debt-peonage

A lesson in banking practices from young Victoria Grant

Victoria Grant is a 12-year-old Canadian. Her father and she discovered that the debt money system was what was wrong with the Canadian economy and decided to do something about it. She recites this from memory at the First Annual Public Banking Conference in Philadelphia, April 27-28, 2012.

American Dream is American Nightmare for College Grads

American Dream is American Nightmare for College Grads

Recently I got a comment on my post about the Student Loan Swindle from a very creative and interesting thinker who is living through this very situation herself. She has been homeless as a result and yet she has realised this is a bigger issue that many people are facing. Instead of accepting the c ...

The Student Loan Swindle

The Student Loan Swindle

It was announced last summer that total student loan debt, at $830 billion, now exceeds total US credit card debt! What about organizing a collective action to withhold loan payment for one month to send a message to the banks? I recently read the book The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppresiv ...

Ubuntu = No More Student Debt?

Ubuntu = No More Student Debt?

I consider myself extremely fortunate to be living in Vancouver, BC for many reasons, but one of the main ones is the extremely active Ubuntu group here. Some of you may have noticed in my last post about Ubuntu that after I installed the latest release called Karmic Koala, I immediately got a warni ...