Jill Stein joins us in the Hawk’s Nest to give us her take on the RNC.
INTERVIEW: “Green Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Jill Stein: Justice is Nowhere to be Seen in the RNC” / Watching the Hawks RT ☮
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Category Archives: Capitalism
POLITICAL RESISTANCE: “Resisting What is to Come – The Struggle” / Chris Hedges ☮
POLICING FOR PROFIT: “Why Red Light Cameras are a Scam” / Vox ☮
Redlight camera tickets aren’t just a nuisance to drivers, they also cost cities millions.
Many drivers are familiar with receiving the dreaded automated traffic enforcement photo for running a red light. While red light cameras have been reported to reduce broadside crashes, it has been shown these cameras increase rear-end collisions as well. In addition, numerous tickets aren’t going to people running straight through red lights, but drivers failing to make a complete stop while turning on red. Safety is touted as the biggest concern but there are better long term solutions than municipalities installing red light cameras. Building more roundabouts and lengthening yellow lights are just two of several cheaper alternatives to red light cameras.
U.S. HISTORY: “What to the American Slave is Your Fourth of July?” / Frederick Douglass / Read by Morgan Freeman
REVOLUTION: “Chris Hedges: On Revolution in America ” / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ☮
CORPORATE WELFARE: “Roseanne Destroys Corporate Welfare in Under 90 Seconds”
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INTERVIEW: “Thomas Frank on Clinton and Democratic Establishment: What Happened to the Party of the People?” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman, and Juan Gonzales ☮
MUST READ: “Capitalists of the World, Unite!” / truthdig / Mike Krauss ☮
The other night I watched The Greatest Cable News Program That Absolutely Ever Was. The host was extolling the virtues of capitalism, repeating the claims you can read in The Economist or Wall Street Journal; that capitalism has lifted many millions out of poverty worldwide.
The same broadcast also reported that most Americans “could not lay their hands on $1,000” in an emergency. That figure may be on the high side. Other published reports put it at $400, including what may be available on a credit card.
The program host missed the contradiction. You can’t be a capitalist without capital. The overwhelming majority of Americans don’t have any, and are completely excluded from the “benefits” of the capitalist system he extolled.
Capitalism is not a form of government. It is a system of wealth management. It does not create wealth, but only allocates it. It is indifferent to the welfare of people. It has no social purpose. Private profit is everything.
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