MEDIA ROOTS — Many of us notice our society’s shift away from the use of anonymous cash and toward the use of databeast-tracked digital money. But many are unaware that there are steps already being taken to outlaw cash in favour of debit/credit cards and digital transactions. In Louisiana, House Bill 195 of the 2011 Regular Session (Act 389) was … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Earlier this month, we featured the Guns & Butter broadcast with Catherine Austin Fitts, “Unpacking Mr. Global, Part 1.” Today, we bring you “Unpacking Mr. Global, Part 2.” Last year, Washington D.C. national-security reporter, Sharon Weinberger wrote about the U.S. Military’s so-called Black Budget, “Not since the end of the Cold War has the Pentagon spent so … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — As big banks inject record amounts of cash into lobbying this year, largely aimed at access to financial regulators, Wells Fargo, in particular, stands out because of its added rapacious dimension of investments in for-profit prisons and immigrant detention centres. Certainly, legal wrangling over deportation policies is politicised. Yet, whereas pre-9/11, undocumented immigrants were summarily deported to … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — With the Occupy Movement rightly putting Wall Street and the ruling-class on blast, the Federal Reserve and the mechanics of our national money supply in relation to our national economic health and body politic, equally deserve scrutiny. Despite the complexities of finance, the money supply, and Congressional budgets, we must consider such questions of political economy, and … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — When Naomi Klein’s seminal book The Shock Doctrine hit the scene, the U.S. political Left was forced to look beyond simply complaining about conservatives or Washington corruption and was stimulated to pay closer attention to the actions of Wall Street and the world of economics. With the introduction of concepts, such as economic hitmen and disaster capitalism, … Read More
