Mois : février 2015

Published on Toward Freedom (first on The New Internationalist), by Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Feb 4, 2015.

Our current democratic models are crumbling and outdated. We need to make something more real and meaningful … // Continuer la lecture de « Democracy in the Digital Era »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Laura Höflinger, Feb 4, 2015, (Photo Gallery).

Annie Bus of the Netherlands suffered from horrendous pain and paralysis, but not from a terminal illness. She wanted to die anyway. The story of how she got her wish demonstrates how difficult it is to set boundaries in a country that permits assisted suicide.   Continuer la lecture de « The Last Days of Annie Bus: A Chronicle of Dutch Euthanasia »

Published on International Viewpoint, with Éric Toussaint, interviewed by Maud Bailly, Feb 3, 2015.

… How does this restructuring of the Greek debt compare with the Brady Plan that was implemented in countries of the South as a consequence of the 1982 debt crisis?   Continuer la lecture de « the lessons that can be drawn from the failure of the Greek 2012 restructuring »

Oskar Lafontaine bei der Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz, 43.33 min, von junge Welt Ladengalerie (mit weiteren Beiträgen aus der Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz) am 12. Januar 2015 hochgeladen: Referat von Oskar Lafontaine (Die Linke) bei der XX. Internationalen Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz der Tageszeitung junge Welt am 10. Januar 2015 in Berlin.

Published on Dissident Voice, by Robert Hunziker, February 2, 2015.

Class war furor amplifies throughout Europe. “The trenches are the streets” of major cities that have suffered the most from neoliberal policies as promulgated by the world’s monetary authorities, like the EU-IMF.

Suddenly, the “Syriza Virus” is circulating throughout Europe. The “people” have had enough austerity crammed down their throats. They’re in the streets. Continuer la lecture de « Class War Furor »