Catégorie : Politics

in english:

• Brilliant satirical comic imagines what policy would look like if the UN focused on eliminating extreme wealth: Central Flaw of The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, mentionned on Socialist Project.ca, December 7, 2015 (published first on Films for Action.org, by Liv Strömquist / theknife.net);
• French far right sees record gains in regional polls in post-massacre election, on Raw Story, by Al Jazeera, Dec 7, 2015; Continuer la lecture de « concerns of the 99% to be solved – part 2 »

Published on Global Research.ca, by , Dec 4, 2015.

… It should go without saying that the internal political processes of a sovereign country belongs to the people of that country, and no-one else. Nevertheless, as Washington insists on a prerogative to determine who can or cannot lead another country, some background on Bashar al Assad and the political reform process in Syria might be useful … //

… 5.1 The reform movement:   Continuer la lecture de « America’s “Dirty War on Syria”: Bashar al Assad and Political Reform »

Turkey’s Role in Supporting the Terrorists, Complete Transcript, 5 Videos, Documents (photos, map) – Published on Global Research.ca, by Syrian Free Press Network, Dec 3, 2015.

Russian Defense Ministry held a major briefing: “A whole team of bandits and Turkish leadership [Erdogan’s family as well] stealing oil from their neighbors and are involved in illegal oil trade with ISIS” … // Continuer la lecture de « Bombshell: Russian Military Reveals Details of ISIS-Daesh Funding »

Websites:

• How to Heal and Unite Your Inner Feminine and Masculine;
• Living Love /Home; /Women; /Men;
• How To Awaken The Divine Feminine Within You, regardless of whether we are male or female;
• The Healing Path of the Wounded Healer;   Continuer la lecture de « Healing the Feminine »

Russia wants to stop ISIS’ illegal oil trade – Churkin, on Russia Today RT, Dec 2, 2015 – (Commercial scale’ oil smuggling into Turkey becomes priority target of anti- #ISIS strikes);

Ils racontent le crash social d’Air France, dans l’Humanité, par Rosa Moussaoui, le 2 déc 2015: Les milliers de suppressions de postes du plan Transform 2015 ont sérieusement dégradé les conditions de travail des salariés d’Air France. Chez les agents d’escale, la pression pousse de nombreux salariés à bout. Reportage à l’aéroport d’Orly;

Der Klang des 3. Weltkriegs …, 3.12 min, von World War Three TV am 10.Okt 2014 hochgeladen;   Continuer la lecture de « some concerns »

this article was refered by many on Nov 20, 2015:

• on Politics Home;
• on BBCnews;
• on Labour;   Continuer la lecture de « … socialism with an iPad – John McDonnell »

Official Website – Sustainable Innovtion Forum 2015 coop21paris.org, UNEP; /About;
Poor countries fear being ‘left behind’ in rush for deal, on BBCnews, by Matt McGrath, Nov 30, 2015;
What the COP21 Climate Change Summit in Paris is All About, on NDTV, Nov 30, 2015 (including 10 point cheat-sheet);
Beginner’s guide to the UN Paris climate summit, on BBCnews, by Matt McGrath, Nov 29, 2015;   Continuer la lecture de « COP21 »

2015-11-01: A Tale of Two Retirements;
2015-11-02: UK: Six million workers paid less than the living wage;
2015-11-03: State Multiculturalism, Cultural Diplomacy and the EU Crisis;
2015-11-04: Japanese High Speed Bullet Train;
2015-11-05: Distortion, Fabrication, and Falsification in the Financial Press;
2015-11-06: from Zermatt to Gornergrat;
2015-11-07: Mass Mobilization To Stop The TPP Announced As Text Is Released;
2015-11-08: The Politics of the Right and the Dilemmas of the Left;
2015-11-09: 3 Hours of Instrumental Music;
2015-11-10: what’s Europe for their 99% – with Yanis Varoufakis;
2015-11-11: Noam Chomsky;
2015-11-12: How Outside Normalcy Should an Outsider Be?
2015-11-13: White House Objections Stop ISIS War Authorization Vote;
2015-11-14: A Brutal New Germany – What’s Happening to My Country?
2015-11-14: LIVE UPDATE – PARIS ATTACK;
2015-11-15: Non-French War Deaths Matter;
2015-11-16: soft music;
2015-11-17: Global Capitalism Update, Nov 2015;
2015-11-18: Lessons from Iceland’s Financial Crisis;
2015-11-19: I am fed up – I can no more hear it …;
2015-11-20: a bunch of links on what’s actual;
2015-11-21: TPP’s Orwellian Definition of “Science”;
2015-11-22: Washington’s New Approach to Russia;
2015-11-23: Unreported Crimes against Humanity – more than 800 Women and Children have died in Yemen;
2015-11-24: The Realism of Audacity – Rethinking Revolutionary Strategy Today;
2015-11-25: When Workers Fight;
2015-11-26: Turkey Has Destroyed Russia’s Hope of Western Cooperation;
2015-11-27: RBS: Whistleblower claims bank hid scale of losses prior to banking crisis to protect banker’s bonuses;
2015-11-28: The Power of Nightmares;
2015-11-29: Scapegoating the refugees;
2015-11-30: The Tragedy of the Commons, the Pope, and the System;
2015-11-30: Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, November 1-30, 2015.
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See also this page: All articles sorted chronologically.

related articles published during November 2015: (continuously updated … ) Continuer la lecture de « Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, November 1-30, 2015 »

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 »

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 »

Published on naked capitalism (first on BBC), by Lambert Strether, Nov 27, 2015.

Here’s a little something to rouse you from your post-Thanksgiving torpor; the first part of a three-part 2004 series by Adam Curtis called “The Power of Nightmares.” The title seems strangely a propos, what?

See WikiPedia’s summary. Continuer la lecture de « The Power of Nightmares »

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 »

Published on Dissident Voice, by Paul Craig Roberts, Nov 24, 2015.

… Turkey’s unprovoked shoot-down of a Russian military aircraft over Syria raises interesting questions. It seems unlikely that the Turkish government would commit an act of war against a much more powerful neighbor unless Washington had cleared the attack. Turkey’s government is not very competent, but even the incompetent know better than to put themselves into a position of facing Russia alone. Continuer la lecture de « Turkey Has Destroyed Russia’s Hope of Western Cooperation »