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  1. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Friday, 13-Sep-2019 14:09:26 EDT Aine Aine

    Eddie Money - Two Tickets to Paradise https://youtu.be/eUiYgwiLOFY - RIP Eddie Money

    In conversation Friday, 13-Sep-2019 14:09:26 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. Eddie Money - Two tickets to paradise (video/audio edited & restored) HQ/HD
      By Retro Channel Anglo from YouTube
  2. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2019 20:46:10 EDT Aine Aine

    Enter to win a signed copy of @NaomiAKlein’s new book, #OnFire: A Burning Case for a #GreenNewDeal. Contest runs until September 13th!
    https://take.theleap.org/page/47288/subscribe/1?en_chan=tw&locale=en-US&ea.tracking.id=Twittershare&en_ref=175026395

    In conversation Tuesday, 03-Sep-2019 20:46:10 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. Win a signed copy of Naomi Klein’s new book
      On Fire makes the case for a Green New Deal — and how movements are fighting for economic and environmental justice.
  3. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2019 00:02:12 EDT Aine Aine

    Everything is Sound and Light (2.0) https://themindunleashed.com/2017/04/everything-sound-light-2-0.html via @UnleashMind

    In conversation Sunday, 25-Aug-2019 00:02:12 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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      Everything is Sound and Light (2.0)
      By Andrew C from The Mind Unleashed
      Everything is Sound and Light (2.0)
  4. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2019 00:00:40 EDT Aine Aine

    Everything is Sound and Light http://themindunleashed.com/2015/07/everything-is-sound-and-light.html via @UnleashMind

    In conversation Sunday, 25-Aug-2019 00:00:40 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. Everything is Sound and Light
      By Andrew C from The Mind Unleashed
      Everything is Sound and Light
  5. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Aug-2019 22:10:14 EDT Aine Aine

    You've Got Time by Regina Spektor https://open.spotify.com/track/7n9Pg642sazJPSwNh7AZvN?si=DiKEDeq0Qye45i8BXuXEvw #NowPlaying

    In conversation Tuesday, 20-Aug-2019 22:10:14 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. You've Got Time
      from Spotify
      You've Got Time, a song by Regina Spektor on Spotify
  6. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Aug-2019 21:48:47 EDT Aine Aine

    Keanu Reeves set to return for The Matrix 4

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/20/the-matrix-4-keanu-reeves-carrie-ann-moss-lana-wachowski?CMP=share_btn_tw

    In conversation Tuesday, 20-Aug-2019 21:48:47 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink
  7. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2019 14:51:00 EDT Aine Aine

    There have been 250 mass shootings in the United States — the self-declared “beacon” of human excellence — in the first 216 days of the year.

    "The next shooter is cleaning and oiling as we read this."

    http://bit.ly/2YOZmHW

    In conversation Tuesday, 06-Aug-2019 14:51:00 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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      From the “Beacon to the World of the Way Life Should Be”: Some Online Reflections on Mass-Shootings #249 and 250
      By Paul Street from CounterPunch.org
      From the “Beacon to the World of the Way Life Should Be”: Some Online Reflections on Mass-Shootings #249 and 250
  8. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2019 14:14:55 EDT Aine Aine

    Right-Wingers Are America’s Deadliest Terrorists https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/right-wing-terrorist-killings-government-focus-jihadis-islamic-radicalism.html via @slate

    In conversation Tuesday, 06-Aug-2019 14:14:55 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. After El Paso, Right-Wing Terrorists Have Killed More People on U.S. Soil Than Jihadis Have Since 9/11
      from Slate Magazine
      So why is the government’s focus still on Islamic radicalism?
  9. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 04-Aug-2019 14:41:38 EDT Aine Aine

    "...[R]oughly 73% of extremist-related fatalities have been associated with domestic right-wing extremists, relative to about 23% attributed to Islamist extremists."

    ***73+23=96%, leaving only 4% for left-wing & others... funny how math works like that, eh?***

    http://bit.ly/2GIyNhu

    In conversation Sunday, 04-Aug-2019 14:41:38 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink
  10. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2019 23:22:59 EDT Aine Aine

    Paul Kingsnorth: 'We imagine how it feels to be a character, why can't we imagine how the land feels?' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/23/paul-kingsnorth-imagine-how-land-feels?CMP=share_btn_tw

    In conversation Monday, 24-Jun-2019 23:22:59 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. Paul Kingsnorth: 'We imagine how it feels to be a character, why can't we imagine how the land feels?'
      from the Guardian
      Climate change and mass extinctions suggest that we have been telling the wrong stories. Writers need to reconnect with the natural world
  11. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:43:21 EDT Aine Aine

