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So Will Anyone OutsideThe Supercommittee Be Allowed To Vote On The Austerity...

By Dave Johnson | Nation Of Change November 6 2011OP-ED | Congress’ “supercommittee” of the 1% is preparing an austerity plan for the 99%. Will We, the People be allowed to vote on this plan, or, like...

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Lessons from Iceland ~ The People Can Have the Power

by Birgitta Jónsdóttir (The Guardian UK) | Common Dreams November 15 2011 As early progress in Iceland shows since the banking collapse, the 21st century will be the century of the common people, of us...

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Dave Lindorff ~ Democracies Don’t Start Wars, But Fake Democracies Sure Do!

Nation Of Change | August 15 2012 We’ve all heard it said by our teachers when we were in school, we’ve all heard it said by politicians, including presidents: “Democracies don’t start wars.” And yet...

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Robert McChesney ~ Dollarocracy: Desecrating Democracy One Dollar at a Time

breakingtheset  September 27 2013 Abby Martin speaks with Robert McChesney, communications professor and author of ‘Dollarocracy’ about the money and media elections complex, and how this cycle profits...

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Guy Evans ~ Deconstructing Edward Bernays’ ‘Propaganda’ (Part 1)

“We have voluntarily agreed to let an invisible government sift the data and high-spot the outstanding issues so that our field of choice shall be narrowed to practical proportions. From our leaders...

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Guy Evans ~ Deconstructing Edward Bernays’ ‘Propaganda’ (Part 2)

“It was, of course, the astounding success of propaganda during the war that opened the eyes of the intelligent few in all departments of life to the possibilities of regimenting the public mind. The...

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Tony Gosling ~ The Assassin’s Guide To Western ‘Democracy’

“Elite institutions such as broadcasters become stuffed with a mixture of control freaks and cowards. While they may not know or care anything about how to run a country, Western elites do know how to...

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Chris Hedges ~ Driving American Politics Underground

“I see an innumerable crowd of like and equal men who revolve on themselves without repose, procuring the small and vulgar pleasures with which they fill their souls. Each of them, withdrawn and apart,...

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Simon Black ~ Scottish Independence: They Love Democracy So Much They’re...

“The fact that millions of people in Scotland are even considering rocking the boat and radically change is very telling. It shows there is a deep, deep dissatisfaction with the status quo. People are...

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Seymour Hersh ~ Democracies Always ‘Led By People That Push For More War’...

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh says there is a fatal flaw in democracies that leaves them pushing for war, and says the US and its allies have for years funded the extremist groups...

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Paul Craig Roberts ~ Is Democracy Dead In The West?

“This is the “New Democracy.” It is a resurrection of the old feudal order. A few super-rich aristocrats and everyone else serfs obliged to support the ruling order. The looting that began in Greece...

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Tony Gosling ~ The Assassin’s Guide To Western ‘Democracy’

“Elite institutions such as broadcasters become stuffed with a mixture of control freaks and cowards. While they may not know or care anything about how to run a country, Western elites do know how to...

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Deconstructing Edward Bernays’ ‘Propaganda’ (Part 2)

“It was, of course, the astounding success of propaganda during the war that opened the eyes of the intelligent few in all departments of life to the possibilities of regimenting the public mind. The...

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How America Became An Oligarchy

“The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. . . . You have owners.— George Carlin, The American Dream Ellen Brown – According to a new study from...

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Nobody For President In 2016: Taking The Auction Out Of Election

“If you vote, you have no right to complain.” –George Carlin Gary ‘Z’ McGee – First, let’s admit something to ourselves: this is not a representative democracy, like most people think; it’s not even a...

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Gallup: 60% of Americans Want a New Political Party. But, Why? A Crisis of...

Eric Zuesse – A Gallup poll issued on September 25th is headlined “Majority in U.S. Maintain Need for Third Major Party,” and it opens: “A majority of Americans, 60%, say a third major political party...

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The Illusion of Freedom

Chris Hedges – The seizure of political and economic power by corporations is unassailable. Who funds and manages our elections? Who writes our legislation and laws? Who determines our defense policies...

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2016 Theme #2: the Hollow Shell of Democracy

Charles Hugh Smith – This week I am addressing themes I see playing out in 2016. A number of systemic, structural forces are intersecting in 2016. One is the hollowing out of democracy globally....

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The Popular Myth of Democracy in America

Stephen Lendman – No nation in world history promised more and delivered less to its citizens and people worldwide. None more greatly threatens world peace – putting humanity’s survival up for grabs...

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Democracy in America: The World’s Greatest Hoax

Stephen Lendman – Democracy in America is pure fantasy. None exists. Money-controlled duopoly power runs things. Voters have no say whatever. America is a one-party state with two wings, in lockstep on...

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