former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
Published on truthout, by Dahr Jamail, May 31, 2016.
It’s not news that anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD) is accelerating at unprecedented rates, according to climate scientists. Fifteen of the 16 hottest years ever recorded have occurred since 2000, and this year is on track to be the hottest year ever recorded — by far … // Continuer la lecture de « Mangroves in Crisis: Why One Man Works to Save the Plants That Fight Climate Disruption »
Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1262, by Patrick Bond, May 31, 2016.
On May 12, Brazil’s democratic government, led by the Workers’ Party (PT), was the victim of a coup. What will the other BRICS countries (Russia, India, China, and South Africa) do? Will they stand by as the reactionaries who took power in Brasilia pivot closer to Western powers, glad to warm Dilma Rousseff’s seat at the BRICS summit in Goa, India in five months’ time? Or take a stronger line, following the lead of Latin American progressive countries (Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua and El Salvador)? … // Continuer la lecture de « Imperialism’s Junior Partners »
related articles published during May 2016: (continuously updated …) Continuer la lecture de « Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, May 1-31, 2016 »
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Matthias Gebauer, Christiane Hoffmann, Peter Müller, Ruben Rehage, Michael Sauga and Christoph Schult, May 30, 2016.
Standing tough on Russia remains official policy, but Germany has begun working on the careful easing of sanctions imposed following Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine. The US is opposed, but many in the EU could support the new approach … //
… Chancellery Changing Course: Continuer la lecture de « Step-by-Step Rapprochement – Germany Considers Easing of Russia Sanctions »
Published on Social Europe, by Daniel Munevar, May 27, 2016.
A new agreement has been reached between Greece and its creditors regarding its bailout program. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup, has described it as “ambitious” and a “major breakthrough”. However, a look at the details shows that it’s anything but. Continuer la lecture de « The Latest Greek Deal: an Excel Sheet Fantasy »
Published on The Telegraph.co.uk, by PETER FOSTER, EUROPE EDITOR, May 27, 2016.
They think it’s all over…and to judge by the recent spate of pro-Remain polls on the EU Referendum question, it pretty much is now. Continuer la lecture de « Five reasons why it's still worth a punt on Brexit »
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Riham Alkousaa, Giorgos Christides, Ann-Katrin Müller, Peter Müller, maximillian Popp, Christoph Schult and Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt, May 26, 2016.
Many viewed it with skepticism from the start and now, the Brussels-Ankara refugee deal is in danger of collapse. Refugees are being locked up in Turkey and it looks as though the best educated Syrians are not being allowed to continue to Europe. Continuer la lecture de « Disaster in the Makin, the Many Failures of the EU-Turkey Refugee Deal »
… America and the world in 2016 and beyond – Published on New Politics, by Joanne Landy, May 20, 2016 (will appear in the Summer 2016 issue of New Politics).
… BERNIE SANDERS
The Sanders campaign has been a breath of fresh air on the American political scene. Bernie has taken into the political arena the Occupy movement’s outrage at the domination of the United States by the one percent. Whether or not he wins the nomination, his astounding success is a sign of the real potential for a new kind of politics in the country—inspiring whether or not one shares his Democratic Party strategy … // Continuer la lecture de « The Foreign Policies of Sanders, Trump, and Clinton »
… the Lehman Brothers case – Published on VOX EU.org, by Thomas Gehrig, May 25, 2016.
During normal operations, price discovery is an important feature of decentralised market trading. But the process can be distorted when markets are under great stress, such as during the run up to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. This column uses trading data from the days leading up to and following the collapse to show that price discovery at US stock exchanges remained remarkably efficient, even at the height of the turmoil. Continuer la lecture de « Price discovery during anomalous market trading »
… leaked tapes [VIDEO, 5.45 min] – Published on RT, May 23, 2016.
Secret phone recordings between Brazil’s planning minister and the former president of Transperto have revealed that the minister suggested a “change” in the government to “stop the bleeding” caused by an investigation into Petrobras. Continuer la lecture de « Rousseff impeachment efforts a bid to stop oil corruption probe »
Published on Axis of Logic (first on teleSUR), by Pablo Vivanco, May 20, 2016;
For most, the decades of the 1970’s and 1980’s are regarded as a dark period for Latin America. Like Honduras and Paraguay, Brazil’s elites used the legislature against Dilma Rousseff. Is Venezuela next? Continuer la lecture de « Parliamentary Coups, the New Strategy of Latin America's Right »
one quick partial possible solution to global bankruptcy resp. bankruptocray – Unconditional Basic Income: Continuer la lecture de « From Bankruptcy to Bankruptocracy »
Published on ZNet (first on The Intercept), by Dilma Rousseff and Glenn Greenwald, May 21, 2016 [VIDEO 23.21 min]. https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/first-interview-with-brazils-president-dilma-rousseff-since-the-senates-impeachment-vote/
Last Thursday, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was suspended from the presidency when the Senate voted, 55-22, to try her on the impeachment charges, approved by the lower house, involving alleged budgetary maneuvers (“pedaladas”) designed to obscure the size of public debt … // Continuer la lecture de « First Interview With Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff Since the Senate’s Impeachment Vote »
Published on In Defence of Marxism, by Jorge Martin, May 19, 2016.
The assault against the Bolivarian revolution has intensified in the recent days and weeks. Editorials and front pages in US and Spanish newspapers are screaming about hunger in Venezuela and demanding the removal of the “dictatorial regime”. Ongoing scarcity problems have led to instances of looting. The right-wing opposition is attempting to trigger a presidential recall referendum, but is also threatening violent action and appealing to foreign powers, including in some case for military intervention. What is really happening in Venezuela and how can these threats be faced? … // Continuer la lecture de « Venezuela – a last warning »
Publshed on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1257, by Zwelinzima Vavi, May 17, 2016.
South African President Jacob Zuma’s budget speech delivered on 4 May 2016 was yet another missed opportunity to look the South African public in the eye and be frank about the challenges our country is facing. This president and the government he leads are in a state of shocking denial about the worsening and unfolding crisis happening under their watch. They simply refuse to acknowledge the level of our people’s suffering. Continuer la lecture de « Zuma's Denialism and Betrayal »