Catégorie : Politics

Published on Labor Notes.org, by Jane Slaughter, July 07, 2016.

Three big wins for workers in the last nine months arrived where you might least expect them: in the old, blue-collar economy. That’s the economy where unions are down to 6.7 percent, where wins are rare and workers are supposed to be on their way out. Continuer la lecture de « Three Recent Wins Prove Old-Fashioned Union Power Isn’t Dead Yet »

… Oligarchs, Bankers and Swindlers – Published on Axis of Logic, by James Petras, July 9, 2016;

Introduction: amid raging corruption, social pathologies and outright political thuggery, a new gang of vassal regimes has taken-over Latin America. The new rulers are strictly recruited as the protégé’s of US financial and banking institutions. Hence the financial press refers to them as the “new managers” – of Wall Street … // Continuer la lecture de « Washington’s ‘New Managers’ in Latin America »

Published on Elohim Leaks.org, on July 8, 2016.

The 60 richest people on Earth are now secretly building an underground complex that can withstand any nuclear, chemical or biological world war or world revolution. This complex will have room for the 60 richest people and their families for a total of 480 people; plus 240 top scientists, especially geneticists and agronomists; 60 medical people representing all the specialties; 120 military commandos … // … and 60 of the most beautiful young women to repopulate the earth after the cataclysm ends and the atmosphere is clean again … // Continuer la lecture de « Secret Underground Complex »

Published on Systemic Disorder, July 6, 2016.

The most tepid of blows for democracy was struck this week when the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, reversed himself and declared that the parliaments of the EU member states will vote on the “free trade” deal with Canada after all. Only a week earlier, President Juncker had dismissed the idea of any democratic input, insisting that the deal would be unilaterally approved by EU ministers … // Continuer la lecture de « CETA’s specter of corporate dictatorship still haunts Canada and the EU »

Published on Axis of Logic, by Roger D. Harris, CounterPunch, July 6, 2016.

US policy since Hugo Chávez was elected president of Venezuela in 1998 has been regime change to return the oil-rich South American nation to the neo-liberal fold. After 17 years of Chávista polices, the US wants nothing more than for poor Venezuelans to suffer as much as possible – to make their economy scream – so that the popular movement will grow dissatisfied with the socialist inclined leadership. Continuer la lecture de « Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: If Chávez were Alive Today, would the Situation in Venezuela be Different? »