MEDIA ROOTS – Facebook, often referred to as “Fascistbook” in some circles for their authoritarian practices, has again upset users by unilaterally switching email addresses on user profiles to [user]@facebook.com. Messages are thus delivered to account inboxes without prior consent of the user. It’s a sly attempt by Facebook to keep their audience on their sites despite the obvious violation … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Doug McKenty of KZYX interviews economist John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman, The Secret History of the American Empire, and Hoodwinked about the politics of economic hitmen, predatory capitalism, banksters, and much more. Perkins also discusses his experiences with the Peace Corps, indigenous consciousness, socioeconomic solutions, and why the 99% are Occupying.MR***
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
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MEDIA ROOTS — On Monday, November 14, 2011, award-winning journalist and best-selling author Greg Palast gave a stirring talk at the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, CA to discuss his new book, “about the 1%,” Vultures’ Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores. Palast discussed the 1% and why we occupy Wall Street and beyond, acknowledging … Read More
