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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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Noam Chomsky in new conversation with Jonathan Freedland 2015

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Noam Chomsky On Power and Ideology 2015

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Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education

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Slavoj Žižek on utopia as enacting the impossible

The role of psychoanalysis is today is not to enable you to enjoy but to open up a space in which you are allowed not to enjoy. On the one hand, permissivity...

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December 10, 2015 4:03 AM
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Slavoj Žižek Democracy and Capitalism Are Destined to Split Up

Slavoj Žižek Democracy and Capitalism Are Destined to Split Up

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December 10, 2015 2:43 AM
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Social Justice Isn't the Only Reason to Teach About Race

Social Justice Isn't the Only Reason to Teach About Race | real utopias | Scoop.it

When teaching African-American history in schools, the work of a historian from a century ago still resonates, writes Jeffrey Aaron Snyder.

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December 9, 2015 1:37 PM
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Sheldon S. Wolin, 93, Dies; Political Theorist Saw Limits of Popular Democracy

Sheldon S. Wolin, 93, Dies; Political Theorist Saw Limits of Popular Democracy | real utopias | Scoop.it

Mr. Wolin galvanized political science by gathering key political philosophers, beginning with the Greeks, and examining their ideas as a way to criticize current political structures.

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December 9, 2015 1:36 PM
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We’re building superhuman robots. Will they be heroes, or villains?

We’re building superhuman robots. Will they be heroes, or villains? | real utopias | Scoop.it

With great power comes great responsibility. How will we teach that to robots?

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December 9, 2015 12:54 PM
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Bernie Sanders Spends $2 Mil on Ad to Tell Americans He Never Worked for a Living

Bernie Sanders Spends $2 Mil on Ad to Tell Americans He Never Worked for a Living | real utopias | Scoop.it

Bernie Sanders ripped off unemployment for a living.

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Slavoj Zizek and Black America: Zizek Visits the 'Tavis Smiley Show'

Slavoj Zizek and Black America: Zizek Visits the 'Tavis Smiley Show' | real utopias | Scoop.it

When you make jokes about black culture, the wrong people laugh at the wrong times for the wrong reasons. Slavoj Zizek tells Tavis Smiley why... sort of.

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The Empire of Chaos: An Interview With Noam Chomsky

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Chomsky discusses the chaos and destabilization born of raining destruction upon other nations.

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Capitalism is the Problem : Indybay

Prosperity in large part is based on the ecological and social exploitation of poor countries in Africa and Asia. Today 20% of humanity consume 80% of global resources.

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We can’t afford to squander the talents of half the UK. We need equal pay now

We can’t afford to squander the talents of half the UK. We need equal pay now | real utopias | Scoop.it

Action on all fronts is needed if we are to stop squandering the talents of half the population

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The Tortoise Revolution in Myanmar

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A Tortoise Revolution is underway in Myanmar, progressing so slowly and steadily -- you can barely notice it. But it's there. Five years ago it was too dangerous to even utter the word "democracy" in public.

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The 25ft mountain of lifejackets left behind by the refugees who have arrived on Lesbos

The 25ft mountain of lifejackets left behind by the refugees  who have arrived on Lesbos | real utopias | Scoop.it
The Mail online — Piled more than 25ft high, this mass of discarded lifejackets stands as a monument to the migration crisis. Each brightly coloured inflatable vest represents one of the 412,…
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The grim reality of the Rojava Revolution - from an anarchist eyewitness

The grim reality of the Rojava Revolution - from an anarchist eyewitness | real utopias | Scoop.it
In 2014, when David Graeber and others began claiming that a genuine anti-capitalist revolution was occurring in Syrian Kurdistan, the healthy reaction was scepticism.
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Noam Chomsky: "Republican Party is a Danger to Human Survival"

Professor Noam Chomsky accuses the GOP of being a danger to human survival. This event took took place on December 6, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Chomsky - Solutions - Politicians don't WANT solutions!

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator, social justice activist, and anarcho-syndicalist ...
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Chomsky - Military Intervention

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator, social justice activist, and anarcho-syndicalist ...
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Chomsky - Thought Control

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator, social justice activist, and anarcho-syndicalist ...
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Chomsky - Who Are The Emperors

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator, social justice activist, and anarcho-syndicalist ...
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Chomsky - Breaking Coercion & Control

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-Noam Chomsky speaks to Dutch activists on various topics

Noam Chomsky speaks to Dutch activists on various topics.
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Slavoj Zizek - New Atheism, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins

I thought this was a great little clip worth uploading. I love how Zizek manages to go beyond the silly duality that is currently forming between mainstream liberals ...
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Participatory Budgeting in NYC 2015 Innovations in American Government Awards Finalist Presentation

Participatory Budgeting in New York City, an Innovations in American Government Awards finalist, presented before the National Selection Committee in 2015.
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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation