Bolivia- Separatist Referendum May 4th

With the possibility of civil war in the offing, the oligarchs will go ahead with their referendum, no doubt, backed by all the usual suspects. The Bolivian experiment hangs in the balance.

Follow this situation in Bolivia Rising.

Bolivia Rising: The oligarchy rejects any type of negotiation

One Canada or 10 Canadas?

Op-ed by Sinclair Stevens, former cabinet minister in the Molroney government, on the Harper agenda. While the Liberals were merrily dancing to the tune of the neo-liberal agenda of big business hand-outs, while painting themselves as the friend of the little guy, they don't hold a candle to Harper and the things he has in mind if he ever gets the majority he's looking for. Lets move ahead and take apart the remaining remnants of the welfare state fought for since the 40's and proceed to the final sell-off of what's left.

You might also read a recent blog post by James Laxer  here

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The Bolovar Experiment

2004 documentary on impact of financial neo-liberalism on Latin America and other parts of the world. an aside: i hear that the top 1% of Haitians owns over 50% of it's wealth, while in the U.S. it's only 40%. Whats that- 10% between the 1st world and the third?

It's a full length documentary. You might prefer to download it to watch later if interested.