MEDIA ROOTS – Ralph Nader answers questions from the audience at Berkeley’s Hillside Club on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the First Annual Peter Miguel Camejo Commemorative Lecture. [Transcript Below] Ralph Nader discusses Occupy Wall Street, Gandhi’s ‘Seven Deadly Social Sins’, media reform, his presidential candidacy and what people can do to fight back. *** Ralph Nader: “Gandhi’s ‘Seven Deadly … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- Obama’s jobs bill amounts to nothing more than a prop that his apologists will use to promote his re-election. His progressive critics, on the other hand, will bemoan its inadequacy, as they demand an FDR-like program of direct governmental employment. And so the sorry spectacle we have witnessed for the past several years will continue, all leading nowhere. Or … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- This segment from the Daily Show breaks down how class warfare is perpetrated by the rich to phase out the middle class in this country. Stewart explains that the government could raise $700 billion by either taking half of everything earned by the bottom 50% or by raising the marginal tax rate on the top two percent. The … Read More
AL JAZEERA– The richest one per cent of Americans earn nearly a quarter of the country’s income and control an astonishing 40 per cent of its wealth.Inequality in the US is more extreme than it has been in almost a century – and the gap between the super-rich and the poor and middle class people has widened drastically over the last 30 years. … Read More
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MEDIA ROOTS– America’s industrialization is what catapulted the American dream for millions of people. However, as globalization consolidated production and corporations greedily sought out slave labor wages to maximize profits, most industry moved to Asia long ago. What does this limited production of goods mean for America’s economic standing and future prosperity? The Economic Collapse points out 19 harrowing facts … Read More
