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The Art Of McCartney
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Arctic Poppy APGATEV1402
Released: November 14, 2014
This sampler works on paper only, unfortunately. The songs are great (obviously) and the artists are all excellent. I guess the production lets this amazing project down. A missed opportunity.
#meine photos#vinylcollection#vinyloftheday#record anniversary#vinylcommunity#billy joel#bob dylan#heart#steve miller#cat stevens#harry connick jr#brian wilson#corinne bailey rae#willie nelson#jeff lynne#barry gibb#jamie cullum#kiss#paul rodgers#roger daltrey#def leppard#the cure#chrissie hynde#robin zander#joe elliott#owl city#perry farrell#dion#allen toussaint#dr john
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Happy Juneteenth! Check out our Black Music Month playlist of new and classic Nonesuch recordings by Rhiannon Giddens, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Vagabon, Ambrose Akinmusire, Davóne Tines, Julia Bullock, Nathalie Joachim, Makaya McCraven, Yussef Dayes, Lianne La Havas, Yasmin Williams, Jeff Parker, Allen Toussaint, and more. You can hear it here.
#black music month#rhiannon giddens#cecile mclorin salvant#vagabon#ambrose akinmusire#davone tines#julia bullock#nathalie joachim#yussef dayes#lianne la havas#yasmin williams#jeff parker#allen toussaint#makaya mccraven#nonesuch#nonesuch records
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Jeff Parker - Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, October 20, 2020 / With Love From LA: Jeff Parker + Jamire Williams
Hard to believe, but I already turned in a "Best Albums of 2024" list to a publication a few weeks back. Forget it, the year's over! Except! There was an album announced last week that would certainly have made my roundup if I'd known about it. Jeff Parker's extraordinary ETA IVtet will release The Way Out of Easy on Nov. 22. The IVtet features saxophonist Josh Johnson (SML, Meshell Ndegeocello, Leon Bridges), bassist Anna Butterss (SML, Jason Isbell, Phoebe Bridgers), and drummer Jay Bellerose (Robert Plant, Allen Toussaint, Joe Henry) — and their first release a few years back was an absolute beauty of interlocking improvisational grooves. I've heard the new one via a promo and it does not disappoint in the least. Best of 2024!
As I'm sure I've noted in the past, Parker is on a tear lately, whether as a leader or a sideman. He's a veteran musician of course, but the guitarist continues to grow and expand his sound, finding an utterly unique voice, still curious, still adventurous. For proof, check out two pandemic era performances — one with solo improvs inspired by an exhibition from the visual artist Harold Mendez and the other with guitar/drums duets with Jamire Williams in the open air. The latter features a gorgeous rendering of Sony Sharrock's "Who Does She Hope To Be." You can hear Parker duetting on that song with another great musician, pedal steel genius Dave Easley on the recent Ballads — an album I just so happened to have penned the liner notes for.
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learntransformation.com/best-lean-leaders-who-challenge-status-quo/
These four influential figures in their respective fields share common themes in their leadership styles, although their industries and approaches may differ:
Taiichi Ohno: As the father of the Toyota Production System, Ohno emphasized the importance of continuous improvement, waste reduction, and employee empowerment. His leadership style focused on creating a culture of learning and adaptation, where workers were actively involved in identifying and eliminating waste in their processes.
Jeff Bezos: Known for his long-term thinking and customer obsession, Bezos prioritized innovation, risk-taking, and customer-centricity in his leadership style. He encouraged experimentation, data-driven decision-making, and a relentless focus on delivering value to customers.
John Toussaint: A thought leader in healthcare quality improvement, Toussaint advocated for continuous improvement, collaboration, and patient-centered care. He emphasized the importance of involving frontline staff in improvement efforts and fostering a culture of shared responsibility and accountability.
Eric Ries: Renowned for his Lean Startup methodology, Ries promoted experimentation, customer-centricity, and continuous improvement in his leadership style. He encouraged startups to test their assumptions quickly, gather feedback, and iterate on their products or services based on customer insights.
While each leader has faced criticism and challenges in their approach, their contributions have left a lasting impact on their industries and inspired generations of leaders to adopt similar principles of continuous improvement, innovation, and customer focus.
#learntransformation#leadership#leader#entrepreneur#marketing#coaching#goals#growth#education#inspiration#business
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The Expanse [TV Series] (2015-2022)
Network(s): SyFy, Amazon
Creators: James S.A. Corey
BIPOC
Summary: 200+ years in the future, humanity has ventured into the far reaches of the solar system, colonizing the Milky Way and spreading the political turmoil of Earth among the generations to come. A fragile peace exists among the three factions that arise, a peace that cannot last when something greater emerges that threatens them all, changing the course of humanity for all time to come.
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Full review: For every generation, there is a defining sci-fi television show that captivates audiences, tapping into visions of the near future while simultaneously managing to address modern sociopolitical themes and changing mores.
Can The Expanse be ranked as one of those shows, among the likes of Star Trek, Firefly, and Battlestar Galactica? Undoubtedly, it’s a question deserving of consideration and debate.
In a time before streaming, the impact would be more obvious thanks to ever-present television ratings data, fights over family television screens, and demands for network advertising time. But when a show exists solely within the realm of the digital sphere, on a streaming service like Amazon Prime, there’s a bit more nuance to consider when judging its success and audience impact.
Conceived by authors Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham under the pen name James S.A. Corey, The Expanse originally aired on the SyFy network in 2015, a high-budgeted adaptation of their book series that was well-received by critics and audiences alike until its early demise (due to said budget) at the end of its second season. With a bit of luck, the show was picked up by Amazon Prime studios, given the Jeff Bezos Budget, the TV-MA stamp of adultification freedom, and was renewed, allowing it to take off for the remaining four seasons which concluded in 2022.
The series retains the core features beloved by sci-fi fans, the formula complicit in defining those generational sci-fi hits: space exploration, the imaginativeness of the near future, the role of politics, and perhaps a central and often missed detail – its diversity and multiculturalism.
