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In 2009, the University of the West of England published the results of a ten-year study of the BBC’s coverage of Venezuela. Of 304 broadcast reports, only three mentioned any of the positive policies introduced by the government of Hugo ...more
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Huey Long
“Machines are created making it possible to manufacture more in an hour than used to be manufactured in a month; more is produced by the labor of one man than was formerly produced by the labor of a thousand men; fertilizers are available whereby an acre of land can be made to produce from two to three or even four times what it formerly produced; various other inventions and scientific achievements which God has seen fit to disclose to man from time to time make their appearance; but instead of bringing prosperity, ease and comfort, they have meant unemployment; they have meant idleness; they have meant starvation; they have meant pestilence; whereas they should have meant that hours of labor were shortened, that toil was decreased, that more people would be able to consume, that they would have time for pleasure, time for recreation—in fact, everything that could have been done by science and invention and wealth and progress in this country should have been shared among the people. . .”
Huey Long, Every Man a King: The Autobiography of Huey P. Long

Leo Tolstoy
“Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.”
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

Adam Smith
“Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.”
Adam Smith

Michael Hudson
“A false alarm is sounded that government budget deficits will increase consumer prices — with no discussion of how private-sector credit deflates economies. The problem is that credit is debt — and paying debt service to bankers and bondholders (and various grades of loan sharks) leaves less income available to spend on goods and services. So debt deflation is today’s major problem, not inflation.”
Michael Hudson, The Bubble and Beyond

Leo Tolstoy
“How could you not see that I'm a woman? Yes, a woman, who might belong to anyone - yes, even to you,”
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, V1/2

1132602 Marx's Capital Volumes I, II, III (Study Group - 2020 and beyond) — 356 members — last activity Jan 06, 2026 05:51AM
We see symptoms of crises all around us, from the immediate "public health" pandemic of COVID19 to repeated "financial" crises to escalating "environm ...more
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