Mois : septembre 2014

Published on the National Security Archive, Electronic Briefing Book No. 484, Sept 16, 2014 (Source: provided to book author Richard Whittley by Col. (ret) Mark A. Cooter, USAF).

… As detailed in Richard Whittle’s Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution (Henry Holt and Company, September 16, 2014), the Predator’s configuration was derived from drones developed in the 1980s by former Israeli aeronautical engineer Abraham Karem. Documents obtained by Whittle and posted today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University, www.nsarchive.org, confirm key facts about the Predator’s transformation by the Air Force into the first armed drone used to stalk and kill individual enemies by remote control at intercontinental range.   Continuer la lecture de « Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution »

Published on Global Research.ca, by Dr. Ajamu Nangwaya, Sept 17, 2014.

… We are no longer living in the 19th century with the spectre of Haiti’s successful struggle for its freedom haunting the consciousness of slave masters across the Americas. Yet the military occupation of this country since 2004 by way of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is sending a clear message that the Haitians’ tentative step toward exercising control over the destiny in the 1990s and the early years of the new century is still “a source of alarm and terror” to imperial overlords such a Canada, France, and the United States. Continuer la lecture de « Haiti: A Movement of Solidarity to End the UN’s Illegal Occupation »

Published on abc news, Sept 16, 2014.

The Brazilian government Tuesday hailed a new United Nations report that for the first time removed Latin America’s biggest country from the World Hunger Map.

« Leaving the Hunger Map is a historic milestone for Brazil. We are very proud because overcoming hunger was a priority for the Brazilian state, » Social Development Minister Tereza Campello said in a statement. Continuer la lecture de « Brazil Removed From UN World Hunger Map »

• UK: Government given a ‘red card’ for its efforts to prevent flooding after the winter storms battered the South West, on North Devon Journal, Sept 16, 2014;
• Tony Abbott warns Australians fighting FOR Islamic State could be targeted by RAAF bombs, 2.09 min, on The Sydney Morning Herald, by Mark Kenny, Sept 16, 2014;
• Mediterranean shipwrecks leave over 700 refugees dead, many fleeing Mideast wars, on WSWS, by Bill Van Auken, Sept 16, 2014;
• US Corporate Executives to Workers: Drop Dead, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Sept 16, 2014;
• Hours worked per worker in industrialized countries 1979-2013, on RWER Blog, by David F. Ruccio, Sept 16, 2014;   Continuer la lecture de « a mix of catching concerns »

Published on NYT Sinosphere Blog, by DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW, Sept 14, 2014.

Yong Zhao is professor of education, University of Oregon and author of “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World,” being published this week … //

… Following are excerpts from an interview with Mr. Zhao:

Q. You hav said that traditional Chinese education actively “harms” children. How?   Continuer la lecture de « Q. and A.: Yong Zhao on Education and Authoritarianism in China »