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Why Capitalist Predators Think 2013 Will Be the Best Year Ever

Posted on: Feb 18, 2013, Source: Comment Is Free

As communists once were, today's capitalists are completely blinded by ideology.

We Are Willing to Talk About the Financial Crisis, But Less Discussed Is the Appalling Decline of Democracy

Posted on: Jan 17, 2013, Source: Comment Is Free

In austerity-driven Europe, the 'blind are leading the blind.'

Zizek: How the Occupy Movement Can Confront a Capitalist System That Defies Reform

Posted on: Apr 30, 2012, Source: The Guardian

The problem is not corruption or greed, the problem is the system that pushes you to be corrupt.

Julian Assange on Why Calls for His Death and the McCarthyesque Crackdown on WikiLeaks Are Good Signs

Posted on: Jul 5, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!

Assange and renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek discuss the release of the largest trove of classified U.S. government records in history.

Zizek: Miracle of Tahrir Square -- No Room for Compromise, Mubarak Must Go

Posted on: Feb 10, 2011, Source: The Guardian

Either the entire Mubarak edifice falls, or the uprising is betrayed.

Slavoj Zizek: Why Far Right and Xenophobic Politicians Are on the Rise in Europe

Posted on: Oct 27, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!

Zizek: I really am worried about how the far right is setting the general political agenda, even while being in the minority.

How Corporations Make Profits by Associating Themselves with Charitable Causes

Posted on: Sep 3, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Companies like Starbucks have figured out that they can make more money by attaching their profits to causes that people care about.

The Big Outcome of the '60s: The Triumph of Capitalism

Posted on: Jun 26, 2008, Source: In These Times

After the social tumult of the '60s capitalism usurped resistance itself, turning attempts at subversion into commodities.

China Adopted Our Capitalist Model -- Will We Adopt Their Despotism?

Posted on: Dec 14, 2007, Source: In These Times

Does the "free market" system doom all of us to authoritarianism?

A Hero in a Hurry

Posted on: Feb 1, 2006, Source: In These Times

The mega-popular TV show <i>24</i> has Keifer Sutherland in a constant rush to prevent acts of terror, but has that stripped him of his ethical standing?

Katrina: Rumors, Lies, and Racist Fantasies

Posted on: Oct 30, 2005, Source: In These Times

A look at the frenzy of fantasies and rumors that the media reported as facts while New Orleans flooded.

Ideology Reloaded

Posted on: Jun 23, 2003, Source: In These Times

The famous philosopher says the search for wisdom in the Matrix movies is driven more by the desire of the viewer than the intention of the filmmakers.