Catégorie : Politics

Published on The Local.de, Feb 26, 2015:

BILD, Europe’s biggest-selling daily newspaper, on Thursday targeted plans for an extension to Greece’s bailout by asking readers to email in selfies with the paper’s « NEIN » headline. NO! No more billions for the greedy Greeks! the paper declared in its print and online editions. It urged readers to snap a selfie while holding it and email it back to the paper as part of a campaign against further subsidies.   Continuer la lecture de « BILD says 'NEIN' to Greece bailout extension »

Published on Global Research.ca, by Julie Lévesque, Feb 25, 2015.

… Why is the media so keen on portraying Big Pharma critics as crazy, uneducated, unscientific and irresponsible people?

Dr Marcia Angell worked for over two decades as editor of The New England Journal of Medicine. She was fired after criticizing the pharmaceutical industry, which had exerted a n overriding and negative influence on the scientific literature. She said: “It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published.”   Continuer la lecture de « 25 Facts About the Pharmaceutical Industry, Vaccines and “Anti-Vaxers” »

Published on Dissident Voice, by Wilhelm Langthaler, February 21, 2015.

… Sýriza is prisoners of its own past, its origins in the euro-communist Synaspismós. For them the European Union has been the greatest achievement of the post-war period. Only they would need to make it more socially inclined. They failed to understand that the very raison d’être of the EU is to destroy the welfare states which historically had grown within the nation states.   Continuer la lecture de « Tsípras: Scared by His Own Courage »

… Goldman Sachs, School Districts, and Capital Appreciation Bonds – Published on Dissident Voice, by Ellen Hodgson Brown, Feb 21, 2015.

… Remember when Goldman Sachs, dubbed by Matt Taibbi “The Vampire Squid”, sold derivatives to Greece so the government could conceal its debt, then bet against that debt, driving it up? It seems that the ubiquitous investment bank has also put the squeeze on California and its school districts. Not that Goldman was alone in this; but the unscrupulous practices of the bank once called the undisputed king of the municipal bond business epitomize the culture of greed that has ensnared students and future generations in unrepayable debt.   Continuer la lecture de « Swimming with the Sharks »

• The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy, 57.26 min, uploaded by SkriptaTV, Feb 12, 2015 – his book/same title: on  Zed Books, London, 2013; on amazon; on Google Web-search … followed by other videos in autoplay;
• Yanis Varoufakis on February 5, 2015, 9.58 min, uploaded by Podemos ecoLogicos, Feb 10, 2015;
• All the good stuff that cannot be measured, 19.59 min, uploaded by SkriptaTV, Feb 7, 2015 (first on Democratic Underground);
• Chinese credit speculation, the Greek debt crisis and US earnings woes, 27.46 min, uploaded by Boom Bust, Jan 28, 2015;
• Who is Yanis Varoufakis? 2.10 min, uploaded by CNNMoney, Jan 28, 2015;   Continuer la lecture de « Videos with Yanis Varoufakis »

• A Very Dark Chapter of Globalization, Part 3/3, Flassbeck, 13.07 min, uploaded on YouTube by TheRealNews, Feb 6, 2015
• Why you can not have a Capitalist Democracy – Noam Chomsky, 17.46 min, uploaded by Leigha Cohen, Oct 5, 2014;
• Peter Phillips: Project Censored and the Transnational Corporate Class, 69.00 min, uploaded by freespeechtv, Oct 3, 2014;
• Until the Rulers Obey – Learning from Latin America’s Social Movements, on Covering Activism an Politics in Latin America (Upside Down World.org) by Clifton Ross and Marcy Rein, Sept 24, 2014: An excerpt from the introduction to Until the Rulers Obey: Voices of from Latin American Social Movements, edited by Clifton Ross and Marcy Rein /Oakland: PM Press, 2014;   Continuer la lecture de « Transnational Capitalist Class TCC – and related articles »

Published on ZNet (first on Counterpunch), by Mark Weisbrot, Feb 20, 2015.

The Economist’s February 6 cover displayed the Venus de Milo statue pointing a revolver, with the headline “Go ahead, Angela, make my day.” In the editors’ upside-down world, Greece is threatening Europe, or at least Germany. Really? Continuer la lecture de « The Coercion of Greece »

Published on Intrepid Report, by Dave Alpert, Feb 19, 2015.

I was born a Jew and grew up in The Bronx in New York City. At the age of 13, I was Bar Mitzvad. As I grew older, I became more and more disenchanted with religion as an institution. I became aware of the historical role religion played in the life and destiny of man, a history which demonstrates wars, deaths, and destruction all in the name of God. Continuer la lecture de « Speaking out on religion, salvation or destruction »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Maximillian Popp, Feb 17, 2015:  (Photo Gallery).

Brussels is doing all it can to prevent refugees from reaching Fortress Europe, with initiatives like funding the construction of interment centers in Ukraine. Asylum seekers who have spent time there report miserable conditions and abuse.   Continuer la lecture de « Guantanamo of the East: Ukraine Locks Up Refugees at EU's Behest »

… Austerity Has Done Nothing to Solve Greece’s Problems – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Thomas Hüetlin and Alexander Neubacher, Feb 2015.

Greek Finance Minister Giannis Varoufakis has had little luck convincing his EU counterparts that Athens needs a debt cut. He speaks with SPIEGEL about why austerity has failed, how aid conditions are like waterboarding and where the bailout money went …; Continuer la lecture de « Interview with Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis »

Published on Dissident Voice, by Rajesh Makwana, February 15, 2015.

At a time when governments are failing abysmally to mitigate climate change, reduce inequality or end poverty, the key to creating a more equal and sustainable world is establishing participative forms of political engagement at all levels of society – from the local to the global … //

… From local alternatives to global reforms: … // Continuer la lecture de « Beyond the Market-State, Decentralising Power in a Sharing Society »

Published on Washington’s Blog, by DavidSwanson, Feb 15, 2015: What can I be sure of after only one week in Havana? Very little. There are exceptions to every pattern, and sometimes more exceptions than patterns. But a few claims, I think, are possible … // Continuer la lecture de « Cuba: Land of Opportunity »

… plus (scroll down): Pravda: Putin droht mit Veröffentlichung von 9/11-Beweismaterial – Published on Veterans Today VT, by Kevin Barrett, Feb 12, 2015: will Russia blow 9/11 wide open?

As Gordon Duff reported here Tuesday – and as discussed on today’s False Flag Weekly News (posted above – click here for story links) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing the release of Russian satellite photos and other evidence showing that 9/11 was a false-flag operation by treasonous elements of the American national security community.   Continuer la lecture de « Putin set to drop “truth bomb” on USA »

Published on ZNet, by Justin Podur and Sardar Saadi, Feb 13, 2015.

Since September of 2014, the city of Kobani has been in the news as the site of a battle between Kurdish forces from the Rojava region and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). At the end of January, the Kurdish forces (YPG and YPJ) announced that Kobani had successfully repelled the attack. But ISIS is still in control of villages surrounding Kobani and maintaining its threat to other parts of Rojava.   Continuer la lecture de « The Rojava Revolution and the Liberation of Kobani »

Published on Russia Today RT, Feb 13, 2015.

From journalists’ sleepless wanderings in the Minsk palace to “buckets of coffee” served to the leaders, RT has gathered most interesting moments from behind the scenes of the epic all-night Ukraine peace negotiations.

(READ MORE: Ukraine peace deal: Ceasefire starting February 15, removal of heavy weapons)

Hide-and-seek in the palace:   Continuer la lecture de « 16-hour Minsk marathon: Vodka for journos, Merkel’s cell died, Lavrov smokes »