Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. Cree Nation Tribal Prophecy

  • “Senior managers at Barclays have warned staff in an internal memo that the Libor scandal will envelop other banks. The memo circulated on Friday said that revelations about its rivals would ‘put in perspective’ Barclays’ culpability.”
  • “Bread and roses. It was the battle cry of the thousands of striking women and their supporters who marched through the streets of Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912, in the heart of the textile industry. Although it’s been 100 years since they marched, their militancy and bravery remain among the brightest highlights in the long history of the American labor movement.”
  • “Playfully infusing a familiar Occupy Wall Street chant with the mindless noshing of zombies, last month around 100 costumed protestors undertook a small but significant “Night of the Living Debt” march around the New York University campus and Washington Square Park.”
  • “The International Committee of the Red Cross says Syria is now in a state of civil war, a definition it suggests could change the rules of engagement in the violence-ravaged country and help lay the ground for war crimes prosecutions.”
  • “In the surge of Tel Aviv’s social protests demonstration last night, a man read out a letter outlining his discontents, doused himself with fuel and set himself alight.”
  • “A new study found that ‘abuse resistant’ oxycontin is forcing users to switch to heroin. Oxycontin was redesigned in 2010 after its users found that they could crush the pill into powder and snort it for a faster, more powerful effect.”

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The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off.