naomiklein.org - 11/7/2008
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November 4th, 2008 Huffington Post
To understand the meaning of the U.S. election results, it is worth looking back to the moment when everything changed for the Obama campaign. It was, without question, the moment when the economic crisis hit Wall Street.
Up to that point, things ...
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Naomi Klein Joins Anti-Summers Campaign
Open Left - Front Page —
As part of her campaign to stop the bailout profiteers, Naomi Klein has put our petition on her home page, joining 2800 of you who have signed up to protest Larry Summers as Treasury Secretary. It came out today that Larry Summers warmly embraced deregulation as Treasury Secretary, as Dean Baker notes. Summers fought aggressively against pro-regulatory elements within the Clinton administration to do the industry's bidding, so it's no surprise he's now a managing director at hedge fund and private equity group DE Shaw.
Kim ...
Anyone who's telling you to "relax" isn't paying attention (or doesn't want you to)
Corrente —
Go read Naomi Klein on the bailout immediately. No time now to post on the rest of her links (new article in Rolling Stone). Readers?
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