There is a sharp division between the science fiction and fantasy crowds when it comes to multicultural representation. Often, the two genres are clumped together, their metadata schema combined as one – sci-fi/fantasy. Yet within these two genres, the approach to racial and cultural diversity could not be more different.
This reaction has never been more pronounced than in the past year, during the airing of Prime’s Rings of Power and HBO’s House of the Dragon. Both shows cast actors of color into roles wherein the networks, as well as actors themselves, received criticisms, not for their performances, but simply for the color of their skin.
Commenting upon reactions to Stephen Toussaint, who portrays Corlys Velaryon in House of the Dragon the LA Times reported
“Toussaint is just the latest actor of color to address the racism he faced just for being cast in a major property. Others include Moses Ingram of Disney+ series “Obi-Wan,” and Kelly Marie Tran and John Boyega who dealt with similar online abuse over their roles in the newer “Star Wars” films.”
The vitriol has extended beyond just message board gripes, with actors and fans of color alike receiving flooded inbox messages and even in-person harassment over their simple existence in various fandoms as people of color.
There is something of an irony here. For fantasy, which is rooted mostly in imagination (with some inspiration from real-life events) seemingly has set up a world where all manner of monsters, magic, and scenarios can be envisioned: and yet a black elf, a brown knight, or an Asian queen magician cannot. Whereas sci-fi, often depicted within the confines of near-future scenarios, has historically been more flexible, even to the point of breaking immense taboos like The Kiss Seen Around the World on Star Trek, only a year after interracial marriage became legal in the United States.
This emphasis on multiculturalism, combined with the glory of high-stakes drama, the exploration of the final frontier, and the imaginings of what technology still can be creates a formula that appeals across multiple generations still today, a tapestry of impossibility, variability, and sensibility.
Over the course of six seasons, what begins as a hard-boiled detective seeking to return a trillionaire’s daughter who has joined up with a group of anarchists in the far-flung reaches of the solar system unfolds into a whirlwind of high-stakes political machinations, doomsday scenarios, and interpersonal drama.
Keeping in touch with an examination of what upward trends of the future tell us, the lives of those depicted onscreen are flush with different types of diversity. Multiracialism is prominent in certain parts of the solar system, Creole dialects are a natural development. Polyamory, new ways of eating, body types, and religious ideologies emerge. Unlike other media which often falls out of date quickly when looking at the way trends have aligned with the passage of time, The Expanse follows what thus-far seems to be a natural trajectory of what our path looks like (assuming we are still alive by then). Its actors range from Caucasian-American to Iranian, Samoan, Ojibwe, Cambodian, Black, multiracial, Jamaican, and ethnicities far and wide.
The show is heavily rooted (and its source material, by extension) in the very definition of what multiculturalism is and can be, and a prime example of a thoughtful and true representation of all television sci-fi has given us and shows us is possible: a world in living color in which reality is possible, and no one can tell us otherwise.
You can find hard copies of seasons 1-4 of The Expanse at major retailers, your local library, some copies of seasons 5 and 6 via online sellers like eBay and stream it on its home, Amazon Prime here.
Citations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_and_Uhura%27s_kiss
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-08-22/dragons-being-more-plausible-than-a-rich-black-guy-irks-house-of-the-dragon-star
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/loving-v-virginia
#thevisibilityarchives#tva#the expanse#tv series#sci fi show#diversity#bipoc#multiculturism#sci fi#beltalowda#representation#multicultural
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"GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY" (2022) Review
"GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY" (2022) Review Following the success of his 2019 murder mystery, "KNIVES OUT"; writer-director Rian Johnson created a standalone sequel called "GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY". The movie starred Daniel Craig, who reprised his role as the Louisiana-born master detective, Benoit Blanc.
Set during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, "GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY" . . . or "GLASS ONION" . . . featured Blanc solving a case that revolved around a tech billionaire named Miles Bron, owner and co-founder of the Alpha tech company, and his closest "friends" at the billionaire's private Greek island. The movie began with several of Bron's friends each receiving a wooden puzzle box to decipher to find an invitation inside - an invitation to a murder mystery game. The friends travel to Miles's island, along with companions for two of the guests. Famous detective Benoit Blanc joins them. Miles claimed he did not invite Blanc, but he allowed the latter to stay, assuming another guest sent him an invitation as a joke. Among those invited include: *Alpha head scientist Lionel Toussaint *Connecticut governor Claire Debell *Controversial fashion designer and model Birdie Jay *Birdie's personal assistant Peg *Men's rights streamer Duke Cody *Whiskey, Duke's girlfriend and Twitch channel assistant *Ousted Alpha co-founder Cassandra "Andi" Brand Not long after their arrival and before dinner, Miles showed off his valuable glass sculptures, as well as the Mona Lisa, which he has on loan from the Louvre to his guests. Miles also revealed that his mansion is powered by "Klear", a hydrogen-based alternative fuel that Alpha will launch imminently, despite Lionel and Claire's concerns that it is untested and dangerous. Blanc managed to solve Miles's murder mystery game immediately before it could barely start. But he privately warned Miles that his guests have motives to kill him. Before the first day could end, a murder occurred inside the mansion. Once again, Rian Johnson utilized a social issue as a theme for his second murder mystery. In the case of "GLASS ONION", one would