The gap between capitalism based on production and capitalism predicated on sheer gambling has never been wider. Crony capitalism controls every crevice of our political-financial system. By this point speculation has been nationalized and institutionalized through the coordinated efforts of governments, multinational entities, central banks and private banks. The result is that classical capitalism is...
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The grand manipulation
Americans are the most manipulated people in history. Since 2008, the economy has been manipulated for the benefit of a few oversized “banks too big to fail.” US foreign policy has been manipulated to serve the hegemonic agenda of a handful of neoconservatives. These manipulations have undercut the consumer basis of the US economy and have...
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Defeating fear
Imagine growing up in a culture of fear, a culture in which your every action and every written word are recorded, tracked and stored. Imagine growing up in a world where, while going about your daily routines, you encounter heavily armed military troops peering through visors atop armored vehicles as you walk by. Imagine growing...
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The propaganda of war
“Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a dying solider on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.” — Otto Von Bismarck, first chancellor of Germany, 1867 We have to keep asking. There has to be an answer. Why is it so easy to fool the majority of humankind into...
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Trends forecaster looks back on Iraq predictions; fears history is repeating
It was in 2004, with Washington trumpeting the forthcoming Iraqi elections that would put Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power as a means to establishing democracy, when then-Vice President Dick Cheney declared the Iraq War to be “behind us,” and Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno predicted “we have six to 12 months left of this insurgency.” It was also in...
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Want to see an end to the madness?
The new independent film, Zizi and Honeyboy, based on my book, “What Zizi Gave Honey Boy: A True Story about Love Wisdom and the Soul of America,” has just been completed. I’m thrilled and honored. My dear, wise and loving Aunt Zizi, may her soul rest in peace, is played by Doris Roberts, who starred...
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Hardly a peep for peace
Look at the people ruling the people. The people who we, the people, allow to lead us and who the masses look up to and bow down to: Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, Herr Chancellor, His Excellency, His Majesty, The Queen. Such lofty titles, such big egos and with nothing to show for them but...
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Rally for peace at the oldest intersection in America
We are living in the new age of endless war, endless suffering and endless spending in the service of destruction. This new age has seen the US urgently wage war in other countries to rebuild those nations while America’s infrastructure rots and its citizenry grows more cynical, unhealthy and divided. The notion of rebuilding America...
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Citizen science emerging strong
Thousands of volunteers worldwide are scrutinizing their computer screens, helping with tasks such as classifying animal photos, studying astronomical images, counting sea stars and examining cancer cell images. Though the majority have no technical training, they’re contributing millions of dollars’ worth of research time — and the kind of human judgment computers still can’t provide....