Mois : août 2016

We Will Not Become Like Somalia – Interview with Libya's Prime Minister

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Klaus Brinkbäumer and Susanne Koelbl, Aug 19, 2016: (Photo Gallery).

Since March, Fayez Sarraj has been the prime minister of Libya, a country torn by civil war. Now he is tasked with surmounting the country’s political divisions and leading the fight against the Islamic State and a network of human-traffickers transporting tens of thousands of migrants to Europe.   Continuer la lecture de « We Will Not Become Like Somalia – Interview with Libya's Prime Minister »

Global Struggles for Dominance on ISIS, NATO and Russia

Published on truthout, Interview with Noam Chomsky by C.J. Polychroniou, Aug 17, 2016.

Has ISIS taken a foothold inside Europe? Is Erdogan’s Turkey in the process of making a huge geopolitical shift that will change the balance of power in one of the most volatile regions if the world? Are NATO and the US moving toward peace or war with Russia? In this latest exclusive interview for Truthout, Noam Chomsky offers unique insights on these issues, challenging prevailing narratives about what is happening around the world … // Continuer la lecture de « Global Struggles for Dominance on ISIS, NATO and Russia »

What Happened to the Pink Tide?

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1293, by Kyla Sankey, Aug 16, 2016.

When the ‘pink tide’ of left-leaning governments first rose to power on the back of anti-neoliberal protests across Latin America in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the initial reaction from the Left was euphoric. Striving to move beyond the “there is no alternative” mantra, many pinned their hopes on what seemed to be a new wave of actually existing alternatives to neoliberalism. Continuer la lecture de « What Happened to the Pink Tide? »

California's War on the Homeless: From Streetside Attacks to Policies of Dehumanization

Published on Truthout, by James Anderson, Aug 16, 2016;

… A Statewide Nightmare of Housing Deprivation:

The most recent murders and beatings are just the latest in a long history of various forms of violence against homeless people in San Diego and throughout California, a state with the dubious distinction of leading the nation in housing deprivation.   Continuer la lecture de « California's War on the Homeless: From Streetside Attacks to Policies of Dehumanization »

Free people from dictatorship of the 0.01%

Published on ZNet (first on Asian Age), by Vananda Shiva, Aug 15, 2016.

The only way to counter globalisation just a plot of land in some central place, keep it covered in grass, let there be a single tree, even a wild tree.” This is how dear friend and eminent writer Mahasweta Devi, who passed away on July 28, at the age of 90, quietly laid out her imagination for freedom in our times of corporate globalisation in one of her last talks.   Continuer la lecture de « Free people from dictatorship of the 0.01% »

Cameroon/Herakles Farms: an appeal for assistance from Cameroonian communities …

… resisting the Herakles Farms’ Palm Oil Projects – Published on Farmlandgrab.org, Aug 9, 2016.

The Herakles Farms palm oil project has been involved in the unlawful taking of land from local communities. The project is also destroying forested areas, illegally laundering timber, and threatens Korup National Park, a high conservation area. Korup Park is home to chimpanzees, forest elephants, gorillas, and other endangered wildlife. Local communities are fighting for survival and for their land and forests.   Continuer la lecture de « Cameroon/Herakles Farms: an appeal for assistance from Cameroonian communities … »

The end of the play? – Spiel am Ende?

Only  one item – allowing enough time to meditate it:

Spoken in english, subtitled in german: Three reasons why Germany will go down … drei Gründe, warum Deutschland untergehen wird – US-Think-Tank-Chief, 10.18 min, uploaded by Anonymous, July 1, 2016 … George Friedman from Stratfor – during Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2016 – on US’ goal to prevent any cooperation between Germany and Russia … Website: Anonymous News.de.

Chinese sweatshops – they were the future, once

Published on Stronger Unions.org, by Owen Tudor, July 25, 2016.

… Over the past decade or so, Chinese workers’ wages in the industrial heart of the country on the south and east coast, including the Special Economic Zones, have risen substantially. Maybe not to western levels, but way higher than their parents ever earned. Continuer la lecture de « Chinese sweatshops – they were the future, once »