think the issue revolved around Birdie's casual racism or Duke's sexism. But the real issue seemed to be the character of Miles Bron. It did not take me long to realize that Johnson had based Miles on tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page. But many have claimed that the Miles Bron bore the strongest resemblance to the most publicized tech mogul - Elon Musk. This movie seemed more focused on condemning the tech mogul types and probably the Internet celebrities than simply focusing on the usual social issues. I am not criticizing Johnson for this, especially since many of these tech moguls have proven to be influential on society today. Perhaps too influential . . . and for better or worse. In the case of Miles Bron, the worse seemed more obvious. Miles' impact on the major characters seemed to be more personal than political. Both Lionel and Claire find themselves being forced by Miles to endorse his new alternative fuel, Klear; despite their fears that is untested and dangerous. Such endorsement would endanger their reputations and careers. Birdie needs Miles' financial support for her fashion line following the revelation that her factories were basically sweatshops. And Duke hopes Miles will give him a show on the latter's Alpha News network. Unfortunately, Miles has developed a sexual interest in Whiskey, Duke's girlfriend. However, Johnson's screenplay seemed more interested in the negative portrayal of Miles as the typical tech billionaire than his connections to the movie's other major characters. And this emphasis on tech moguls like Miles Bron, despite being genuinely interesting and entertaining, seemed to have a less powerful message than the one used in 2019's "KNIVES OUT". "GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY" featured some very interesting characters, who almost struck me as borderline cartoonish. Mind you, I thought some of the characters managed to avoid this slight cartoonish taint - especially Benoit, Andi Brand, Claire Debella and Lionel Toussaint. But I found some of the other characters slightly exaggerated, yet at the same time, entertaining. Whether I found their characters exaggerated or not, I cannot deny that this movie featured some first-rate performances. I did not have an issue with one performance in this film. Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom, Jr., Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline and Noah Segan all gave first-rate performances. The movie also featured entertaining cameos from the likes of Hugh Grant, Angela Landsbury, Ethan Hawke, Stephen Sondheim, Natasha Lyonne, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jake Tapper and Serena Williams. The movie even featured images of Jeremy Renner and Jared Leto on appear on bottles of hot sauce and kombucha. But there were performances that impressed just a bit more than others. One of those performances came from Dave Baustista, who was not only surprisingly effective as the sexist Duke, but also managed to convey more layers behind what could have easily been a cartoonish character in the hands of a less talented actor. I realize many would find this hard to believe but I did find the Miles Bron character a bit exaggerated at times. But Edward Norton gave such a fabulous performance as the arrogant and self-involved Miles that his exaggeration almost seemed natural to me. Janelle Monáe managed to attract a great deal of positive reviews for her performance as "Andi" Brand. And I can see why. She gave a phenomenal performance as co-founder of Alpha, who seemed embittered by Miles' ouster of her, following her refusal to support his new alternative fuel, Klear. More importantly, Monáe did an excellent job in conveying her character's edgy and intense personality, which kept everyone else on edge . . . and wondering if she had changed. Not surprisingly, Daniel Craig gave a perfect performance in his second outing as the New Orleans-born private detective Benoit Blanc. Not only did he managed to tone down his Foghorn Leghorn routine from the first film, I found myself entertained by his conveyance of Blanc's reactions to the lunacy and shallowness of Miles and most of his fellow guests. But as much as I had enjoyed the movie's narrative, I had a few issues. Once, since this movie was set in May 2020, were audiences really supposed to accept Miles' quickie COVID-19 cure as effective? Considering Blanc's opinion of the billionaire, I rather doubt it. I suspect that Blanc, Miles and the latter's guests were forced to monitor their health, following their departure from the island. When the party's first real victim dropped dead, I immediately knew the killer's identity. This aspect of "GLASS ONION" bore a strong resemblance to one or two of Agatha Christie's novels. Also, I had a problem with the movie's revelation scene after Blanc exposed the real killer. I wish I could go into details about why I found the writing for that scene very contrived, but I do not want to spoil the movie. Oh well. At least I was impressed by Bob Ducsay's editing, especially in the film's revelation scene; and Steve Yedlin's colorful photography of the Greek locations, especially in the movie's first twenty minutes or so. Despite my few issues regarding "GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY", I must admit that I still managed to enjoy it very much. The film benefited from Rian Johnson's screenplay and direction, along with first-rate performances from a cast led by Daniel Craig. Like I said, I enjoyed the movie very much. But I still believe "KNIVES OUT" was the superior film.
#rian johnson#glass onion: a knives out mystery#glass onion#benoit blanc#daniel craig#janelle monae#Edward Norton#kathryn hahn#leslie odom jr#kate hudson#dave bautista#madelyn cline#noah segan#Ethan Hawke#angela lansbury#jessica henwick#kareem abdul jabbar#stephen sondheim#hugh grant#agatha christie
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What's your mw fcs of color?
outside of the ones mentioned in our most recent suggestions ask, i would love to see alia bhatt, devon terrell, alisha boe, daniel kaluuya, anna sawai, diego calva, arsema thomas, gendry white, charitha chandran, henry golding, namtan tipnaree, jung jaewon, dianne doan, luke chen, michelle yeoh, mahesh jadu, nazanin boniadi, martin sensmeier, jessica matten, paapa essiedu, ni ni, peter gadiot, jodie turner - smith, sean teale, madeleine madden, steve toussaint, stephanie levi john, luo yunxi, thaddea graham or jeff satur in asobai !
