Wall Street’s War Against the Cities by Michael Hudson

by Michael Hudson
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://michael-hudson.com
August 31, 2012

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Why Bondholders Can’t – and Shouldn’t – be Paid

The pace of Wall Street’s war against the 99% is quickening in preparation for the kill. Having demonized public employees for being scheduled to receive pensions on their lifetime employment service, bondholders are insisting on getting the money instead. It is the same austerity philosophy that has been forced on Greece and Spain – and the same that is prompting President Obama and Mitt Romney to urge scaling back Social Security and Medicare.

Barack Obama’s Executive Order: Authorizing Additional Sanctions With Respect To Iran

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Propaganda Alert!

The White House
For Immediate Release
July 31, 2012

EXECUTIVE ORDER

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AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO IRAN

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

On the Edge with Max Keiser: Michael Hudson: Fictitious Capital

with Michael Hudson
Featured Writer
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http://michael-hudson.com
July 28, 2012

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Jul 28, 2012 by PressTVGlobalNews

In this edition of the show Max interviews Michael Hudson from Michael-Hudson.com. He talks about the fictitious capital; what it is? And who is pushing it? Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and author of Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire (1968 & 2003), Trade, Development and Foreign Debt (1992 & 2009) and of The Myth of Aid (1971).

Barack Obama’s Executive Order: Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with Respect to Somalia

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The White House
For Immediate Release
July 20, 2012

EXECUTIVE ORDER
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TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS
THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act

Michael Hudson: Debt-ridden Countries IMF’d as “Euro Collapse” threat lures Bailout Bucks

with Michael Hudson
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://michael-hudson.com
April 18, 2012

Apr 18, 2012 by CapitalAccount

Welcome to Capital Account. European banks are under pressure to raise capital and the Euro could collapse triggering panic in financial markets and another great depression. These are all warnings coming out of the international monetary fund. Central banks haven’t been waiting — they appear to be moving away from the euro by buying more gold. We’ll talk about it. And while we are on the topic of the IMF as policymakers descend upon Washington for the Spring meeting — it seems all about raising money to boost the IMF’s fire power aimed at putting out Europe’s debt crisis. But

Michael Hudson: The Greek Experiment

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with Michael Hudson
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://michael-hudson.com
February 14, 2012

TheRealNews on Feb 14, 2012

Michael Hudson: Greek crisis used to find out how far finance can drive down wages and privatize

Barack Obama’s Executive Order: Blocking Property of the Government of Iran and Iranian Financial Institutions

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3tch3r on Feb 10, 2012

On February 5, 2012, President Obama invoked the NDAA, which authorizes the use of military force, and issues an executive order declaring the “threat” of Iran a National Emergency. The video shows this issuance of President Obama’S executive order which declares Iran’s threat to cut off oil supplies a national emergency.

Michael Hudson: Finance is the new mode of warfare

by Michael Hudson
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://michael-hudson.com
Nov. 1, 2011

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The Corbett Report
Interview 403
31 Oct 2011

Michael Hudson, President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), joins us to discuss the example of Iceland’s struggle against the banking oligarchy. We examine the history of Iceland’s debt crisis, the government that has effectively signed the country over to the debtors, and the people’s efforts to reclaim their economy. We also look at parallels in the Greek situation and ask what we can learn from what the Icelandic people are going through.

The One World Company by Ellen Brown

by Ellen Brown
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
webofdebt.com
August 18, 2011

What just happened in the stock market? Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose or fell by at least 400 points for four straight days, a stock market first.

The worst drop was on Monday, 8-8-11, when the Dow plunged 624 points. Monday was the first day of trading after US Treasury bonds were downgraded from AAA to AA+ by Standard and Poor’s.

Analysis of Financial Terrorism in America: Welcome to World War III by David DeGraw

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Updated: Aug. 15, 2011 added video interview

by David DeGraw
http://daviddegraw.org
Aug. 10, 2011

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Abstract: Welcome to World War III

Despite increasing personal financial hardship, most Americans remain unaware of the economic world war currently unfolding. An all-pervasive corporate and government propaganda campaign has effectively obscured this blatant reality.

John Pilger: War by Other Means (1992)

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Aug 24, 2012 by sevenearths2010

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John Pilger and David Munro examine the policy of First World banks agreeing [to] loans with Third World countries, who are then unable to meet the cripling interest charges. Won Geneva International TV Award at the North-South Media Encounters event, Geneva, 1993; Gold Medal in the ‘Best Documentary Production category’ of the International Television Movie Festival, Mount Freedom, New Jersey 1993;

Michael Hudson: Guns, Finance and Butter – Finance Is the New Mode of Warfare

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Updated: July 16, 2011; added transcript

with Michael Hudson
Bonnie Faulkner
Guns and Butter
July 13, 2011

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The jobless recovery; the debt ceiling and default; China; Greece; banks, not countries, receive the bailouts; financial warfare; IMF and EU; European Central Bank; US credit default swaps; US agricultural exports create food dependency; currency devaluation devalues the price of labor; class war of banks against the rest of society

Max Keiser speaks to lawyers in Athens: Greece Is Now Under Financial Occupation! + David Harvey: Greece Should Default

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MaxKeiserTV on Jul 2, 2011

This is an abridged version of talk Max gave to a group of lawyers suing derivatives dealers and government officials in Greece for financial fraud. There was much (very loud) translation and some audio problems that I cut out. The rest of the panel spoke in Greek. I will post those when I can for Greek speakers.

Max Keiser: Global Insurrection Against Banker Occupation

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with Max Keiser
Bonnie Faulkner
Guns and Butter
June 22, 2011

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Financial occupation of Greece; IMF Greek Memorandum; financial terrorism; controlled demolition of European economies; asset grab; lawsuits against bankers and government; Pirate My Film, including crowd funding and copyright free media; new European funding facility in the planning stage; global bank; coming housing collapse and banking disaster; devaluation of the dollar; the wild card.

The Financial Road to Serfdom by Michael Hudson

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by Prof. Michael Hudson
Global Research
June 13, 2011

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Financial strategists do not intend to let today’s debt crisis go to waste. Foreclosure time has arrived. That means revolution – or more accurately, a counter-revolution to roll back the 20th century’s gains made by social democracy: pensions and social security, public health care and other infrastructure providing essential services at subsidized prices or for free. The basic model follows the former Soviet Union’s post-1991 neoliberal reforms: privatization of public enterprises, a high flat tax on labor but only nominal taxes on real estate and finance, and deregulation of the economy’s prices, working conditions and credit terms.