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This Is How They Mess with our Minds – Peters Parents

Published on ZNet, by Cynthia Peters, Nov 27, 2014.

(Published first as Raising a child in a moral way is not just up to parents, its up to society, on TeleSUR English, Nov 26;
from: Raising a Moral Child, on NYT, by Adam Grant, April 11, 2014).

… So, parents, this is how they mess with our minds: Continuer la lecture de « This Is How They Mess with our Minds – Peters Parents »

Ferguson and the False Promise of Revolution

Published on Activist Post, by Tony Cartalucci, November 26, 2014.

When faced on the battlefield with a numerically superior enemy, one must attempt to divide his enemy into smaller, more easily dispatched opponents – or even more ideally, divide them against one another, and have them defeat each other without ever drawing your sword. For Wall Street’s 0.1%, divide and conquer is a way of life … //

… Divide and Conquer: … //
… Ferguson – Playing America Like a Fiddle: … //

… Get Off the Hamster Wheel: Continuer la lecture de « Ferguson and the False Promise of Revolution »

Class Struggles actually on the web

Related Links:

From the Civil War to Ferguson today – racism, rebellion & class struggle in the US, on Facebok;
Germany and the European Commission’s €315 Billion Infrastructure “New Deal” is Yet More Smoke and Mirrors, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Nov 26, 2014;
What is Class Oppression? on ZNet, by Tom Wetzel, Nov 26, 2014;
Middle class struggles to preserve retirement security, on The Bay State Banner, by Pamela Yip, Nov 26, 2014; Continuer la lecture de « Class Struggles actually on the web »

Summit of Failure: How the EU Lost Russia over Ukraine – part 1

Published on Spiegel Online International, by staff, Nov 24, 2014 (Photo Gallery):

One year ago, negotations over a Ukraine association agreement with the European Union collapsed. The result has been a standoff with Russia and war in the Donbass. It was an historical failure, and one that German Chancellor Angela Merkel contributed to … (a chronology from Feb. 25, 2010 to Nov. 28, 2013).

Only six meters separated German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych as they sat across from each other in the festively adorned knight’s hall of the former Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. In truth, though, they were worlds apart. Continuer la lecture de « Summit of Failure: How the EU Lost Russia over Ukraine – part 1 »

German foreign minister speaks out against Ukraine joining NATO

Published on Russia Today RT, Nov 23, 2014.

Germany’s FM, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has said he is against Ukraine joining NATO. In an interview with Der Spiegel, he said he considers “that it is possible for NATO to have a partnership with Ukraine, but not membership.”
He also added that he does not believe it is realistic for Ukraine to join the European Union in the foreseeable future, as the economic and political modernization of Ukraine is a “project for a few generations.”
He also urged Kiev to introduce reforms to fight corruption and mismanagement of the economy, saying they had to start immediately and that there was no time to lose … // Continuer la lecture de « German foreign minister speaks out against Ukraine joining NATO »