Mois : septembre 2013

Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 31, 2013.

… Syria occupies a strategic location in the Middle East. The war on Syria is part of a roadmap of military undertakings. It is an integral part of a broader US-NATO-Israel military agenda directed not only against Iran, but also against Russia and China. Moreover, it is part of an extended military agenda which consists in establishing control over Middle East-Central Asian oil reserves as well as strategic oil and gas pipelines.  Continuer la lecture de « Dangerous Crossroads: a war on Syria, prelude to a World War III scenario? »

Published on openDemocracy, by KHALDOON AHMED, August 19, 2013.

Pakistan is a country standing at the crossroads. From Karachi to Peshawar, a series of snapshots provides a glimpse into the dangerous inequalities and snatches of hope that fill Pakistani life. I was born in London, but used to visit Pakistan with my family during the summer holidays. In March 2013, I travelled from Karachi in the South, to Peshawar in the North. I took a notebook and a camera, and saw a Pakistan I had not seen before. Here are ten people I met.   Continuer la lecture de « Pakistani portraits »

Grundeinnkommen: DER FILM, 98.46 min, von LaberrhabarberPF am 12. Dezember 2010 hochgeladen.
In Deutschland erhalten 4 von 10, = 41% der Menschen, ihr Einkommen durch bezahlte Arbeit.
2 von 10 leben von einer Rente oder Pension,
3 von 10 leben vom Einkommen ihrer Angehörigen (Familie),
1 von 10 erhalten Arbeitslosengeld/Sozialhilfe
d.h. 59% der Deutschen leben von Transferleistungen.

Book-Review for Social Democracy After the Cold War, edited by Bryan Evans and Ingo Schmidt, 2012, Edmonton: AU Press – Published on new Socialist, by James Cairns, August 30, 2013.

The nine chapters in the edited collection Social Democracy After the Cold War describe the development of that trend and analyze its relevance for anti-capitalists. It claims to provide “a comprehensive examination of a politics that has come to be identified as the ‘new’ social democracy.” Comprehensive is a bold word and isn’t the best descriptor of a book that offers case studies of social democracy without including chapters on experiences in Southern Europe (think Greece and Portugal) or anywhere on the Asian, African or South American continents.   Continuer la lecture de « The Neoliberalization of Social Democracy »

Volker Pispers: Das politische Elend in Deutschland, 8.31 min, von Deepskies am 27. Juni 2008 hochgeladen: doch, auch heute noch gültig.