows are my answers to a written interview from Kourosh Ziabari, a writer and reporter for the Iran Review, a major Iranian foreign policy news an
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Noam Chomsky on "America Beyond Capitalism"

Noam Chomsky on Gar Alperovitz' book "America Beyond Capitalism".
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The Making of the American Police State - Center for Research on Globalization


Horton escaped prison while Michael Dukakis was governor of Massachusetts.

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Are we witnessing another collapse of the party system? - Personal Liberty Digest

Are we witnessing another collapse of the party system? - Personal Liberty Digest | real utopias | Scoop.it
We may be witnessing another collapse of the party system.
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August 10, 2015 3:53 PM
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Why We Need A Cultural Revolution In American Capitalism - Social Europe

Why We Need A Cultural Revolution In American Capitalism - Social Europe | real utopias | Scoop.it
George Tyler reviews the key arguments for a socially embedded economy and shows why American capitalism needs a cultural revolution.
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The Making of the American Police State - Center for Research on Globalization

The Making of the American Police State - Center for Research on Globalization | real utopias | Scoop.it
Image: Three girls at a juvenile facility in Racine, Wisconsin. Richard Ross How did we end up with millions behind bars and police armed like soldiers? How did we get here? The numbers are chillin...
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2016 Presidential Campaign Underway - Socialist Alternative

2016 Presidential Campaign Underway - Socialist Alternative | real utopias | Scoop.it
American Politics in Flux: A Socialist Analysis The issue of income inequality has moved to center stage in U.S. politics.
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Noam Chomsky: Hillary Clinton like Barack Obama, only 'more militant' - Politico

Noam Chomsky: Hillary Clinton like Barack Obama, only 'more militant' - Politico | real utopias | Scoop.it
President Barack Obama is “an opportunist,” and a Hillary Clinton presidency would offer pretty much the same thing, “only more militant,” said Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s most prominent public leftist intellectuals, in an interview with...
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The American Dream is a myth, says Nobel-prize winner Joseph Stiglitz

The American Dream is a myth, says Nobel-prize winner Joseph Stiglitz | real utopias | Scoop.it
America trails other countries in economic mobility, says economist Joseph Stiglitz
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Chaos and Hegemony » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Chaos and Hegemony » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names | real utopias | Scoop.it

With last fall’s U.S. Congressional elections, the Barack Obama ‘era’ has entered its final phase. Shortly before coming to power, the new U.S. president had sparked a massive uproar when he proclaimed a new ‘Pacific century.’ Since then, roughly two years before the end of his term in office, we can see more clearly. First and foremost, the proclamation of an allegedly new orientation towards the Pacific served the purpose to put Europe, and particularly Germany, under pressure so that they fill the allegedly emerging security gap.[1] In reality, however, it is not the Pacific that forms the epicenter of U.S. geostrategic interests, neither – despite the Crimea crisis – is it the ‘old (European) world,’ but it is still the Middle East. For the latter’s fate defines whether American hegemony stands or falls.

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The US is Pushing The World Towards Nuclear War - CounterPunch

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The US is Pushing The World Towards Nuclear War
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Michael Parenti on “Left” Support for the Democratic Party

Michael Parenti on “Left” Support for the Democratic Party | real utopias | Scoop.it
  “Left anticommunists find any association with communist organizations to be morally unacceptable because of the 'crimes of communism.' Yet many of them are themselves associated with the De...
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The 21st century belongs to China: Why the new Silk Road threatens to end America’s economic dominance

The 21st century belongs to China: Why the new Silk Road threatens to end America’s economic dominance | real utopias | Scoop.it
Beijing is building a trans-Siberian railway system that rivals the Marshall Plan in its ambition and global reach
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Greeks Are Taking Back Their Democracy, Can the U.S. Be Next? | Dissident Voice

Greeks Are Taking Back Their Democracy, Can the U.S. Be Next? | Dissident Voice | real utopias | Scoop.it

Recently, Greece’s radical leftist party Syriza claimed victory in their national election. The party vowed to break ties with the European Central bank and roll back the EU’s neoliberal economic agenda. True to their word, they are already implementing some of those changes. From the birthplace of democracy, excitement is spreading across Europe and revitalizing the hope that real change may still be possible through the electoral arena.

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OPINION: American companies are getting older, not better | Al Jazeera America

OPINION: American companies are getting older, not better | Al Jazeera America | real utopias | Scoop.it
Studies show older businesses result in lower growth and greater inequality
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The Parent Agenda, the Emerging Democratic Focus - New York Times

The Parent Agenda, the Emerging Democratic Focus - New York Times | real utopias | Scoop.it
A reinvigorated liberal agenda has emerged in the months since the midterm elections, aimed at issues of interest to the middle class.
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Big Fish, Little Fish | Michael Hudson

Big Fish, Little Fish | Michael Hudson | real utopias | Scoop.it
It seems part of a long-term strategy to cut back pensions, privatize them into individual accounts managed by Wall Street investment banks and insurance companies, and then to privatize Social Security.

This is part of the strategy to use the demand for budgetary balance to privatize the nations’ infrastructure too as it falls apart – on the ground that the government is broke, and cannot raise taxes on the rich or simply print the money itself to fuel economic growth.

It looks like Greece may be the test case for where the American economy is heading.
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Why We Won’t Wait » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Why We Won’t Wait » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names | real utopias | Scoop.it

Wait. Patience. Stay Calm. “This is a country that allows everybody to express their views,” said the first Black president, “allows them to peacefully assemble, to protest actions that they think are unjust.” Don’t disrupt, express. Justice will be served. We respect the rule of law. This is America.

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Republicans prepare for battle with unions in 2015, after midterm gains - Fox News

Republicans prepare for battle with unions in 2015, after midterm gains - Fox News | real utopias | Scoop.it
Republicans in statehouses across the country are plotting a tough new campaign to check the power of labor unions and chip away at their political influence.
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Understanding the Aggressive US Stance towards Russia - Center for Research on Globalization

Understanding the Aggressive US Stance towards Russia - Center for Research on Globalization | real utopias | Scoop.it
To understand why US extremists (not the US public) in control of the state are putting us all in serious potential danger by choosing to target nuclear Russia, we have to look back, and, of course...
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Restoring justice to America - Open Democracy

Restoring justice to America - Open Democracy | real utopias | Scoop.it
The United States is a violent nation. The police are part of this
problem. They have to be part of the solution.
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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation