Mois : février 2015

Published on ZNet, by Justin Podur and Sardar Saadi, Feb 13, 2015.

Since September of 2014, the city of Kobani has been in the news as the site of a battle between Kurdish forces from the Rojava region and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). At the end of January, the Kurdish forces (YPG and YPJ) announced that Kobani had successfully repelled the attack. But ISIS is still in control of villages surrounding Kobani and maintaining its threat to other parts of Rojava.   Continuer la lecture de « The Rojava Revolution and the Liberation of Kobani »

Published on Russia Today RT, Feb 13, 2015.

From journalists’ sleepless wanderings in the Minsk palace to “buckets of coffee” served to the leaders, RT has gathered most interesting moments from behind the scenes of the epic all-night Ukraine peace negotiations.

(READ MORE: Ukraine peace deal: Ceasefire starting February 15, removal of heavy weapons)

Hide-and-seek in the palace:   Continuer la lecture de « 16-hour Minsk marathon: Vodka for journos, Merkel’s cell died, Lavrov smokes »

Published on Global Research.ca, by Binoy Kampmark, Feb 12, 2015.

… He was the only agent of the Central Intelligence Agency to blow the otherwise hesitant whistle on the torture program made infamous by the Bush administration. And for all that good grace, he paid with a prison sentence, having violated the covenant of the espionage service. In 2007, John Kiriakou publicly confirmed and noted the use of waterboarding by agents in dealing with terrorist suspects. And it hardly came with bells and whistles. Continuer la lecture de « Leaking Against the Impossible: Whistleblower John Kiriakou, CIA Torture and Leaking »

… but only by reframing the current debate – Published on London School of Economics LSE, by José A. Noguera, Feb 4, 2015.

… The concept of a ‘basic income’ is now at the centre of the political agenda in Spain: at least since the left-wing party Podemos, which has surged to the top of Spanish opinion polling in recent months, included the proposal in its political programme for the last European election. Under different names (‘Citizens Income’, ‘Universal Basic Income’, ‘Basic Income Guarantee’), the idea essentially involves paying an unconditional minimum income to all citizens.   Continuer la lecture de « Spain: A 'basic income system' could be feasible in Spain »

Published on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ.org, by Gerard Ryle, Will Fitzgibbon, Mar Cabra, Rigoberto Carvajal, Marina Walker Guevara, Martha M. Hamilton and Tom Stites, Feb 8, 2015.

Team of journalists from 45 countries unearths secret bank accounts maintained for criminals, traffickers, tax dodgers, politicians and celebrities. Continuer la lecture de « Banking Giant HSBC Sheltered Murky Cash Linked to Dictators and Arms Dealers »