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From Berlin - Fast Food and Slow Decisions

Victor Grossman Portside
And yet by now most critical SPD voices, though unhappy, have been won over, partly with threats, but often due to fear of the alternatives. Attempts at a coalition of the CDU with the Greens foundered. A combination of SPD, the Greens and the LEFT party, which would have a very slim majority, is still taboo, leaving nothing but new elections, which could simply repeat the results of the September vote - or be even worse for the SPD. So, say the SPD bosses, vote Yes!

Don’t Get Too Excited About the Volcker Rule

William Greider The Nation
A few years of experience with the Volcker Rule will probably be enough to demonstrate that it’s insufficient to change the behavior of JP Morgan and the banker gang.

The Great American Class War

Bill Moyers TomDispatch.com
Plutocracy Versus Democracy: We are surely nearer the beginning of the struggle for justice than the end

Friday Nite Videos -- Dec 13, 2013 (Movies)

Portside
The Egyptian Revolution Behind the Headlines. Hustlers' Convention: The Roots of Rap. Searching for Sugarman. The NSA Is Coming to Town. Rhymes With Smokey Joe.