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Derp's art, derples: Days 1-7 of twitch tv plays pokemon,... Syndicalism. Syndicalism is a type of proposed economic system, a form of socialism, considered a replacement for capitalism. It suggests that industries be organised into confederations or syndicates. It is "a system of economic organization in which industries are owned and managed by the workers. "[1] Syndicalism is also used to refer to the tactic of bringing about this social arrangement, typically expounded by anarcho-syndicalism and De Leonism. It aims to achieve a general strike, a workers' outward refusal of their current modes of production, followed by organisation into federations of trade unions, such as the CNT.[2] Throughout its history, the reformist section of syndicalism has been overshadowed by its revolutionary section, typified by the Federación Anarquista Ibérica section of the CNT.[3] Theory[edit] Basic outline of syndicalism as an economic system.

Syndicalism and anarcho-syndicalism[edit] Related theories include anarchism, socialism, Marxism, Leninism, and communism. History[edit] ‪Dennis Kucinich "War Takes Money From The American People & Gives It To War Profiteers!"‬‏ IPUEI.

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Statism. Ron paul. From Bush to Obama, the snooping goes on | Dan Kennedy. Remember section 215? It was a notorious provision of the USA Patriot Act, renewed on Thursday, that allowed the government to snoop on what library books you'd borrowed, what videos you'd rented, your medical records – anything, really, if investigators thought it might have something to do with terrorism, no matter how tangential. I wrote about it for the Boston Phoenix in 2003, as an example of the then budding excesses of the Bush-Cheney years. Well, section 215 is back – not that it ever went away. Charlie Savage reports in Friday's New York Times that two Democratic senators, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Udall of Colorado, have accused the Obama administration of using Section 215 for purposes not intended by Congress. The senators know what the White House is up to because they were privy to secret testimony. Julian Sanchez of the Cato Institute recently described section 215 in an interview with Salon, so: FISA, you may recall, is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Robin Koerner: If You Love Peace, Become a "Blue Republican" (Just for a Year) The world lost its goodwill toward the USA when Americans voted for George W. Bush the second time around. I don't endorse the idea that American politics should be dictated by foreign opinions but a reading of the foreign press over the last six years reveals that the first election of President Bush Jr. was largely excused around the world since no one could have known what this new president was going to do. Moreover, America arguably didn't vote for him anyway in 2000. However, the second election President Bush was not excused, because by 2004, the modus operandi of the Bush administration was clear. The more-or-less global delight upon Obama's election in 2008 followed largely from the hope that Americans had realized what a mistake they had made with Bush's second term and were therefore voting against the egregious actions of the then Republican establishment.

After two years, however, we now see that Obama 1) conducts wars against countries that do not threaten us (e.g. As Dr. Civil liberties under Obama - Glenn Greenwald.