Capitalism

The NorthEast Anarchist Network is endorsing the "Self Described Anarchist Collective" and Global Justice Action calls for a diversity of tactics, including direct action, to disrupt the Spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, DC. Even in this era of uncontrolled economic retraction and collapse, the IMF and World Bank continue to reach for their misleading, self-proclaimed objective of "eradicating poverty", while paradoxically ignoring the needs of poor and indigenous communities.

Between the middle 1800s and the early 1900s, the desire to sell magazines merged with two historical tales, one from the pagan Germanic past and the other from Christan lore, to form the Santa Claus memeplex. The memeplex quickly morphed into a capitalist dream that, once saddled upon the working class, turned a nation into insatiable consumers and gave reason to the production of frivolous goods. A new religion was born and children everywhere began to pray to Santa - a super-hero-like being, an über-elf, the Führer of naughty and nice.

Philippine social movements hit G-20 summit’s exclusivity, call for a new and democratic world order

Manila, Philippines – A thousand protesters marched to the United States Embassy today to denounce the formal opening of the G-20 summit called by US President George W. Bush in Washington D.C to supposedly resolve the ongoing global financial crisis. The big demonstration, which is part of the Global Day of Action against the G-20 Summit, branded the gathering as an “elite jamboree” that has the sole objective of “resurrecting a dead and flawed development paradigm.”

The chimpanzee troop contentedly enjoyed their stand of trees. There were bananas and termites enough for everyone. Nearly everyone had a branch, even the lower ranking chimps. And then it happened.

Expropriate the Bourgeoisie Through Workers Revolution!

No to the Bailout of the Capitalist Speculators!

Down with the Dictatorship of Finance Capital!

Financial Crisis: Thinking About the Real Socialist Way Out
September 25th, 2008 by webmaster | Filed under Economic Justice, Financial Crisis, Strategy.

Photo: Pig and Banks Stuck, Lipstick Won’t Help
Bailout! A Case for
Economic Democracy
And Clearing the
Path to Socialism

Department of Energy Demands 800
Billion Dollars, Threatens to Shut Off Lights

WASHINGTON, D.C. In response to threats by America's
major electric power companies, Samuel Wright Bodman, Secretary of
Energy, has demanded 800 billion dollars from the U.S. Treasury to be
used as he sees fit or he will turn the lights out on the United
States of America. "Look, if you don't pay up," he warned,
"things are going to get very dim, very dim indeed."

Where is Bono to save us? Communiqué from the Save the Children Collective

To the native and immigrant peoples of Northern America
To the peoples and governments of the world
To the international press
To rockstars and celebrities on this planet and other heavenly bodies

From the Southern shore of Lake Mendota, the Save the Children Collective (the recent merger of the historic Cow Pie Collective and Cheese Curd Coop) demands that Bono and all other celebrity activists attend the upcoming Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN, September 1-4.

It's not profitable to give out loans that people can repay...

By John Fitzgerald , Minnesota 2020
June 17, 2008

The nation’s biggest banks are putting the squeeze on students at small colleges. This policy may cut off higher education access to students who need it most.