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Act Out! [166] - U.S. Empire's South American Toolkit
We sit down with Kevin Zeese who has recently returned from Venezuela to talk elections, economic warfare and media blockades, and we also take a look at Nicaragua which finds itself in the crosshairs.
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Did Brexit Just Open the Floodgates for A New Era of Direct Democracy?
I must congratulate the U.K. citizens for voting to leave the undemocratic, unaccountable, bureaucratic and failed experiment that is the European Union. And no, I am not an anti-immigrant racist.
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After "Landmark" IMF Reforms, U.S. Is Still the Group's Unrivaled Economic Power
In an age-old example of national hubris, America's drive to maintain its centrality – and uncontested power – in the global economy may lead to its eventual replacement.
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When the IMF Meets: Here's What Happened At the Global Plutocracy’s Pow Wow in Peru
At closed-door events on the sidelines of the conference, a select group of government and monetary officials from the G7 and G20 nations wined and dined with bankers and the global financial elite at decadent dinners and lavish parties.
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Meet the Secretive Committees that Run the Global Economy
An overlapping and highly integrated network of institutions, committees and secret meetings of ad-hoc groups collectively make up the most powerful and informal political structure in the world.
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Greece, the Sacrificial Lamb
Having spent the last week in Athens talking to ordinary citizens, young and old, as well as current and past officials, I’ve come to the view that this is about far more than just Greece and the euro.
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World Bank Warns of Global Jobs Crisis
An extra 600 million jobs need to be created worldwide by 2030 just to cope with an expanding population.
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Austerity Revisited: How Global Financiers Rigged the Bank Bailouts of the 1980s
Top financiers at the International Monetary Conference engineered so-called "aid packages" for crisis-hit developing nations that were, much like today, nothing more than bailouts for the big banks.
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Wrestling the Vampire Squid: Why Goldman Sachs Still Rules the World
Goldman is part of the political elite, protected by the political system and media.
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Emerging Artivists In Kenya Demand Economic Justice
Increasing numbers of activists here use art to protest the way their country is being turned into a tax haven for multinational corporations.