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Rules Free Radio Jan 31
Tuesdays 2pm - 5pm EST Rules Free Radio With Steve Caplan bombshellradio.com On the next Rules Free Radio with Steve Caplan, we’ll hear new ones by Papa Schmapa, The Weeklings covering The Beatles, Power Pop bands Crickle from Chicago, and Shake Some from France. Guided by Voices has a new one as does Batworth Stone, Billy Nomates, Molly, Liela Moss, Steve Stoeckel from The Spongetones, and a few others. We'll hear a lot of classics including Emitt Rhodes, The Knack, Squeeze, Jefferson Airplane, Dave Clark Five, The Zombies, The Kinks, and Elvis Costello among many others. In the second hour, it's a Double Take. That’s two versions of the same song for your consideration and comparison. Today’s Double Take is a classic written by Allen Toussaint. And in a strange coincidence, just a week or after the passing of Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck, one of the founding members of that band has left us. His name is Top Topham and although he left The Yarbirds before they began recording he later played with members and other artists and we’ll hear some of this music. So, a lot of music to check out all starting at 2 on Tuesday afternoon on Bombshellradio.com! Velvet Crush - She Goes On Cloud Eleven - Blue Butterfly Inara George - What a Number Papa Schmapa - I've Been There Emitt Rhodes - Really Wanted You Ray Paul - I Love It (But You Don't Believe It) The Weeklings - I've Just Seen a Face Crickle - Tell Me That You're Mine The Knack - No Matter What David Myhr - Record Collection Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart Jeremy Messersmith - Knots Villagers - Hazey Jane II Guided By Voices - Face Eraser Shake Some - Don't Tell Me More The Merrymakers - Bang, You're Dad Elvis Costello - Veronica The Kinks - Victoria Warren Zevon - A Certain Girl The Yardbirds - A Certain Girl The Lancastrians - Was She Tall (Demo) The Birds - You're On My Mind The Zombies - Woman The Act - Just A Little Bit Dave Clark 5 - Glad All Over The Kinks - It's Alright Duster Bennett - I Chose to Sing The Blues Topham McCarty Band - All Your Love Christine McVie - No Road Is The Right Road Topham McCarty Band - Who Will Be Next The Yardbirds - I Ain't Got You Batworth Stone - Echolocation Stomp Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil Bhopal's Flowers -The Majestic Purple Sky Billy Nomates - Saboteur Forcefield Circa Waves - Northern Town The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town Gaz Coombes - Don't Say It's Over Crowded House - Catherine Wheels Vincent Christ - Midnight to Midnight The Bongos - Numbers With Wings Liela Moss - WOO (No Ones Awake) Boom Bip - The Matter (of Our Discussion) feat Nina Nastasia Eno & Hyde - To Us All The Zombies - Changes Molly - Sunday Kid Alice Phoebe Lou - Rebel Rose Steve Stoeckel- Heather Gray Chad and Jeremy - You Are She Read the full article
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Oh okay, letz hav some fun :D
3 ships Tihana/Toussaint from Amnesia: Rebirth (Temaku sorry haha), Daniel/the Shadow from Amnesia The Dark Descent, Ink Bendy/Shipahoy Wilson from BATDR (and maybe, maaaybe some brotp of Sebastian Valtor/Bloom Peters from Fate: The Winx Saga on Netflix)
First ever ship let’s pretend it’s Roxy/Ogron from Winx club
Last song LOVER - Been Invited
Last movie I don’t quite remember watching the entire movie recently, let it be K-12 my Melanie Martinez or Kung Fu Panda 4 I saw in cinema in March. Because recently I’ve been only watching Fate: The Winx Saga on Netflix xd
Currently reading “Snow on Grass” by Yuri Norshtein, Goetia (with Aleister Crowley’s comments)
Currently watching Avatar: the Legend of Korra with my 8yo lil bro because he was depressed that we finished ATLA and he needed to hyperfixate on something else (it’s his first time in fandoms don’t be rude)
Currently consuming the blueberry lemon tart I made in a blind rage a couple of days ago (I made too many and I still have some)
Currently craving some inner peace, be able to draw all the things I want and get done with university exams and tasks.
tagging @tales-of-tai-shan , @dedmasya , @dingleshartbeaufoy , @keijisovkevich , @lunaticliam , @jeff-the-kills-you , @haselfuns-blog , @xxnessa-morgothxx , @mrwoeful , @augustinxxz , @keysmanydudes , @mrcarkl , @fokmoss , @caught-in-a-landslide , @ardenrosegarden , @slyakoch13 , @fawiefunnykitten , @milaabsurd . (no pressure ofc, participate if you want!)
Tag 9 people you want to get to know better!
3 ships: The Millennium Falcon, a Rebel X-Wing, and Slave I
First ship ever: I think that was the Disney Magic
Note: ships meant pairings here but I decided to be a facetious
Last Song: A Thousand Years part 2 because I was feeling sappy
Last Movie: The Fall Guy
Currently Reading: After Alice by Gregory Maguire
Currently Watching: Home Improvement
Currently Consuming Being Consumed By: the need to nap
Currently Craving: a nap
Thanks for the tag @aintinacage
No pressure tags: @marvel-and-dc-geek @fleursfairies @marinarashakeyobooty @cyphers-and-sunspots @indoraptorgirlwind @marvelstuff-iguess @askazara and anyone else who wants to play
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Jeff Toussaint en “Hipnotízame”. De arriba a abajo: Chenoa, Marta Márquez, Patricia Montero y Daniela Blume. Jeff Toussaint on “Hipnotízame”. From top to bottom: Chenoa, Marta Márquez, Patricia Montero y Daniela Blume.
#hypnosis#hipnosis#induction#jeff toussaint#chenoa#Daniela Blume#Marta Marquez#Patricia Montero#hipnotízame
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Double bill: American Rust (created by Dan Futterman, 2021), Your Honor (created by Peter Moffat, 2021)
I've been Maura Tierney's biggest fan since I saw her first episode in ER on Polish TV. This might have been the beginning of me getting into watching TV series, which would become a way of escaping the pain of writing my M.A. dissertation on a topic I would later find out that I didn't care much about. ER would soon fill in the gap between the ends of Sex and the City and Six Feet Under and the beginning of Weeds, probably the last single-series experience I would have before I started watching multiple series simultaneously. She showed up as Nurse Hathaway's obstetrician to then join the series' core staff a few weeks later. She was amazing, her face registered every tiny emotion, she didn't give a fuck, yet she cared so so much. I later discovered Newsradio, where she was the stabilizer to everyone else's zaniness. Each of the above titles would eventually bring me disappointment: Newsradio lost Paul Hartman, Weeds got lost in its constant transitions, Six Feet Under would get mean and implausible, while Sex and the City was like those people in your life that suddenly you understand that had toxic throughout but you just failed to notice. Out of these, ER is the most fascinating case of a show that weathered through its most spectacular loss of Edwards' Dr. Green into the unexpectedly well-written season 9 to then, equally unexpectedly, dramatically drop in quality especially in the last three seasons. Tierney was great throughout, particularly in her last full season, where her character suddenly, but credibly started drinking again. Tierney then had a fantastic guest stint at Rescue Me, returning to the show for a moment two years later, just after recovering from cancer: due to that, I think, her character, already a broader, funnier, and more sexual version of Abby Lockhart, would be given a raw cancer storyline, which, for me, became one of her three best performances. The second would be a variation of it, a blunt prosecutor on Your Honor, a show that was not so great and super popular, yet it had three great supporting roles (Tierney, Landecker, Toussaint). My third would be her winning supporting-to-lead performance in The Affair, a show as consistently flawed as it was entertaining to watch. American Rust is more frustrating. It is bleak and tries so hard to emulate the poverty of its characters that it comes off as gratuitous. Both shows have recently been renewed for second seasons, both were in a limbo for a while, which shows how unimpressive they turned out. I am looking forward to Tierney being offered funnier and punchier productions, her own Veep or Mare of Easttown or Hacks, something funny, potent, and smart as she always makes her characters.
