Military Industrial Complex

Friday, October 4, 2013

Government Shutdown as Protest

Does the government shutdown, as a form of protest, resemble Occupy Wall Street? The current state of government dominated by business has caused protest on both ends of the political spectrum in the U.S. – and cries out for public recognition that something is very, very wrong.   In chapter… October 4, 2013 | Corporate Power , Occupy Wall Street , Government Capture , Military Industrial Complex , Wall Street

Monday, June 3, 2013

Privatization: Letting Foxes in the Henhouse

Recently I read Rachel Maddow’s book, Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power (2012). I’m a bit late to this party, perhaps, but the book brought some issues into sharp focus for me. In particular, this issue of privatizing services – in the case of Maddow’s book it’s military… June 3, 2013 | Capture , Military Industrial Complex , capitalism