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Money As Debt - Educational video - May 07
This short film by Paul Grignon illustrates the debt-based nature of our current money system, and how the ability of banks to manufacture credit allows them to fleece the people. What is more, there is nothing "federal" about the Federal Reserve — it is a private banking institution run for profit. — VIDEO |
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Top 50 companies recorded $433 billion profits in 2006
Many corporations now have more financial clout than entire countries, allowing the corporate sector to seriously compromise global democracy and social justice. And how does this happen? Our politicians sell us out every step of the way, feathering their own nest by courting the corporate sector at every opportunity, kissing the steel hand that strangles the life from communities and the ecosystem and from every community. The freedom that wealth affords the rich is paid for by the slavery of the working classes and future generations. The question is: How much social and ecological devastation is it going to take before we wake up to the fact that our politicians don't have our best interests at heart? For until we come to this uncomfortable realization, we are just a silent accomplice to the enslavement of the human species and the rape of the Earth. How do we stop this madness? Stop waiting for permission to live in a better world — join alternative trading and social systems that bypass Big Daddy altogether. It is time to grow up and leave home! |
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If you are American, should you be paying income tax?
Accord to many experts, income tax for average Americans is unconstitutional. If you would like to see a good presentation of the issue, take a look at The 861 Evidence. |
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Time To Switch to
New Money
In this modern
world of corporate rule, in which the interests
of the people is no longer the primary concern
of governments, it is time for us to by-pass
their control by using new money systems. Of
all the ways to protest, of all the ways to stop
ecological destruction, and of all the ways to
bring peace, prosperity and happiness to the
majority, whatever their nationality and their
creed, adopting new money systems if the MOST
effective. Please read The Money Game and start
using alternative money. There are plenty of
people doing this right now with fantastic results.
There are even websites that will help us setup
these systems yourself and that give us the software
to run them. By switching to alternative money,
we will transform our communities and our nations
by no longer contributing our wealth to governments
who only use it for staring wars, destroying
the environment, subsidizing big business and
lining their own pockets. Its time to stop playing The
Money Game. |
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How
Free is 'Free Trade'? A Case Study
Ghali Hassan—01/2005 |
| The Australian government
plays with fire as it enters into a 'free trade'
agreement with the US that will undoubtedly damage
its economy, undermine its healthcare system, and
even jeopardize its sovereignty. [more >>] |
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Techniques
of Persuasion in MLM
Andrew Paterson—03/2004 |
| Network or Multi-Level Marketing
is a popular form of business, especially in the
US. Although most of those involved with MLM are
good people, behind the scenes, like any sales business,
there are strong manipulation techniques used. [more >>] |
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The
Money Game
Andrew Paterson—01/2003 |
| Few understand the money game because
generally we so focused within its constraints and
on our own financial affairs that we do not see it
for what it is — a game played by the elite to
own and control the world. [more >>] |
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News: The
Mechanics of Empire Building - 02 Jan 05
Democracy Now! has just released a mind-blowing interview with
John Perkins, a former American international
banker, covering the release of his new book, Confessions
of an Economic Hit Man. Perkins tells the
story of how he was groomed by the international
banking community, to hard-sell Third World countries
large development loans which they would invariably
default on, handing over their resources and
economies to the United States in repayment schemes.
To ensure that these countries would fall for
the bait, Perkins would show these governments
wildly optimistic repayment forecasts, making
the loan far more attractive than it actually
was, and they would also bribe governments into
signing up. This cheated developing countries
out of trillions of dollars and built the US
the most powerful empire in history: with less
than 5% of the world population, the US now commandeers
26% of global resources, and has enslaved many
Third World economies and peoples. Only two leaders,
in the interests of their people, resisted the
temptation of these loans — Jaime Roldós,
president of Ecuador, and Omar Torrijos, president
of Panama. Both were killed in plane crashes
set up by the CIA, and it is to these two men
of principle that Perkins dedicates his book. |
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| The regulatory
system has been on overdrive for many years.
Only it has adopted a dual purpose whereby
the operations of big business have been
globally deregulated and the operations of
small businesses have been regulated to the
point at which many cannot hope to to survive.
If you're a large GM firm, the world is your
laboratory, its inhabitants your guinea pigs.
But a small firm selling vitamin supplements
is subjected to a regulatory system that
demands absolute adherence to the precautionary
principle. It's been said many times that
you could render the biosphere non-viable
without breaking a single law, but woe-betide
you if you want to sell unpasteurised cider. |
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| Corporate
Watch — UK-based organisation exposing
corporate activity and disinformation around
the world |
| CorpWatch — US-based
organisation similar to the one above that holds
corporations accountable |
| Jubilee
Research — supports economic justice
campaigns around the world |
| Alternative
Money Systems — good introduction
to alternative money systems |
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