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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Celebrate September 13-15, 2013 [View all]DemReadingDU
(16,000 posts)10. Nice job!
and free golf, What a deal!
Ok, so we former student radicals are still around, but where are current student radicals? Can't more of them organize protests using those smartphones and meet-up somewhere with signs?
here's one...
9/13/13 University of Michigan IYSSE opposes war on Syria
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan (UM) Ann Arbor held a demonstration Thursday afternoon. Students on campus and between classes took leaflets and carried picket signs denouncing war against Syria, as speakers from the IYSSE and the Socialist Equality Party called on them to turn to the working class to build a movement against war.
more...
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/09/13/iyss-s13.html
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IMF WARNS: China Is Taking Ever Greater Risks And Putting The Financial System In Danger
xchrom
Sep 2013
#11
1. The Economist does not like 'leftists' (editorial line supports 'free markets'
Ghost Dog
Sep 2013
#41
+ The Economist dates back to the beginning of big banking. Here's Bagehot (1873):
Ghost Dog
Sep 2013
#44
James Gabraith, Neil Barofsky, and John Coffee Discuss Lessons from Lehman Meltdown
antigop
Sep 2013
#45
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Demeter
Sep 2013
#51