Punkonomics (@DearBalak)

After a long time off the air with only blogging and social net to vent our outrage and banter, we’ve finally launched ourselves on YouTube!

… yeah, we know, we’re considering calling these long segments: 2 Fat Old Guys and a Dog lol

We did what we used to do on the radio/podcasts and chewed on some current ugly fat for over an hour (no station manager to shut us up).

AUDIO (right click Punkonomics2014-2-23 and “save as” to download):

Topic: The Post-Occupy/Post-Arab Spring Co-opting of Media and Social Media for the Ends of Destroying Democracy and Promoting the Interests of the Upper Class/1%

This is based on a recent blog post: We are STILL being PLAYED! Venezuela and Ukraine in context

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Collection of links:

• Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) on News from Venezuela

• Greg Wilpert (venezuelanalysis.com) on The Real News about the economic problems in Venezuela: Parts 1 & 2 on Punkonomics.org

• #LaSalida? Venezuela at a Crossroads: The protests this week have far more to do with returning economic and political elites to power than with their downfall. by George Ciccariello-Maher (The Nation, February 22, 2014)

• U.S. Policy Toward Venezuela: Seeing The Larger Picture (Venzuelanalysis.com)

• Venezuela: it’s the opposition that’s anti-democratic By Jerome Roos (Roarmag.org, Feb 21, 2014)

• Democracy Now February 21:

  • Ukraine: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence

  • Venezuela: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/venezuelan_protests_another_attempt_by_us

• Excellent analysis of media coverage: http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/10381

• The opposition is responsible for most of the violence: https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/55915

• Punkonomics interview with George Ciccariello-Maher from July 2013 (shortly after the presidential elections)
  (author of We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution, 2013, Duke University Press, Amazon kindle)