Catégorie : Politics

The Tragedy of the Commons, the Pope, and the System

Actually running (Nov 30 / 9.00 MEZ): COP21 opens in Paris – arrivals and greeting of heads of states, LIVE, by Ruptly TV.

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1190, by Michael A. Lebowitz, Nov 27, 2015.

  • There’s an old argument that common property inevitably leads to exhaustion of resources … //

… Profit Worship:   Continuer la lecture de « The Tragedy of the Commons, the Pope, and the System »

Scapegoating the refugees

Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Salah Nasrawi, Nov 26, 2015.

A tide of increased xenophobia in Europe in the aftermath of the Paris attacks is making refugees pawns in the debate over terrorism.

On a street corner in the upscale Cairo neighbourhood of Zamalek, a small crowd of visitors gathers outside the fortified building of the German embassy early in the morning on each working day.   Continuer la lecture de « Scapegoating the refugees »

RBS: Whistleblower claims bank hid scale of losses prior to banking crisis to protect banker's bonuses

Published on International Business Times IBS, by Mark Piggott, Nov 26, 2015.

A former senior risk consultant at scandal-hit Royal Bank of Scotland RBS is reported to be planning to make a number of explosive allegations about deception and greed within the bank’s upper echelons, even as the 2008 financial crisis was underway. Victor Hong, based in the US, is set to appear in court in the UK as part of a major action being taken against the bank by its own shareholders. Continuer la lecture de « RBS: Whistleblower claims bank hid scale of losses prior to banking crisis to protect banker's bonuses »