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(9 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 15, 2007 John Perkins: New Confessions and Revelations from the World of Economic Hit Men
A quarter-century ago, I saw myself as a hit man for the interests of U.S. capitalism in the struggle for control of the developing world during the cold war. Today, the EHM game is more complex, its corruption more pervasive, and its operations more fundamental to the world economy and politics. There are many more types of economic hit men, and the roles they play are far more diverse.
(16 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 31, 2017 How To Be A Democracy Under Trump
In the days since that inauguration, I, like so many, have felt the horror of the emerging Trump policies.
SHARE Friday, March 16, 2012 Corporate Malfeasance -- And Why It Corrupts
The term malfeasance is synonymous with misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing and wrongdoing. Corporations and legislators who continue on the path of malfeasance must be brought to justice.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Aggression Begets Aggression
In our present state and based on the world's past history we know that aggression only begets more aggression. War creates more war. Terrorists do not dream as children of becoming terrorists.
SHARE Wednesday, January 8, 2014 2014: Revolutionizing Consciousness
We are entering a new year and continuing along the path of a Consciousness Revolution, an event that has been anticipated for centuries by indigenous cultures. This is an ideal time for us to ask ourselves what it means to be human on this tiny space station, Earth, at this moment in history, to recognize that we must take the individual and collective actions necessary to turn crises into opportunities...
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, June 22, 2012 Rio+20 and You
A report recently released by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon states: "the international community should measure development beyond GDP and develop a new sustainable development index or set of indicators."
That, in my opinion, is the key to human survival on this planet -- at least as we know it.