In 1933, Congress passed the Glass-Steagall Act, which banned banks from underwriting securities. Financial institutions had tochoose either to be a simple bank lender or an underwriter(investment banker or brokerage firm). Here’s light from our (progressive) past! Please share as widely as possible!
The Israeli offensive has caused massive damage to schools, homes, communication and energy systems, roads and much more, according to Oxfam, the UK-based aid organization. The destruction of key water and sanitation infrastructure by Israeli forces, as well as overcrowding in camps, malnutrition and summer heat, are bringing Gaza to …
https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/framing-palestine Debates Framing Palestine By Zahi Zalloua 06 May2024 2Share 0 Comment 11Love The title of my essay, “Framing Palestine,” has a double meaning. First, I’m using “framing” to describe the ways we try to make sense of Palestine—more specifically, how we make sense of occupied Palestine as …
A look back makes the outlook easier: A speculative boom in 1929 leads to a stock market crash and recession, the budget deficit increases, the austerity policies drive the economy into a depression. Tensions within and between countries increase, scapegoats are sought, anti-Semitism and protectionism are spreading. Forward to the …
Journalists and Israel critics as Hamas accomplices. The Netanyahu government has also been very successful in spreading narratives that declare anyone who supports the Palestinians in Gaza with humanitarian aid, reports on their suffering & criticizes the actions of the Israeli government as Hamas accomplices, Hamas anti-Semites. UNRWA and Co: …
Compassionate Genocide By Michael Marder 22 Apr2024 4Share 0 Comment 17Love On March 8 it was reported that at least five residents of Gaza were killed by the airdrops of humanitarian aid at the Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City. Less than two weeks ago, Zein Oroq, a …
A Conversation on our “Nihilistic Age” The Nation spoke with the political theorist about the multifront crisis of the post-Trump era and the moral and intellectual commitments of scholars and higher education. [This interview posted in January 2024 is available on the Internet, https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/wendy-brown-interview/.] In her recent book, Nihilistic Times: …
Wars (especially when marketed as humanitarian, defensive, or “against terror”) are, in essence, criminal means to “easy money”, which is what keeps today’s financial bubbles inflated to record-breaking highs while the actual economic conditions of millions of workers (or “inactive workforce”) are cratering at an equally record-breaking pace. Our Zone …
Debates Trust in Institutions and the War Dividend By Fabio Vighi 04 Mar2024 36Share 0 Comment 107Love Even if almost no one wants to admit it, our “system” is obsolete, and for this reason it is now morphing into a “closed system” – totalitarian in nature. It is …
When will we finally end the party of the arms companies?by David Goeßmann [This article posted on 4/18/2024 is translated from the German on the Internet,https://www.telepolis.de/features/Wann-beenden-wir-endlich-die-Party-der-Ruestungskonzerne-9688657.html?seite=all.] Drone view over buildings in northern Gaza being bombed by the Israeli military, March 20, 2024 The share prices of weapons manufacturers are exploding. …