Mois : septembre 2016

AUDIOS – uploaded by Democracy At Work:

• from Sept 1, 2016 – Puerto Rico’s crisis, 57.35 min … US income inequality vs rest of world, Europe exposes Apple Corp’s tax evasion; TTP and TTIP face rising opposition; even Martin Wolf sees capitalism’s contradiction with democracy. Interview with Prof Ian Seda on Puerto Rico’s economic/colonial crisis;
• from Aug 25, 2016 – Capitalism’s Craziness, 55.38 min … updates on universities, politicians, and grad student unions, Bill Gates obscene wealth, Harley-Davidson’ illegal pollution and more. Analyses of capitalism’s craziness: insufficient demand, unemployment’s wastes, state subsidies for all systems;   Continuer la lecture de « Weekly Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff »

Published on Global Research.ca (first on World Socialist Web Site WSWS), by Patrick Martin, Sept 2, 2016.

Hillary Clinton’s speech to the American Legion convention Wednesday was a full-throated declaration of the right and responsibility of the United States to control the world by military force. Clinton pledged to keep the US the dominant global military power, to uphold the military alliances through which US imperialism controls Europe and the Far East, and to wage war unilaterally if deemed necessary, regardless of world opinion. Continuer la lecture de « Clinton’s “American Exceptionalism” Speech: A Bipartisan Policy of Militarism and War »

Published on plus55, by Gustavo Ribeiro, Aug 31, 2016.

The definitive removal of Dilma Rousseff from office means much more than the end of a political cycle.   Continuer la lecture de « Impeachment is the failure of Brazil's political system »

Published on truthout, by Molly Knefel, Aug 30, 2016;

A political battle is being waged over charter schools in Massachusetts right now, and it’s a microcosm of the state of the charter debate across the country. In the lead-up to a November ballot measure in which voters will decide whether or not to lift the state’s cap on charter schools, known as Question 2, Democrats passed a resolution this month opposing charter school expansion. Continuer la lecture de « US: A Turning Point for the Charter School Movement »