“A Lot of People Believe This Stuff”: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and the Politics of Public Relations
By: Andrew Gavin Marshall “Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” - George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,” 1946 “It’s important, because a lot… more »
Tags: advertising, banks, barack obama, bill clinton, burston-marsteller, committee on public information, corporations, democracy, democratic national convention, dnc, economic crisis, economic inequality, edward bernays, franklin d_ roosevelt, free trade, glass-steagall, goldman sachs, haiti, iraq, james carville, jpmorgan chase, larry summers, madeleine albright, mitt romney, nafta, poverty, propaganda, public relations, robert rubin, tpp, trans-pacific partnership, walter lippmann, woodrow wilson
Austerity, Adjustment, and Social Genocide: Political Language and the European Debt Crisis
By: Andrew Gavin Marshall Angela Merkel, Jose Manuel Barroso, and Mario Monti: Europe’s champions of austerity and adjustment The following is a sample analysis from my upcoming book on the global economic crisis and global resistance movements. Please… more »
Tags: angela merkel, austerity, competitiveness, european central bank, european commission, european debt crisis, european union, exploitation, growth, herman van rompuy, jean-claude trichet, jose manuel barroso, labour flexibility, mario draghi, nicolas sarkozy, poverty, privatization, structural adjustment, structural reform
PASOK: Pan Hellenic Socialist Kleptocrats
James Petras “George Papandreou is not bought, he is rented. He sells public enterprises to the multinationals. He reduces wages, pensions and employment at the behest of the IMF. He turns over the public treasury to the European banks. He supports… more »
Uncle Sam Food History Exhibit Promotes Food Control
By Rady Ananda Oh, gag me with a bowl of propaganda. The National Archives is hosting an historical exhibit on government say in what we eat and grow and how to cook it: “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam: The Government's Effect on the American Diet.” From the… more »
Tags: ag appropriations, agribusiness, art, big pharma, biotechnology, cafos, class war, codex, economics, economy, environment, epa, factory farms, farm monopoly, farmers, farming, fda, films, food, food control, food criminalization, food fascism, food legislation, food monopoly, food safety modernization act, food sovereignty, food stamps, fsma, genetically engineered food, health foods, hr 2112, hunger, idiot cycle, islam siddiqui, kerry trueman, land rights, michael taylor, monopolies, monsanto, obama and company, peasants, pollution, poverty, propaganda, ranchers, scientific studies, snap program, technology, tefap, tom vilsack, uncle sam, usda, war and peace, what_s cooking, wic
The Economic and Social Losses On The Way
By Emily Spence At present, numerous environmental researchers are warning of future resource shortages. The list of them is large and includes water, oil, a variety of minerals and metals, as well as other materials. Yet, most people carry on as if… more »
Tags: amazon forests, capitalist, chaos, chernobyl, climate change, conflicts, crash, dead zones, desperation, destroying, ecological breakdown, ecological ruin, environmental destruction, farm runoff, food, forests, fossil fuels, globalized, gulf of mexico, loggers, methane, niger delta, overpopulation, paper mill, permafrost, polluting, poverty, riches, shelter, social breakdown, social inequality, three mile island, toilet paper, water
The Money Party on the Road to Ruin
Michael Collins The Money Party is destroying the United States. For ten years, there have been no new jobs with flat income. Unemployment and poverty are making a big comeback. The party consists of those who own and control concentrations of great… more »
Broadway’s touring ‘West Side Story’ tweaks theme, boosts Q love
By Rady Ananda Arthur Laurents’ story about love, racism and violence set in 1950s New York City took on a new twist under the direction of David Saint in Broadway Across America's Ft. Lauderdale production of West Side Story. By making subtle changes… more »
Triumph of the Money Party
Image cc Health Care Reform DOA. Why the Surprise? They Did what they Always Do Michael Collins The Money Party is a small group of enterprises and individuals who have most of the money in this country. They use that money to make more money.… more »
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