Catégorie : Politics

Oskar Lafontaine bei der Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz, 43.33 min, von junge Welt Ladengalerie (mit weiteren Beiträgen aus der Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz) am 12. Januar 2015 hochgeladen: Referat von Oskar Lafontaine (Die Linke) bei der XX. Internationalen Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz der Tageszeitung junge Welt am 10. Januar 2015 in Berlin.

Published on Dissident Voice, by Robert Hunziker, February 2, 2015.

Class war furor amplifies throughout Europe. “The trenches are the streets” of major cities that have suffered the most from neoliberal policies as promulgated by the world’s monetary authorities, like the EU-IMF.

Suddenly, the “Syriza Virus” is circulating throughout Europe. The “people” have had enough austerity crammed down their throats. They’re in the streets. Continuer la lecture de « Class War Furor »

Me, Myself and Medien, von wwwKenFMde auf YouTube hochgeladen:

• #1 – Reaktionen auf PEGIDA, 33.03 min, Dec 22, 2014: Noch nie ist die KenFM-Community so heftig miteinander ins Gericht gegangen wie bei PEGIDA. Der allergrößte Teil der KenFM-User lehnt PEGIDA vollkommen ab, andere verteidigen diese Protestmärsche um so heftiger. KenFM nimmt sich exemplarisch den Kommentar eines PEGIDA-Anhägers vor und versucht, diesen im Kern zu analysieren. Im Anschluss beschäftigen wir uns mit dem PEGIDA-Beitrag des NDR-Magazins Panorama vom 18. Dezember 2014 …;   Continuer la lecture de « Pegida oder nicht? Charlie oder was? … und was noch? »

Uploaded on YouTube by RichardDWolff:

• Global Capitalism, January 2015 Monthly Update, 99.18 min, Jan 15, 2015: … Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum, and Judson Memorial Church; Website: Professor Richard D. Wolff; /About; /Online Classes; /Non-English articles;
• Global Capitalism – November 2011: part 1/3, 40.00 min; part 2/3, 40.00 min; part 3/3, 39.18 min.
• Why Europeans Fight Austerity More Successfully than Americans – Professor Richard D Wolff, 6.26 min, December 11, 2011 … in Europe, as in the US, governments are seeking to shift the cost of the global economic crisis onto the mass of people by cutting public employment and public services. Continuer la lecture de « Richard D. Wolff about Global Capitalism and European's Austerity Fight »

Published on Russia Today RT, Feb 2, 2015.

Breedlove, NATO’s military commander, is now reportedly leading the crusade to provide lethal military assistance to Kiev to battle the anti-government forces of the Donetsk and Lugansk Republics after failed talks in Minsk this weekend.   Continuer la lecture de « US mulls providing Kiev forces with ‘defensive’ weapons – report »

Published on teleSUR english, by Michael Albert, Jan 30, 2015.

Have you heard the expression « sick society »? I have. Often. In fact most I have heard it often in reference to my own society, the U.S. And increasingly so, of late … // Continuer la lecture de « Sick or Psychotic? Bradley Cooper in American Sniper »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Nikolaus Blome, Manfred Ertel, Julia Amalia Heyer, Horand Knaup, Walter Mayr, Peter Müller, René Pfister, Christian Reiermann, Mathieu von Rohr and Helene Zuber, Jan 30, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

Greek election victor Alexis Tsipras wants an entirely different Europe from the one envisioned by Angela Merkel. His success is likely to stoke anger over Germany’s EU dominance. Leaders in France and Italy are also hoping for an end to austerity.   Continuer la lecture de « Merkel's unintended creation, could Tsipras' Win upset balance of power in Europe? »

related articles published during January 2015 … : Continuer la lecture de « Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, JANUARY 1-31, 2015 »

Published on Russia Today RT, Jan 30, 2015.

Greece hasn’t outright asked Russia for a loan, but Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Moscow wouldn’t rule it out. His statement comes days after Greece openly opposed further economic sanctions against Russia.   Continuer la lecture de « Russia might bailout Greece – finance minister »

Video – Civilians trapped in E. Ukraine conflict zone adjust to war reality, 3.07 min, published on Russia Today RT, Jan 29, 2015.

Residents of towns along the frontline in eastern Ukraine have been living in constant fear ever since full-scale fighting resumed there. RT’s Roman Kosarev has spoken to those trying to survive in the very heart of the conflict zone.   Continuer la lecture de « Life under fire »

… the origin of modern terror and crumbling Western values – Published on Intrepid Report, by John Chuckman, Jan 28, 2015.

… Have Islamic radicals always existed? Yes, we have records through the history of British and French empire-building of strange and fearsome groups. It appears every large religion has a spectrum of believers, always including at one end of the spectrum extreme fundamentalists. They are not a new phenomenon anywhere, so why has one group of them, in the sands of the Middle East, become part of our everyday awareness?   Continuer la lecture de « The elephant in the room »

FIRST LISTEN THIS: TTIP, A Wolf In Sheeps Clothing, 49.07 min, uploaded by R.A.W.W. – Raising Awareness World Wide, August 29, 2014: Alarm bells on ISDS are ringing this loud for a reason: ISDS allows foreign firms to bypass domestic courts and sue governments  …;

Free Trade Faults: Europeans Fear Wave of Litigation from US Firms – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Christoph Pauly, Jan 26, 2015:   Continuer la lecture de « again: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership TTIP »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Projects e-bulletin no 1071, by Leo Panitch, Jan 23, 2015.

As we enter the eighth year of the long-lingering global economic crisis, it is sobering indeed that it is only in Greece that a political party putting forward a clear, radical democratic alternative to the perverse policies of neoliberal austerity stands on the doorstep of entering the state … // Continuer la lecture de « The Greek Election »

Published on ZNet, by Mike-Frank Epitropoulos, Jan 25, 2015.

… Memoranda and Austerity: Cutting Up Greece:

• But, how could this NOT come to pass? The “demonstration” of brutal cuts and austerity has been – by all accounts – an ABYSMAL FAILURE. (Even IMF officials have admitted that there was – and is – no possible way for Greece to escape this vicious cycle without serious, fundamental change).   Continuer la lecture de « a SYRIZA Victory »

Published on Dissident Voice, by Medea Benjamin, Jan 22, 2015.

On January 23, Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare, will begin a three-month jail sentence in federal prison for a protest against drones (also known as “unmanned aerial vehicles”) at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. I had a chance to interview her before she had to turn herself in … // Continuer la lecture de « Federal Prison Sentence Begins for Anti-Drone Activist »