Catégorie : Politics

Published on Axis of Logic (first on teleSUR), by Pablo Vivanco, May 20, 2016;

For most, the decades of the 1970’s and 1980’s are regarded as a dark period for Latin America. Like Honduras and Paraguay, Brazil’s elites used the legislature against Dilma Rousseff. Is Venezuela next?   Continuer la lecture de « Parliamentary Coups, the New Strategy of Latin America's Right »

• bankruptocracy: Varoufakis on Bankruptocracy, on lvgaldieri, not dated;
• Bankruptcy: Actual Fraud Includes Fraudulent Transfers In Bankruptcy – Sotomayor, on Forbes, by Jay Adkisson, May 21, 2016;
• from Bankruptcy to Bankruptocracy: The Tent City of New Jersey: Desperate victims of the economic slump forced to live in makeshift homes in forest, on Mail Online.co.uk, by Daily Mail Reporters, August 2, 2011;

one quick partial possible solution to global bankruptcy resp. bankruptocray – Unconditional Basic Income:   Continuer la lecture de « From Bankruptcy to Bankruptocracy »

Published on ZNet (first on The Intercept), by Dilma Rousseff and Glenn Greenwald, May 21, 2016 [VIDEO 23.21 min]. https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/first-interview-with-brazils-president-dilma-rousseff-since-the-senates-impeachment-vote/

Last Thursday, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was suspended from the presidency when the Senate voted, 55-22, to try her on the impeachment charges, approved by the lower house, involving alleged budgetary maneuvers (“pedaladas”) designed to obscure the size of public debt … // Continuer la lecture de « First Interview With Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff Since the Senate’s Impeachment Vote »

Published on In Defence of Marxism, by Jorge Martin, May 19, 2016.

The assault against the Bolivarian revolution has intensified in the recent days and weeks. Editorials and front pages in US and Spanish newspapers are screaming about hunger in Venezuela and demanding the removal of the “dictatorial regime”. Ongoing scarcity problems have led to instances of looting. The right-wing opposition is attempting to trigger a presidential recall referendum, but is also threatening violent action and appealing to foreign powers, including in some case for military intervention. What is really happening in Venezuela and how can these threats be faced? … // Continuer la lecture de « Venezuela – a last warning »