Patients are not Consumers

German Translations on the Economic Crisis Rethinking State, Market and Neoliberal Myths Patients are not Consumers Wednesday, August 12, 2015 6:41 PM to read the articles by Hartmut Reibners, Tom Berthold, Sven Giegold and Dierk Hirschel from 6/2015,click http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2015/08/430358.shtml Patients are not Consumers Mainstream economics is always based on the idea of homo oeconomicus, an egoist who maximizes his own advantages. In … Continue reading → Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Shell Oil’s Risky and Reckless Arctic Drilling Plan Sunday, August 02, 2015 4:16 PM Agency gave Shell the stamp of approval to drill in fragile Arctic Ocean, despite threats Interior unlawfully approved Shell’s problem-riddled Arctic drilling plan. In doing this, it has failed the communities and wildlife of this region. Erik Grafe Staff Attorney, … Continue reading → Saturday, August 01, 2015 4:54 PM 8 PROPOSALS ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS (TNCs) AND HUMAN RIGHTS Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity, www.tni.org June 2015, 7 pp https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/written-contribution-of-the-globalcampaign.pdf “…In conformity with the United Nations Charter, the future legally binding international instrument must reaffirm that … Continue reading → The end of capitalism by Paul Mason Tuesday, July 21, 2015 3:30 AM The end of capitalism by Paul Mason, July 16, 2015, The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/17/postcapitalism-end-of-capitalism-begun Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing … Continue reading → Brewster Kahle: A digital library, free to the world 13 min Sunday, July 19, 2015 3:36 PM How Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive Will Preserve the Infinite Information on the Web in Archives, Technology, TED Talks, Web/Tech| May 11th, 2013 http://www.openculture.com/2013/05/how_brewster_kahle_and_the_internet_archive_will_p reserve_the_infinite_information_on_the_web_.html Brewster Kahle is an unassuming man. But as an internet pioneer and digital librarian, he … Continue reading → Jürgen Habermas’s verdict on the EU/Greece debt deal – full transcript Friday, July 17, 2015 4:58 PM to read the full transcript published in The Guardian UK, July 16, 2015, click on http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/16/jurgen-habermas-eu-greece-debtdeal?CMP=share_btn_fb Guardian: What is your verdict on the deal reached on Monday?