former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
Published on The Washington Post, by Dan Balz, Anthony Faiola and Griff Witte, June 26, 2016.
LONDON —The political fallout from Britain’s stunning decision to leave the European Union intensified Sunday, with debate escalating inside the governing Conservative Party over choosing a successor to Prime Minister David Cameron and a coup attempt emerging against the leader of the opposition Labour Party … // Continuer la lecture de « British political turmoil erupts in wake of Brexit vote »
Published on Counterpunch (first on Sputnik News), by PEPE ESCOBAR, June 24, 2016.
… That’s foolish. Brexit proved that it’s immigration, stupid. And once again, it’s the economy, stupid (although the British neoliberal establishment never paid attention). But serious bets can be made the EU system in Brussels won’t learn anything from the shock therapy – and won’t reform itself. Continuer la lecture de « Goodbye to All That: Why the UK Left the EU »
Published on Campaign for America’s Future – Our Future.org, by Richard Eskow, June 22, 2016.
A “D” beside a politician’s name doesn’t necessarily mean they’re fighting for the public’s interests. In fact, 13 Democratic members of Congress recently joined Republicans in voting to protect private equity and hedge funds. This vote demonstrates the corrupting force of money in politics. If the media were doing a better job, it would be a national scandal. Continuer la lecture de « US: The 13 Democrats Who Just Did Wall Street’s Dirty Work »
UPDATE – BREXIT: UK votes for Brexit in EU referendum, triggering market shockwaves, on Financial Times, June 24, 2016: Pound plunges to 30-year low after popular revolt;
(my comment: maybe the second punch against the empire will be the election of an US-President named Trump. Now with this Brexit he may become able to introduce real changes. Will it be in the sense of justice for all, freedom and a real development of this humanity? – Heidi).
Interview with Professor Sheldon Solomon, Psychologist – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Rafaela von Bredow and Johann Grolle, June 21, 2016.
The fear of death is our constant companion. Psychologist Sheldon Solomon has researched how that anxiety affects our lives – and found that being reminded of death can bring out our worst. Continuer la lecture de « The Psychology of Mortality: Death Anxiety Makes Us Hate People Who Are Different »
Published on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ, by Sacha Chavkin and Dana Ullman, June 20, 2016.
Last year, after fierce protests from human rights groups, the World Bank retreated from a proposal that would have allowed its borrowers to sidestep its rules for protecting indigenous communities. Continuer la lecture de « World Bank Allows Tanzania To Sidestep Rule Protecting Indigenous Groups »
Published on Dissident Voice, by Center for Citizen Initiatives, June 20, 2016.
… We are a group of concerned U.S. citizens currently visiting Russia with the goal of increasing understanding and reducing international tension and conflict. We are appalled by this call for direct U.S. aggression against Syria, and believe it points to the urgent need for open public debate on U.S. foreign policy. Continuer la lecture de « Call for a National Debate on U.S. “Regime Change” Policy »
… Interview with Elizabeth Rhodes – Published on The Ringer, by Kate Knibbs, June 16, 2016.
Y Combinator has been called the world’s most powerful startup incubator, but now it’s testing something completely different: investing in people’s lives, not their businesses. A few weeks ago, the startup incubator announced a pilot program on basic income in Oakland, California. Continuer la lecture de « US, California: Can a Bay Area Startup Incubator Reinvent Income? »
Published on Counterpunch.org, by DANIEL RAVENTÓS and JULIE WARK, June 15, 2016.
… But there’s something missing in all the heat and light. The discussion ranges (and sometimes rages) around affordability, mechanisation of work, whether basic income would be a disincentive to work, streamlining antiquated welfare systems, ending poverty, the results of experiments in places as far afield as Manitoba, Alaska, India, Namibia, Kenya, Uganda and among the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. Continuer la lecture de « Basic Income: the Silence in the Noise »
… and It Will Haunt the Economy for Years – Wolf Richter – Published on naked capitalism (first on Wolf Street), June 16, 2016.
Richter’s post confirms what Matt Stoller foresaw in 2010 in A Debtcropper Society: a lot of people forget that having debt you can’t pay back really sucks. Debt is not just a credit instrument, it is an instrument of political and economic control … // Continuer la lecture de « These Debt Slaves are the Government’s Largest Asset Class »
Published on farmlandgrab.org, by Céclie Barbière, June 8, 2016.
MEPs have called on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition NAFSN to radically alter its mission. The Alliance currently pushes African countries to replicate the intensive agricultural practices employed in many developed countries. EurActiv France reports … // Continuer la lecture de « European Parliament speaks out against agricultural colonialism in Africa »
Published on Global Research.ca (first on Natural News), by Julie Eilson, June 15, 2016.
Family of Autism Specialist Dr. Jeffrey Bradstreet Says Forensic Evidence Points to Murder, Impossible for Bullet Entry to Be Self-Inflicted … // Continuer la lecture de « Confirmed: Renowned Physician Jeff Bradstreet Who Linked Vaccines to Autism Was Murdered »
Published on News With Views, by Paul McGuire, June 13, 2016.
The world’s elite is at the annual Bilderberg Group meeting in Dresden, Germany. Among the top concerns of the annual gathering of world leaders, CEOs, super-billionaires, and other members of planet Earth’s ruling class are the precariat and the middle class. Continuer la lecture de « Precariat, Bilderberg, Microchip »
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Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1267, by Richard Greeman, June 13, 2016.
“We’ve had enough” is the phrase on everyone’s lips as – against all expectations – the wave of strikes, blockades, disruptions and mass demonstrations begun on May 17th continues to develop throughout France. Indeed, in the past couple of days, two new strategic groups of workers have joined the protest. Continuer la lecture de « The French Stand Up »
Published on Business Insider UK, by Will Martin, June 9, 2016.
… Earlier this week, the UK’s Labour party even said that it is closely looking at UBI as an idea, with shadow chancellor John McDonnell saying it might be an idea whose time has come. Continuer la lecture de « The biggest obstacle to universal basic income has nothing to do with money »