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so in the old soviet union dissidents were called anti servia so in the old soviet union dissidents were called anti servia that was the worst condemnation. of the brazilian military that was the worst condemnation. of the brazilian military dictatorship they were gold in any brazilian. dictatorship they were gold in any brazilian. no it's true that interest rate in every society the critics are malign no it's true that in just about every society the critics are maligned. mistreated different ways depending on the nature of the society or mistreated different ways depending on the nature of the society like them so it unions say well would imprison. like them so it unions they will be imprisoned. in the u.s.
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dependency like el salvador at same time. in the u.s. dependency like el salvador at same time his counterparts at other brains blown out a u.s. run state terrorist counterforce a tether brains blown out by a us run state terrorist worse. than others is it just condemned their villa for the zone it's worse than others is it just condemned their villa from the zone and in the united states or one of the terms of abuse is anti american in the united states or one of the terms of abuse is anti american and there's a couple of others like you know more cases there's an array of terms of abuse and there's a couple of others like you know more cases there's an array of terms of abuse. of in the united states you have a very high degree of freedom so if you're. in the united states you have a very high degree of freedom and so. or vilified by some commas or who cares to go
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vilified by so you're a coward i'm a circular it was me who cares to go on to your work anyway at least concepts only are rising as these. cults were earlier or if you have craze in a culture where if you criticize state power and when i state i mean. we're generated says state power and when i state i mean. we're generally not just government but state corporate power if you criticize concentrated power lay not just government but state corporate power if you criticize concentrated power you're against the society you're against the b. it's quite striking there is here you're against the society you're against the b. it's quite striking that it's used in the united states in effect for another the only democratic society used in the united states in effect for another the only democratic society where the concept isn't just ridicule it's
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a the biggest growth period in. american it was in the biggest growth period in that american economic history. gold paid to get homage history. gold paint. it was pretty. it was pretty go a carrion growth so the lowest 5th of the population go a tarion growth so the lowest 5th of the population was improving about as much as the upper 5th. and there were some was improving about as much as the upper 5th. and there were some welfare state measures which improved life for much of the population welfare state measures which improved life for much of the population.
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it was for example possible for a. black worker it was for example possible for a. black worker to get a decent job in an auto plant. to get a decent job in an auto plant. get a core of children go to school and so on and the same across the board get a core of children go to school and so on and the same across the board. when the u.s. was. when the u.s. was. primarily a manufacturing center it had to be concerned with its own. primarily a manufacturing center and it had to be concerned with its own consumers here famously henry ford consumers here famously henry ford raise the salary of his workers who would be able to buy cars raise the salary of
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his workers who would be able to buy cars. when you're moving into an energy. when you're moving into an international tunnel me is the banks like to call it billet ashmole plutonic me is the max like to call it a little small percentage of the world's population that's a gathering increasing wealth a small percentage of the world's population that's a gathering increasing wealth what happens to american consumers at a much less concern. what happens to american consumers a much less a concern because most of them aren't going to be consuming your products anyway at least on a major basis. for them aren't going to be consuming your products anyway at least on a major basis. you're. goals or profit in the next quarter or even it if it's based
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on financial mature goals or profit in the next quarter or even it if it's based on financial manipulation. high salary high bonuses produced overseas if you lation. high salary high bonuses produced overseas if you have to produce for the it will see classes here and if you have to produce for the wealthy classes here and their counterparts abroad what about the rest well there's a term coming in to use for them their counterparts abroad what about the rest well there's a term coming in to use for them to as they're called the precariat. precarious to as they're called the precariat. precarious proletariat the working people of the world who live increasingly precarious proletariat the working people of the world who live increasingly precarious lives. and it's related to the attitude toward the
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countries lives. and it's related to the attitude toward the country altogether. gold together. during the period of great growth of the economy during the period of great growth of the economy fifty's and sixty's but in fact earlier taxes on the wealthy fifty's and sixty's but in fact earlier taxes on the wealthy were far higher corporate taxes were much higher taxes on dividends car hire corporate taxes were much higher taxes on dividends are much higher simply taxes on wealthier much higher the tax ends are much higher simply taxes on wealthier much higher the tax system. has been
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redesigned so that the taxes that are paid by the system has been redesigned so that the taxes that are paid by the very wealthy are reduced and cursed ponderingly the tax perry very wealthy are reduced and cursed ponderingly the tax burden on the rest of the populations increased. on the rest of the populations increased. no the shift is towards trying to keep taxes adjust up no the shift is towards trying to keep taxes just done and wages are not consumption which everyone has to
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do not say and dividends when and wages are not consumption which everyone has to do not say and dividends which i go to the ridge. which i go to the ridge. the numbers are pretty striking. the numbers are pretty striking. now there's a pretext of course there's always a pretext the pretext and now there's a pretext of course is always a pretext the pretext in this case is well that increases investment and increases jobs but there isn't any of it in this case is well that increases investment in increases jobs but there isn't any evidence for the. if you want to increase
