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“What we need more of is science”
More YouTube fun, this time from M.C. Hawking. It’s a pretty good defense of science against religion. Check out M.C. Hawking’s website, where more mp3s and videos are available. Who knew Science and Gangster Rap went so well together?
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‘Rogue Traders’ or Business As Usual?
The case of the ‘Rogue’ French Bank trader, Jerome Kerviel, underscores many observations about capitalism made by socialists. Most importantly, it shows how “social” capitalism has become. The more capitalism grows, the more connected we are to the actions of everyone else. If the accusations are true, one minor 31 year old French bank...
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Television – Drug of A Nation
From Michael Franti and the Disposable Heroes:
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The “logic” of Capitalism!
From the Lehigh University newspaper: In early August, representatives from Sands BethWorks appeared before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to announce that the opening of the casino will be delayed from mid-2008 until early 2009. The delay is caused by a lack of steel available to construct the casino complex. The elaborate complex needs...
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Slavery is slavery, whether by wages or other coercion
I was reading Karl Marx’s “Capital” today and came across this paragraph: “That same “reformed” Parliament (of 1836), which in its delicate consideration for the manufacturers, condemned children under 13, for years to come, to 72 hours of work per week in the Factory Hell, on the other hand, in the Emancipation Act, …forbade...
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I sent this letter to the editor to the Toledo Blade – of course it was not printed because it’s much more important to print 4 letters a day about Terry Schiavo: A recent Blade reader wrote a letter blaming the Republicans for some of the problems Americans might be experiencing. I would like...
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Traveling Soldier
What appears to be a voice for working class soldiers against the Iraq War is on line at: Traveling-Soldier.org From their mission statement: Telling the truth – about the occupation, the cuts to veterans benefits, or the dangers of depleted uranium – is the first reason Traveling Soldier is necessary. But we want to...
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Worker-Soliders Against the War
We would like to alert our readers to the Harrass The Brass website. While not socialist, HtB is a usefull website showing the depth of resistence to the Iraq war on the part of “Coalition” worker-soldiers.
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Generousity in time of need
Here’s some interesting figures regarding Tsunami relief funds: Bush has promised $15,000,000. Which is 79 minutes worth of Iraq War funding. News is in that in an emergency ministerial meeting, India’s Prime Minister has just promised $22,896,393 for Sri Lanka alone. With $1,144,819 more for the Maldives. Oh wait! That’s right we need to...
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