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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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Universal Basic Income: a Laissez-Faire Future? - CounterPunch

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There is growing excitement on the contemporary Left about the so-called Universal Basic Income (UBI) or, what is alternatively known as the Basic Income Guarantee (BIG). Under this scheme, governm…
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Venezuela at an Impasse: Crisis and Community Solutions - Venezuelanalysis.com

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Thousands of these collectives are registered across the country, with the more prolific examples focusing on permaculture and participatory democracy.
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The Rise and Fall of Latin America's Most Successful Progressive Party - Foreign Policy In Focus

Foreign Policy In Focus The Rise and Fall of Latin America's Most Successful Progressive Party Foreign Policy In Focus The PT was formally established in 1980, as Brazil's discredited military dictatorship withdrew from the political scene and...
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Noam Chomsky on Public Relations Industry - Principles, Mechanisms, Extent.

"The public relations industry, which essentially runs the elections, is applying certain principles to undermine democracy which are the same as the principles ...
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Carpetbagging 'Crony Capitalism' in Ukraine - Consortium News

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Consortium News Carpetbagging 'Crony Capitalism' in Ukraine Consortium News There's also the possibility that Jaresko is exploiting this opportunity to learn all she can about the inner workings of the Ukrainian government to position herself to...
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"A Very Big Mistake": Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP - Democracy Now!

"A Very Big Mistake": Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP - Democracy Now! | real utopias | Scoop.it
As Congress debates the Trans-Pacific Partnership, we speak to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about the trade deal.
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Slavoj Žižek On The Refugee Crisis, Islam and Multiculturalism

Slavoj Žižek discussing the paradoxes of the current political situation. The talk was held in October 2015. Video segment taken from the talk titled "Is Hegel ...
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Slavoj Zizek | Why I don't care about surveillance | Short Film

Slavoj Zizek says he doesn't care about surveillance. He simply believes that it's not efficient and possible if government controlled secret police reads and ...
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Venezuela At An Impasse - The Indypendent

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How Platform Coops Can Beat Death Stars Like Uber to Create a Real Sharing Economy - Commons Transition

How Platform Coops Can Beat Death Stars Like Uber to Create a Real Sharing Economy - Commons Transition | real utopias | Scoop.it
We have an epic choice before us between platform coops and Death Star platforms, and the time to decide is now.
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November 12, 2015 6:06 AM
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Life After ISIS and Assad: A Journey in a Free Syria - New York Times

Life After ISIS and Assad: A Journey in a Free Syria - New York Times | real utopias | Scoop.it
The police are gone, and militias have flourished, snarling traffic with checkpoints. And abandoned government offices house ad hoc administrations that struggle to keep the lights on.
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Sanders' idea of socialism a first step - Albany Times Union

Sanders' idea of socialism a first step - Albany Times Union | real utopias | Scoop.it
Even when he is urged to "un-demonize" socialism, as he was recently on Bill Maher's Real Time, Mr. Sanders repeats narratives about economic inequality, tuition-free college education and family leave, instead of analyzing it conceptually.
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Surviving the 21st Century by Professor Noam Chomsky YouTube

Avram Noam Chomsky (/ˈnoʊm ˈtʃɒmski/; born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician political commentator, ...
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An Evening with Paul Hawken - Weekly Alibi

His talk will focus on Project Drawdown which describes how 100 solutions deployed at scale can alter the composition of our atmosphere and forge a path toward carbon decline.
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Noam Chomsky on the Bernie Sanders Campaign

Chomsky on Bernie's presidential campaign and building popular movements. Full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUc8ukdVtMs.
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Labour's postwar chancellor makes Corbynomics look Thatcherite – what can he ... - The Guardian

Labour's postwar chancellor makes Corbynomics look Thatcherite – what can he ... - The Guardian | real utopias | Scoop.it
In 1948 Stafford Cripps took a harsh line on curbing the incomes and influence of the rich. But tackling inequality has never been an easy sell
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Reclaiming democracy: A systems approach to change the system - Democratic Audit UK

Reclaiming democracy: A systems approach to change the system - Democratic Audit UK | real utopias | Scoop.it
Oliver Escobar writes that despite the increasing emphasis on deliberative democracy, scholars are only just starting to formulate a perspective that accommodates and values various meanings and pr…
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Inequality Is Not Our Fate - Boston Review

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Boston Review Inequality Is Not Our Fate Boston Review In addition, society can actively shape the demand for labor by exercising control over the pace and direction of technological change, something that Atkinson sees as a key responsibility of...
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Participatory democracy to the rescue of the EU project - New Europe

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We must ensure civil society involvement in democratic processes and European policy making.

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CNN- Hong Kong's Occupy protest, one year on.

Disclaimer- I do not own any rights to this video. This is solely for assignment purpose and will be deleted after the assignment is over.
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Noam Chomsky: America's Empire of Chaos - AlterNet

Noam Chomsky: America's Empire of Chaos - AlterNet | real utopias | Scoop.it
Chomsky reflects on the violent dynamics of US foreign policy in the 21st century.
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Noam Chomsky: A Republican president means doom - Salon

Noam Chomsky: A Republican president means doom - Salon | real utopias | Scoop.it
"In a state with awesome powers of destruction, that should cause not a little concern," the renowned thinker warns
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Sanem Mohamad and David Harvey, CUNY,GRADUATE CENTER

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Slavoj Zizek - Where Hegel wasn't Hegelian Enough: Sex, Rabble and Revolution

Lecture at the "Munich School of Philosophy" on 24 November 2011.
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Mediterranean Update – Migrant Deaths Rise to 3,329 in 2015

Mediterranean Update – Migrant Deaths Rise to 3,329 in 2015 | real utopias | Scoop.it
Italy - IOM now estimates that the total number of migrant deaths on Mediterranean sea routes to Europe have surpassed 3,329 in the first ten months of 2015.
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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation