Auteur/autrice : Heidi Barathieu-Brun

… but Solutions for the Future Continue to Emerge – Published on Global Research.ca, by GEAB no. 81, January 17, 2014.

… We have symbolised 2013 as “the first steps in a chaotic world after” (1).

A year which was in effect the new century’s zero year and at the end of which solutions were emerging from all sides. At the beginning of 2014 the spotlight is henceforth on the Eurozone, China, Russia and the BRICS where the tools to shape the “world afterwards” are being designed with incredible rapidity: the “world before” is handing over to “the world afterwards”.   Continuer la lecture de « Overheated Financial Planet, World Political Chaos and Shadow Banking »

The Secret Life of a Superpower, uploaded by mmcetera, March 2012:

• Ep. 1, 59.29 min;
• Ep. 2, 59.35 min.

• Drugs Aren’t the Problem, 22.55 min, uploaded on YouTube by Noam Chmsky Videos, Jan 7, 2014: Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science and Myths about Addiction – first on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman … and 96 other videos in autoplay;
• Carl Hart on en.wikipedia … (born 1966) is an associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University. Hart is known for his research in drug abuse and drug addiction. Hart was the first tenured African American professor of sciences at Columbia University …;

America Freedom To Fascism – director’s cut, 146.41 min, uploaded by predoba, April 4, 2013.

… to challenge big five: Ed Miliband to pledge creation of at least two new banks with minimum 12% market share in bid to fix broken system – Published on The Guardian, by Patrick Wintour, Jan 16, 2014.

Labour will set in train « a reckoning with Britain’s broken banking system » to ensure at least two new banks can flourish in Britain with a minimum 12% market share by the end of the next parliament, Ed Miliband will say on Friday.

In a major speech designed to show how a break-up of the domination of the ‘big five’ banks will help Britain pay its way in the world, Miliband will argue that change is needed  » not for retribution, but for reform ».  Continuer la lecture de « Labour's reforms will ensure new banks flourish »

Published on Metro weekly, by Justin Snow, Jan 17, 2014.

… With a portrait of George Washington looking down at him, Obama told reporters gathered in the Cabinet Room of the White House Tuesday that while Congress is busy with a number of bills at the start of 2014, « We are not just going to be waiting for a legislation in order to make sure that we’re providing Americans the kind of help that they need. »  Continuer la lecture de « Obama's Executive Order problem »

• On Air: Russian officials hold briefing after Gitmo visit – LIVE – A delegation of high-ranking Russian diplomats and lawyers headed by the Foreign Ministry’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Konstantin Dolgov, is holding a media conference on its Friday visit to Guantanamo Bay prison. The officials have stepped up efforts to secure release of the only Russian national held without trial in the US camp;
• Denied access to justice: Moscow officials visit Gitmo trying to free Russian detainee, on Russia Today RT, January 18, 2014.

And … Egypte: un déluge de OUI au référendum sur la nouvelle Constitution, dans rfi, le 17 janvier 2014: En Egypte, les résultats officieux du référendum sur la nouvelle Constitution donnent le « oui » victorieux frisant les 98%. Un résultat qui ouvre la porte à de nombreuses critiques, tant en Egypte qu’à l’étranger. Pour plusieurs analystes, les premiers responsables de ce vote massif pour le « oui » sont les Frères musulmans eux-mêmes qui ont fait campagne pour le boycott du scrutin …;

Land Grabbing in Sierra Leone: Interview Shiaka Musa Sama, 13.11 min, von wwwNACHDENKSEITENde am 31. Oktober 2013 hochgeladen: … und 76 weitere Videos in autoplay;

von NuoViso.TV auf YouTube hochgeladen:   Continuer la lecture de « Neoliberalität: vom Landgrabbing zur Geldschöpfung »

Published on Triple Crisis, by Sara Hsu, January 16, 2014.

The global financial crisis that began in 2008 in the United States had roots in offshore banking, some of which have been revealed: the Bear Stearns’ 2007 Cayman Island hedge fund bankruptcy, in which the company attempted to file offshore to protect U.S. assets, Goldman Sachs’ off balance sheet Cayman deals in shaky asset-backed securities (ABSs), and Citigroup’s creation of structured investment vehicles in London to hide the sales of ABSs.   Continuer la lecture de « Offshore Banking, Fraud, and the Crisis »

Say goodbye to the Internet we’ve known – Published on Axis of Logic (first on Mercury News), by Troy Wolverton, Jan 15, 2014.

If you like how cable television works, you’re going to love how a court decision Tuesday could change the Internet.

Thanks to the ruling, broadband providers can now exert a lot more control over what sites you visit on the Internet and what services you can access. The decision would allow Comcast, for example, to bar its Internet subscribers from seeing videos from Netflix (NFLX) or from using Vonage’s Internet phone service.  Continuer la lecture de « U.S. Court of Appeals Allows ISP's to Selectively Block Web Traffic »

Sternstunde Philosophie: Gespräch mit Juli Zeh und Ilija Trojanow, von  absinth1987 im Januar 2010 hochgelden:
1/6, 9.57 min; 2/6, 9.57 min; 3/6, 9.29 min; 4/6, 9.47 min; 5/6, 9.57 min; 6/6, 8.39 min:   Continuer la lecture de « Freiheit & Überwachung »

American journalism has entered highly dangerous terrain – Published on Global Research.ca, Jan 13, 2014.

• … For the CIA, the emerging newspaper role of Mr. Amazon is value added to any working relationship with him. The CIA’s zeal to increase its leverage over major American media outlets is longstanding.
• After creation of the CIA in 1947, it enjoyed direct collaboration with many U.S. news organizations. But the agency faced a major challenge in October 1977, when — soon after leaving the Washington Post – famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein provided an extensive expose in Rolling Stone.  Continuer la lecture de « Why the Washington Post’s New Ties to the CIA Are So Ominous »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 927, by Alfredo Saad Filho, January 13, 2014.

This article reviews the background and the implications of two transitions in Brazil: the political transition from a military regime (1964-85) to democracy (1985-present), and the economic transition from import-substituting industrialization (ISI, 1930-80) to neoliberalism (1990-present). It subsequently examines how neoliberal economic policies were implemented in a democracy, under the centre-right administrations led by Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-98, 1998-2002), and the centre-left administrations led by Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula, 2003-06, 2007-10) and Dilma Rousseff (2011-present). Continuer la lecture de « Two Transitions in Brazil: Dilemmas of a Neoliberal Democracy »

Published on BRICS POST (Source: Agencies), Jan 10, 2014;

The South African government has vowed to restore land to its rightful owners, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
“Land Reform is an important part of national reconciliation and nation building,” asserted Zuma while handing over 13,184 hectares of previously white-owned land to the black N’wandlamhlarhi Community in Mpumalanga Province.   Continuer la lecture de « South Africa: Will return land to dispossessed – Zuma »