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Randall Amster, New Clear Vision: ''We simply cannot continue to sow the seeds of a 'culture of violence' any longer. The almost daily explosion of some disaffected soul, leading to the decimation of others in public and private spaces alike, is too demonstrable to be dismissed as the result of a few 'bad apples' or faulty parts somehow working in isolation from the whole. The mass-shooting phenomenon that happens routinely in the United States is part and parcel of a society that legitimizes force.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10582-there-are-no-good-guys-or-bad-guys-when-were-all-in-the-crosshairs



In a Risk Society, Is Consumption Our Only Tool to Influence Our World?

Michael A Peters, Truthout: ''The neoliberal regime is supported by the rise of enterprise culture and 'enterprise education' as an attempt to fortify neoliberalism and its conflation of autonomy with possessive, individualized consumerism and to subordinate the security of the producer to the freedom of the consumer.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10531-in-a-risk-society-is-consumption-our-only-tool-to-influence-our-world



Why Does Neoliberalism Persist Even After the Global Crisis?

Vamsi Vakulabharanam, Triple Crisis: As long as the political groups on the ground do not make their voices heard loudly enough against the top 1% or the top 10%, and as long as there are continued benefits for the elites from the perpetuation of neoliberalism, the system will persist.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13527-why-does-neoliberalism-persist-even-after-the-global-crisis



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