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… Western Mainstream Extremism – Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, Nov 3, 2015.

With the collapse of the Communist countries in the 1990s and their conversion to capitalism, followed by the advent of neo-liberal regimes throughout most of Latin America, Asia, Europe, and North America, the imperial regimes in the US and EU have established a new political spectrum, in which the standards of acceptability narrowed and the definition of adversaries expanded … // Continuer la lecture de « Distortion, Fabrication, and Falsification in the Financial Press »

Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, October 11, 2015.

… Putin: Demon or Realist, Autocrat or Democrat, Vassal or Independent Leader?

• The Western media has backed every oligarch, gangster, and fraudster who has gone on trial and been convicted during Putin’s term in office. The propagandists tell us the reason for this affinity between the Western media and the gangster-oligarchs is that these convicted felons, who claim to be ‘political dissidents’ and critics of Putin’s rule, have been dispossessed, and jailed for upholding ‘Western values’.   Continuer la lecture de « The Demonology School of Journalism, Putin and the Press »

(forced national therapy?) … Merkels Kommentar aus kanadischer Sicht, 10.44 min, von NuoViso.TV am 18. Sept 2015 hochgeladen.

My comments:

1): This is a false debate:

• yes, Merkels’ terms and understanding between past and present are blurred.
• yes, even the Dalai Lama tells us that Europe can not take all refugees.
• but now they exist, and they are humans, not only some strange cargo, but humans with children needing food, all leaving a mess they can no more stand.
• our responsibility may lie in the past or not, but now in the present we are responsible.
• means THE WHOLE WORLD IS NOW RESPONSIBLE TO ACT, NOT ONLY EUROPE.
• what about refugees in America, Canada and … oh yes, Russia !! Three big countries able to absorb all these refugees Germany/Europe can no more get !!!
• stop this insane big blabla instead of acting?

Here is the solution: Refugees also to America, Canada and Russia etc … so stop with your bluddy bargaining like car dealers … and concerning the small % of fanatics our humanity always created, today taking the identity of terrorism … do not forget, if you hold this humanity in a culture of fear, making us all childish, not able to look after ourselves, then you, the so called elite, then you are harming us all for real;

2): Merkel’s true reasons for her strange behavior:

• she is blackmailed by the same hidden Mafia like is Obama and all other players on our world scene, and her explanation is the best she was able to find to obeying the order: you have to accept all refugees
• maybe this hidden Mafia no more wants risk an approach between Russia and Germany which could strengthen a big EURASIA
• this is the best way to weeken Germany
• If you push away Merkel, you’ll have some Merkel 2, like Obama was forced to become Bush 2, and Hollande some Sarkosy 2, etc. etc. … for the financial – military – powerplay Mafia

Therefore the real threat is, that this hidden Mafia remains still unknown and therefore can not be exterminated. Denying it is not the solution.
– Heidi,

AGAIN this article: The Class Logic Behind Austerity Policies In the Euro-Area, Can SYRIZA Put Forward a Progressive Alternative? – Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1124, by John Milios, June 1, 2015:
we go directly to
… 2. The Greek Case: Can SYRIZA Challenge Neoliberalism?
2.1 The financial gap of the Greek public sector: … // Continuer la lecture de « sharing the One Percent's fantasmes – not seeing the corruption in it »

again … US Laser Test Destroys Germanwings Airliner, Killing 150 Innocent Civilians! – Published on EU Times.net, by EU Times, March 25, 2015.

The (russian) Ministry of Defense (MoD/meanwhile no more published!) is reporting today that dispatches from the (russian) Northern Fleet (NF) appear to show that yesterdays downing of Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 in southern France yesterday was the “direct result” of a failed US Air Force test of its High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) attempting to shoot down an ICBM reentry vehicle, but which, instead, destroyed this civilian airliner killing all 150 aboard …

My comment: STOP – all Medias tell that it was the crazy co-pilot! … Continuer la lecture de « US Laser Test Destroys Germanwings Airliner, Killing 150 Innocent Civilians »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1094, by John Clarke, March 24, 2015.

