Mois : août 2016

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Riham Alkousaa, Sven Becker, Nina Brnada, Anna Clauß, Jürgen Dahlkamp, Walter Mayr, Ralf Neukirch, Jan Puhl, Christoph Schult and Wolf Wiedmann-Schmid, Aug 24, 2016 (Photo Gallery).

A year has passed since the dramatic decision by Angela Merkel to take in hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. What drove her to make the decision and what price will the country pay for it? A look back at 14 days that changed German history … // Continuer la lecture de « Two Weeks in September: The Makings of Merkel's Decision to Accept Refugees – part 1 »

Published on World Socialist Web Site WSWS, by Robert Stevens and Julie Hyland, Aug 24, 2016.

As the right-wing putsch against him intensifies, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been outlining his economic programme for government. Having won the support of an overwhelming majority of party members and supporters for his stated opposition to austerity and war, Corbyn has been stressing the difference between his policies and those of his opponents // Continuer la lecture de « Britain: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn outlines policies for Wealth Creation »

• Ecuadorian Embassy break-in: Police took 2hrs to reach building where Assange is holed up, 3.01 min, uploaded by RT, Aug 23, 2016 … Ecuador has criticized British police for their slow response to a call reporting that an unknown man was trying to break into at its London embassy, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living for four years;
• Assange kill attempt? Unknown man climbs Ecuador’s London embassy, sheltering WikiLeaks chief, on RT, Aug 22, 2016;
• Julian Assange’s Lawyer Found Dead After Being Struck by Train (Video), on Truth Uncensored, by Jennifer Johnson, Aug 19, 2016;
• Exklusives RT-Interview mit Assange – Hat WikiLeaks Dokumente, die Hillary ins Gefängnis bringen? 27.44 min, von RT Deutsch auf YouTube, am 13. Aug 2016: Afshin Rattansi begrüßt in seiner RT-Sendung Going Underground den WikiLeaks-Gründer Julian Assange zum Interview …;
• Julian Assange: My Next Leak Will Ensure Hillary’s Arrest, on YourNewsWire, by Sean Adl-Tabatabai, July 24, 2016;   Continuer la lecture de « Julian Assange vs Mafia »

Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, Aug 20, 2016.

Critics have often blamed President Rouhani of Iran for blindly following the neoclassical-neoliberal model of capitalism. The critical problem with Mr. Rouhani’s economic policies, however, is more than just following the dominant economic model of neoliberalism; more gravely, it is following the worst aspects of that model … // Continuer la lecture de « How parasitic Finance Capital has turned Iran’s economy into a case of Casino Capitalism »

Published on Dissident Voice, by William Hawes, August 20, 2016.

The current state of American politics must make us question whether any of our leaders in the Beltway can be described as “grown-ups”; i.e., fully mature and sane individuals. Continuer la lecture de « Growing Up Insane »