Tag Archives: Occupy Wall Street

Advertising’s High Cost to Society! Read This Now! You’ll Like It!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

 by Arlen Grossman “Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.”                     … Continue reading →

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Random Observations At the Beginning of a New Year

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Obama and Panetta’s big news of defense department cuts doesn’t impress me a bit. It’s easy to cut troop numbers when pilotless drones are the new weapon of choice. Just move the joy stick and press some buttons and you kill … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Tells Michael Moore: Go Away

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Michael Moore is not welcome in the NY Stock Exchange:

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Comparison: Tea Party vs. OWS

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Not exactly impartial, but basically accurate……

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Anonymous Declares War on Fox News

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Anonymous on YouTube

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Amerikan Concentration Camp State?

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Over-the-top rhetoric or realistic scenario? Excerpts from  “The End of History” by Paul Craig Roberts in OpEdNews, 10/21/2011: “Except for Washington’s favored mega-rich, the one percent that has captured all of the income gains of recent years, the rest of … Continue reading →

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The Leaderless, Demandless OWS Movement

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Occupy Wall Street: The Beginning Is Here                                  by Jonathan Schell | The Nation/ October 19, 2011 Nothing is more striking about the Occupy Wall Street movement, which in a political instant has swept through not only the United States … Continue reading →

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Monopoly Capitalism, RIP?

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

The Occupy Wall Street Movement and the Coming Demise of Crony Capitalism Tuesday 11 October 2011 by Ravi Batra in Truthout         In 1978, to the laughter of many and the derision of a few, I wrote a … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: “They’ll Kill Everybody!”

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“Capitalists, if you think that you can play footsies with these people, you’re wrong. They will come for you and drag you into the streets and kill you…they’re Marxist radicals…these guys are worse than Robespierre from the French Revolution…they’ll kill … Continue reading →

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How Occupy Wall Street Began

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

A good comprehensive summary of the beginnings of the Occupy Wall Street Movement…. From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everywhere Nathan Schneider | October 11, 2011/ The Nation It all started with an e-mail. On July 13 Adbusters magazine sent out a … Continue reading →

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