Mois : octobre 2015

related articles published during Octobre 2015: (continuously updated …) Continuer la lecture de « Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, October 1 – 31, 2015 »

Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 29, 2015;

The majority of European Parliament members have voted in favor of asking constituent states to grant protection to whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who has described the move as a ‘game-changer’ and a ‘chance to move forward’ … // Continuer la lecture de « Game-changer: European Parliament votes in favor of dropping charges against Snowden »

ACTUALLY – RT on Air: tensions at the Slovenian-Austrian border …

Published on The Independent.co.uk, by Jamie Merrill, Oct 29, 2015.

Kawphar Zangana would not say how his wife died. It was too much for him. “They [Isis] took her from me in Iraq. Now I can only help my children get to Germany.”   Continuer la lecture de « Refugee crisis: Last influx to fortress Europe cross Austrian border before route closes »

… in five videos – can be seen without understanding the german spoken explanations – uploaded by P.-Călin A., 2014:   Continuer la lecture de « Deutschland von oben / Germany from above »

uploaded by LeftStreamed, Oct 2015: part 1/5, 30.37 min; part 2/5, 10.25 min; part 3/5, 11.54 min; part 4/5, 08.57 min; part 5/5, 16.01 min … (also on Socialist Project;   Continuer la lecture de « Indigenous Peoples' History of the USA »

… an inability to understand signs can cost fighters their lives – night school aims to change that – Published on The Independent.co.uk, by Cathy Otten, Oct 25, 2015.

A student looks diligently up at his teacher and then down at an exercise book filled with rows of letters. Shkur Miro and the rest of the men listening carefully to what their teacher tells them are Peshmerga fighters, taking a break from the war with Isis. Continuer la lecture de « Isis in Iraq: Peshmergas have new weapon in fight against militants – the ability to read »

Published on Global Research.ca, by Kevin Barrett, Oct 20, 2015 (with video, 5.55 min … and the book link about).

The truth about the September 11, 2001 terror attacks would not only destabilize the American political system but it would also take down the US as a global empire, an American scholar says.   Continuer la lecture de « Truth About 9/11 Would Take Down the US as a Global Empire »

Published on Spiegel Online International, a commentary by Markus Feldenkirchen, Oct 20, 2015.

The World Cup scandal brought to light by SPIEGEL serves as a reminder that Germany is nowhere near as perfect as it had started to look – ironically, around the time of that historic « fairytale summer » … //

… With its social market economy, Germany also appeared to have defied the law of capitalism that requires one to be a little coarse and unscrupulous in order to prevail. Continuer la lecture de « Nice No More: The End of the German Fairytale »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1175, by Sungur Savran, Oct 19, 2015.

The immense catastrophe that struck Turkey in the streets of Ankara, the capital city, on 10 October, when two bombs exploded in the midst of a thronging crowd of what would possibly turn out to be hundreds of thousands of people, leading to the death of an indefinite number of people, in any case exceeding one hundred, and the wounding of hundreds, some still under the risk of death, is a sharp reminder, if any were needed, that this is a country undergoing a severe political crisis … // Continuer la lecture de « The Syrianization of Turkey »

Published on Global Research.ca, Oct 20, 2015.
(See also Arrest Records).

The following infographic shows us how profitable the US prison industry is. “Between 1980 and 1994, profits went up from $392 million to $1.31 billion” dollars. As reported in The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery?, inmates, mostly Blacks and Hispanics, are also being exploited by various industries: Continuer la lecture de « Privatization of the US Prison System »

REPORT from Human Rights Watch HRW – Published on relief web.int, by Lydia Gall, Oct 20, 2015.

We are stuck between two borders. We can’t enter Slovenia and we are not allowed to go back into Croatia. Everyone says we are someone else’s responsibility.”

25-year-old Hadi from Syria was shivering as we spoke. He said he had been stuck for nearly 20 hours, exposed to rain and cold in the no-man’s land between the Croatian and Slovenian borders. I met him there last night, together with hundreds of other migrants and asylum seekers, including many women and children, who were brought from Croatia’s Tavornik camp at about 1 a.m. the morning before.   Continuer la lecture de « Dispatches: EU Border Closures Leave Asylum Seekers Stranded »

Medication rates high for ADHD sufferers – Published on JMU (Liverpool UK), by Amy Cole, Oct 19, 2015.

Medication for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder [ADHD] is being heavily prescribed across Merseyside, with statistics showing Wirral ranking second highest in the country … //

… Dr Tony Lloyd from the Liverpool-based ADHD Foundation says that medication isn’t always the best option and can cause reliance on a pill for a chronic condition.
He told JMU Journalism: “Sadly, in most parts of the country, medication is the first and only line of treatment.”
Blame is quick to fall on doctors for overprescribing and not offering alternative treatments and therapies … // Continuer la lecture de « ADHD – alternative treatments to medication »

Published Croatia, the War and the Future, by Ina Vukic, Oct 18, 2015.

More than 190,000 refugees and migrants have crossed into Croatia over the past month and assisted to cross over Hungary to richer European countries (383,000 have crossed Hungary so far this year). At midnight Friday 16 October Hungary sealed its border with Croatia and, hence, refugees making their way to Hungary from Croatia can no longer contemplate that route. Continuer la lecture de « Migrant Crisis In Croatia Widens Political Rift – Plans For Coup d’état Suspected »

Published on Middle East Eye MEE, Oct 17, 2015.

British resident Shaker Aamer has been imprisoned without charge by US authorities since 2001.

A senior UK politician will be taking part in a hunger strike to show support for the last British resident held at the US run Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba.   Continuer la lecture de « Shaker Aamer's case represents skewed US-UK relationship, says Conservative MP »

Interview with integration specialist Naika Foroutan – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Frank Hornig and Maximilian Popp, Okt 14, 2015: Doubt has lately begun creeping into the German refugee debate, but integration specialist Naika Foroutan says that the new Germany has sent its message loudly and clearly: We can absorb the refugees … //

… SPIEGEL: Will competition for jobs increase?   Continuer la lecture de « Germany's Refugee Challenge: It's Mostly the Politicians Who Have Been Overwhelmed »