Private Equity’s Profit Charade
Private equity's seemingly high returns have been attributed to "freedom" from regulation. But, however explained, there is the question of how real the private equity profits have actually been.
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The John Pike Meme; Rick Wolff Video; EU
(1) The Lt. John Pike (UC Davis pepper-spraying cop) meme: See more pictures of UC Davis Lt. John Pike casually
UC Davis Brutality; Greenway Letter; etc.
(1) Police Brutality at UC Davis Watch the video for yourself. Watch to the end--there's a happy ending!
NYC March Tomorrow; Mass. 3-Strikes Vote TODAY
(1) Day of Action Tomorrow: If you are in or near New York City, try to make it to tomorrow&
"Stop Beating Students!"; "Not Nonviolence"
In case you haven't been following what's been going on at UC Berkeley, where students have
Troika to PIIGS: Shut Up and Take Your Medicine
Troika to PIIGS: Shut Up and Take Your Medicine Economists to Shepherd Greece and Italy Mike Epitropoulos | November 11, 2011
The Weather; General Strike; Goldman Sachs
(1) The Weather and #OWS: The image above is from a German Socialist Students Union poster from 1968 (it was
The 99%, the 1%, and Class Struggle
Between 1979 and 2007, the income share of the top 1% of U.S. households (by income rank) more than
America Beyond Capitalism
How thousands of co-ops, worker-owned businesses, land trusts, and municipal enterprises are quietly beginning to democratize the deep substructure of the American economic system.
Not Kidding
A review of Kids First: Five Big Ideas for Transforming Children’s Lives and America’s Future, by David Kirp (New York: Public Affairs, 2011).
#OccupyOakland Raid, Bill Black, and more
I've got a backlog of stuff to post--it will be mostly links, and in no particular order. Here
Freedom Plaza and BoA Action in DC
A quick report from DC: On Thursday around lunch time I visited the other #OccupyDC encampment, at Freedom Plaza. It
Quick Update from DC; America Beyond Capitalism
(1) Quick Visit to #OccupyDC: I stopped by one of the two #OccupyDC encampments last night. The Mcpherson Square encampment