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Launching the Socialist Register 2014

Watch this video: Registering Class, 17.28 min, published on Socialist Project.ca, Nov 24, 2013:

The 50th volume of the Socialist Register is dedicated to the theme of ‘registering class’ in light of the spread and deepening of capitalist social relations around the globe. Today’s economic crisis has been deployed to extend the class struggle from above while many resistances have been explicitly cast in terms of class struggles from below. This volume addresses how capitalist classes are reorganizing as well as the structure and composition of working classes in the 21st century …; Continuer la lecture de « Launching the Socialist Register 2014 »

Cartel Power: Megabanks Gain Ground Despite Fines, Part 1

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Sven Böll, Martin Hesse, Christoph Pauly and Anne Seith, Dec 10, 2013 (Photo Gallery).

Authorities around the world are taking action against large banks for questionable practices including collusion and rate manipulation, but the power of these financial institutions continues to grow. Germany’s Deutsche Bank in particular finds itself under fire. Continuer la lecture de « Cartel Power: Megabanks Gain Ground Despite Fines, Part 1 »

Lyon’s Festival of Lights pays tribute to Mandela

Published on Euronews, Dec 7, 2013.

As the dark nights draw in, the French city of Lyon provides a little light relief. The annual Fête des Lumières held over four days in December is an electricity-sapping feast for the eyes. Continuer la lecture de « Lyon’s Festival of Lights pays tribute to Mandela »

The Syrian War in Context

International Anti War Conference Stop the War Coalition, uploaded to YouTube by Fourman Films, December 2013 – Speakers:

Lindsey German, 6.48 min; … and many more … see all 24 videos in autoplay;

or see individually some 10 of the 24: Continuer la lecture de « The Syrian War in Context »

World Trade Organization WTO salvages historic $1 trillion trade deal

Published on Russia Today RT, Dec 6, 2013.

The World Trade Organization has formally approved a historic package of agreements after over a decade of negotiations. Trade talks among 159 world economies came to an end after Cuba dropped its objections to the draft agreement.

« For the first time in our history, the WTO has truly delivered, » WTO chief Roberto Azevedo said. « This time the entire membership came together. We have put the ‘world’ back in World Trade Organization. » Continuer la lecture de « World Trade Organization WTO salvages historic $1 trillion trade deal »