Huge, enthusiastic, crowds swarmed through downtown Oakland with half a
dozen major marches on banks and corporations that shut down Wells
Fargo, Chase, Citibank, Bank of America and many others. Police stayed
clear of the strikers who ranged freely, from Broadway to Grand Avenue
and around the Lake. By late afternoon the crowds had swelled to over
10,000.
//www.occupyoakland.org/2011/11/downtown-bank...
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Live Updates from the Oakland General Strike//www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/3449
"There are decades when nothing happens; and there are weeks when decades happen"
Recently by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol | Comments | Date |
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عباس آقا، کارگر ایران ناسیونال | 17 | Nov 05, 2011 |
The Ultimate Triumph of Situationism? | 39 | Oct 14, 2011 |
غوغای ستارگان | 13 | Sep 26, 2011 |
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
Democracy Now, Thursday, November 3, 2011
by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol on Thu Nov 03, 2011 06:03 PM PDTIncludes updates on Oakland, Greece and an interview with William D Cohan,...
//www.democracynow.org/
Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World
by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol on Thu Nov 03, 2011 05:19 PM PDT//www.youtube.com/watch?v=44B799Kl08M
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Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World, By William D Cohan"If it has one abiding habit, Goldmans has always tried to be on both
sides of a deal. At an early stage in its history, it perfected the
"block trade", wherein it would advise a company on issuing shares or
bonds, but would also ensure it advised the pension funds who bought
those shares. Playing both sides went wrong when it was marketing
"toxic" assets to clients while at the same time "shorting" or selling
those securities – backed by mortgages that it knew were rapidly going
bad in the US.
When this huge bet that the American property market would crash came
good, it made Goldmans billions – but busted its biggest clients, such
as AIG, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. It busted the global financial
system so badly that Goldman itself had to be rescued, partly by Buffet
and partly by the US taxpayer. When the firm's current boss, Lloyd
Blankfein, denied that they ever needed state aid, President Obama
privately exploded that "these guys want to be paid like rock stars when
all they're doing is lip-synching capitalism".
So they are, but you'd never know that these cool cats can't sing."
//www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/bo...
Occupy Oakland general strike – as it happened
by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol on Thu Nov 03, 2011 04:59 PM PDT//www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/02/occupl...
It is time for the American Spring...
by Bavafa on Thu Nov 03, 2011 03:50 PM PDTAnd I wish them the best.
'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory
Mehrdad
Time to kick bankesters A$$!
by Disenchanted on Thu Nov 03, 2011 03:40 PM PDTLast night people in Seattle chased Jamie Dimon, The CHASE CEO while he was giving a speech in Hilton hotel:
Bankesters exploitation of America has to come to an end. Time is NOW! Join the revolution....