Catégorie : Politics

Published on ZNet, by Cal Winslow, Nov 24, 2015.

The therapists, counselors, and social workers at Kaiser Permanente in California have won a magnificent victory. In a last minute retreat, in the face of an open-ended strike, Kaiser, the giant California health care corporation, settled with 1400 workers and their union, the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW).   Continuer la lecture de « When Workers Fight »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1188, by Panagiotis Sotiris, Nov 23, 2015.

• In a certain way, I feel a certain unease since the entire Greek Left has some form of responsibility for the fact that Greece is not currently a laboratory of hope; rather it is a reason for despair. What I am going to say should be taken as a form of self-criticism rather than a declaration. I consider myself part of the problem.   Continuer la lecture de « The Realism of Audacity – Rethinking Revolutionary Strategy Today »

… and No One Has Food – Published on Vice News, by Samuel Oakford, Nov 19, 2015.

Yemen’s humanitarian and human rights catastrophe continues to worsen, according to new UN figures which put the number of killed since late March at more than 5,700. Continuer la lecture de « Unreported Crimes against Humanity – more than 800 Women and Children have died in Yemen »

Published on Dissident Voice, by Paul Craig Roberts, Nov 21st, 2015.

… Once Russia is in a coalition against ISIS, Russia will have to make compromises. Putin will be told that Russia can have ISIS, but Russia has to turn Assad’s fate over to the West. If Putin balks, the Western media will blame Putin for torpedoing the war against ISIS.   Continuer la lecture de « Washington’s New Approach to Russia »

… in its Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Chapter – Published on naked capitalism, by Lambert Strether, Nov 19, 2015.

Let’s begin our quest for “science” with what the (disinformation campaign that is the) USTR’s FAQ has to say about the TPP’s SPS chapter, which controls, among other things, the (imported) food that you eat[1] … //

… Science vs. The Precautionary Principle: … //
… “Science” Based on “Confidential Information”: … // Continuer la lecture de « TPP’s Orwellian Definition of “Science” »

on refugees in the US:

• Obama threatens to veto GOP halt on Syrian refugees, on Russia Today RT, Nov 19, 2015: Tensions rose between the Republican lawmakers and US President Barack Obama when the White House threatened to veto a GOP-proposed bill requiring additional background checks for 10,000 Syrian refugees that Obama intends to settle in the US. Sponsored by Representatives Mike McCaul (R-Texas) and Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina), the bill would require top US security officials to certify that every refugee admitted to the US “does not represent a security threat,” according to McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee …;

Continuer la lecture de « a bunch of links on what's actual »

… and more:

• Global Capitalism: November 2015 Monthly Update, 97.50 min, uploaded by RichardDWolff, Nov 12, 2015 … websites: Democracy at Work; Dr. Richard D. Wolff on YouTube-search /this month; and  Left Forum.org;
• Is Capitalism Broken? – with Richard D. Wolff, 31.52 min, uploaded by FinanceAndLiberty.com, Aug 25, 2015;
• why Europeans fight Austerity more successfully than Americans – Professor Richard D Wolff, 6.26 min, uploaded by RichardDWolff, Dec 11, 2011;   Continuer la lecture de « Global Capitalism Update, Nov 2015 »

• 3 Hour Zen Music, 180.10 min, uploaded by YellowBrickCinema, June 11, 2015;
• Indian Background Flute Music, 181.43 min, uploaded by NuMeditationMusic, March 26, 2015;
• Native American Indian Shamanic Spiritual Music, 64.01 min, uploaded by Josmer De Abreu, April 27, 2014;
• DEEP PRAYING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, 31.36 min, uploaded by Kenneth Thompson, Nov 1, 2011;
• Nokia ringtone during concert of classical music, 1.20 min, uploaded by greatmilan, July 30, 2011.

Published on Let’s Try Democracy, by David Swanson, Nov 14, 2015.

We are all France. Apparently. Though we are never all Lebanon or Syria or Iraq for some reason. Or a long, long list of additional places.

We are led to believe that U.S. wars are not tolerated and cheered because of the color or culture of the people being bombed and occupied. But let a relatively tiny number of people be murdered in a white, Christian, Western-European land, with a pro-war government, and suddenly sympathy is the order of the day. Continuer la lecture de « Non-French War Deaths Matter »

LIVE UPDATES: Paris attacks:

• in english: eight attackers dead after killing at least 120 people;
• in french: la guerre en plein Paris;   Continuer la lecture de « LIVE UPDATE – PARIS ATTACK »

Published on Spiegel Online International, a Commentary by Markus Feldenkirchen, Nov 12, 2015.

Germany could approach the refugee crisis without surrendering its civility. But instead, the basest of anti-foreigner sentiment is taking hold in many places. If it continues, we could soon witness an atmosphere of brutality not seen in decades. Continuer la lecture de « A Brutal New Germany: What's Happening to My Country? »

Published on Anti War, by Jason Ditz, Nov 11, 2015.

A closed briefing in the Senate today has ended with officials saying that the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for the ISIS war is a “nonstarter,” after White House officials, principally special envoy Brett McGurk, informing the Senate leadership that such a vote was unwelcome.   Continuer la lecture de « White House Objections Stop ISIS War Authorization Vote »

Published on Dissident Voice, by James Hoover, Nov 10, 2015.

Ben Carson is the quiet, almost somnolent, version of Donald Trump. He is, like Trump, a political outsider, but a crafty politician all the same, without the reality TV persona of Donald Trump. Carson seems to share other attributes with “the Donald” though not commonly discussed in the media.   Continuer la lecture de « How Outside Normalcy Should an Outsider Be? »

• The Alternative to Capitalism, 3.55 min, uploaded by Chomsky’s Philosophy;
• Corporate Attack on Education, 64.03 min, uploaded by Joe Friendly;
• The Myth of the Liberal Media, 59.33 min, uploaded by Peter Pan;
• What Is Anarchism? on Capitalism, Socialism, Free Markets (2013), 71.50 min, uploaded by Remeber This;   Continuer la lecture de « Noam Chomsky »