#maura tierney#jeff daniels#bingeingmicrodosed#brian cranston#american rust#your honor#amy landecker#double bill#lorraine toussaint
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#Catholic#Black Catholic#Keeping My Religion#Catholic Podcast#The Greatest Commandment#Faith#Jesus Christ#Agape#Jeff Jefe Delices#Diocese of Brooklyn#DOB#Pope Francis#Cardinal Timothy Dolan#Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio#Venerable Pierre Toussaint
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Happy International Jazz Day! Celebrate with our newly updated Nonesuch: Jazz playlist of music by Cecile McLorin Salvant, Brad Mehldau, Mary Halvorson, Makaya McCraven, Yussef Dayes, Joshua Redman, Jeff Parker, Tigran Hamasyan, Rachael & Vilray, Rob Mazurek, Ben LaMar Gay, Sam Gendel, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Allen Toussaint, Fred Hersch, and more. You can listen on Spotify and Apple Music here.
#international jazz day#jazz#cecile mclorin salvant#brad mehldau#mary halvorson#makaya mccraven#yussef dayes#joshua redman#jeff parker#tigran hamasyan#rachael & vilray#rob mazurek#ben lamar gay#sam gendel#pat metheny#bill frisell#allen toussaint#fred hersch#nonesuch#nonesuch records
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Kindred: The Embraced - Fox - April 2, 1996 - May 9, 1996
Drama / Supernatural (8 episodes)
Running Time: 60 minutes
Stars:
Mark Frankel as Julian Luna (Ventrue clan)
Kelly Rutherford as Caitlin Byrne
Stacy Haiduk as Lillie Langtry (Toreador clan)
Erik King as Sonny Toussaint
C. Thomas Howell as Detective Frank Kohanek
Brigid Walsh as Sasha Luna
Recurring
Channon Roe as Cash (Gangrel clan)
Jeff Kober as Daedalus (Nosferatu clan)
Brian Thompson as Eddie Fiori (Brujah clan)
Patrick Bauchau as Archon Raine (Ventrue clan)
#Kindred: The Embraced#TV#Drama#Supernatural#1990's#Fox#Mark Frankel#Kelly Rutherford#Stacy Haiduk#Erik King#C. Thomas Howell#Brigid Walsh#Channon Roe#Jeff Kober#Brian Thompson#Patrick Bauchau
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Jeff Sonhouse (American, 1968), Tougher than Two Mutha%#@ers Roger Toussaint, 2006. Oil and steel wool on panel, 91.4 x 81.6 cm.
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Thomas Piketty y Karl Marx, dos visiones totalmente diferentes del capital
Por Eric Toussaint
Economía
Fuentes: CADTM
En su libro El capital en el siglo XXI [1] Thomas Piketty [2] hace una precisa recopilación de datos y un trabajo útil con su análisis de la distribución desigual de la riqueza y la renta, pero es importante destacar que algunas de sus definiciones son confusas y cuestionables. Tomemos la definición de capital propuesta por Thomas Piketty: «En todas las civilizaciones el capital cumple dos grandes funciones económicas: sirve, por una parte, para alojarse (es decir, para producir “servicios de vivienda”, cuyo valor calculado a partir del arrendamiento de las habitaciones consiste en el bienestar de dormir y vivir bajo un techo en lugar de a la intemperie) y, por la otra, como factor de producción para elaborar otros bienes y servicios…»
Aquí nos sumerge Piketty en una historia fantasiosa de la humanidad en la que el capital ha estado presente desde el principio
Y continúa: “Históricamente, las primeras formas de acumulación capitalista parecen referirse tanto a las herramientas (pedernal, etc.) como a los acondicionamientos agrícolas (cercas, irrigación, drenaje, etc.) y a los alojamientos rudimentarios (grutas, tiendas, cabañas, etc.), antes de pasar a formas cada vez más sofisticadas de capital industrial y profesional, y a locales de vivienda siempre más elaborados”. Aquí nos vemos sumergidos por Piketty en una historia fantasiosa de la humanidad en la que el capital ha estado presente desde los orígenes y en la que las rentas de una cuenta de ahorros de un jubilado pobre se equiparan con los ingresos del capital.
El capital según Thomas Piketty
Esta gran confusión encuentra su extensión en el análisis presente en el corazón de su libro El capitalismo en el siglo XXI. Para Thomas Piketty, un apartamento de un valor de 80.000 € o un depósito de 2.000 € en una cuenta postal [3] constituyen un capital, de la misma forma que una fábrica o un edificio comercial de 125 millones de €. Evidentemente, en el día a día muchas personas de todo el mundo consideran que tienen un capital en forma de piso valorado en 80.000 €, al que se suma un seguro de vida de 10.000 € y tal vez 2.000 € en una cuenta postal. Por lo tanto, estarán totalmente de acuerdo con la definición dada por Piketty, los libros de texto de economía tradicional y su banquero. Pero se equivocan porque en la sociedad capitalista el capital es una relación social que permite a una minoría enriquecerse apropiándose del trabajo de otros (ver más abajo).
En la sociedad capitalista, el capital es una relación social que permite a una minoría enriquecerse apropiándose del trabajo de otros
Ahora bien, cuando Piketty habla de un impuesto progresivo sobre el capital, tiene en cuenta todos los patrimonios privados, ya sean 1.000 € en una cuenta bancaria o la fortuna de Lakshmi Mittal, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates o Elon Musk.
La confusión continúa cuando se trata de rentas: la renta obtenida de alquilar un apartamento modesto o la que un jubilado gana de su cuenta en el banco son consideradas por Piketty como ingresos de capital al mismo título que los ingresos que extrae de Facebook su jefe Mark Zuckerberg.
