Want to know why the economy is broken? Despite epidemic levels of mortgage fraud, real estate fraud, ratings fraud, and securities fraud, Federal prosecutions for financial fraud have dropped by half since 1999. True-blue American hero Bill Black, scourge of the banksters, explains the gory details.
The banksters own the politicians. But us 99 Percenters own the music.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Moving the Goalposts
The key to social change is not to have goals. The key is to move the goalposts.
Instead of just returning to Zucotti Park, take protest transnational -- footage from march in Kano, Nigeria and rally in Freedom Square, Kano.
Instead of just firing corrupt banksters, Ellen Brown suggests turning banks into a public utility -- a model which works just fine for New Zealand, Japan, China, Germany, India, Russia, and even for the US state of North Dakota, in the form of the Bank of North Dakota.
Instead of just returning to Zucotti Park, take protest transnational -- footage from march in Kano, Nigeria and rally in Freedom Square, Kano.
Instead of just firing corrupt banksters, Ellen Brown suggests turning banks into a public utility -- a model which works just fine for New Zealand, Japan, China, Germany, India, Russia, and even for the US state of North Dakota, in the form of the Bank of North Dakota.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Arab Spring: We're Just Getting Started
Benghazi-based rap artist MC Swat scorches the desert with Freedom of Speech (English subtitled version here).
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