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China: Thousands protest and shut down chemical plant expansion! End of capitalist looting accelerates!

A new cultural revolution is brewing! Adios, cheap China goods.

Authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo announced the suspension of a planned $US8.9 billion petrochemical plant expansion on Sunday, after three days of protests by thousands of residents concerned about the health and environmental implications.

The decision affects not only a proposed refinery facility owned by the state-owned energy giant, China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec), but also the production of the [...]

Informant Larry Grathwohl: Weathermen Terrorist Ties to Obama Revealed

Infowars.com
Saturday, July 14, 2012

On the Friday, July 13, edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with former FBI Weather Underground informant Larry Grathwohl who quoted Obama confidant and the former leader of the Weathermen as stating that those Americans who could not be re-educated in communist camps after the Revolution would be eliminated in Mao cultural revolution style. Grathwohl authored a book, Bringing Down America, following his testimony before [...]

The US has never exercised austerity, and anytime it confronts it, it goes to war!

Debt jubilee will be announced in 2013, once China has been contained (already dozens of army bases surround her), and the US controls the Strait of Hormuz oil.

Debt jubilee is inevitable. War is probably inevitable at this point (at the very least, VERY LIKELY). The U.S. political class will do ANYTHING to prevent austerity. Austerity would compromise their power. Money is just a means to an end. Power is their [...]

The age of political reform in China: It is time to change China’s system of government

By Caixin Online

BEIJING ( Caixin Online ) — People who care about China’s future are likely to have been surprised and heartened by what Premier Wen Jiabao said during his press conference at the end of the National People’s Congress meeting this year, broadcast live on March 14. Over three hours, Wen spoke several times of reforms, particularly political reform.

This time, though, he highlighted three relationships: that between political [...]

Art Cashin’s Warning Came True, A Top Chinese Politician Was Just Replaced By A North Korean-Trained Economist

In Wednesday’s Cashin’s Comments, Art Cashin pointed to an under-reported moment from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s recent speech.

…another part of the speech caught my eye.

Wen warned that major political change is needed lest the nation fall victim to another “cultural revolution”.  Was this a slightly veiled reference to the recent actions and statements of that other Chinese leader, Party Leader Bo Xilai?  We’ll try to do some research on that [...]

China Fears Return Of Cultural Revolution – FT

From FT:

 

Chinese premier Wen Jiabao fired a parting shot at conservative officials in the ruling Communist party, warning them that China could face another Cultural Revolution unless it undertakes urgent political reforms.

“Without successful political structural reform, it is impossible for us to fully institute economic structural reform and the gains we have made in this area may be lost,” Mr Wen said at his farewell briefing at the National People’s Congress, [...]

Emotional Chinese premier says democracy cannot be held back as he admits country is in urgent need of reform… ‘Reform has reached a critical stage. Without the success of political reform, economic reforms cannot be carried out. The results that we have achieved may be lost.’

Wen Jiabao vows to use his last year in power to attack mounting discontent he says could end in chaos
He warns China could see a new Cultural Revolution

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today warned that the country needs to embrace democracy and make urgent political reforms.

Mr Wen said that the changes are needed to prevent China’s economy from faltering and to spread wealth more evenly.

He vowed to use his last year [...]

China: Communist party tested by village protests

From FT:

Among the weekend demonstrations in the Chinese village of Wukan was one that featured a group of teenagers marching through an abandoned police station calling for free elections, from the local to the national level.

That gesture by school students was emblematic. A protest that began in late September with villagers demanding an investigation into the sale of communal land by corrupt local party officials to a well-connected businessman has [...]

GM LAYS OFF WORKERS

Bryce G. Hoffman/ The Detroit News

General Motors Co. has quietly begun laying off white-collar workers as it works to consolidate its global operations.

The numbers are small — a dozen here, a dozen there — but more are coming before the end of the year.

“GM is continually seeking ways to improve our operating performance and reduce complexity to deliver a world-class cost structure and profit margins,” spokesman Jay Cooney told The Detroit News. [...]

Apologies, this is far too long but maybe the repetition of a thought is worth it…

by Dollar Bill Hiccup

My parents grew up in the Great Depression 1.0. We learned to shut off lights as kids. We did a lot of things ourselves like cutting the grass, yard work, etc. My parents had their mortgage paid off within a couple of years holding only basic jobs because they had saved ahead of time and paid down most of it. And the house was affordable [...]