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Regulars
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Obama – No real change
The hope many have in Obama to implement policies that will benefit
the class that matters is misplaced.
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Banks, money and thin air
An urban myth is circulating on the internet that banks have been
creating money out of thin air.
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Education, politics and language
Today’s education system is presented as preparation for a ‘career’
ignoring the political conditioning it also involves.
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Five more benefits of not having money
We continue describing how things could be like in a socialist society,
where there would be no need for money.
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A booming industry even in a recession
Immense profits can be made in capitalism even in a trade recession.
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Editorial
Capitalism must go
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Pathfinders
Ready, aim...press enter
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Letters
6
Material World
The mobile war
8
Pieces Together
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Contact Details
9
Cooking the Books 1
D-Words
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Cooking the Books 2
Fictitious capital
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Reviews
Basic Kropotkin; Goodbye Mr
Socialism; Marx’s Theory of the
Genesis of Money
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Meetings
22
50 Years Ago
Highlights of 1958
23
Greasy Pole
Post Offices are to go?
24
Voice from the Back
The Futility Of Reformism; The
Cost Of War and more
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Free Lunch
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January 2009
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