Auteur/autrice : Heidi Barathieu-Brun

Washington’s “Two Track Policy” to Latin America

… Marines to Central America and Diplomats to Cuba – Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof. James Petras, May 28, 2015.

Everyone, from political pundits in Washington to the Pope in Rome, including most journalists in the mass media and in the alternative press, have focused on the US moves toward ending the economic blockade of Cuba and gradually opening diplomatic relations. Talk is rife of a ‘major shift’ in US policy toward Latin America with the emphasis on diplomacyand reconciliation. Even most progressive writers and journals have ceased writing about US imperialism.   Continuer la lecture de « Washington’s “Two Track Policy” to Latin America »

Polarizing Development, Introducing Alternatives to Neoliberalism and the Crisis

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1122, by Thomas Marois and Lucia Pradella, May 25, 2015.

Neoliberal economic policies, with their emphasis on market-led development and individual rationality, have been exposed as bankrupt not only by the global economic crisis but also by increasing social opposition and resistance … // Continuer la lecture de « Polarizing Development, Introducing Alternatives to Neoliberalism and the Crisis »

EU dropped pesticide laws due to US pressure over TTIP, documents reveal

Published on The Guardian, by Arthur Neslen in Brussels, May 22, 2015: US trade officials pushed EU to shelve action on endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to cancer and male infertility to facilitate TTIP free trade deal … (my comment: America wants that we pay ourselves our destruction – Heidi).

EU moves to regulate hormone-damaging chemicals linked to cancer and male infertility were shelved following pressure from US trade officials over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership TTIP free trade deal, newly released documents show. Continuer la lecture de « EU dropped pesticide laws due to US pressure over TTIP, documents reveal »

Battle of humanity, Muslim scholars make desperate call to save Syria’s Palmyra

Published on Russia Today RT, May 25, 2015.

Before Islamic State hammers have a chance to fall on the ruins of Palmyra, a leading Sunni Muslim body is appealing one last time for people to unite “in a battle of humanity” and save what UNESCO calls a historic city of “outstanding universal value.” Continuer la lecture de « Battle of humanity, Muslim scholars make desperate call to save Syria’s Palmyra »