Catégorie : Politics

Published on ROARmag, by Joris Leverink, Aug 28, 2016.

Post-coup Turkey has been one great celebration of the nation’s victory over the coup plotters who were out to overthrow the government. The slogan hakimiyet milletindir, meaning “sovereignty belongs to the nation,” is everywhere. It can be seen on posters and banners at countless bus stops, street lights and overpasses, on massive billboards and on TV screens in public transport … // Continuer la lecture de « Fabricating illusions of people power in post-coup Turkey »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1296, by Michal Rozworski, Aug 25, 2016.

… Don’t have the taxes to pay for new buses? It’s okay, you can sell your electricity utility to pay for them instead. In fact, this is precisely what the Ontario Liberal government is doing. Already 30 per cent of the profitable Hydro One have been sold and another 30 per cent will be sold before 2018. A public Hydro One could more directly fight climate change, lower energy costs for the poor or work with First Nations on whose lands generation often happens. A private Hydro becomes an instrument for profit first with other goals secondary. Continuer la lecture de « How Not To Fund Infrastructure »

Published on The Intercept, by Glenn Greenwald, Aug 25, 2016.

As the numerous and obvious ethical conflicts surrounding the Clinton Foundation receive more media scrutiny, the tactic of Clinton-loyal journalists is to highlight the charitable work done by the foundation, and then insinuate — or even outright state — that anyone raising these questions is opposed to its charity. James Carville announced that those who criticize the foundation are “going to hell.” Other Clinton loyalists insinuated that Clinton Foundation critics are indifferent to the lives of HIV-positive babies or are anti-gay bigots … // Continuer la lecture de « Why Did the Saudi Regime and Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions to the Clinton Foundation? »

Published on ZNet, by Norman Solomon, Aug 25, 2016.

While Bernie Sanders was doing a brilliant job of ripping into the Trans-Pacific Partnership during the livestreamed launch of the Our Revolution organization on Wednesday night, CNN was airing a phone interview with Hillary Clinton and MSNBC was interviewing Donald Trump’s campaign manager. Continuer la lecture de « US: the Debut of Our Revolution – Great Potential … But »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Riham Alkousaa, Sven Becker, Nina Brnada, Anna Clauß, Jürgen Dahlkamp, Walter Mayr, Ralf Neukirch, Jan Puhl, Christoph Schult and Wolf Wiedmann-Schmid, Aug 24, 2016 (Photo Gallery).

A year has passed since the dramatic decision by Angela Merkel to take in hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. What drove her to make the decision and what price will the country pay for it? A look back at 14 days that changed German history … // Continuer la lecture de « Two Weeks in September: The Makings of Merkel's Decision to Accept Refugees – part 1 »