a Railway journey in Switzerland – Driver’s View, 29.32 min, uploaded by P.-Călin A., July 31, 2013.
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Catégorie : Politics
Distortion, Fabrication, and Falsification in the Financial Press
… Western Mainstream Extremism – Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, Nov 3, 2015.
With the collapse of the Communist countries in the 1990s and their conversion to capitalism, followed by the advent of neo-liberal regimes throughout most of Latin America, Asia, Europe, and North America, the imperial regimes in the US and EU have established a new political spectrum, in which the standards of acceptability narrowed and the definition of adversaries expanded … // Continuer la lecture de « Distortion, Fabrication, and Falsification in the Financial Press »
Japanese High Speed Bullet Train
Japanese High Speed Bullet Train – doc 2015 HD, 48.31 min, uploaded by Dokumentarfilm 2015 H, Aug 28, 2015.
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State Multiculturalism, Cultural Diplomacy and the EU Crisis
State Multiculturalism, Cultural Diplomacy and the EU Crisis – A Panel Discussion, 58.26 min, uploaded by IPAHP, Oct 29, 2014;
(website: Inter-Parliamentary Alliance for Human Rights & Global Peace IPAHP).
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UK: Six million workers paid less than the living wage
Published on BBCnews, Nov 1, 2015.
The data showed a « worrying trend » of part-time, female and young workers being most likely to earn below the figure, researchers found.
The living wage, promoted by the Living Wage Foundation, is currently £7.85 an hour and £9.15 in London. It is not compulsory for employers to pay it … // Continuer la lecture de « UK: Six million workers paid less than the living wage »
US: a Tale of Two Retirements
Published on Inequality.org, by Scott Klinger and Sarah Anderson, Oct 29, 2015: 100 CEOs have as much in retirement assets as 41 percent of all American families;
… Key findings
The Top 100: Continuer la lecture de « US: a Tale of Two Retirements »
Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, October 1 – 31, 2015
related articles published during Octobre 2015: (continuously updated …) Continuer la lecture de « Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, October 1 – 31, 2015 »
Game-changer: European Parliament votes in favor of dropping charges against Snowden
Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 29, 2015;
The majority of European Parliament members have voted in favor of asking constituent states to grant protection to whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who has described the move as a ‘game-changer’ and a ‘chance to move forward’ … // Continuer la lecture de « Game-changer: European Parliament votes in favor of dropping charges against Snowden »
Refugee crisis: Last influx to fortress Europe cross Austrian border before route closes
ACTUALLY – RT on Air: tensions at the Slovenian-Austrian border …
Published on The Independent.co.uk, by Jamie Merrill, Oct 29, 2015.
Kawphar Zangana would not say how his wife died. It was too much for him. “They [Isis] took her from me in Iraq. Now I can only help my children get to Germany.” Continuer la lecture de « Refugee crisis: Last influx to fortress Europe cross Austrian border before route closes »
Deutschland von oben / Germany from above
… in five videos – can be seen without understanding the german spoken explanations – uploaded by P.-Călin A., 2014: Continuer la lecture de « Deutschland von oben / Germany from above »
Indigenous Peoples' History of the USA
uploaded by LeftStreamed, Oct 2015: part 1/5, 30.37 min; part 2/5, 10.25 min; part 3/5, 11.54 min; part 4/5, 08.57 min; part 5/5, 16.01 min … (also on Socialist Project; Continuer la lecture de « Indigenous Peoples' History of the USA »
Isis in Iraq: Peshmergas have new weapon in fight against militants – the ability to read
… an inability to understand signs can cost fighters their lives – night school aims to change that – Published on The Independent.co.uk, by Cathy Otten, Oct 25, 2015.
A student looks diligently up at his teacher and then down at an exercise book filled with rows of letters. Shkur Miro and the rest of the men listening carefully to what their teacher tells them are Peshmerga fighters, taking a break from the war with Isis. Continuer la lecture de « Isis in Iraq: Peshmergas have new weapon in fight against militants – the ability to read »
Truth About 9/11 Would Take Down the US as a Global Empire
Published on Global Research.ca, by Kevin Barrett, Oct 20, 2015 (with video, 5.55 min … and the book link about).
The truth about the September 11, 2001 terror attacks would not only destabilize the American political system but it would also take down the US as a global empire, an American scholar says. Continuer la lecture de « Truth About 9/11 Would Take Down the US as a Global Empire »
Nice No More: The End of the German Fairytale
Published on Spiegel Online International, a commentary by Markus Feldenkirchen, Oct 20, 2015.
The World Cup scandal brought to light by SPIEGEL serves as a reminder that Germany is nowhere near as perfect as it had started to look – ironically, around the time of that historic « fairytale summer » … //
… With its social market economy, Germany also appeared to have defied the law of capitalism that requires one to be a little coarse and unscrupulous in order to prevail. Continuer la lecture de « Nice No More: The End of the German Fairytale »
The Syrianization of Turkey
Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1175, by Sungur Savran, Oct 19, 2015.
The immense catastrophe that struck Turkey in the streets of Ankara, the capital city, on 10 October, when two bombs exploded in the midst of a thronging crowd of what would possibly turn out to be hundreds of thousands of people, leading to the death of an indefinite number of people, in any case exceeding one hundred, and the wounding of hundreds, some still under the risk of death, is a sharp reminder, if any were needed, that this is a country undergoing a severe political crisis … // Continuer la lecture de « The Syrianization of Turkey »