Auteur/autrice : Heidi Barathieu-Brun

UPDATE: Video: Aux actes citoyens – Alexandre Jardin, un zèbre de passage au congrès de la FIQ, 39.29 min, mise en ligne par FIQ Santé, le 25 avril 2014;

I: L’Appel des Zèbres, Laissez-nous faire, on a déjà commencé – Publié dans Ambition France.org: La France ne peut plus se permettre de tout attendre d’un système sanctionné à chaque élection. Il faut que la confiance revienne. Elle ne se décrétera pas, elle se gagnera par l’action d’intérêt général, dans nos territoires … //

• … Laissez-nous faire, nous les Faizeux, celles et ceux qui agissent au quotidien pour trouver des solutions performantes aux maux qui rongent notre société.
• Laissez-nous faire, nous les acteurs du monde associatif, mutualiste ou entrepreneurial qui donnons concrètement des outils aux Français pour qu’ils se prennent en main. Continuer la lecture de « today in french: Alexandre Jardin »

Published on ZNet (and also on teleSUR), by John Pilger, May 2, 2015. [Update 1: … also in the Sydney Morning Herald/Comment, by John Pilger, April 28, 2015 … and first on John Pilger.com].

Following a week in Australia in which the words “heroes” and “heroism” bobbed on a tsunami of raw propaganda, a tribute is due to two unrecognised heroes. The first is Ray Jackson, who died on 23 April. Continuer la lecture de « The Message of Anzac: Put Out More Flags, or Shut Up »

Published on ZNet (first on open democracy), by Patrick Heller, May 2, 2015.

Much has been made of the recent wave of social movements against neo-liberalism and precarity. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movements to the student protests against the educational system in Chile, commentators have detected a Polanyi-like wave of counter movements to neo-liberal globalization. But what exactly do these movements have in common? Continuer la lecture de « BRICS from below: counterpower movements in Brazil, India and South Africa »

• underwater video stock footage Demo 4K Ultra HD, 4.13 min, uploaded by Undersea Productions, Dec 8, 2014;
• Die geheime Welt der Ozeane, 45.00 min, uploaded by Dokus Aktuell, Oct 3, 2014;
• BBC Ocean Voyager HD – Full, Doc, 50.18 min, uploaded by Nat Geo Full HD, Sept 27, 2014;
• BBC HD Great Barrier Reef 1 Nature’s miracle, 58.57 min, uploaded by Nature Videos, Sept 23, 2014;
• BBC Great Barrier Reef II 2012 HD, 51.21 min, uploaded by كل جديد الكيك والمقاطع المظحكه Aug 4, 2013;
• Korallenriffe – Die Regenwälder der Meere, 43.01 min, uploaded by DokuWorld2013, May 20, 2013;
• Reef Life of the Andaman, 116.24 min, uploaded by Bubble Vision, Oct 31, 2012;
• on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: Diving the Ribbon Reefs , 4.42 min, uploaded by Undersea Productions, Aug 1, 2011.

Published on ZNet (first on The Guardian), by George Monbiot, April 30, 2015.

Wrapped up in this story is everything that’s wrong with the way our economy works. Corporations ream the land with giant holes, extract a stack of money, then clear out, leaving other people with the costs. There’s a briefer description: legalised theft.   Continuer la lecture de « A Hole in the System »