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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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'Imagine if Europeans Received a Cheque Directly from the ECB' - Yanis Varoufakis

Former Minister of Finance for Greece Yanis Varoufakis speaking at the conference 'Long live Europe' in London with Slavoj Žižek and Julian Assange. https://...

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Money: The Great Corrupter - David Harvey

Is the economy recovering, or is the system itself the problem? Economist and philosopher David Harvey on money; which he calls "the great corrupter". Profes...

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Noam Chomsky: in new conversation with Jonathan Freedland (2015)

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David Harvey: The Right to the City and Urban Resistance @ Fortaleza (english)

David Harvey's biggest lecture yet! Commenting on the conections undelying the many grassroots resistance experiences drawn um from social movements, and the...

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David Harvey on Karl Marx, Occupy Movement, Class Struggle - Democracy Now!

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The Real Thing: Zero Books Capital Reading Group

Andrew Kliman, Andy Marshall and Douglas Lain discuss Capital, Volume 1, Section 2, Chapters 5 and 6.

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December 14, 2015 1:10 PM
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Marine Le Pen's Tide Is Far From Ebbing

Marine Le Pen's Tide Is Far From Ebbing | real utopias | Scoop.it
Well, that’s OK then. The second round of France’s regional elections has seen the clear winner of the first, Marine Le Pen and her Front National, leave empty-handed. The FN, top in six of the 13 regions on December 6, won none. It came third in the overall poll on 27.4% compared with 40% for …
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Curbing Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion And Tax Havens

Curbing Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion And Tax Havens | real utopias | Scoop.it
The aggressive tax avoidance by multinational corporations (MNCs) where they are now paying virtually no tax was highlighted recently by the takeover of “Irish” company Allergan by Pfizer in a blatant tax-avoidance move. Such tax avoidance by these companies is facilitated by sovereign nations in their “tax wars” between each other, vying for foreign investment. They …
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The Incurable Japanese Syndrome And Europe

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For the fifth time in seven years Japan is back in recession, with GDP shrinking by a further 0.2% in the third quarter. Meanwhile, inflation has fallen from more than 2% to zero in just over six months. This is certainly not the first time that Japan has ‘gained’ a recession/deflation status: the growth dynamic of …
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Slavoj Zizek & Stephen Kotkin New York Public Library

Public talk at NYPL March 31, 2015 titled "Stalin: Paradoxes of Power" View original source and download a higher quality version here: http://www.nypl.org/e...

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Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies by Dr. Michael J. Parenti

Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies (May 22, 2015) - Dr. Michael J. Parenti Interviewed by Professors Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips. Compiled by Xena Cry...

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December 13, 2015 11:54 AM
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Workers' Control in Ohio

I come from an area where workers' control is possible.

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China's nuclear energy industry is going global

China's Premier Li Keqiang is promoting the use of nuclear power, both at home and abroad, and that has led to the country's increased involvement in nuclear...

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Slavoj Žižek | Is God Dead? | Full Film

Death of God theology is a predominately Christian theological movement, origination in the 1960's in which God is posited as having ceased to exist, often a...

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The Delphi Initiative - Speech by Boris Kagarlitsky

Boris Kagarlitsky, Russia

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Michael Parenti: Methods of Media Manipulation

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Russia in the Global Crisis [2/3]

Geopolitical Dilemmas, Strategic Responses * Boris Kagarlitsky, Coordinator of the Transnational Institute Global Crisis Project and Director of the Institut...

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Michael Parenti - Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies

Back in the USSR interviews progressive author and scholar Michael Parenti about his latest book on capitalism, austerity, and popular resistance.

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Paul Hawken - Project Drawdown | Bioneers

One of the most important thought leaders, activists and entrepreneurs of our era will illuminate the groundbreaking Project Drawdown. It’s the first systema...

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Christopher Hitchens vs Michael Parenti - Iraq and the future of US foreign policy [2005]

Christopher Hitchens and Michael Parenti debated at Wesleyan University on April 18, 2005. April 18, 2005. Christopher Hitchens vs Michael Parenti at Wesleya...

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Noam Chomsky on the Terror attacks in Paris - November 2015

On the 17th of November, 2015, Prof.Noam Chomsky took part in an event titled "Germany's role in the European Union and International Affairs: Post War Histo...

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Noam Chomsky on Suppression of the Occupy Movement

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Noam Chomsky: "The Emerging World Order: its roots, our legacy"

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Chomsky on Fukushima, March 2014

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Noam Chomsky, Sam Christiansen at Occupy Boston Student Summit

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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation