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Illegitimate Debt Week
by Henry Garman on October 7, 2011
The Week of Global Action against Debt and IFIs is an initiative of the different movements and organizations in the International South North Campaign on Illegitimate Debt. It was born at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, in 2007, and (…)
Occupy Wall Street Message- End the Fed
by Henry Garman on October 5, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Protester End the Fed – Best Rant! OccupyWallStreet protester with a spot-on & passionate speech re Ending the Federal Reserve, Minimizing the Federal Government, Ending the Fractional Reserve Banking System, Ending the Monetary Fiasco that is the (…)
Who’s Afraid of a Debt Jubilee?
by Henry Garman on October 4, 2011
The New York Times is now starting to ridicule the idea of a debt jubilee that is “doing the rounds”. Looks like JUBILEE IS GOING MAINSTREAM! Entitled “The Downside To a Debt Jubilee”, NYT says, Good ends do not justify (…)
Occupy Wall Street Should Make 4 Demands
by Henry Garman on October 4, 2011
Author and Historian Webster Tarpley, In “An Emergency Program for Anti-Wall Street Protestors: Don’t Let Soros Hijack the Movement“, offers 4 Key Demands that the “Occupy Wall Street” protestors should include: 1. Student Loan Amnesty. 2. Stop Foreclosures. 3. Defend (…)
Jubilee in Greece – Part 1
by Henry Garman on October 2, 2011
A Greek court has canceled 100% of the debt owed to two banks by an unemployed Greek woman. It’s the first time in the modern era that a Greek court has made such a ruling, and it looks this decision (…)
Protesters plan to occupy London Stock Exchange
by Henry Garman on September 29, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street protests are spreading to other American cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles. And according to the Telegraph, a group of protesters are organising an occupation of the London Stock Exchange to bring attention to what they (…)
99 percent Occupy Wall Street Protest
by Henry Garman on September 28, 2011
Happening now on Wall Street………. The New York Daily News calls them “a bunch of spoiled brats” incovenienceing the “tens of thousands of people who actually have to work for a living” … This is a protest by the 99 (…)
Its not Keynes or Hayek, It’s Leviticus
by Henry Garman on September 22, 2011
Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek! “Fight of the Century” is the new economics hip-hop music video by John Papola and Russ Roberts. Keynes and Hayek never agreed on the answers to these questions and they still don’t. Let’s (…)
Rule by Rentiers: the Pain Caucus
by Henry Garman on September 8, 2011
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Leviticus 19:14-16 The rich are wise in their own (…)
A Global Debt Jubilee is Waiting Behind the Curtains
by Henry Garman on September 8, 2011
More voices are being “raised like a trumpet” to proclaim that the current regime of fiat money and debt will not survive, and that some sort of global jubilee is waiting in the wings, waiting behind the curtains, soon to (…)
