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Figures reveal top British bankers' salaries soared by more than a THIRD in 2012

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Britain's banks show they have learned nothing as figures reveal top bankers' salaries soared by more than a THIRD in 2012

Mail Online - 11/29/13, Matt West

Bonus culture: There have been numerous protests against the amount bankers are paid in bonuses in the past but the EBA data suggests they have achieved nothing

Bonus culture: There have been numerous protests against the amount bankers are paid in bonuses in the past but the EBA data suggests they have achieved nothing
 

Pope Francis: Capitalism is “a new tyranny”

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Salon - 11/26/13, Katie Mcdonough

 

Pope Francis: Capitalism is
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Pope Francis on Tuesday called capitalism “a new tyranny” and very explicitly called on global leaders to act on poverty and growing inequality.
 


Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a “disposable” culture which is now spreading. It is no longer simply about exploitation and oppression, but something new. Exclusion ultimately has to do with what it means to be a part of the society in which we live; those excluded are no longer society’s underside or its fringes or its disenfranchised – they are no longer even a part of it. The excluded are not the “exploited” but the outcast, the “leftovers”.

 

Bankocracy: from the Venetian Republic to Mario Draghi and Goldman Sachs

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Source: Global Research - 11/26/13, Eric Toussaint

 

The Goldman Sachs Indictment

From the 12th century to the beginning of the 14th, the Knights Templar, present in much of Europe, had become the bankers for the powerful and had taken part in the financing of several crusades. At the beginning of the 14th century, they were the main creditors of the King of France, Philip the Fair.

Faced with a debt burden that was straining his resources, Philip the Fair eliminated both his creditors and his debt by demonising the Knights Templar, accusing them of many crimes |1|. Their Order was outlawed, the leaders executed and its assets seized. Its army (fifteen thousand men, including one thousand five hundred knights), its patrimony and its credits to rulers failed to protect it from the power of a State set on eliminating its main creditor.

Anti-government protesters break into Thai army compound

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Reuters - 11/29/13, By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Pracha Hariraksapitak
 

Anti-government protesters sit on the road outside the national police headquarters where they protest in Bangkok November 28, 2013. REUTERS-Damir Sagolj

Anti-government protesters sit on the road outside the national police headquarters where they protest in Bangkok November 28, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

 

Anti-government protesters briefly forced their way into the compound of Thailand's army headquarters on Friday in a dramatic escalation of city-wide demonstrations seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

"Don't wait for anyone. Every heart that loves this country must stand up together and execute our mission as one," Suthep told a crowd of 7,000 massed outside a state office complex.

More: Reuters

 

Ad Nauseam

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Aeon Magazine - 11/21/13, Adam Corner

The more we hate it, the more it agrees with us. How advertising turned anti-consumerism into a secret weapon
 

A still from Chipotle's 'Cultivate a better world' campaign.

A still from Chipotle's 'Cultivate a better world' campaign.
 

Silvio Berlusconi expelled from parliament over tax fraud conviction

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After 20 years at the top of Italian politics Silvio Berlusconi is expelled from parliament over his tax fraud conviction and calls it ‘a day of mourning for democracy’

Mail Online - Tara Brady, 11/27/13

Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a speech in downtown Rome today ahead of the meeting which expelled him from the Italian Senate

Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a speech in downtown Rome today ahead of the meeting which expelled him from the Italian Senate
 

  • The move halts the 77-year-old's legislative run for at least six years
     
  • He declared today a 'day of mourning for democracy' before crowds
     
  • Even though the disgraced politician won't hold seat he is expected to remain influential in Italian politics

 

The real story about Canada’s role in Haiti

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Source: YvesEngler.com - 11/27/13, Yves Engler
 

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Step one for everyone trying to make the world a better place should be listening to those they wish to help.

This is certainly true in the case of Haiti, a long-time target of Canadian ‘aid’. But, while Haitians continue to criticize Ottawa’s role in their country, few Canadians bother to pay attention.

After Uruguay announced it was withdrawing its 950 troops from the United Nations Mission to Stabilize Haiti last month, Moise Jean-Charles, took aim at the countries he considers most responsible for undermining Haitian sovereignty. The popular senator from Haiti’s north recently told Haiti Liberté:

Former Prime Minister Blair Planned To Invade Zimbabwe

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How Blair 'plotted to topple Mugabe by invading Zimbabwe'

Mail Online - 11/27/13, Tamara Cohen

 

Diplomacy: The pair in 2001, around the time Mr Mbeki said he was pushed to invade Zimbabwe

Diplomacy: The pair in 2001, around the time Mr Mbeki said he was pushed to invade Zimbabwe

 

Tony Blair planned to invade Zimbabwe with South African support and oust Robert Mugabe after the country descended into chaos, it was claimed yesterday.

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki said Mr Blair asked for his help in 2000.

More: DailyMail.co.uk

 

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