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The main reason I'm writing this right now is because lethemtalk or whoever posted a movie wrong here and did not come back and correct it or just delete it until he can figure out how to post a video without messing up the page and taking out the comments and other people's postings. So I figured this post will push it off the bottom of the page.

by NOAM CHOMSKY, Oct 10, 2008 published on Irish Times

Bretton Woods was the system of global financial management set up at the end of the second World War to ensure the interests of capital did not smother wider social concerns in post-war democracies. It was hated by the US neoliberals - the very people who created the banking crisis writes Noam Chomsky

As the interminable circus marches on towards its ultimate and merciful conclusion on November 4, 2008, pundits peer through their electronic microscopes seeking any activities that they can report as significant events in a miasma of irrelevant factoids masquerading as real issues.

Oct 02, 2008 By Howard Zinn, published on Z Space

Let's not waste $700bn on a bail-out, but use 'big government' for what it's best at - shaping a society that is fair and peaceable.

This current financial crisis is a major way-station on the way to the collapse of the American empire. The first important sign was 9/11, with the most heavily-armed nation in the world shown to be vulnerable to a handful of hijackers.

Our Republic Raped and Still No Revolution!

Joel S. Hirschhorn

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drop all pending and current charges against journalists arrested while reporting on protests outside the Republican National Conventions.

The Ramsey County Attorney's office is in the process of deciding whether or not to press felony P.C. (probable cause) riot charges

Hundreds of protesters arrested at Republican National Convention. Journalists harassed and arrested as well. Protect Free Speech and Independent Media!

Call St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman at 651-266-8510.
Call the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 x 0.

If no answer, keep calling!

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