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investment give money to the poor and the working people they have to keep and for that if you want to increase investment give money to the poor and the working people they have to keep alive so they spend their incomes and that stimulates production and stimulates investment lives so they spend their incomes that stimulates production stimulates investment that leads to job growth and job. if you lead to job growth and job. if you're an ideologist for the masters you have a different line and in fact right now it's almost observe and ideologist for the masters you have a different line and in fact right now it's almost absurd and corporations have money coming out of their pocket. and corporations have money coming out of their pocket so in fact general electric are paying 0 taxes and have enormous profits lots of so in fact general electric are paying 0 taxes and have enormous profits let them take the profits somewhere else or defer it but not pay taxes and this is
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solidarity is quite dangerous. solidarity is quite dangerous from the point of view of the masters you're only supposed to care about yourself and not about others from the point of view of the masters you're only supposed to care about yourself and not about other people this is quite different from the people they claim are there here are people this is quite different from the people they claim are their heroes like adam smith who based is whole approach to the economy on the principle that there's like adam smith who based is whole approach to the economy on the principle that sympathy is a fundamental human trait but that has to be driven out of people sympathy is a fundamental human trait but that has to be driven out of people's heads gotta be
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for yourself father while maxon don't care about a head got to be for yourself father while maxon don't care about others which is ok for the rich and powerful but davis theirs which is ok for the rich and powerful but is devastating for everyone else. going to take a whole lot in for everyone else. going to take a whole lot of effort to try to drive these basic human emotion out of effort to try to drive these basic human emotions out of people's heads. and out of people's heads. and we see it today in policy formation for example in the attack on social security a day. oh i see for major for example in the attack on social security.
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social security is based on 80. social security is based on a principle it's based on a principle of solidarity saw a principle it's based on a principle of solidarity so a very caring for others. 'd a sort of caring for others. a social security means i pay payroll taxes so that the which security means i pay payroll taxes so that the widow across town can get something to live on. for a middle across town can get something to live on. for much of the population that's what they survive. it's of no use to the very rich of the population that's what they survive. it's of no use to the very rich so therefore there's
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a concerted attempt to destroy it. so therefore there's a concerted attempt to destroy it. one of the ways is defunding it you want to destroy some system 1st the one of the ways is defunding it you want to destroy some system 1st defund it. then it will work people be angry they want something else to fund it. then it will work people be angry they want something else that's a standard technique for. private eyes exam system that's a standard technique for. private eyes exam system. we see it in the attack on public. we see it in the attack on public schools and public schools are based on the principle of solidarity schools and. public schools are based on the principle of solidarity. i no longer have children
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in school or grown up but the prison. i no longer have children in school their grown up but the principle of solidarity says i happily pay taxes so that the kid exposed solidarity says i happily pay taxes so that the kid across the street can go to school that's normal human emotion for us the street to go to school that's normal human emotion that it drives it out of people's heads i don't have kids in school why should i pay taxes that it dries it out of people's heads i don't have kids in school why should i pay taxes privatized it so on. as private as it so on. the public education system all the way from kindergarten to higher. the public education system all the way from kindergarten to higher education is under severe attack i
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mean that's one of the jewels of education is under severe attack i mean that's one of the jewels of americans say. it's a. go back to the golden age again the great chris period. you go back to the golden age again the great growth period fifty's and sixty's a lot of that is based on free public education fifty's and sixty's a lot of that is based on free public education. one of the results of the 2nd world war was the g.i. bill right. and one of the reserve. in the 2nd world war was the g.i. bill right which enabled veterans remember that's
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a large part of the population and to go to church enabled the better and remember it's a large part of the population and to go to college they would have been able to do otherwise of the century of free education where a community college they would have been able to do otherwise of the century good free education where a communities date or nation regularly invest a substantial share of it resources state or nation regularly invest a substantial share of it resources in education the investment invariably it returned and better business about in education the investment invariably it returned and better business and a higher standard of living u.s. was way in the lead in developing extensive mass public a higher standard of living u.s. was way in the lead in developing extensive mass public education at every level. but now more than half interest at every level. but now more than half the states
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most of the funding for the colleges comes from 2 issues not from the state the state most of the funding for the colleges come from to wish not from the state that's a radical change and that's a terrible burden on student. that's a radical change that's a terrible burden on student it means that students if they don't come from very wealthy families they're going it means that students if they don't come from very wealthy families they're going to leave college with big debt and if you would think that you're trapped i mean believe college with big debt and if you would think that you're trapped i mean maybe you wanted to become a public interest lawyer but you're going to go into a corporate law maybe you wanted to become a public interest lawyer but you have to go into a corporate law firm to pay off this debt and by the time you're part of the culture you know you're not going to get out of a tip. you know if there's dead by the time you're part of the culture you know you are going to get out of it and that's true cross the border. and
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higher education today centrally free mass higher education today a much richer society claims dozen of the resources for. a much richer society claims dozen of the resources for. that's just what's going on right before our eyes and it's the. that just what's going on right before our eyes and it's the general attack on the principles that i'm in now in are all attack. con. principles that and that i mean not only are they humane and they're the basis of the prosperity they are the humane they're the basis of the prosperity and health of this society. and health of this society.
