former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Ullrich Fichtner, Maximilian Popp, Christoph Schult and Alexander Smoltczyk, June 23, 2015 (Photo Gallery – Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan).
When 800 refugees drowned on their way to Europe this April, leaders promised to act. Just over two months later, the EU’s attempts at real reform have all but failed – and thrown up some dark moral questions. Continuer la lecture de « Migration Crisis: The EU's Shipwrecked Refugee Plan »
Published on Global Research.ca, by Christina Sarich, June 21, 2015 [VIDEO, 2.39 min].
Should we not have the right to choose? One in 50 children are now autistic. No, you didn’t read that wrong. Despite the fact that a CDC whistleblower recently came forward admitting that the government agency obfuscated evidence linking vaccines to autistic behavior, California lawmakers passed a mandatory vaccine bill (SB277) which removes parental exemptions – making it so parents couldn’t refuse or delay vaccines. Even more damning evidence has surfaced proving that Big Pharma had their hands in the creation of the bill. Continuer la lecture de « Drug Companies Donated Millions to California Lawmakers Prior to Forced Vaccination Bill »
Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, June 21, 2015: the Rise of the Non Leftist Left.
Over the past decade fundamental changes have taken place in Southern Europe, which have broken with previous political alignments, resulting in the virtual disappearance of traditional leftist parties, the decline of trade unions and the emergence of middle class radicalism … // Continuer la lecture de « Non-Leftist Left, a Radical Reconfiguration of Southern European Politics »
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Florian Gathmann, Matthias Gebauer, Christiane Hoffmann, Gordon Repinski, Matthias Schepp, Christoph Schult and Klaus Wiegrefe, June 19, 2015 (Photo Gallery).
Washington is once again talking about stationing nuclear warheads in Europe. Russia, too, is turning up the rhetoric. Europeans are concerned about becoming caught in the middle of a new Cold War … // Continuer la lecture de « Cold War Resurgent, US Nukes Could Soon Return to Europe »
UK: three in ten UK Bangladeshi households are overcrowded, on Left Foot Forward, by Ruby Stockham, June 20, 2015: Latest government figures show the impact soaring house prices are having on living conditions. New figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in 2011, home ownership fell for the first time in almost a century;
The ’joke of the decade’, on Kashmir and IDPs, by K.N. Pandita, June 20, 2015; Continuer la lecture de « today these concerns »
Published on Russia Today RT, June 19, 2015.
The sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia and Moscow’s retaliation would cost Europeans 100 billion euros in economic development and jeopardize up to 2.5 million jobs, a new study said. Continuer la lecture de « Anti-Russian sanctions hurt Europe harder than expected, threaten 2.5 Mio jobs – study »
Published on Dissident Voice, by Binoy Kampmark, June 16, 2015.
Idolatry is the natural consequence of abuse and disregard. Forget something, and revere it. Edification entails that no regard need be had to substance. When human rights conventions make it into the political argot, cited by the very individuals who are controlled by them, we know that a degree of amnesia and calculation has set in. They are the last ones who are interested in what those documents enshrine. Continuer la lecture de « The Magna Carta – eight hundred years of forgetting »
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Marco Evers and Laura Höflinger, June 15, 2015 (Photo Gallery).
A new consensus is emerging that bans on cannabis are counterproductive. Across the world, countries are legalizing its use for pleasure and medical treatment – but Germany still lags behind … // Continuer la lecture de « Legal Highs: Welcome to the Cannabis Revolution – part 1 »
Published on Dissident Voice, by David Swanson, June 15, 2015.
I’m not sure if there’s been a better written book published yet this year than Ukraine: Zbig’s Grand Chessboard and How the West Was Checkmated, but I’m confident there’s not been a more important one … // Continuer la lecture de « Ukraine and the Apocalyptic Risk of Propagandized Ignorance »
Chants: Voice of the Living Light, 76.56 min, uploaded by Classical Music goturhjem2, Jan 14, 2012.
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Regime-Change in der Ukraine? – Dr. Daniele Ganser, 110.13 min, von wwwKenFMde am 6. Juni 2015 hochgeladen – KenFM zeigt: aus der Physik wissen wir, dass Ursache und Wirkung miteinander zu tun haben, und kennen auch eine Reihenfolge. Erst die Ursache, dann die Wirkung. Ein Glas, das zerschlagen am Boden liegt, musste erst fallen. Continuer la lecture de « Fakten zum Putsch in der Ukraine »
Published on Dissident Voice, by Bill Annett, June 13, 2015.
Tim Geithner is seated at Charlie Rose’s exclusive Table Ronde, his fashionable curly locks carefully askew on his lofty forehead, his hands expressively illustrating his financial competence. He has published a book destined for stardom, Stress Test, he confronts Charlie who loves to flog best sellers before they are. Tim has been here before – annually, on average – but tonight we are treated to the official word, the inside story on what we’ve accomplished since TARP, how much better the banking system is now, largely because of the astuteness of Tim Geithner himself, former Treasury Secretary. Continuer la lecture de « When Bankers Collide »
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Peter Müller, René Pfister and Christian Reiermann, June 12, 2015 (Photo Gallery).
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble appears to have given up hope of a satisfactory outcome to the Greek crisis. Unlike the chancellor, he is willing to cut the rope on Athens. But will he dare to dig in his heels and defy Merkel? Continuer la lecture de « Brewing Conflict over Greece: Germany's Finance Minister Mulls Taking on Merkel »
Published on Dodd-Frank Update, June 11, 2015;
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau CFPB issued a report detailing reverse mortgage advertisements and their potential risk to older consumers. The CFPB found that, after viewing reverse mortgage advertisements, focus group and interview participants were confused or had misconceptions about important features and terms of reverse mortgage loans. Continuer la lecture de « USA: about Dodd-Frank – CFPB examines reverse mortgage advertisements »
Published on GIZMODO.co.uk, by Matt Novak,June 6, 2015.
In the late 1960s a biologist named Paul Ehrlich insisted that the world’s rapid population growth was unsustainable. What could be done? Ehrlich proposed radical population control measures—including sterilisation. Continuer la lecture de « What Happened to Those Apocalyptic Predictions About Overpopulation? »