Si pasamos a los salarios, Thomas Piketty considera que todos los ingresos declarados como salarios son salarios, ya sean los de un director general de un banco que percibe un «salario» de 3 millones de euros anuales (en este caso, esta suma es en realidad una renta del capital y no un salario propiamente dicho [4]) o los de un empleado bancario que percibe 30.000 € al año.
El capital según Karl Marx
Es conveniente cuestionar el significado que Piketty atribuye a palabras como «capital» y definir de otra manera qué se entiende por rentas del capital o rentas del trabajo. Piketty presenta el capital como algo que existe en todas las civilizaciones y que siempre tiene que existir. En esto, se inscribe en la continuidad de la economía política del siglo XVIII y principios del XIX, la que encontramos en un autor como Adam Smith en particular, antes de que Karl Marx arrojara luz sobre lo que es, realmente, el Capital (y el salario) y que desarrollara una crítica de la economía política de su tiempo.
Es conveniente cuestionar el significado atribuido por Piketty a palabras como «capital»
Karl Marx ironiza a propósito de los autores de su tiempo que vieron en las primeras herramientas de pedernal, el origen del capital o que simplemente lo vieron como capital. Esto es lo que escribe: “Probablemente por eso, mediante un proceso de “alta” lógica, el Coronel Torrens descubrió en la piedra del salvaje, el origen del capital. “En la primera piedra que lanza el salvaje al animal que persigue, en el primer palo que agarra para cortar la fruta que no puede alcanzar con la mano, vemos la apropiación de un artículo con el objetivo de adquirir otro, y descubrimos así el origen del capital. «(R. Torrens: Ensayo sobre la producción de riqueza, etc. p. 79.)». Marx añade sin rodeos y sin creer una palabra: «Con toda probabilidad, aquel primer palo [S/ocí], [stock en alemán], explica por qué en inglés stock es sinónimo de capital» [5].
Karl Marx en su obra El Capital afirma: “los medios de producción y de subsistencia, en cuanto propiedad del productor directo, no son capital. Sólo se convierten en capital cuando están sometidos a condiciones bajo las cuales sirven, a la vez, como medios de explotación y de sojuzgamiento del obrero” [6] . Karl Marx explica que un artesano que posee sus herramientas y trabaja para sí mismo no tiene capital y no recibe un salario. Durante los siglos que precedieron a la victoria de la clase capitalista sobre el antiguo orden, la abrumadora mayoría de las y los productores trabajaron por su cuenta, ya fuera en la ciudad o en el campo: los artesanos organizados en corporaciones o las familias campesinas constituían la mayor parte de las y los productores, poseían su herramienta de producción y en el campo la mayoría de las familias campesinas poseían tierras y, además, podían utilizar los bienes comunales para alimentar parcialmente al ganado o para recoger madera para hacer fuego.
Karl Marx explica que un artesano que posee sus herramientas y trabaja para sí mismo no tiene capital
Entre finales del siglo XV y finales del siglo XVIII en Europa Occidental, la clase capitalista en desarrollo tuvo que obtener el apoyo del Estado para despojar a esta masa de productores de sus herramientas y / o de sus tierras [7] Y para forzarles a aceptar ser asalariadas y asalariados para sobrevivir. La clase capitalista empobreció y desposeyó a las clases populares para obligarlas a aceptar la condición de asalariados y asalariadas. El proceso no se desarrolló de forma natural. Karl Marx analizó de manera detallada y rigurosa los métodos de la acumulación primitiva de capital. En el libro 1 de El Capital, pasa revista a todos los métodos utilizados para despojar a las y los productores de sus medios de producción y, por tanto, de sus medios de subsistencia. [8]
La clase capitalista ha empobrecido y desposeído a las clases populares para obligarlas a aceptar la condición de asalariadas y asalariados
Karl Marx extrae de un libro publicado por Edward Gibbon Wakefield (20 de marzo de 1796 – 16 de mayo de 1862) una anécdota que ilustra su planteamiento: “Mister Peel, nos dice en un tono lamentable, se llevó consigo de Inglaterra a Swan River, Nueva Holanda, provisiones y medios de producción por valor de cincuenta mil libras esterlinas. Mister Peel también tuvo la previsión de llevarse a trescientas personas de la clase trabajadora, hombres, mujeres y niños. Una vez en su destino, “el señor Peel se quedó sin un sirviente que le hiciera la cama o le sacara agua del río« [9]. [10] Karl Marx comenta con ironía: “¡El infortunado Peel que tenía todo planeado! Solo se había olvidado de exportar las relaciones de producción inglesas al río Swan». En efecto, en Australia, donde se encontraba Nueva Holanda, había una gran cantidad de tierra disponible y las y los trabajadores pudieron encontrar un terreno y establecerse por su cuenta. Karl Marx, a través del comentario sobre este fiasco del capitalista Peel, quiere mostrar que mientras las y los productores tengan acceso a los medios de subsistencia, en este caso a la tierra, no están obligados a aceptar ponerse al servicio de un capitalista [11].
Karl Marx concluye “cuando el trabajador puede acumular para sí mismo, y lo puede hacer mientras siga siendo el propietario de sus medios de producción, la acumulación y la producción capitalistas son imposibles. Les falta la clase asalariada, de la que no pueden prescindir. «(…)»La primera condición de la producción capitalista es que la propiedad de la tierra ya esté arrebatada de las manos de las masas».
Añade: “el modo capitalista de producción y acumulación, y por tanto la propiedad privada capitalista, presupone la aniquilación de la propiedad privada basada en el trabajo personal; su base es la expropiación del trabajador».
Karl Marx escribe: “La posesión de dinero, de subsistencia, de máquinas y de otros medios de producción no hace en absoluto a un hombre un capitalista, a menos que exista un cierto complemento, que es el asalariado, otro hombre, en una palabra, obligado a venderse voluntariamente».
