David F. Ruccio — Vampires and capitalism

On the vampire motif in political economy.

Vampires are also, as it turns out, familiar as a critical trope within economics.
Terrell Carver (in Postmodern Marx) notes that Marx used the vampire motif three times in Capital—in the chapter on the working day…

Matt Taibbi applied it to Goldman, and now the pope is using the term, "bloodsuckers."

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Vampires and capitalism
David F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame

Costas Douzinas — A Very European Coup

This is why Syriza’s negotiating strategy has to play to the European gallery and not just to the suits in the conference room. The aim is to persuade people to put pressure on their own governments or change them in the coming elections.

Insightful article that covers a lot of ground.

Greece Reporter
A Very European Coup
Costas Douzinas | Professor at the Birkbeck College of the University of London and the Director of Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

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Top Ranking Stock Analyst Calls for Mass Wealth Redistribution | Interview with Ronnie Moas

Top Ranking Stock Analyst Calls for Mass Wealth Redistribution | Interview with Ronnie Moas
(h/t Charles Hayden)

A man on fire.

See also Philanthropy and Philosophy
(h/t Tyler Healy in the comments)

Mark Engler and Paul Engle — Would Saul Alinsky Break His Own 'Rules' For Social Change Today?

Modern activists believe that Alinsky focused on building organizations and not social movements. But the author's own political work shows a more flexible approach.

AlterNet

Would Saul Alinsky Break His Own 'Rules' For Social Change Today?
Mark Engler and Paul Engler, Waging Nonviolence