Catégorie : Politics

Published on ZNet (first on Other Worlds), by Mphatheleini Makaulele, Simone Adler and Beverly Bell, Jan 9, 2016.

… Everybody originated with indigenous ways of living and the way of Mother Earth.

The real role of women is in the seed. It is the women who harvest, select, store, and plant seeds. Our seeds come from our mothers and our grandmothers. To us, the seed is the symbol of the continuity of life. Seed is not just about the crops. Seed is about the soil, about the water, and about the forest.   Continuer la lecture de « African Women Organize To Reclaim Agriculture Against Corporate Takeover »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Matthias Bartsch and Anna Clauß, Jan 5, 2016.

Absurd, unfounded reports about asylum seekers are circulating on German social media. They are part of a targeted misinformation campaign by right-wing extremists designed to instill fear and stoke anti-migrant sentiment. But where do the stories come from?   Continuer la lecture de « The Case of the Murdered Goats, exploring Germany's Far-Right Rumor Mill »

• [UPDATE: Union fees in jeopardy (in Plain English), on SCOTUSblog, by Amy Howe, Jan 11, 2016
• Evening round-up: Today’s argument in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, on SCOTUSblog, by Molly Runkle on Jan 11, 2016].

… Supreme Court Case – Published on Common Dreams, by Sarah Lazare, Jan 8, 2016 (the Case could result in the enforcement of ‘Right to Work’ laws on all public sector labor unions in the United States).

Workers across the United States are bracing for a major Supreme Court case, set for argument on Monday, that could strike a devastating blow to public sector unions nationwide.   Continuer la lecture de « Under-the-Radar Supreme Court Case Poses Profound Threat to Unions Nationwide »

Published on People’s World, by John Bachtell, Jan 8, 2016.

The hateful and reactionary ideas spewing from the mouths of the Republican Party candidates confront us with the clear and present danger we would face next November were any one of them to be elected president … // Continuer la lecture de « USA: Republican victory in 2016 would strengthen new patrimonial oligarchy »

Published on The Next System.org, by MICHAEL ALBERT, Jan 6, 2016.

People now fighting economic injustice have no right to decide how future people should live. But we do have a responsibility to provide an institutional setting that facilitates future people deciding for themselves their own conditions of life and work. To this end, participatory economics, or parecon, describes the core institutions required to generate solidarity, equity, self-management, and an ecologically sound and classless economy.   Continuer la lecture de « What’s Next? Parecon, or Participatory Economics »

Published on ZNet (first on Truthout), by William i. Robinson, Jan 4, 2015.

… The top 80 billionaires were worth $1.9 trillion in 2014, an amount equal to the bottom 50 percent. These 80 billionaires saw a 50 percent rise in their wealth in just four years, from 2010 to 2014, during which time the poorest 50 percent saw a drop in their wealth. In other words, there has been a huge transfer of wealth in a very short period of time from the poorest half of humanity to the richest 80 individuals on the planet … // Continuer la lecture de « Reform is not enough to Stem the Rising Tide of Inequality Worldwide »

uploaded on YouTube by LeftStreamed, Jan 2, 2016:

• part 1/4 with David Thompson, 20.59 min;
• part 2/4 with John Clarke, 14.31 min;
• part 3/4 with Andrée Lévesque, 20.01 min;
• part 4/4 with Sean Purdy, 21.13 min;   Continuer la lecture de « Uprisings of the Dispossessed and Protests in the Street »

Psychiatry Labeling Kids with Bogus Mental Disorders, 1.50 min, uploaded by chucholetsm8one, Aug 1, 2012;

(and on CCHRint: Childhood is Not a Mental Disorder: 20 Million Kids & Adolescents are labelled with “mental disorders” world wide {more than 97,000 in Australia} that are based solely on a checklist of behaviours! …;

CCHR Says Top APA Psychiatrist Needs Lesson in Disease vs. Disorder, 1.37 min, uploaded by CCHRint, May 21, 2009 … more info at CCHR international.org; Continuer la lecture de « Psychiatry facing Kids »

publié dans Le plan C: Les Suisses vont voter pour (enfin) retirer aux banques privées leur pouvoir de création monétaire, dans Blog du Plan C, par Etienne Chouard, le 30 déc 2015;

Who Controls the Money Controls the World, 13.00 min, uploaded by My Playlist Rock, Nov 13, 2011 … all facts in this movie have been independently confirmed. Sources are documented at THRIVE … History will repeat itself as long as these bankers and their corrupt politicians are in charge. Save yourself from the upcoming economic collapse of 2012. Please share this important knowledge with your family and take action.   Continuer la lecture de « Suisse: Reprendre le contrôle de la monnaie »

Published on Dissident Voice (first on New Eastern Outlook), by Andre Vltchek, January 2, 2016.

• Day and night, for years, an overwhelming force has been battering this quiet nation, one of the cradles of human civilization.
• Hundreds of thousands have died, and millions have been forced to flee abroad or have been internally displaced. In many cities and villages, not one house is left intact.
• But Syria is, against all odds, still standing. Continuer la lecture de « Syria is the Middle Eastern Stalingrad »

Published on Zcomm.org (first on Informed Comment), by Juan Cole, Jan 1, 2015.

… But in 2016 the Middle East is likely to be the hot button issue in US foreign policy. While I recognize the enormous Iran breakthrough as a major feather in the administration’s cap, I’m a critic of many of the Obama administration’s other policies in the region. We are allied with allies of al-Qaeda in Syria, allied with the Saudis in bombing Yemen, allied with the hard line Shiites in Iraq, allied with the hard line Israeli squatters in the Palestinian West Bank, and in some arenas where a little diplomacy would be helpful, we haven’t done much. These policies are pernicious and self-contradictory, and this administration only has a year to change some of them … // Continuer la lecture de « Top 7 Middle East Foreign Policy Challenges in 2016 »

Published on Global Research.ca (first on The Ecologist), by Amit Srivastava, Dec 31, 2015: never mind the Greenwash – Coca Cola can never be Water Neutral.

… The Coca-Cola company is planning to announce that it is close to replenishing all the water it uses“back to communities and nature” by the end of 2015, well ahead of schedule. Continuer la lecture de « The Privatization of Water in India, how Coca-Cola Destroys the Aquifer »

• Un banquier suisse explique l’arnaque de la création monétaire, mise en ligne par Thomas Wroblevski, le 22 juillet 2015: Part 1, 36.02 min; Part 2, 10.53 min; François de Siebenthal, économiste HEC, nous explique comment la monnaie est créée en Suisse et dans le monde. Il nous parle également de l’initiative Monnaie Pleine, qui circule actuellement en Suisse. Site Web de François de Siebenthal;   Continuer la lecture de « notre argent et nous »

Published on ZNet (first on teleSUR english), by Cynthia Peters, Dec 31, 2015.

There are two countries in the world that have no laws mandating paid maternity leave. One is Papua New Guinea. The other is the United States of America.

This was one of the points made by the U.N. Working Group on discrimination against women, which visited the U.S. recently and expressed shock at their findings. After politely acknowledging the U.S.’s commitment to liberty, the report went on to lambaste the government for failing women on many levels, including:   Continuer la lecture de « Some Women Are More Invisible »