former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
Published on World Socialist Web Site WSWS, by Christoph Dreiere, March 29, 2014.
A day after US President Barack Obama intensified NATO’s confrontation with Russia in Brussels, Germany’s second largest weekly newspaper, Die Zeit, has come out in favour of the reintroduction of compulsory military service. Continuer la lecture de « German magazine Die Zeit calls for reintroduction of compulsory military service »
Development economics for the global north – Published on Dissident Voice, by New Unionism, March 29, 2014.
This week sees yet another make or break conference for the interminable Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks, writes network member Conor Cradden. This time it’s in Bali, and on the agenda (yet again) is breaking the deadlock about multilateral trade regulation (for a quick guide to what’s going on see this piece on the Guardian website). Continuer la lecture de « Collective Industrial Relations »
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Susanne Koelbl, March 27, 2014 (Photo Gallery – Translated from the German by Charles Hawley).
Zalmai Rassoul has long been a close political ally of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Now, he is campaigning to succeed his mentor. With Karzai backing Rassoul, many believe the outgoing leader is seeking to retain his influence … //
… Security Questions: Continuer la lecture de « Hamid's Shadow: Karzai Confidant Takes Aim at Afghan Presidency »
Published on Testosterone Pit, by Wolf Richter, March 27, 2014.
… Russian President Vladimir Putin might have had a field day listening to the speech. But he was busy. He was at his official residence in Novo-Ogaryovo near Moscow, meeting with German industry tycoons, including Joe Kaeser, CEO of multinational engineering conglomerate Siemens. It wasn’t an emergency response to the current sanctions spiral but had been planned during their last meeting in October. Continuer la lecture de « German Industry Goes To See Uncle Putin »
Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 24, 2014.
Interim Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk meets President Obama at White House, March 2014 (White House photo).
In the days following the Ukraine coup d’Etat of February 23, leading to the ousting of a duly elected president, Wall Street and the IMF–in liaison with the US Treasury and the European Commission in Brussels– had already set the stage for the outright takeover of Ukraine’s monetary system. The EuroMaidan protests leading up to “regime change” and the formation of an interim government were followed by purges within key ministries and government bodies. Continuer la lecture de « Regime Change in Ukraine and the IMF’s Bitter “Economic Medicine” »
Published on truthout.org (first on Consortium News/News Analysis), by Lorraine Barlett, March 22, 2014.
Oh, how we Americans love to have someone to spar with, and to hate on, especially when it brings a renewed opportunity for us to engage in our favorite sport. So ramp up the rhetoric and ready the rockets, gang, it’s time for some war games. So, Risk, anyone? Oh wait … that’s just kids’ play. We all know that REAL men prefer Russian roulette … or do they simply march to Tehran? Continuer la lecture de « Crimea and Punishment »
Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, March 22, 2014.
Captain Jose Guillen Araque, of the Venezuelan National Guard, recently gave President Maduro a book on the rise of Nazism, warning that “fascism has to be defeated before it’s too late”! In retaliation for his prophetic warning, the patriotic young captain was shot by a US-backed assassin on the streets of Marcay in the state of Aragua on March 16, 2014. Continuer la lecture de « Defeating Fascism before It’s too Late »
Novo Rossia: The Eastern and Southeastern Mainland Provinces of Ukraine – Published on Global Research.ca, by Israel Shamir, March 21, 2014.
Nobody expected events to move on with such a breath-taking speed. The Russians took their time; they sat on the fence and watched while the Brown storm-troopers conquered Kiev, and they watched while Mrs Victoria Nuland of the State Department and her pal Yatsenyuk (“Yats”) slapped each other’s backs and congratulated themselves on their quick victory. Continuer la lecture de « Crimea: Putin’s Triumph. Now the Confrontation Moves East to “New Russia” »
Published on Spiegel Online Inernational, by Beate Lakotta, March 20, 2014 (Photo Gallery).
Werner Christukat, 89, has been indicted for participating in the 1944 massacre perpetrated by the SS in Oradour-sur-Glane. He says he wasn’t directly involved. Seventy years after the fact, there are more questions than answers, and proof is elusive. Continuer la lecture de « Searching for Justice: An SS Soldier and the Massacre in Oradour-sur-Glane – Part 1 »
Published on Global Research.ca (fiest on RT Op-Edge), by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, March 19, 2014.
As the US militarily pivots into the Asia-Pacific, the Chinese steadily march westward simply through trade-oriented construction and economic projects.
The Chinese have finished the construction of a major tunnel that is part of a mountain transport corridor from Turpan to Kurla that is linked to Pakistan. The corridor is part of the extension of the Karakoram Highway that is part of a project to re-integrate the westernmost portion of the People’s Republic of China with the areas of Eurasia to its west. Continuer la lecture de « Westward March of Chinese Dragon in Eurasia »
Published on Socialist Unity, by Andy Newman, March 10, 2014.
In November 2013 a successful appeal was made to the High Court to stop the government from closing down the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The ILF allows around 18,000 disabled people with complex care and support needs the opportunity to more easily interact within the wider community. On March 6th it was announced that following an equality impact assessment the government felt confident to justify their decision to close the scheme. The Trade Union Disability Alliance strongly condemns the government for choosing to take this route. Continuer la lecture de « The regretable closure of the Independent Living Fund ILF »
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Published on ZNet (Source: ALAI, América Latina en Movimiento), by Simón Andrés Zúñiga, March 15, 2014 (Translated for ALAI by Jordan Bishop).
The internal and international harassment of the Bolivarian and Chavist process has taken the form of a ferocious attack by right-wing economists. The final objective of this campaign is to eliminate from the face of the earth the historical experience of the last fifteen years of an anti-neoliberal and anti-capitalist political process. For the powers of world capitalism, Venezuela is not only a geography to reconquer, for its natural resources, but a threat because of its example of sovereignty, independence and daring to move towards socialism as a promise, for the poor of the Earth, for a life informed by justice. Continuer la lecture de « The Decalogue of a Neoliberal Economist »