neo-liberalism

Slipping into Coma: Art and Cultural Heritage Held Hostage by the 1%

Submitted by Cosmic on Thu, 06/02/2016 - 8:10am

A friend sent me this article from the New York Times yesterday, One of the World’s Greatest Art Collections Hides Behind This Fence: The superrich have stashed millions of works in tax-free storage. So what does that mean for the art? It inspired me to come out of hiatus and write something for a blog.

Open Thread - Wed. May 25, 2016 - Neo-Liberalism = The Legacyof Bill Clinton

Submitted by gulfgal98 on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 5:00am

Good Morning 99%'ers! Today marks the sixth edition in my series on neo-liberalism. To be honest, I never thought this series of essays would go on this long, but it seems to be a never ending wealth of information out there on the black hole ideology that is neo-liberalism.

Hillary Clinton Will Never Be A “True Liberal”

Submitted by praenomen on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 8:30pm

It was all a lie – one of the biggest and most elaborate falsehoods ever sold to the American people. .

We thought we were just letting a friend crash at the house for a few days; we ended up with a family of hillbillies who moved in forever, sleeping nine to a bed and building a meth lab on the front lawn - Matt Taibi

***

The Duplicitous Roles of the OFA and the Daily Kos

Submitted by praenomen on Sun, 05/03/2015 - 6:51am

When Markos Moulitsas informed members of the Daily Kos that Hillary Clinton’s candidacy was “inevitable” the response from Democratic supporters was predictable. Traditional progressives -- understanding that anointed candidates are the antithesis of Democracy -- slammed their collective feet on the brakes. The last thing they wanted was another untrustworthy neo-liberal politician leading the Democratic Party.

As one Democratic Underground member noted:

Pages