former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
Published on Consortiumnews, by Gilbert Dortorow, Oct 24, 2016.
With Hillary Clinton calling Donald Trump a Russian “puppet” and Trump calling her a “nasty woman,” the third presidential debate descended into personal insults that had special resonance in Russia, as Gilbert Doctorow describes. Continuer la lecture de « How Russia Saw America’s Third Debate »
Published on Global Research.ca, by Adeyinka Makinde, Oct 24, 2016.
Recent media focus on the humanitarian crisis in the Syrian city of Aleppo has revealed the government promoted propagandistic methods of the Western mainstream media, which shorn of context and rich in bias uncritically accepts the narrative presented by politicians and attempts to shape public opinion to suit the needs of a war agenda … // Continuer la lecture de « The Syrian Tragedy: Western Foreign Policy and its Useful Idiots »
Published on Jacobin, by Luke Savage, Oct 21, 2016.
Wikileaks’ latest document dump vindicates Bernie Sanders’ critique of Hillary Clinton and the Washington establishment … // Continuer la lecture de « Why Bernie Was Right »
Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin no 1318, by Frederic Heine and Thomas Sablowski, Oct 21, 2016.
The unequal development of the countries of the euro area since the outbreak of the crisis is causing increasing friction that threatens to tear the monetary union apart. Contrary to what many critics of the monetary union suggest, responsibility for this development lies not alone with its internal structure, but is rather a general feature of capitalist development. It is illusory to believe that under the dominance of the capitalist mode of production a spatially even development would ever be possible. Rather, the current monetary regime reinforces the cycles of capitalist crisis … // Continuer la lecture de « The Future of the Euro Area »
… a conversation with Noami Klein (the transcript and the podcast, 32.21 min) – Published on The Intercept, by Glenn Greenwald, Oct 19, 2016.
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… with a video, 11.51 min – Published on RT, Oct 20, 2016.
A chief liaison officer of the White Helmets has acknowledged to RT that his organization, which claims to be “non-governmental” and “neutral,” receives funding and equipment from several western states, including the US, the UK and Germany. Continuer la lecture de « We don’t hide it: White Helmets openly admit being funded by Western govts »
… journal of the change of world order #11 – Published on Voltairenet.org, by Thierry Meyssan, Oct 19, 2016.
Washington is attempting to hold to its positions without having to start a Third World War, but it looks like an impossible task. Moscow is offering the United States a safe exit in Syria and Yemen. But if they should choose this option, they would be obliged to abandon some of their allies. Continuer la lecture de « The cost of downgrading »
Published on Loughborough University.uk/Anarchist Research Group/Seminar Papers, by Chris Iliopoulos, Dec 6, 2010.
The core of my hypothesis is that Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy promotes basic anarchist notions. Hence, what I am intending to show is the existence of a bond between the anarchist tradition and the German philosopher. My main idea is to review Nietzsche’s work from an anarchist angle. Continuer la lecture de « The Anarchist Aspects of Nietzsche’s Philosophy – Presentation »
… Western Media Propaganda Goes Wild – Published on Global Research.ca, by Moon of Alabama, Oct 16, 2016.
… The terrorists in east-Aleppo are encircled and besieged. The Syrian army nibbles away piece after piece of their territorial hold while the Syrian and Russian air force attack any recognized concentrations of forces or material. It is only a question of time until they are completely defeated. Continuer la lecture de « Al-Qaeda Fighters In East-Aleppo Encircled and Besieged »
Published on Defend Democracy, by Mars Lambropoulos, Oct 13, 2016.
The position I will be defending in this short intervention is that the subjection of Greece to memoranda and its consequent social and economic destruction is not simply a product of the global economic crisisthat was initiated in the United States in 2007-2008, with the explosion of subprime loans and the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and then exported from America to Europe. In fact, hidden behind all this was a set of machinations undertaken, on the occasion of the crisis, by the European Directorate, which is mainly controlled by German interests … // Continuer la lecture de « The destructive course of Greece »
Published on AlterNet, by Vijay Prashad, Oct 12, 2016.
Those who carry these passports from countries like Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia arrive at international borders only to discover they aren’t considered people. Continuer la lecture de « Millions of Refugees Are Suffering from the Crisis of Having a Passport from 'Nowhere' »
Published on Counterpunch, by RAY MCGOVERN, Oct 12, 2016.
During the Reagan administration, I was one of the CIA analysts assigned to present to White House officials the President’s Daily Brief, which summed up the CIA’s views on the pressing national security issues of the day. If I were still in that job – and assuming CIA analysts are still able to speak truth to power – I am afraid that I would be delivering alarming news about the potential of a U.S.-Russian military clash … // Continuer la lecture de « Russia Throws Down the Gauntlet: Fly at Your Own Risk »
Video with Richard D. Wolff, 96.33 min, uploaded by Democracy At Work, Oct 12, 2016 … these programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For October 12th, these will include:
Published on Spiegel Online International, Oct 11, 2016.
Syrian refugees on Sunday night captured a man suspected of planning a terror attack in Germany, tied him up and turned him over to police. As information about his plans continues to emerge, Syrians in Germany are celebrating the man’s capture … // Continuer la lecture de « Attack Plans in Germany: Refugees Celebrate Capture of Terror Suspect »
Published on ZNet, by Dilip Hiro (first on Tom Dispatch), Oct 11, 2016.
In the strangest election year in recent American history — one in which the Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson couldn’t even conjure up the name of a foreign leader he “admired” while Donald Trump remained intent on building his “fat, beautiful wall” and “taking” Iraq oil — the world may be out of focus for many Americans right now … // Continuer la lecture de « American Power at the Crossroads »