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so on and you find that quite commonly it's no financial regulation and so on and you find that quite commonly it's it's either initiated by the economics it's either initiated by the economic. concentrations that are being regulated or it's supported by. concentrations that are being regulated or it's supported by them and the reason is because they know that and sooner or later they can and the reason is because they know that and sooner or later they can take over the regulators. and take over the regulators. and it ends up with what's called regulatory capture. the bit and it ends up with what's called regulatory capture. the business being regulated is in fact running the regulators. and is being regulated
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is in fact running the regulators. bank lobbyists are actually writing the laws of. ank lobbyist are actually writing the laws of financial regulation gets to that extreme. and that's been happening through his natural regulation gets to that extreme. and that's been happening through history and again it's a pretty natural tendency when you just look at the distribution of stree and again it's a pretty natural tendency when you just look at the distribution of power. back where. one of the things that
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expanded enormously in the 1970 s. is lot of one of the things that expanded enormously in the 1970 s. is lobbying as the business world moved sharply to try to control legislation being as the business world moved sharply to try to control legislation. business world was pretty upset by the advances in the. business world was pretty upset by the advances in public welfare in the sixty's and in particular by richard nixon and it's not to will intersect welfare in the sixty's and in particular by richard nixon it's not to will understand that but he was the last new deal president and they regarded that as class treachery stood but he was the last new deal president and they regarded that as class treachery. and nixon's administration to get the consumer safety legislation. and nixon's administration to get the consumer safety legislation safety and health regulations in the workplace the e.p.a.
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safety and health regulations in the workplace the e.p.a. the environmental protection agency. business didn't like it of course say the environmental protection agency. business didn't like it of course they didn't like the taxes they didn't like the regulation and they began a course they didn't like the taxes. they didn't like the regulation and they began a coordinated effort to try to overcome it. lobbying sharply increase the renewed effort to try to overcome it. lobbying sharply increase the regulation and begin with a rule ferocity. you lation began with the rule ferocity. there were no financial crashes in the fifty's in the sixty's because the greatest there were no financial crashes in the fifty's in the sixty's because the regulatory
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apparatus of the new deal was still in place. the early apparatus of the new deal was still in place. as a pm to be dismantled under business pressure and. as a pm to be dismantled under business pressure and political pressure. to get more and more crashes. political pressure. to get more and more crashes. and it goes on right through. and it goes on right through the years. 70 sort of starts begin. with the years. 70 sort starts begin. eighty's really takes off congress was asked to approve
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federal loan guarantees that the upper eighty's really takes off congress was asked to approve federal loan guarantees to the auto companies about the wan and one half 1000000000 dollars and all of this is quite safe about the wan and one half $1000000000.00 all of this is quite safe as long as you know the government's going to come to your rescue so takes a break and as long as you know the government's going to come. nearest you so take say reagan instead of letting them pay the cost break and build out the banks like continental instead of letting them pay the cost break and build out the banks like continental the biggest bailout of american history at the time that she ended his term the biggest bailout of american history at the time that she ended his term with so the huge financial crisis the savings and loan crisis and the government moved in with so the huge financial crisis the savings and loan crisis and the government moved in and build it out a kind of 300000000 or god or
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a favorite and it bailed it out a kind of 300 in a guy whose favorite animated a i think the 99 regulation course dismantled to separate the 199 regulation course dismantled to separate commercial banks from investment banks. commercial banks from investment banks. and then come see bush and obama bill embarrassed stearns is running to the feds to stay and then come see bush and obama bill embarrassed stearns is running to the feds to stay afloat president bush today defended the decision to bail out citigroup fannie mae afloat president bush today defended the decision to bail out citi group that in may and freddie macin asked for a total i mean $1000000.00 more to sale out could get and freddie macin asked for a total i mean $1000000.00 more to sail out could get much bigger than billing even
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in troubles for the u.s. economy. much bigger than billing even in troubles for the u.s. economy. and they're building up the next room. and they're building up the next term. each time. beach time the taxpayer is called on to bail out those who created the crisis on the taxpayer is called on to bail out of those who created the crisis increasingly the major
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financial institutions. in a cat increasingly the major financial institutions. in a capitalist economy you would do that in a capitalist system that would were the invented list economy you would do that in a capitalist system that would were the investors who made risky investments but the rich and powerful they don't want to capital assisters who made risky investments but the rich and powerful they don't want a capitalist system they want to be able to run to the nanny state as soon as they're in trouble they want to be able to run to the nanny state as soon as they're in trouble and get billed a taxpayer it's called the too big to fail. good build a taxpayer it's called the too big to fail. i mean there are no will or it's an economic sue significantly disagree with of course that i mean there are no will or it's an economics who significantly disagree with the course that we're following
