21. A coup is no longer necessary for the corporation to dominate governments. Capitalism's protagonists and players are the new high priests of our day. Industry and government have become intertwined to the extent that it's hard to tell when one ends and the other begins. But citizens are resisting and protesting their dissent to the centralization of power in corporate hands. The corporation has responded by enacting programs of corporate social responsibility. Are they just a tactic responding to market pressure? For a playlist of all 23 chapters in order: www.youtube.com Теги:TheCorporationCapitalismIndustrygovernmentcentralizationcorporatesocialresponsibilityGoodyearlayoffs
When you can't control the Politicians or the voters, then you control the counting! Go back to paper votes and we will have a President that was voted in! PS This movie is called "Hacking Democracy" because voting is a democratic process. They makers are aware that the US was founded as a Constitutional Republic. truthseekertimes.ca Теги:truthseeker
sanders.senate.gov Warning that "American democracy in endangered," Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday proposed a constitutional amendment to overturn a Supreme Court ruling that allowed unrestricted and secret campaign spending by corporations on US elections. The first constitutional amendment ever proposed by Sanders during his two decades in Congress would reverse the narrow 5-to-4 ruling in Citizens United vs. the Federal Elections Commission. Show your support - sign the petition at sanders.senate.gov Теги:Bernie SandersSenator SandersSenator Bernie SandersCitizens United
"Call it Democracy" is perhaps the only song ever written about the International Monetary Fund, which Cockburn accuses of fostering "insupportable debt" in Third World countries. Typically not pulling any punches, Cockburn charges that the IMF doesn't "really give a flying fuck about the people in misery." That earned it a few bleeps on radio and video channels, but no one seemed to notice the chorus, "IMF, dirty MF." We won't spell out here what "MF" stands for, but it can easily be imagined." Padded with power here they come International loan sharks backed by the guns Of market hungry military profiteers Whose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared With the blood of the poor Who rob life of its quality Who render rage a necessity By turning countries into labour camps Modern slavers in drag as champions of freedom Sinister cynical instrument Who makes the gun into a sacrament -- The only response to the deification Of tyranny by so-called "developed" nations' Idolatry of ideology North South East West Kill the best and buy the rest It's just spend a buck to make a buck You don't really give a flying fuck About the people in misery IMF dirty MF Takes away everything it can get Always making certain that there's one thing left Keep them on the hook with insupportable debt See the paid-off local bottom feeders Passing themselves off as leaders Kiss the ladies shake hands with the fellows Open for business like a cheap bordello And they call it democracy And they call ... Теги:alternativebluesfolkjazzreligiousrockworldmusic
The day has come We have taken the streets for a true democracy now The day ,when the citizens have decided to meet and join their voices The day ,when we have covered the streets with a clear message WE ARE NOT SAFE IN POLITICIANS AND BANKERS HANDS And the message took the streets across the whole country And the streets celebrated that day as the first day that we have taken a true change. A change depends on YOU,on ME, on ALL OF US:young people,elder people,workers,unmployed people. The Media won't silence our voices any more because we have seen we are REAL people, just as the DEMOCRACY we are demanding. There is no excuse HISTORY is looking at us and it is our turn to make a movement We are ready to CHANGE: Change Injustice into justice Change Corruption into responsability and dignity Change Outrage into action Today, May the 15th, 2011 has been of something unstoppable The true Democracy of people who consciously choose their path True democracy who chose consciusly the way We are demanding a true democracy ,now Are you thinking that you can´t do anything? To accept your responsability is to take the challenge Be a part of the necessary change for a world which will be as you want it to be Democracy is your choice. Use it. twitter.com Теги:DemocracySpainstreetdemonstrationcitizens#spanishrevolution15M#truedemocracy
The collapses of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, on September 11, 2001, were the most frightening images that I have ever seen, up until May 24th, 2011, when Binyamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the United States Congress and received 29 standing ovations, along with many other outbursts of sycophantic applause. It was the final nail in a coffin, the construction of which began long ago, and in it all remaining vestiges of democracy were joyfully laid to rest—by those sworn to protect it—as it became clear that the United States was now controlled by Enemies Inside its Gates. Теги:israelapartheidpariahcriminalstateregimemurderillegalinhumanliescheatingdishonestyoppressiondominationpersecutionvictimsPalistiniandisastercatastropheantisemitismiransexdrugsbritneyspearspresident
PUNKCAST1467 - Nov 5 2008. In the fifth lecture in Evan Korth's NYU Computers and Society course featured author, thinker and professor Douglas Rushkoff. His topic:"Open Source Democracy." Following is the foreword, by Douglas Alexander, to Rushkoff's paper on the same topic: "The internet has become an integral part of our lives because it is interactive. That means people are senders of information, rather than simply passive receivers of 'old' media. Most importantly of all, we can talk to each other without gatekeepers or editors. This offers exciting possibilities for new social networks, which are enabled - but not determined - by digital technology. In the software industry, the open source movement emphasises collective cooperation over private ownership. This radical idea may provide the biggest challenge to the dominance of Microsoft. Open source enthusiasts have found a more efficient way of working by pooling their knowledge to encourage innovation. All this is happening at a time when participation in mainstream electoral politics is declining in many Western countries, including the US and Britain. Our democracies are increasingly resembling old media, with fewer real opportunities for interaction. What, asks Douglas Rushkoff in this original essay for Demos, would happen if the 'source code' of our democratic systems was opened up to the people they are meant to serve? 'An open source model for participatory, bottom-up and emergent policy will force us to ... Теги:punkcastcomputersciencenyuevankorthdouglasdougrushkoff
