Tag: power
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Exxon Lobbyist Caught On Video Talking Freely On How They Work Washington
Video clips released by the Greenpeace investigation project Unearthed show Keith McCoy, the oil giant’s senior director for federal relations, talking frankly about Exxon Mobil’s lobbying strategies. KEITH McCOY: Did we join some of these shadow groups to work against some of the early efforts? Yes, that’s true. But there’s nothing — there’s nothing illegal…
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The Iron Law of Oligarchy by Robert Michels
It’s time for some RealPolitik! Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by the sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy. This work analyses the power structures of organizations such as political parties and trade unions. Michels’s main…
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The Christian Communist Manifesto
Hi, In the past, I’ve argued in that Karl Marx unfairly gets a bad reputation for simply writing down what most people already knew. Marx’s ideas on wage slavery, capital, exploitation, and private property were nothing new and are, in fact, centuries old. It’s time to read the writings of the True Levellers (a.k.a. Diggers)…
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Alfred Mahan on National Self-Interests
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Admiral, naval strategist, and historian who’s books, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890) and The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812 (1892), made him world-famous and perhaps the most influential American author of the nineteenth century. In 1893, during the…
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Kennedy: “I’m Not That Interested in Space”
In 1957, The USSR launched Sputnik to orbit the Earth. Two years later, in 1959, the USSR orbited the moon with Luna 3. By April of 1961, the USSR put the first man in space: Yuri Gagarin. The U.S. needed to respond. In spring 1961, President John F. Kennedy approved a mission to land a…
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Dewey on the “Shadow Cast on Society by Big Business”
I was skimming my archive and came across this wonderful essay from Dewey. John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, democratic socialist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. A well-known public intellectual, he was also a major voice of progressive education and liberalism. John Dewey: The Later Works,…
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Confirmed: The U.S. Wants Venezuela’s Oil
Let’s get right to it. The U.S. has never been interested in democracy or the freedom of other nations. History proves it so. I recently published the U.S. embassy cables outlining their 5-point strategy in Venezuela: 1) Strengthening Democratic Institutions2) Penetrating Chavez’ Political Base3) Dividing Chavismo4) Protecting Vital US business5) Isolating Chavez internationally Here’s the…
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NSC-68: Birth of the Military Industrial Complex
National Security Council Paper NSC-68 (entitled “United States Objectives and Programs for National Security” and frequently referred to as NSC-68) was a Top-Secret report completed by the U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense and presented to President Truman on April 7, 1950. The memorandum, declassified until 1975, is among the most influential documents composed…