Mois : mai 2016

The TOM HARTMNN SHOW on radio; on TV/stations; on YouTube;

uploaded on YouTube by thomhartmann, May 2016:

• When has Corporate #FreeTrade helped anyone but the #Billionaires? 9.39 min, … talk with Louise Tieman, President & CEO, World Trade Center-Tacoma/Washington, joins Thom to debate the TPP;   Continuer la lecture de « Thom Hartmann »

Uploaded by DIEM25.official:

• Europe’s Duty to the Refugees – Europe’s Duty to Itself, May 8, 2016: Part 1, 110.29 min; Part 2, 83.10 min; Europe closes down. Not only with regard to flight, migration and refugees, the current atmosphere in Europe is characterized by political and intellectual bigotry and self-imposed isolation. Hence, „the European Union will either be democratised or it will disintegrate“, to quote the recurring theme of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25), recently founded by former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and numerous European politicians, intellectuals and activists.   Continuer la lecture de « quo vadis Europe »

… Interview with Lourdes Huanca – Published on Upside Down World.org, by Georges Ygarza, May 8, 2016.

… Lourdes Huanca Atencio is president of the National Federation of female peasants, Artisans, Indigenous, Natives and Salaried workers of Peru or FENMUCARINAP. The organization was founded in 2006 with the purpose of defending and fighting for the rights of women in Peru. These include struggles for the control and defense of the female body and political, economic and social empowerment. Rooted in an ancestral cosmovision of their indigenous communities, a central struggle has been the fight for their subsistence, in maintaining land, water and seed sovereignty. FENMUCARINAP currently finds itself in 19 regions throughout Peru and counts on over 126,000 members.   Continuer la lecture de « Peru: In Defense of Land, Culture and the Female Body »

Published on South China Morning Post, May 6, 2016.

Greece’s central bank says its website suffered a denial-of service attack as Anonymous announces the start of a 30-day campaign targeting major financial institutions. Continuer la lecture de « Hackers vs. banks battle heats up as Anonymous launches global attack »

Published on Dissident Voice, by Binoy Kampmark, May 6, 2016.

The monstrous Siamese twin of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement TPP, known as (and also) the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership TTIP, has been in a growing puddle of dispute after 248 pages of its content were leaked.   Continuer la lecture de « The TTIP Leaks »