Economy

Since President Barack Obama took office in January, the U.S. economy has gone from bad to worst. Nationwide, home foreclosures continue to climb, consumer spending is down due to the credit crisis, more than 6 million Americans remain unemployed, and while paychecks are shrinking, inflation and gas prices are on the increase. The U.S. economy and capitalism is in a total mess.

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We Americans commonly refer to our system of government as a "great experiment," but we rarely look at our economic system in the same light.

Socialists and conservatives alike believe bigger government and heavy spending is not the answer to restructuring the U.S. economy; and even though the ideas of socialists and conservatives are vastly different, both groups are opposing the president on his enormous spending proposals that are lacking any clear plans on how to revive the economy and limit an ocean of future debt for the nation.

You are invited to attend …

"CAPITALISM IS ORGANIZED CRIME"
a conference taking place on
Sunday, April 19 in Washington, D.C.

The "Capitalism is Organized Crime" conference will take place on Sunday, April 19 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm at the Festival Center, located at 1640 Columbia Rd. NW, between 16th and 17th Sts. (green line metro to Columbia Heights), in Washington, D.C.

The conference will link the struggles of those fighting for social and economic justice at home with those fighting against U.S.

"Surely the Government is in control of the country and its supply of money? Surely money is only a symbolic token to facilitate the production, exchange and distribution of goods and services? Not so, say the Third Positionists, who reject both Capitalism and Communism..."

Host: Syracuse Solidarity Network
Type: Education - Workshop
Network: Global
Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Women's Info Center
Street: 601 Allen Street
City/Town: Syracuse, NY

ANARCHISTS & ANTI-AUTHORITARIANS IN UPSTATE NY,

Come to Syracuse on April 11th to share information and strategies in
preparation for the upcoming meetings of the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB). There will be presentations about the
IMF/WB, a variety of skillshares,workshops, food, films, and
networking.

* Soon El Libertario #56 will be available in the street and on the Internet (www.nodo50.org/ellibertario). El Libertario is the voice of free ideas and independent social movements in Venezuela and Latin America. As a preview of its usual combative, irreverent and uncompromising position with regard to authoritarian power and oppression, here's the editorial:

Watch out on the surging Chinese economic power! What is really inside Chinese business, politics and economic world? How to take advantages of China's expanding market, cheap labor, and rising retail consumption? Get great information and analysis from elite speaker George Zhibin Gu from London Speaker Bureau