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people it does stiglitz paul krugman others none of them were following people like just stiglitz paul krugman others none of them were even approached the people picked to fix the crisis were those who created it were even approached the people picked to fix the crisis were those who created the robert rubin crowd the goldman sachs croak they could the robert rubin crowd the goldman sachs croak they created the crisis are no more powerful than before is that accident created the crisis are no more powerful than before is that accident well not when you pick those people to create an economic plan well not when you pick those people to create an economic plan and then what do you expect to happen. and then what do you expect to happen. meanwhile for the
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poor let market principles per. meanwhile for the poor let market principles prevail don't expect any help from the government the government's the problem not the solution availed don't expect any help from the government the government's the problem not the solution and so on that's essentially neoliberalism. it's as it is dual joe and that's essentially neo liberalism and it's as it is dual character which goods were right back in economic history one set of rules for the rich character which goods were right back in economic history one set of rules for the rich opposite set of rules for the poor. opposite set of rules for the poor. and nothing surprising about this exactly the dynamics you expect nothing surprising about this exactly the dynamics you expect and if the population allows it to proceed she's going to go on and on
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like this until then if the population allows it to proceed she's going to go on and on like this until the next crash which is so much expected that credit agency x. crash which is so much expected that credit agencies which kind of evaluate this status of firms are now counting into their accounts which kind of evaluate this status of firms are now counting into their calculations the taxpayer bailout that they expect to come to kill asians the taxpayer bailout that they expect to come in after the next crash which means that the beneficiaries of these credit after the next crash which means that the beneficiaries of these credit ratings like the big banks they can borrow money more cheaply they can push out ratings like the big banks they can borrow money more cheaply they can push out smaller competitors and
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you get more and more concentration everywhere you look at policies or dissuade competitors and you get more and more concentration everywhere you look policies are done this way which should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone that's what has done this way which should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone that's what happens when you put power into the hands of a narrow sector of happens when you put power into the hands of a narrow sector of will which will is dedicated to increasing power for itself just as you'd expect will which will is dedicated to increasing power for itself just as you'd expect. be.
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concentration of wealth. concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. patil yields concentration of political power. particularly so as the cost of elections skyrockets which kind of fairly so as the cost of elections skyrockets which kind of forces the political parties into the pockets of major corporations forces the political parties into the pockets of major corporations. the citizens united is was january. the citizens united is was january
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2009 i guess that's a very important decisions pretty good 2009 i guess that's a very important decisions prim court decision but it has a history and you've got to think about the history court decision but it has a history and you've got to think about the history. of the 4th 14th amendment and has has as a provision of vision as you have said says it is so precious and your right so persons rights can be and for can be pretty and infringed and without with us up to pursue profit loss loss of. will. and the and the intent clearly was to protect freed slaves said ok the. tent clearly was to protect freed slaves said ok they've got the protection of the law i don't think it's ever been used for freed slaves if ever marja protection of the law i don't think it's ever been used for freed slaves if ever marginally almost immediately it was used for businesses
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corporations generally almost immediately it was used for businesses corporations their rights can't be infringed without due process of law so they graduate their rights can't be infringed without due process of law so they gradually became persons under the law. duly became persons under the law. corporations are state cribbed. corporations are state created legal fictions. maybe they're created legal fictions. maybe they're good maybe they're bed but to call them persons is kind of rages so they get cut good maybe their bed but to call them persons is kind of rages so they get got personal rights back about
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a century ago and that extended through the 20th century personal rights back about a century ago and that extended through the 20th century. as they give corporations rights way beyond what per person is. suppose if sage. is in that estates and it be from a corpse of we great ocean and rates way beyond what persons have so if say general motors invests in mexico they get national rights the rights of the mexican business well the note they get national rights the rights of the mexican business well the notion of person was expanded to include corporations it was also. her strain of person was expanded to include corporations it was also restricted. if you take the for 13 being committed men and literally. the noto undocumented alien can be deprived of rights if they're persons undocumented alien
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can be deprived of rights if they're persons. undocumented aliens who are living here and the. undocumented aliens who are living here and building their buildings clear lawns and so on they're not persons. but we're buildings clear lawns and so on they're not persons. but general electric is a person. an immortal. but general electric is a person. an immortal super powerful person this perversion of the. super powerful person this perversion of the. elementary morality and the obvious meaning of the law it's got elementary morality and the obvious meaning of the law is quite incredible. in the 1970 s.