La propiedad privada capitalista presupone la aniquilación de la propiedad privada basada en el trabajo personal; su base es la expropiación del trabajador
Precisemos también que Karl Marx, en la misma sección de El Capital dedicada a la Acumulación Primitiva, denunció con la mayor fuerza el exterminio o el sometimiento por la fuerza bruta de las poblaciones indígenas de América del Norte y otras regiones víctimas de la dominación colonial y la primitiva acumulación de capital: «El descubrimiento de las comarcas auríferas y argentíferas en América, el exterminio, esclavización y soterramiento en las minas de la población aborigen, la conquista y saqueo de las Indias Orientales, la transformación de África en un coto reservado para la caza comercial de pieles-negras, caracterizan los albores de la era de producción capitalista. Estos procesos idílicos constituyen factores fundamentales de la acumulación originaria.” [12].
Las consecuencias de la definición de capital según Thomas Piketty
Volviendo al libro de Piketty, la definición que se da en él de capital introduce una completa confusión. Volvamos a su definición: «En todas las civilizaciones, el capital cumple dos funciones económicas importantes: por un lado para la vivienda (…), y por otro lado, como factor de producción para producir otros bienes y servicios. .». Entonces, para Piketty, el capital ha existido en todas las civilizaciones, se remonta a la prehistoria escribiendo: “Históricamente, las primeras formas de acumulación capitalista parecen referirse tanto a las herramientas (pedernal, etc.) como a los acondicionamientos agrícolas (cercas, irrigación, drenaje, etc.) y a los alojamientos rudimentarios (grutas, tiendas, cabañas, etc.), antes de pasar a formas cada vez más sofisticadas de capital industrial y profesional, y a locales de vivienda siempre más elaborados”. Para Piketty, una herramienta prehistórica de sílex, una cueva, una planta de ensamblaje de computadoras son capitales. De creer a Piketty, la acumulación «capitalísta»se remonta incluso a la recolección de varios pedernales tallados.
Según Piketty, «Históricamente, las primeras formas de acumulación de capital parecen involucrar tanto herramientas (pedernal, etc.) (…) como viviendas básicas (cuevas, tiendas de campaña, chozas, etc.)»
Esta descripción no permite en absoluto comprender la especificidad histórica del capital, su génesis, la forma en que se reproduce, en que se acumula, a qué clase pertenece, a qué relaciones sociales y a qué relaciones de propiedad corresponde. La lista de ejemplos de capitales que presenta Thomas Piketty parece un catálogo de Lidl o Carrefour, es en cierto modo un inventario al estilo Prévert, hay un poco de todo y no falta prácticamente nada de nada [13] .
Hablando de acumulación capitalista hoy, Piketty enfatiza casi exclusivamente el papel de la política sucesoria y tributaria favorable a las y los capitalistas, pero en realidad estos factores, que juegan un papel no despreciable en la transmisión y fortalecimiento del capital, no lo crean. Históricamente, para que el capital del capitalista iniciara un enorme proceso de acumulación, era necesario despojar por la fuerza a las y los productores de sus herramientas así como de sus medios de subsistencia y ha sido necesario explotar su fuerza de trabajo. La acumulación de capital que continúa hoy presupone la prosecución de la explotación de las y los trabajadores y de la Naturaleza. El capital no juega en absoluto un papel útil para la sociedad, por el contrario, la prosecución de su acumulación y su actividad es literalmente mortífera. Ignorando esto, Piketty puede escribir: “A partir del momento en que el capital juega un papel útil en el proceso de producción, es natural que tenga un rendimiento» [14].
La confusión que mantiene Piketty sin duda hay que ponerla en relación con sus convicciones: “No me interesa denunciar las desigualdades o el capitalismo como tal, (…) las desigualdades sociales no plantean un problema en sí mismas, por poco que estén justificadas, es decir en base a la utilidad común (…) ” [15] .
Mi crítica de las definiciones dadas por Thomas Piketty no quita el interés del cuadro monumental que pinta sobre la evolución de las desigualdades en términos de riqueza e ingresos durante los dos últimos siglos. Y, dejando a un lado los innegables desacuerdos fundamentales sobre la noción de capital, es importante buscar reunir, para lograr una reforma tributaria antineoliberal, una amplia gama de movimientos e individuos que van desde Thomas Piketty hasta movimientos de izquierda anticapitalista. Si además es posible unirse para exigir la cancelación de las deudas públicas en poder del Banco Central Europeo por importe de más de 2,5 billones de euros, hay que hacerlo. No me arrepiento de haber firmado conjuntamente en febrero de 2021 con Thomas Piketty un llamamiento a la cancelación de las deudas soberanas en poder del BCE. Como los otros miembros del CADTM que firmaron este texto, creo que debemos ir más allá, en particular imponiendo a las grandes fortunas y grandes empresas una importante Tasa Covid [16]. El CADTM considera que la cancelación de las deudas públicas debe ir acompañada de una serie de medidas anticapitalistas y no es seguro que Thomas Piketty las suscribiera.
Gracias a Anne-Sophie Bouvy, Christine Pagnoulle, Brigitte Ponet, Claude Quémar y Patrick Saurin por su relectura.
Traducido por Alberto Nadal
Para saber más:
«Que faire de ce que nous apprend Thomas Piketty sur Le Capital au XXIe siècle», publié le 19 janvier 2014, http://cadtm.org/Que-faire-de-ce-que-nous-apprend-Thomas-Piketty-sur-Le-capital-au-XXIe-siecle. Hay versión en español: ¿Cómo podemos utilizar lo que aprendemos del libro de Thomas Piketty sobre el capitalismo del siglo XXI? http://cadtm.org/Como-podemos-utilizar-lo-que
El artículo mencionado más arriba está publicado en una forma adaptada en varios capítulos a partir del 1 de marzo de 2021: « La concentration de la richesse en faveur du 1 % », http://www.cadtm.org/La-concentration-de-la-richesse-en-faveur-du-1
Thomas Coutrot, Patrick Saurin y Éric Toussaint Anular la deuda o gravar al capital: ¿Por qué elegir? https://cadtm.org/Anular-la-deuda-o-gravar-al
[TRIBUNE] Annuler les dettes publiques détenues par la BCE pour reprendre en main notre destin, http://www.cadtm.org/TRIBUNE-Annuler-les-dettes-publiques-detenues-par-la-BCE-pour-reprendre-en-main. Está publicada en español por El País el 5 de febrero de 202. Publicado en https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/anular-la-deuda-publica-mantenida-por-el-bce-para-que-nuestro-destino-vuelva-a-estar-en-nuestras-manos/
El Capital en español, en su edición publicada por Siglo XXI editores, en los formatos pdf, doc, mobi-audiolibro (sin notas) se puede consultar en http://ecopol.sociales.uba.ar/el-capital/ que es la edición referida en todas las notas.
