The symbolism is obvious as St Francis was something of a medieval socialist. Interesting choice…
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Will Francis v1.0 follow St Francis D’Assisi in fighting for the poor?
Posted: 2013/03/13 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: Francis, history, medieval, Pope, socialist, vatican
2 of my favorite people having a conversation
Posted: 2013/03/07 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: Alex Jones, colonialism, conspiracy, hip-hop, immortal technique, Infowars.com, propaganda, radical, righteous rage, socialism
One is a hard-core revolutionary hip-hop artist and the other a conspiracy “nut” right?
NO! listen to this and tell me it’s not way more sophisticated and scholarly than anything you you get on mainstream media.
Adam Smith would be a socialist today?!?
Posted: 2013/03/07 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: Adam Smith, Aggregate Demand, austerity, fraud, justice, radical, socialist, unions
Our merchants and master-manufacturers complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price, and thereby lessening the sale of their goods both at home and abroad. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits. They are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains. They complain only of those of other people.
The Wealth of Nations (1776, Chapter IX, p. 117)
WOW! The struggle over the internet may not be lost after all…
Posted: 2013/03/06 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: democracy, freedom, internet, internet freedom, radical
now just combine Tor networking (https://www.torproject.org/) over this and we just may have a chance
https://commotionwireless.net/
Lots of arguments going on about the legacy of Hugo Chavez.
Posted: 2013/03/06 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: Bolivarian revolution, colonialism, denial, Hugo Chavez, justice, propaganda, radical, socialism, Venezuela
Here’s a good documentary on Chavez in the broader context of Latin America’s 500+ years genocide, slavery, exploitation, and poverty. There are many other sources on this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6vBlV5TUI64
