former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
on the idiocy ruling our daily life …
Continuer la lecture de « what's Europe for their 99% – with Yanis Varoufakis »
Violin, Guitar, Flute, Harp, Cello and Piano, 177.42 min, uploaded by Peder B. Helland, Composer (Norway), April 25, 2015 … with more music in autoplay – Website/about.
Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1183 (first on 2016 Socialist Register), by the 2016 Socialist Register, Nov 6, 2015.
The Preface to the 2016 Socialist Register, The Politics of the Right, includes the following paragraphs: “There is a great strategic importance in a sober analysis of the strength of new right today, and the impasse of the left emerges here as a central concern. In confronting almost everywhere different permutations of right wing populism gaining further ground in this phase of neoliberalism, and the increasing state authoritarianism seen in new modes of surveillance and policing, we need to recognize the complicity of liberal and social democratic political agents in this. Both this and the limited political capacities of the radical left have provide space for the rise of the right and the new authoritarianism in the current conjuncture … // Continuer la lecture de « The Politics of the Right and the Dilemmas of the Left »
… for immediate release – Published on Dissident Voice, by Kevin Zeese, Nov 5, 2015.
A mass mobilization (Flush the TPP, stopp the Global Corporate Coup) in Washington, DC from November 14 to 18 has been announced to begin the next stage of the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP was made public 10 days from the actions. Continuer la lecture de « Mass Mobilization To Stop The TPP Announced As Text Is Released »
a Railway journey in Switzerland – Driver’s View, 29.32 min, uploaded by P.-Călin A., July 31, 2013.
Links: Continuer la lecture de « from Zermatt to Gornergrat »
… 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 – doc 2015 HD, 48.31 min, uploaded by Dokumentarfilm 2015 H, Aug 28, 2015.
Related Links: Continuer la lecture de « Japanese High Speed Bullet Train »
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).
Speakers: Continuer la lecture de « State Multiculturalism, Cultural Diplomacy and the EU Crisis »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
… 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 »
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 »