by Andrew Gavin Marshall Writer, Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com Originally published on Occupy.com August 9, 2013 Morgan Stanley, one of the largest banks in the United States, reported a 66% increase in earnings in July over the same period last year. Morgan Stanley had taken more than $107 billion of U.S. taxpayer money through the bailout programs in […]
by Andrew Gavin Marshall Writer, Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com Originally published on Occupy.com July 31, 2013 Just recently, in late July, Wells Fargo surpassed the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) as the world’s largest bank by market capitalization. This followed Wells Fargo reporting a 19% increase in profits over the second quarter as the bank has been busy […]
by Andrew Gavin Marshall Writer, Dandelion Salad andrewgavinmarshall.com Originally published on Occupy.com July 17, 2013 This July, Bank of America was expecting to report an earnings increase of 32% from last year. The Washington Business Journal declared the bank among the top 10 “most improved brands” of the year. Bank of America is the second-largest bank in the United States […]
by Andrew Gavin Marshall Writer, Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com July 3, 2013 The following was originally posted at Occupy.com. In May, JPMorgan Chase was listed as the largest bank in the world with assets at roughly $4 trillion — some $1.53 trillion of it in derivatives. This was reported a month after the announcement that the bank had […]
by Andrew Gavin Marshall Writer, Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com June 12, 2013 An exclusive series for Occupy.com The Global Power Project, an investigative series produced by Occupy.com, aims to identify and connect the worldwide institutions and individuals who comprise today’s global power oligarchy. By studying the relationships and varying levels of leadership that govern our planet’s […]
by Andrew Gavin Marshall Writer, Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com Originally posted at: The Hampton Institute May 26, 2013 The following is my first original piece for The Hampton Institute, “a working class think tank,” at which I chair the Geopolitics Division. This essay is meant as an introduction to modern American geopolitics, and a reference piece […]
Dandelion Salad by Peter Rugh SocialistWorker.org First published at Waging Nonviolence, May 7, 2013 May 9, 2013 SMOKEY THE Bear thought he smelled a fire in the woods. But as he approached the clearing and saw a giant derrick jutting out into the sky, he realized that what his nose had picked up was the […]
by Andrew Gavin Marshall Writer, Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com Originally posted at: AlterNet May 12, 2013 The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is the latest plan of conglomerates to strengthen their grip over the planet. A corporate world order is emerging, and like any parasite, it is slowly killing off its host. Unfortunately, the “host” happens […]
by Ellen Brown Writer, Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com April 9, 2013 “[W]ith Cyprus . . . the game itself changed. By raiding the depositors’ accounts, a major central bank has gone where they would not previously have dared. The Rubicon has been crossed.” —Eric Sprott, Shree Kargutkar, “Caveat Depositor” The crossing of the Rubicon into the […]
Dandelion Salad by Chris Williams SocialistWorker.org April 2, 2013 Chris Williams, author of Ecology and Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis, explains the critical connection between imperialism and ecological destruction. AT THE turn of the 19th century, industrialist and weapons manufacturer par excellence Alfred Nobel, the guilt-ridden inventor of dynamite, established the Peace Prize that […]
Dandelion Salad by Shiney Varghese Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy January 18, 2013 Writing in National Geographic in December 2012 about “small-scale irrigation techniques with simple buckets, affordable pumps, drip lines, and other equipment” that “are enabling farm families to weather dry seasons, raise yields, diversify their crops, and lift themselves out of poverty” water expert Sandra […]
by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com February 5, 2013 The following is Part 3 of my three-part exclusive series for Occupy.com. Part 1: Welcome to the Network of Global Corporate Control Part 2: The “Real” Recovery: Welcome to the Network of Global Corporate Control Corporate profits are good, right? Low taxes on […]
by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad andrewgavinmarshall February 1, 2013 The following is the second of a three-part series exclusive for Occupy.com. Part 1: Meet the Global Corporate Supra-Government How have your personal finances been since the global economic crisis began in 2008? Are you in debt? Unemployed? Struggling? Are you below the […]
by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com January 30, 2013 The following is the first of a three-part series exclusive for Occupy.com. Part 1: Meet the Global Corporate “Supra-Government” We live in a corporate culture, where most of us have worked or currently work for corporations, we spend our money at corporate venues, […]
by Shepherd Bliss Guest Writer Dandelion Salad Jan. 24, 2013 The Case of Sonoma State University The new Center for Ethics, Law, and Society at Sonoma State University in Northern California has caused quite a stir among our academic community during the first week of classes, as well as from those outside SSU. Its funding […]
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