Archive for 'Economy'
Thomas Piketty: A Security-Minded Response Isn’t Enough
“It’s clear: terrorism nourishes itself on the powder keg of inequality in the Middle East that we have contributed a lot to create. … It is through equitable social development that hate will be defeated.”
Posted by eatbees on 02 Dec 2015 at 20:23 under Civil Rights, Economy, Extremism, Guest Post, Politics, Syria, War.
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For Obama’s New Term, Cascading Crises
President Obama has only been reelected for one week, and already the U.S. and the world seem to be hit with a series of cascading crises. It’s as if the world held its collective breath until after the American elections, and is now vomiting all its accumulated bile at once.
Posted by eatbees on 16 Nov 2012 at 15:06 under Economy, Israel, Politics, Syria, War.
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We Are the 47%
“”All right, there are 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims…. And they will vote for this president no matter what.”
Posted by eatbees on 18 Sep 2012 at 01:23 under Economy, Politics.
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Netanyahu, Make My Day!
Get it over with, already. Attack Iran! Just don’t drag President Obama into it.
Posted by eatbees on 11 Sep 2012 at 22:55 under Economy, Iran, Israel, Politics, War.
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Economic Monopoly, Political Stalemate in Morocco
Morocco shows a modernizing face to the world, with its high-speed trains and five-star hotels, but urban shantytowns and rural poverty are a stubborn reality behind the façade.
Posted by eatbees on 06 Jul 2012 at 13:25 under Civil Rights, Economy, Morocco, Politics.
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The End of the Beginning
“On the ground [in Tunisia] today, a face-off is occurring between yuppies and proles: two revolutions, two forces on the scene.”
Posted by eatbees on 26 Jan 2011 at 00:30 under Civil Rights, Economy, Politics, Tunisia.
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Three Revolutions
There is not one revolution in Tunisia, but three: the revolution against the dictator, Ben Ali, which succeeded; the revolution for freedom of expression and new democratic institutions, which is ongoing; and a third revolution against the economic policies that created the social inequalities in the first place, which has not even begun.
Posted by eatbees on 25 Jan 2011 at 05:47 under Economy, Politics, Tunisia.
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Run and Tell That
Doesn’t Antoine Dodson speak for all of us, and our sense of powerlessness in some way? Don’t we all somehow feel under assault after a decade of economic crisis and war, with no end in sight? Antoine at least did something. He stopped a rapist, he protected his family, and he spoke up as we’d all like to do.
Posted by eatbees on 14 Aug 2010 at 11:19 under Culture, Economy, Media, Race.
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My Powerful Voice
I know my voice isn’t being heard in Washington, and there’s probably good reason for that. But at least spare me the fatuous talk, Mr. President, because you don’t even know me.
Posted by eatbees on 24 Jan 2010 at 17:37 under Civil Rights, Economy, Politics, War.
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Beacon of Hope?
Something about the last few years has got me rethinking the globalist project. America is engaged in nothing less than a war of imperial domination around the globe.
Posted by eatbees on 22 Nov 2009 at 21:38 under Economy, Imperialism, Politics, War.
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