Richard Wolff: Pure Capitalism = Pure Fantasy

Day 9 Occupy Wall Street September 25 2011 Shankbone 25

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breakingtheset on May 30, 2013

Abby Martin talks to Richard Wolff, Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, and author of ‘Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism’, about the recent school closures in Chicago, and how it reflects a systemic problem within the current capitalist model.

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Noam Chomsky, Howard Gardner, and Bruno della Chiesa: Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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with Noam Chomsky

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HarvardEducation May 24, 2013

On Wednesday, May 1, the Askwith Forum commemorated the 45th anniversary of the publication of Paolo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” with a discussion about the book’s impact and relevance to education today.

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Report from Turkey: A Taste of Tahrir at Taksim by Sungur Savran + Turkey Protests Videos

Stop the violence in istanbul! #direnengeziparki #resistanbul

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Crossposted with permission from www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/

by Sungur Savran
Socialist Project
June 1, 2013

Istanbul has become a battlefield covered by tear gas. The police, no doubt at the behest of the Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP government, have been attacking protestors in the centre of the city, near Taksim Square, for five consecutive days. This would have been no news at all: Continue reading