The Mayor’s Office in Toronto is today occupied by a much slicker operation than it was during the years of dysfunctional, bigoted buffoonery that unfolded under Rob Ford. Mayor John Tory has resumed the drive toward a fully fledged neoliberal city but has the basic political skills to frame his twin agendas of austerity and upscale redevelopment in the language of inclusiveness. He has been sufficiently proficient at this to rapidly create what Michael Laxer has termed an austerity consensus supported by the overwhelming majority of the Council, including its left wing … // Continuer la lecture de « Toronto’s Plan to Push Out the Homeless »

Published on Russia Today RT, March 22, 2015;

A convoy of US military vehicles, mostly IAV Stryker APCs, is touring through Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, the Czech Republic to Germany in a symbolic show of force and solidarity with Eastern European allies “that live closest to the Bear” … //

… (7 VIDEOS and text) … // Continuer la lecture de « US military convoy parades through Eastern Europe »

… im deutschen Ersten Fernsehen vom 11. März 2015 – Griechenlands Schulden   Continuer la lecture de « an die Anne Will-Diskussionsrunde »

already posted on two others of my blogs, but receiving each a fake virus-warning by an Antivirus Programm (there is no virus, only someone not liking this text), here I publish it again: Continuer la lecture de « once again my evergreen statement »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1089, by Spyros Lapatsioras, John Milios and Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos, March 11, 2015.

1. Introduction

The transitional “bridge Agreement” of the 20th of February is a truce intended by the Greek government and welcomed by the other side (the European “institutions”). Within the truce period (the next four months), the conditions for negotiating the next agreement will be shaped. This could mean that everything is still open. However, that is not true for two reasons. First, the very transitional agreement changes the balance of power. Second, the “hostilities” will continue in the course of the next four months (i.e. the review of the commitments and the re-interpretation of the terms by each party). Continuer la lecture de « Syriza's Only Choice: A Radical Step Forward »

… We Have Created a Monster – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Julia Amalia Heyer and Christoph Pauly, March 10, 2015 (Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan).

In an interview with SPIEGEL, celebrated French economist Thomas Piketty speaks about Alexis Tsipras’ election victory in Greece, Europe’s inability to fix its financial woes and what EU leaders can learn from the United States.

SPIEGEL: You publicly rejoiced over Alexis Tsipras’ election victory in Greece. What do you think the chances are that the European Union and Athens will agree on a path to resolve the crisis?   Continuer la lecture de « Interview with Thomas Piketty on the Euro Zone »

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 »

Published on AlJazeera, by Molly McCluskey, Oct 11, 2014:

Country’s youth apprenticeship programme is credited with one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe. While nearly half of young people in some European countries cannot find work, a unique training programme in Switzerland has ensured jobs for nearly all who want one. More than 24 million people in the European Union are unemployed, and nearly 5.2 million of them are aged between 15-24 … // Continuer la lecture de « Switzerland bucks EU youth unemployment trend »

Published on Spiegel Online International, a commentary by Christiane Hoffmann, Oct 8, 2014.

• Although there is always reason to celebrate the toppling of an autocrat, the outcome of the Iraq war and the rise of Islamic State have demonstrated in horrific terms that the alternative can be even worse.
• In mid-April 2003, German author Hans Magnus Enzensberger published a piece in the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in which he celebrated the fall of Saddam Hussein. He wrote of his « deep, » even « triumphant » joy upon learning of the end of Iraq’s brutal dictatorship. The article was also full of derision and mockery for the skeptics who warned against the wisdom of US President George W. Bush’s invasion.   Continuer la lecture de « Freedom vs. Stability: are Dictators Worse than Anarchy? * »

EUROPE: Civilians die in latest Ukraine offensive, on Al Jazeera, August 3, 2014.

At least ten dead as government forces continue to close in on Donetsk, forcing rebel groups out of surrounding towns. At least ten civilians have been killed in new fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists around the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk in east Ukraine, local officials say.

Six people were killed in shelling and gunfire on the outskirts of Donetsk, Deputy Mayor Kostantyn Savinov said on Sunday, while city officials said three others were killed in shelling of Luhansk over the previous 24 hours. Officials in the frontline rebel base of Gorlivka reported one dead and 16 hurt in clashes there.   Continuer la lecture de « Ukraine … questions and non-answers »