Catégorie : Politics

… and also about FREXIT – Published on Labor Notes, by Jane Slaughter, June 28, 2016.

Mexican federal police killed a dozen teachers and students June 19 when they opened fire on a demonstration in the small town of Nochixtlan, Oaxaca.

Teachers and supporters were protesting the government’s brand of “education reform,” which they say will not help students and is designed to get rid of teachers and break union power.   Continuer la lecture de « In Push for Education Reforms, Mexican Government Kills Teachers in the Street »

related articles published during May 2016: (continuously updated …) Continuer la lecture de « Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, JUNE 1-30, 2016 »

Published on Counterpunch, by JAMES BRADLEY, June 27, 2016.

America doesn’t understand Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s motive … //

… Look what happened in the wake of the 9-11 attack upon the World Trade Center: thousands of American men and women were radicalized—moved by murder from the air—after viewing images of their homeland under attack. We Americans honor their reaction as “patriotism.” Continuer la lecture de « Omar’s Motive »

• People Are Not Allowed To Decide Their Fate – Episode 1008a, 19.03 min, uploaded by X22Report, June 27, 2016 … get economic collapse news throughout the day visit X22 Report;
• Death To All Zombies, on Zero Hedge, by Tyler Durden, June 27, 2016;
• EU Officials To Unveil ‘Ultimatum’ Blueprint As Final Solution For European Super-State, on Zero Hedge, by Tyler Durden, June 27, 2016;   Continuer la lecture de « The Anti-Democratic EU »

Published on Global Research.ca, by Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 27, 2016.

… The case for Britain’s exit from Europe has been treated as a dramatic blow against the imperium’s three main concerns on the continent: its own, fragile economic recovery, the broader trade agenda spearheaded with the EU, and matters of security.   Continuer la lecture de « Headaches of Empire: Brexit’s Effect on the United States »

Published on Counterpunch (first on Sputnik News), by PEPE ESCOBAR, June 24, 2016.

… That’s foolish. Brexit proved that it’s immigration, stupid. And once again, it’s the economy, stupid (although the British neoliberal establishment never paid attention). But serious bets can be made the EU system in Brussels won’t learn anything from the shock therapy – and won’t reform itself. Continuer la lecture de « Goodbye to All That: Why the UK Left the EU »

Published on Campaign for America’s Future – Our Future.org, by Richard Eskow, June 22, 2016.

A “D” beside a politician’s name doesn’t necessarily mean they’re fighting for the public’s interests. In fact, 13 Democratic members of Congress recently joined Republicans in voting to protect private equity and hedge funds. This vote demonstrates the corrupting force of money in politics. If the media were doing a better job, it would be a national scandal.   Continuer la lecture de « US: The 13 Democrats Who Just Did Wall Street’s Dirty Work »

UPDATE – BREXIT: UK votes for Brexit in EU referendum, triggering market shockwaves, on Financial Times, June 24, 2016: Pound plunges to 30-year low after popular revolt;
(my comment: maybe the second punch against the empire will be the election of an US-President named Trump. Now with this Brexit he may become able to introduce real changes. Will it be in the sense of justice for all, freedom and a real development of this humanity? – Heidi).

Interview with Professor Sheldon Solomon, Psychologist – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Rafaela von Bredow and Johann Grolle, June 21, 2016.

The fear of death is our constant companion. Psychologist Sheldon Solomon has researched how that anxiety affects our lives – and found that being reminded of death can bring out our worst.   Continuer la lecture de « The Psychology of Mortality: Death Anxiety Makes Us Hate People Who Are Different »

Published on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ, by Sacha Chavkin and Dana Ullman, June 20, 2016.

Last year, after fierce protests from human rights groups, the World Bank retreated from a proposal that would have allowed its borrowers to sidestep its rules for protecting indigenous communities. Continuer la lecture de « World Bank Allows Tanzania To Sidestep Rule Protecting Indigenous Groups »

Published on Dissident Voice, by Center for Citizen Initiatives, June 20, 2016.

… We are a group of concerned U.S. citizens currently visiting Russia with the goal of increasing understanding and reducing international tension and conflict. We are appalled by this call for direct U.S. aggression against Syria, and believe it points to the urgent need for open public debate on U.S. foreign policy.   Continuer la lecture de « Call for a National Debate on U.S. “Regime Change” Policy »

… Interview with Elizabeth Rhodes – Published on The Ringer, by Kate Knibbs, June 16, 2016.

Y Combinator has been called the world’s most powerful startup incubator, but now it’s testing something completely different: investing in people’s lives, not their businesses. A few weeks ago, the startup incubator announced a pilot program on basic income in Oakland, California.   Continuer la lecture de « US, California: Can a Bay Area Startup Incubator Reinvent Income? »

Published on Counterpunch.org, by DANIEL RAVENTÓS and JULIE WARK, June 15, 2016.

… But there’s something missing in all the heat and light. The discussion ranges (and sometimes rages) around affordability, mechanisation of work, whether basic income would be a disincentive to work, streamlining antiquated welfare systems, ending poverty, the results of experiments in places as far afield as Manitoba, Alaska, India, Namibia, Kenya, Uganda and among the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. Continuer la lecture de « Basic Income: the Silence in the Noise »

… and It Will Haunt the Economy for Years – Wolf Richter – Published on naked capitalism (first on Wolf Street),  June 16, 2016.

Richter’s post confirms what Matt Stoller foresaw in 2010 in A Debtcropper Society: a lot of people forget that having debt you can’t pay back really sucks. Debt is not just a credit instrument, it is an instrument of political and economic control … // Continuer la lecture de « These Debt Slaves are the Government’s Largest Asset Class »