former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
Audio: The Speech That Killed Him, JFK, 6.02 min, uploaded by Global Sovereign Alliance, Dec 9, 2015;
and also:
Published on ZNet, by Ron Daniels, Feb 15, 2016.
… Bernie Sanders is articulating a bold vision of what should and can be achieved if millions believe and join the “revolution” by educating, mobilizing and marching on ballot boxes to chasten the billionaire class, the oligarchy, to transform the face of this nation. A parasitical billionaire class, Wall Street, must be compelled to pay the price for a more just and humane America. Millions of people are “sick and tired of being sick and tired” of pedestrian politics and business as usual. Vision matters, and it is Bernie Sanders’ vision and the meaning of the message that is motivating millions to join the “revolution and march on ballot boxes to embrace a truly progressive policy agenda. Continuer la lecture de « Why Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Matters »
Published on Dissident Voice, by Stansfield Smith, Feb 13, 2016.
The end of January a news article appeared, “Ecuador To Sell A Third Of Its Amazon Rainforest To Chinese Oil Companies,” and has resurfaced again and again on the internet. Posted on progressive websites such as Reader Supported News, Daily Kos, “The PeoplesVoice.org,” “ThinkGlobalGreen.org,” the story often comes with maps of the affected area, and include pictures of indigenous peoples living peaceably with nature or protesting against oil drilling. Continuer la lecture de « Propaganda as “News”: Ecuador Sells out Indigenous and the Environment to China »
… 10,000 farmers protest EU-imposed reforms in Athens [3 VIDEOS, PHOTOS] – Published on RT, Feb 13, 2016.
Thousands of Greek farmers set up a protest camp in central Athens to speak out against tax and pension reforms required by the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Earlier, hundreds clashed with police at the Agriculture Ministry. Continuer la lecture de « Greeks will have to become migrants [3 VIDEOS, PHOTOS] »
Published on INVERSE, by Ethan Jacobs, Feb 11, 2016.
Swiss citizens will decide whether they should receive over $2,500 a month for being Swiss.
Americans are so intensely and intimately familiar with the virtues and vices of representative democracy, it’s easy for us to forget that democracy has alternative forms. Switzerland is about to give us a valuable reminder. As U.S. presidential candidates regurgitate stump speeches in the lead up to Super Tuesday, the TK citizens of Europe’s famously neutral, famously TK mountain kingdom will put the idea of basic income to a vote. The Swiss are having a referendum on whether they should be paid for being Swiss. Continuer la lecture de « Switzerland's Base Income Vote Turns Finance Reform Into a Democratic Spectacle »