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10. November 2017

Is the Solution Reform or Revolution? | With Economist Richard D. Wolff

In this educational video we talk to Professor of Economics Emeritus (University of Massachusetts) and founder of Democracy at Work, Richard D. Wolff, about whether the solutions to today’s socio-economic problems lie within reform or revolution.


EDITORIAL PICK: How Saudi Arabia influences Opinion & Policy in Washington D.C.

In this week’s acTVism Editorial Pick, Aaron Mate from The Real News Network interviews The Intercept’s Washington, D.C. bureau chief, Ryan Grim, about how Saudi Arabia and the UAE influence opinion and policy in Washington D.C.. In addition they talk about Saudi Arabian & regional politics as well as what mechanisms are employed by the Saudi establishment in order to maintain a narrative of “modernization”.


9. November 2017

Book Recommendation of the Week: Choas. The New Age of Revolutions

Nach dem Erfolg seines Werkes “Das Ende der Megamaschine. Geschichte einer scheiternden Zivilisation“, das die Entstehungsgeschichte globaler Krisen untersucht, widmet sich der Berliner Autor und Mitbegründer von Kontext TV in seinem neuen Buch der Gegenwart und Zukunft.


7. November 2017

Yanis Varoufakis on Debtors’ Prison, John Maynard Keynes & the Double Standards of the EU

In this video founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 and former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, talks about the concept of “Debtors’ Prison” and the economic ideas of John Maynard Keynes. In addition Varoufakis surfaces the double standards of the European Union regarding the enforcement of economic rules amongst different member states.


5. November 2017

Know Your Stuff: The Military Industrial Complex of Israel – Part 2 of 2 | Dr. Shir Hever

In this video Dr. Shir Hever talks about the history and evolution of the Israeli military industrial complex from the 1980s onwards until the modern era.


1. November 2017

Event Tip: Were the G20-Riots revolutionary?

Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Schönherr-Mann veranstaltet ein wissenschaftliches Symposion »Revolution 100 Years After – System, Geschichte, Struktur, Performanz einer politisch ökonomischen Theorie« am kommenden Wochenende.


EDITORIAL PICK: The History & Politics of the German Media Giant Axel Springer

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30. October 2017

LEAK: Long term Abuses in the National Museum of Bayern?

Lange gingen Gerüchte über Geldunterschlagung und Mobbing beim Personal um. Was ist an den Vorwürfen dran? Die Zuständigen im Museum schweigen beharrlich.


26. October 2017

Stocks in high-altitude euphoria – the fever curve in the financial system increases

Due to limited financial & technical resources as a non-profit and volunteer-based organization, we were unable to translate this article into English.