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the courts quite incredible. in the 1970 s. the courts decided that money is a form of speech. decided that money is a form of speech. but reverse value led you on through the years to citizens united which says that reverse value then you won through the years to citizens united which says that the right of free speech of corporations members spend as much money they want a case that the right of free speech of corporations members spend as much money they want can't be curtailed. if you look at be curtailed. take a look what that means it means that corporations which anyway have been pretty much but that means it means that corporations which anyway have been pretty much buying elections are now free to do it with virtually no constraint as tremendous
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attain elections are now free to do it with virtually no constraint as tremendous attack on the residue of democracy. back on the residue of democracy. very interesting to read the rulings like justice kennedy. very interesting to read the rulings like justice kennedy's swing vote his ruling said we'll look after all the c.b.s. ease swing vote his ruling said we'll look after all the c.b.s. is given freedom of speech there are corp why shouldn't general electric be free to spend is given freedom of speech there are corp why shouldn't general electric be free to spend as much when is that what. i mean it's true that c.b.s. has given free as much when is that what. i mean it's true that c.b.s. has given freedom of speech but they're supposed to be performing
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a public service that's why bit of speech but they're supposed to be performing a public service that's why that's what the press is supposed to be a general electorate is just trying to make money for the chief exec and that's what the press is supposed to be a general electorate is just trying to make money for the chief executive some of the shareholders. sitting credible to see it get it some of the shareholders. see critical decisions and it puts the country in a position where business power is mission and it puts the country in a position where business power is greatly extended beyond what it always was this is part of that this. greatly extended beyond what it always was this is part of the tissue cycle the supreme court justices are put in by reactionary presidents who get in the supreme court justice are put in by reactionary presidents who get in there because they're funded by business and that's the way the cycle works.
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in a world. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being that. are you going the right way or are you being that. direct. what is true what is faith. die away. what is truly wants is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. in the world corrupted you need to descend.
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to join us in the depths. to join us in the depths. or remain in the shallows. or in megan was shallowness. tax ties or financial survival that. match ties or financial survival guide stacey let's learn about fill out let's say i'm not so i can stacey let's learn a salad fill out let's say i'm the troika and here please grease the fight 9 while street spot thank you for helping here please greece comes back from the fight 9 well street spot thank you for helping.
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destroy that's right. that's slavery. destroy that's right. slavery. and we're going to fulfill the repeated promises apologise to the people i'm coming to be able to fulfill the repeated promises apologise to the people and promise to be you know we've all bots. you know it's all bots to. be a. pretty dumb. police be a. pretty. pretty
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ball. ball. cut cut. cut cut cut cut cut. cut cut cut cut. all across the middle east and. all across the middle east and beyond there are large scale protests and growing political instability in many countries the beyond there are large scale protests and growing political instability in many countries the old ways of doing business but only in rich privileged elite while the prospects for the. many old ways of doing business but only in rich privileged elites while the prospects for the many are few and far in between the elites have answers but we are few and far in between the elites have answers.
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from. representatives of the syrian government. representatives of the syrian government the opposition and society meet in a bid to bring peace to the war torn country. and society meet in a bid to bring peace to the war torn country. also to come on r.t. this hour of american journalist blumenthal claims he was arrested also to come on r.t. this hour as american journalist max blumenthal claims he was arrested on false charges
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of a sold for his reporting on venezuelan opposition by that on false charges of a sold for his reporting on venezuelan opposition by then we hear from his lawyer. he was denied access we hear from his lawyer. he was denied access for a phone call to contact an attorney or is family these charges are a. call to contact an attorney or as family these charges are blatantly false and highly inflammatory. the u.k. is heading blatantly false and highly inflammatory. the u.k. is heading for a general election as parliament approved a bill seeking to december the 12th vote.
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