    Why the myth of a perfect #meritocracy is so pernicious  https://www.vox.com/conversations/2016/11/22/13652860/income-inequality-meritocracy-robert-frank-success-luck-ethics?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter via @voxdotcom

    In conversation Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:43:21 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. Why the myth of a perfect meritocracy is so pernicious
      from Vox
      "Things we're not entitled to claim moral credit for are the driving forces behind success." —Robert H. Frank
  12. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:40:10 EDT Aine Aine

    #Meritocracy: the great delusion that ingrains inequality | Jo Littler https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/20/meritocracy-inequality-theresa-may-donald-trump?CMP=share_btn_tw

    In conversation Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:40:10 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. Meritocracy: the great delusion that ingrains inequality | Jo Littler
      from the Guardian
      From Theresa May to Donald Trump, our leaders sell it as a utopian system of fairness – but ‘merit’ has been manipulated to privilege the wealthy
  13. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:24:40 EDT Aine Aine

    American inequality thrives on the myth that the rich deserve their millions because they're better, smarter, and more hardworking. The college admissions scandal shows that's a lie. https://jacobinmag.com/2019/03/college-admissions-scandal-inequality-meritocracy

    In conversation Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:24:40 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. Rich Kids Aren’t Any Smarter Than the Rest of Us
      American inequality thrives on the myth that the rich deserve their millions because they're better, smarter, and more hardworking. The college admissions scandal shows that's a lie.
  14. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:22:28 EDT Aine Aine

    Meritocracy is a Lie https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/meritocracy-is-a-lie-wcz/

    In conversation Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:22:28 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. Meritocracy is a Lie - The Good Men Project
      from The Good Men Project
      "What the inequality means increasingly, is that your background dictates your future" Patrick Butler, Social Policy Editor, The Guardian
  15. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:18:28 EDT Aine Aine

    #Meritocracy is a Lie https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/05/10/meritocracy-is-a-lie/ by @NatCounterPunch

    In conversation Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:18:28 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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      Meritocracy is a Lie
      By Gary Olson from CounterPunch.org
      Meritocracy is a Lie
  16. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:10:10 EDT Aine Aine

    A belief in #meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/a-belief-in-meritocracy-is-not-only-false-its-bad-for-you

    In conversation Monday, 24-Jun-2019 15:10:10 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. Believing in meritocracy isn't just wrong — it’s bad for you
      from Big Think
      Meritocracy has become a leading social ideal. Politicians across the ideological spectrum continually return to the theme that the rewards of life – money, power, jobs, university admission – should be distributed according to skill and effort.
  17. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2019 20:05:37 EDT Aine Aine

    Who counts as poor and what are we doing to help them?
    https://www.journalstandard.com/opinion/20190623/my-view-who-counts-as-poor-and-what-are-we-doing-to-help-them

    In conversation Sunday, 23-Jun-2019 20:05:37 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. My View: Who counts as poor and what are we doing to help them?
      from Journal Standard
      Last Wednesday, June 19, the U.S. House Budget Committee held a hearing on poverty in which it welcomed testimony from the Poor People’s Campaign,
  18. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2019 20:03:34 EDT Aine Aine

    The federal minimum wage sets a record -- for not rising https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-minimum-wage-sets-record-for-length-with-no-increase/ via @cbsmoneywatch

    In conversation Sunday, 23-Jun-2019 20:03:34 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. The federal minimum wage sets a record -- for not rising
      Despite a 10-year economic expansion and an 18% rise in the cost of living, the U.S. base pay hasn't budged since 2009
  19. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2019 19:40:43 EDT Aine Aine

    (2018) "While you can get by as a single person on a $22,000 annual salary in Kentucky or Arkansas, you'll need at least $30,000 in Hawaii or Maryland." https://cnb.cx/2O4qhvp Disabled people typically have a higher cost of living. Many cannot work.

    In conversation Sunday, 23-Jun-2019 19:40:43 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. This map shows how much a single person needs to earn to live comfortably in every US state
      from CNBC
      You can get by on a $22,000 salary in Kentucky, but not in Maryland, according to the MIT living wage calculator.
  20. Aine (aine@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2019 21:41:52 EDT Aine Aine

    High levels of arsenic in bottled water sold at Whole Foods, Target, Walmart, study says https://finance.yahoo.com/news/high-levels-arsenic-bottled-water-202503181.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw via @YahooFinance

    In conversation Saturday, 22-Jun-2019 21:41:52 EDT from anticapitalist.party permalink

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    1. High levels of arsenic in bottled water sold at Whole Foods, Target, Walmart, study says
      A test conducted by an Oakland nonprofit finds Peñafiel and Starkey bottled water contain levels of arsenic that violate state guidelines.
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