Monday, May 20, 2013

ELVIS FIGHTS OFF THE ZOMBIES OF CORPORATE CAPITALISM





















Well, actually no. Not quite. Elvis is long dead and the Zombies of Corporate Capitalism have us by the global balls. This is a reprint of one of those angry diatribes by our pal Chris Hedges that we have made a regular feature on Doc40. Here’s an excerpt. Do read the rest.

“Corporations write our legislation. They control our systems of information. They manage the political theater of electoral politics and impose our educational curriculum. They have turned the judiciary into one of their wholly owned subsidiaries. They have decimated labor unions and other independent mass organizations, as well as having bought off the Democratic Party, which once defended the rights of workers. With the evisceration of piecemeal and incremental reform—the primary role of liberal, democratic institutions—we are left defenseless against corporate power.” (Click here for the rest)

Click here for Trouble

The secret word is Uprising

THEY THINK THEIR EYE CONTROLS US


THEY THINK THEY CAN SELL US ANYTHING


BUT IT’S GOING TO BE ONE BUSY WEEKEND. ON FRIDAY THERE’S STRAIGHT EDGE POETRY…


AND ON SUNDAY THERE’S FURIOUS ROCK & ROLL



GRATUITOUS FRANCOISE HARDY