09 h MEZ – on Russia Today RT, translated in english.
Auteur/autrice : Heidi Barathieu-Brun
An Open Letter to the People of Brazil
Published on ZNet (first on Folha De S. Paulo), by Edward Snowden, December 17, 2013.
Six months ago, I stepped out from the shadows of the United States Government’s National Security Agency to stand in front of a journalist’s camera.
I shared with the world evidence proving some governments are building a world-wide surveillance system to secretly track how we live, who we talk to, and what we say. Continuer la lecture de « An Open Letter to the People of Brazil »
Inside America: Louisiana’s profitable prisons
Published on Le Monde diplomatique, english edition, by Maxim Robin, December 2013.
The number of people in US prisons fell in 2012 by around 30,000, the third consecutive fall in as many years: budget difficulties mean that states can no longer afford incarceration for every offence, and at local level Republicans and Democrats are, unusually, unanimous on the need to decongest prisons. In California — which accounted for half of the fall in 2012 — and Texas, there is a drive to reduce sentences and find alternative punishments. Continuer la lecture de « Inside America: Louisiana’s profitable prisons »
Silicon Valley's red-carpet night for scientists
Published on SFgate, by James Temple, Dec 14, 2013.
Silicon Valley staged its take on the Oscars last week, hosting a black-tie affair that felt every bit like the Hollywood variety – except that you’ve probably never heard of any of the winners.
And that was kind of the point. Continuer la lecture de « Silicon Valley's red-carpet night for scientists »
Are we witnessing an open source finance revolution?
Financial democracy requires bypassing large unaccountable institutions and reconnecting people to the reality of their money — by producing it ourselves – Published on ROARMAG.org, by Brett Scott, December 11, 2013.
In 2012, in celebration of Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, I suggested that we securitize the Queen, using her as collateral for UK government borrowing. I thought she would support this modest proposal because royalty have long been financial innovators. Indeed, what were the old medieval armies but a blunt financial instrument? Monarchs invested resources into them in order to extract dividends from conquered peoples who did not want to be bludgeoned to death … // Continuer la lecture de « Are we witnessing an open source finance revolution? »