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The Great Capitalist Heist: How Paris Hilton’s Dogs Ended Up Better Off Than You
Alternet Elites say that we need inequality to encourage the rich to invest and the creative to invent. That’s working out well — for 1% pooches. Editor’s Note: When harmful beliefs plague a population, you can bet that the 1% … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Headlines, Politics, Society
Tagged AlterNet, Article, author, Better, better future, Capitalism, Capitalist, dogs, douglas smith, ECON, editor, Elites, Ended, Great, Heist, Hilton, Inequality, myths, note, paris hilton, parramore, Partnership, pooches, population, series, Unmasked, way
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How Corporations Like Monsanto Have Hijacked Higher Education
Jill Richardson AlterNet When I approached professors to discuss research projects addressing organic agriculture in farmer’s markets, the first one told me that ‘no one cares about people selling food in parking lots on the other side of the train … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Science
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Crisis to Suicide: How Many Have to Die Before We Kill the False Religion of Austerity?
Lynn Parramore AlterNet The rate of people taking their own lives is soaring in Europe at such a clip that the trend has given birth to a new media term: “Suicide by economic crisis.” If suicide is a measure of … Continue reading
Posted in Agenda 21/Great Reset, Environment, Headlines, Society
Tagged Age, aid, AlterNet, austerity measures, Birth, Churches, Crisis, economic crisis, economic programs, epidemic, European, European Union, european union countries, Eurozone, False, false religion, financiers, Ghastly, global elites, greed, income, measure, minute, new wave, pain, parramore, rate, Recessionary, recessionary times, relief, seminars, sicker, Suicide, suicides, term suicide, toxin, unemployment
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Madness: Even School Children Are Being Pepper-Sprayed and Shocked with Tasers
Source: Alternet There is something truly disturbing about a society that seeks to control the behavior of schoolchildren through fear and violence, a tactic that harkens back to an era of paddle-bruised behinds and ruler-slapped wrists. Yet, some American school … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Ponerology
Tagged AlterNet, behavior, behinds, boundaries, corporal, corporal punishment, deployment, era, Fear, Los, los angeles times, madness, pepper, Police, police officers, problem students, punishment, resource, ruler, school, school campuses, school districts, school resource officers, schoolchildren, society, something, SROs, tactic, Tasers, Times, use, violence
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Chinese Workers Demanding Better Wages, Conditions, Real Union Protections
Lijia Zhang AlterNet Two weeks ago, Foxconn Technology, an electronic giant, announced it would increase its workers’ salaries by as much as 25%. The move was probably the result of pressure from the increasingly rights-conscious workers and international concerns about … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Society
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