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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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The Closing of the American Mind - AlterNet

The Closing of the American Mind - AlterNet | real utopias | Scoop.it
Race, Yale, political correctness, and a nation spinning apart at Thanksgiving.
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November 28, 2015 3:41 PM
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Adam Smith and David Ricardo of Labor theory of value Top # 18 Facts

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Educated, progressive Muslim youth a reason to be hopeful about Middle East's future: author

Educated, progressive Muslim youth a reason to be hopeful about Middle East's future: author | real utopias | Scoop.it
‘What we saw in the Arab Spring was the beginning of a social and cultural revolution coming to fruition. The political revolution is coming later,’ Bessma Momani says
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The 13 November attacks in Paris: the terror of the Islamic State, the state ... - Socialist Resistance

The 13 November attacks in Paris: the terror of the Islamic State, the state ... - Socialist Resistance | real utopias | Scoop.it
By Pierre Rousset and François Sabado Solidarity with the victims! November 13 represents a change in the national and international political situation. The Islamic State (IS, Daesh) has struck ag…
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What Does The World Think Of Capitalism? - ValueWalk

What Does The World Think Of Capitalism? - ValueWalk | real utopias | Scoop.it
Capitalism seems to have few defenders these days. The laudable desire to sympathize with the poor and distressed has led many to believe
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Funny moments with Noam Chomsky (full) 2015

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David Harvey - Competition And Socialism

It's often thought that socialism and market competition are opposed to each other, but this is not the case, for example, in the Bolivian city of El Alto, as David ...
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David Harvey - George W. Bush In Discourse And Iraq

In this segment of a longer speech, David Harvey discusses the striking similarities of economic decisions made in Iraq after the American takeover and ...
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David Harvey - 1973's Oil Crisis, Wall Street, And The IMF

One might have heard of the Petrodollar Recycling scheme, or of similar matters, but not be aware of the bigger picture or of a general overview of what is being ...
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Are we really civilized?

Immanuel Wallerstein explains human nature in the current global situation of violence and revolt, questioning if human nature is really civilized. Full video from ...
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Slavoj Zizek - Iraq And Libya

Here, Slavoj Zizek discusses the damage done to Libya and Iraq as a result of the popular fervour for invading and liberating people in the name of feminism ...
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Bullshit Jobs, the Caring Classes, and the Future of Labor: An Interview with David Graeber I The Hampton Institute

Bullshit Jobs, the Caring Classes, and the Future of Labor: An Interview with David Graeber I The Hampton Institute | real utopias | Scoop.it
Bullshit Jobs, the Caring Classes, and the Future of Labor: An Interview with David Graeber https://t.co/PcpWk6BkRw
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Yanis Varoufakis: Europe is being broken apart by refugee crisis - The Guardian

Yanis Varoufakis: Europe is being broken apart by refugee crisis - The Guardian | real utopias | Scoop.it
Former Greek finance minister says the monetary union has ‘failed spectacularly’ leaving Europe too fragmented to respond to influx of refugees
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Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Post Keynesian Perspective: Steve Keen on Austrian Economics

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Strategic Forum 2015: Joseph Stiglitz

How can we develop policies to increase the resilience of the economy? Joseph Stiglitz, Professor of Economics, Columbia Business School.
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ISIS survives largely because Turkey allows it to: the evidence

ISIS survives largely because Turkey allows it to: the evidence | real utopias | Scoop.it
The real frontline confronting ISIS is not US or French bombers (the latter currently targeting Raqqa, a city with 140,000 civilians, who are virtual prisoners of ISIS) but the Kurds of Iraq and no...
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Slavoj Žižek, Yanis Varoufakis and Julian Assange - Social Europe

Slavoj Žižek, Yanis Varoufakis and Julian Assange - Social Europe | real utopias | Scoop.it
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Slavoj Žižek, Yanis Varoufakis and Julian Assange
Social Europe
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange discuss Europe's future.
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3 Very Important Questions to Noam Chomsky - Pearls of Wisdom.

Great wisdom from a Great Man.
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What Is Salafism? - Foreign Affairs

Salafism—the ideology to which ISIS subscribes—is inherently nonpolitical.
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Zizek on light fascism

Slavoj Zizek on Light Fascism. Slavoj Zizek, professor at European Graduate School speaking about radical thinking and the future of Europe at the X. Bled ...
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Noam Chomsky State Power Trumps Actual Security Again and Again

Speaking at Helen Caldicott's symposium The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction on 3/1/15 in New York City, Noam Chomsky speaks about the long .
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Slavoj Žižek Inherent Nature of Ecology

For Žižek, it is the rise of anti-immigrant populism that characterises the European elections representing a “failure of the leftist alternative to global capitalism”, .
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Bernie brings the fire, but are we ready to fuel the revolution? - Connect Savannah.com

Bernie brings the fire, but are we ready to fuel the revolution? - Connect Savannah.com | real utopias | Scoop.it
With his unfashionable glasses and untidy fringe of white hair, Bernie’s hardly the Presidential type—unless your type is an experienced, wise man who’s sick of the BS dumped on the American people over the last two decades.
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Slavoj Zizek Interview on Capitalism, Conservatives, Narratives, the Left, PC Culture, Hollywood

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Resurgence of the World Left? - Iranian

Resurgence of the World Left? - Iranian | real utopias | Scoop.it
 
 
The sweeping triumph on September 24 of Jeremy Corbyn to be the leader of Great Britain's Labour Party was stunning and totally unexpecte...
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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation