former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Matthias Schepp and Britta Sandberg, Jan 16, 2015 (Photo Gallery).
In a SPIEGEL interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev discusses the dangers of poor relations between Russia and the West in the Ukraine crisis, saying there is a danger that things could get worse. Germany, he says, has a significant role to play … // Continuer la lecture de « Gorbachev Interview: I Am Truly and Deeply Concerned – part 1 »
Published on truthout, by C.J. Polychroniou, Jan 14, 2015.
In early 2010, Greece became the first among a number of peripheral member states in the euro area, the ultimate neoliberal zone throughout the entire capitalist universe, that fell victim to the global financial crisis of 2008 by being shut out of the international credit markets and subsequently having to end up in the arms of a rescue mechanism designed by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Union (IMF) in order to avoid an official default that would have caused a massive meltdown in Europe’s banking system since it was mostly major German, French and Swiss banks that had recklessly loaned billions of euros to the Greek government and Greek businesses … // Continuer la lecture de « Greece, Europe and the Neoliberal Nightmare: Is There a Way Out? »
Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by staff, Jan 14, 2015. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/10126/21/Who-isn%E2%80%99t-Charlie-.aspx
Words are not enough to summon the sense of grief we, the staff at Al-Ahram Weekly, feel for our Charlie Hebdo colleagues, mowed down by an evil of such terrible proportion — an evil of such depth that many still have trouble fathoming, and many will be dwelling upon for a long time to come.
Our shock and horror, our sadness and our undivided solidarity with Charlie Hebdo have nothing to do with the material it publishes. We don’t care if we agree with it or not. No man or woman wielding a camera, a brush or a pen deserves to be killed for what he or she writes or portrays … // Continuer la lecture de « Who isn’t Charlie? – some Muslim reactions »
Published on Land Destroyer Report LD, by Tony Cartalucci, Jan 11, 2015.
Corroborating claims by French security agencies, a bizarre interview conducted just before the death of terror suspect Chérif Kouachi reveals that he had been in Yemen and in direct contact with none other than Anwar Al Awaki – the notorious Al Qaeda leader allegedly killed in a drone strike in Yemen in 2011. Continuer la lecture de « Opps – Paris Attackers Funded by Pentagon Dinner Guest »