Mois : juillet 2015

• Counter Jade Helm 15 – Operation Proves Existence Of White Privilege, 3.33 min, uploaded by The Young Turks TYT, July 14, 2015: Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks discusses the freakout by right-wingers over the « Jade Helm 15 » military exercises. Organizers have announced a « Counter Jade Helm 15 » operation. Cenk discusses how this protest proves white-privilege is alive and well in the United States. Tell us what you think in the comment section below;   Continuer la lecture de « USA – Jade Helm 15 »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1141, by Martijn Konings, July 14, 2015.

It is now sometimes hard to remember – and for the generation that is now in college and wasn’t necessarily reading the opinion pages at the time, it may seem nothing short of perverse – but there was a period following the onset of the crisis when progressive commentary on economic and financial life was pervaded by intense optimism about the future. As overleveraged financial structures crumbled, progressive intelligentsia rang the death knell for the neoliberal principles that were so obviously responsible for the problems.   Continuer la lecture de « Progressives, Neoliberalism, and Austerity – beyond the Polanyian Impasse »

… reflections on Nationalism – Published on theleSUR english, by Vincent Emanuele, July 11, 2015.

… Today, the scourge of nationalism continues to infect the human species. Without doubt, in some circles, people hotly debate the topic. For most people, however, the concept of nationalism is rarely questioned. In fact, it’s a foregone conclusion that people should love the nation in which they reside. Some people even take great pride in the fact that they were arbitrarily born in a specific geographical location. Unfortunately, like religion or capitalism, nationalism is alive and well in the 21st century.   Continuer la lecture de « Challenging Ideologies and Institutions »

Menousis, 6.36 min, subtítulos español – uploaded by Charly Gehena, June 10, 2011 … and many other videos in autoplay.

Find on en.wikipedia;

• Irene Papas … born 3 September 1926, is a retired Greek actress and occasional singer, who has starred in over seventy films in a career spanning more than fifty years …;
• Vangelis … born 29 March 1943), professionally known as Vangelis … is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award–winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, composing scores for the films Antarctica, Blade Runner, Missing, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, and Alexander, and the use of his music in the PBS documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan …;

… and me too:

Greek debt crisis: Nigel Farage is gutted that Greece isn’t leaving the euro, on The Independent.co.uk, by Matt Dathan, July 10, 2015: as Greece closes in on agreeing a deal that will keep the debt-ridden country in the eurozone, there is one man in the UK who is gutted … Nigel Farage … is a British politician and former commodity broker. He is the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), having held the position since November 2010 …;

Leave Euro, retake democracy – Nigel Farage in passionate Tsipras address (VIDEO 4.25 min), on Russia Today RT, July 10, 2015;

Greek Parliament backs bailout plan, on The Times.co.uk, July 11, 2015;

… more about on:

• Google News-search;
• Nigel Farage on YouTube-search: general; Filters 1 year and long;

(my comment: if Tsipras and elected parliament finally bend their knees before the troika, because getting some alms for the nation and thus betraying democracy, I will stop here and now any contribution to further Greek dramas.
But maybe this humanity has still much more to learn about compassion for life and livelihood for US ALL … even for themselves – Heidi).