The 99% movement in Ireland is marching on police stations in the city centre not because anything has changed in the disastrous government handling of the financial scandal (referred to locally in polite terms as the financial “rescue” package) but because Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17th., is important for Dublin’s tourism.
Tourism Minister Leo Varadkar noted that “I think if they had more concern about Dublin and tourism in the country, they [the protestors in Occupy Dame Street (ODS)] would be willing to relocate for a few days.” but “they” refused to relocate and estimates of 100 police tore up the ODS camp at 3:30AM on the night of March 8th. ODS protestors knew Patrick’s day was behind the bust: “They wanted to sweep under the carpet any vestige of resistance to what is going on in Ireland for Paddy’s Day, so the cameras would not see that there is any form of sign to say that something is terribly wrong in this country.” The department of tourism was interested in moving the movement along. The police complied. Protest, it seems, is bad for the tourism and the wearing of the green. Alternatively maybe this might have had something to do with the ODS strict no-alcohol policy. Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day brings Dublin comes off a simmer
The concept of endless economic growth, accepted as sacrosanct by both U.S. mainstream political parties, and internalized as the dominant mode of mind by the general population of the corporate/consumer state is mirrored in the exponential mathematics of a malignancy. The concept of endless economic growth, accepted as sacrosanct by both U.S. mainstream political parties, and internalized as the dominant mode of mind by the general population of the corporate/consumer state is mirrored in the exponential mathematics of a malignancy. Continue reading Cash of the Titans: Against the Noxious Fantasy of Limitless Growth
#OccupyCop17 letter of support for Madrid’s callout:
International Day of Action for Human Rights
A Statement on Intergenerational Rights
Let us not forget that the victories that will define 2011 in the pages of history began in Africa. That story of 2011 should end here. 2011 took us from Tunisia to Durban, South Africa – where Mandela cast his first vote and Gandhi held his first public meeting. Continue reading Christmas card from Africa
El Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas Públicas de la Nación y el Banco Mundial, organizaron un seminario del que no hubo mayor noticia en los medios sobre “El Vacío en la Arquitectura Financiera Internacional: Reestructuración de Deuda Soberana”, que se llevó a cabo en el Hotel Park Hyatt el día 7 de diciembre, en el que tuvieron destacada actuación el actual Vicepresidente Amado Boudou, y el Ministro de Economía Hernán Lorenzino, el Economista Joseph Stiglitz, y algunos personajes menos conocidos, Continue reading Min. de la Economía Argentino y el Banco Mundial junto con los participes del fraude
Buenos Aires – La decisión de los banqueros europeos de asumir directamente el gobierno en Grecia e Italia, prescindiendo de cualquier parodia democrática, marca el fin de una época, en la cual el GOBIERNO INVISIBLE de una oligarquía plutocrática (que manejaba todos los hilos del poder), avanzó para lograr su sueño de un gobierno mundial, plasmado en la llamada “Globalización”. Continue reading ASISTIMOS AL FINAL DE LA DEMOCRACIA OCCIDENTAL
I have yet to see my nearest large occupation, Boston, or the precursor of all U.S. occupations, Wall Street. Instead, I have been on the road for the past six weeks in Thesselonika and Athens Greece; Istanbul and Diyarbikar Turkey; Lexington, Kentucky; London, England; Dublin, Ireland; and in Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia Spain. Continue reading Occupy to Self Manage
«Venimos para quedarnos». El mensaje es exhibido por una simpática señora de unos 70 años. No es una joven e irrendenta activista. Es, simplemente, una señora de 70 años. La acampada del movimiento #OccupyWallStreet en el corazón del distrito financiero neoyorquino supera las tres semanas de existencia y ya no es la misma. Desde que arrancara el pasado 17 de septiembre se ha transformado. Continue reading #OccupyWallStreet: El milagro de estar juntos
Have a little fun in the park with some
like-minded people on October 15th…
We are about 400 people in squares all around the world, from Madrid to Tel Aviv, from New York to Rio, we share strategies and information to export the peaceful revolution and coordinate global actions.
Luego de más de cuatro años de retraso, la Cámara de Diputados aprobó la sanción definitiva a la ley que ratifica el convenio constitutivo del Banco del Sur.
Tan sólo hace unas semanas, el discurso predominante era que la crisis mundial del capitalismo, con epicentro en Europa y EEUU, no nos iba a afectar. Pero el recrudecimiento de la misma, que se manifestó, recientemente, en la amenaza de cesación de pagos por parte de EEUU, terminó de convencer a los países que integran la UNASUR, incluso a gobiernos de derecha, de la necesidad de adoptar medidas tendientes a protegerse de los efectos de la crisis. Continue reading Por un Banco Del Sur al servicio de los pueblos
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