Para el Tomo I, los links son los siguientes (ndt):
Vol I http://ecopol.sociales.uba.ar/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2013/09/Marx_El-capital_Tomo-1_Vol-1.pdf
Vol II http://ecopol.sociales.uba.ar/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2013/09/Marx_El-capital_Tomo-1_Vol.-2.pdf
Vol III http://ecopol.sociales.uba.ar/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2013/09/Marx_El-capital_Tomo-1_Vol.-31.pdf
Thomas Piketty, El capital del siglo XXI se puede consultar en http://tiemposmodernos.weebly.com/uploads/6/3/1/3/6313332/el_capital_en_el_siglo_xxi__thomas_piketty__%5Bpoderoso_conocimiento%5D.pdf ndt).
Nota Bene: Lamentablemente no he podido leer el libro de Alain Bihr et de Michel Husson, Thomas Piketty: une critique illusoire du capital, édité par Page 2 & Syllepse en 2020
Notas
[1] Thomas Piketty, El capital en el siglo XXI. Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2014. 663 pp.
[2] Thomas Pikketty El capital en el siglo XXI. p. 235
[3] Hay que señalar que, según Piketty, las sumas en Francia en cuentas de ahorro, cuentas de cheque, etc. solo representan alrededor del 5% del patrimonio (privado)!. p. 231
[4] Es muy cómodo para las y los capitalistas incluir en el cálculo de la masa salarial las muy altas rentas de las y los patrones de una empresa que, además, son completados con dividendos y stock-options.
[5] Fuente: nota a pie de página de Marx en El capital, Libro primero: pág 223. http://ecopol.sociales.uba.ar/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2013/09/Marx_El-capital_Tomo-1_Vol-1.pdf. Para las citas de Marx de este artículo, ver El Capital, en su edición publicada por Siglo XXI editores, en los formatos pdf, doc, mobi-audiolibro (sin notas) que se puede consultar en http://ecopol.sociales.uba.ar/el-capital/
[6] Karl Marx, El Capital, Libro libro 1, vol.3 Cap. XXV La teoría moderna de la colonización pág. 955-958.
[7] El acaparamiento de las tierras por los capitalistas comienza en Inglaterra a partir del siglo XV y es conocido con el nombre de “movimiento de los enclosures”, consistente en poner fin al derecho de uso colectivo de las tierras y de los comunes en beneficio de la propiedad privada de los ricos aristócratas y burgueses. Leer el Capítulo XXIV del libro 1 de El capital de Karl Marx. Pg 891. La llamada acumulación originaria.
[8] La parte del libro El Capital en la que Karl Marx pasa revista a las diferentes fuentes de la acumulación primitiva capitalista es el T I, Vol 3. Cap. XXIV, pag. 891. La llamada acumulación originaria.
[9] E. G. Wakefield: England and America, vol. Il, p. 33. Citado por Karl Marx
[10] Karl Marx, El Capital, T I, Vol 3, Cap. XXV, La Teoría Moderna de la Colonización p. 955 y sig.
[11] Hablando de la situación particular de América del Norte o de la Australia de comienzos del siglo XIX, Marx explica que la posibilidad para las y los colonos de origen europeo de acceder a la tierra o de establecerse por su cuenta permite que “Tal asalariado de hoy se vuelva mañana artesano o cultivador independiente”. En América del Norte, en Australia y en otras regiones de colonización europea, la situación se fue modificando progresivamente durante el siglo XIX y comienzos del siglo XX, y la gran masa de las y los productores independientes, cuyos ancestros habían emigrado de Europa han sido a su vez desposeídos de sus medios de producción.
[12] Karl Marx, El Capital, Libro libro 1, Vol 3 Cap. XXIV La Llamada acumulación originaria pág 939.
[13] En el original en francés Eric Toussaint se refiere al poema de Jacques Prévert (publicado en 1946), http://francais.agonia.net/index.php/poetry/13984336/Inventaire, “Inventario” que se puede leer en español en http://laletratalvez.blogspot.com/2011/10/inventario-por-jacques-prevert.html ndt.
[14] Thomas Piketty, El capital en el siglo XXI, p 465.
[15] Idem p. 46..
[16] https://www.cadtm.org/Por-una-tasa-Covid-19-en-Europa
Eric Toussaint, doctor en Ciencias políticas de la Universidad de Lieja y de la Universidad de París VIII, es el portavoz del CADTM internacional y es miembro del Consejo Científico de ATTAC Francia. Es autor de diversos libros, entre ellos: Capitulación entre adultos. Grecia 2015: Una alternativa era posible, El Viejo Topo, Barcelona, 2020; Sistema Deuda. Historia de las deudas soberanas y su repudio, Icaria Editorial, Barcelona 2018; Bancocracia Icaria Editorial, Barcelona 2015; Una mirada al retrovisor: el neoliberalismo desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad, Icaria, 2010; La Deuda o la Vida (escrito junto con Damien Millet) Icaria, Barcelona, 2011; La crisis global, El Viejo Topo, Barcelona, 2010; La bolsa o la vida: las finanzas contra los pueblos, Gakoa, 2002. Ha sido miembro de la Comisión de Auditoria Integral del Crédito (CAIC) del Ecuador en 2007-2011.Coordinó los trabajos de la Comisión de la Verdad Sobre la Deuda, creada por la presidente del Parlamento griego. Esta comisión funcionó, con el auspicio del Parlamento, entre abril y octubre de 2015. El nuevo presidente del Parlamento griego anunció su disolución el 12 de noviembre de 2015.
Fuente: http://www.cadtm.org/Thomas-Piketty-y-Karl-Marx-dos-visiones-totalmente-diferentes-del-Capital
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