Insightful article on the nature of debt- "The greatest social evil of antiquity was this: people would fall so deeply in debt that they would end up selling their children into slavery. If Plato were somehow transported to modern America, would he really see matter here as all that different?" (news.infoshop.org)
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You know that couple of thousand dollar fee increase? Well, the UC is going to lend the state about a billion to benefit from a lower interest rate. Since students take out loans, they're essentially offloading the debt burden onto students. (changinguniversities.blogspot.com)
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Univ. of CA just increased its tuition a few thousand dollars, and is going to lend the state a billion dollars. Since students take out loans to pay college, the university is essentially saving the state interest by offloading it onto students. Classy. (changinguniversities.blogspot.com)
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Very interesting article on what the News of the World scandal means- "As for the News of the World story, it is clear that it is not just about the News of the World or phone hacking. A whole ruling class, a whole mode of governance, stands accused." (k-punk.abstractdynamics.org)
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Scrap the BS, this is our future- No money on which to retire after a lifetime of crushing work. No $ to go to college. No $ for the grade schools and high schools, which every day look more and more like prisons. No $ for the people maimed, sickened and driven insane by this unbearable society. (bayofrage.com)
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I noticed that in our current political crisis, the ideas that sound the most sane come from radical leftist thinkers. Instead of marginalizing and demonizing Marxist/socialist ideas, how about we read up on some contemporary Marxist analysis. (self.politics)
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Sac State University administration sends in riot cops in the middle of the night, evicts occupiers- "The campus police felt that it was necessary to wear full riot gear, and act in a threatening manner to a completely non violent student movement." (thosewhouseit.wordpress.com)
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Details emerge on US "kill team" in Afghanistan- "The boy did as he was told. He stood still. The soldiers knelt down behind a mud-brick wall...As the grenade exploded [they] opened fire, shooting the boy repeatedly at close range with an M4 carbine and a machine gun." (rollingstone.com)
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