Catégorie : Politics

Looking at the hardware and software of the killers, Murder Inc., really sets out what we are up against – Published on Dissident Voice, by Paul Kirk, September 25, 2014.

You don’t need to be a Georgetown graduate of the diplomatic killing corps or a rocket scientist or some overpaid pig of entertainment journalism or pundit or war hero or black president or a member of the publishing class to understand what bombing Syria and Iraq and any other country means to the military and civilian murder machine. Below, just the facts, ma’am. Clearly laid out as the direct military profiteers engaged in killing people abroad or in their neck of the woods (sic) as in Israel, you know, all those companies that are the GE’s and Boeings of the world. But do not be misled — Americans and Westerners make their livings directly tand indirectly killing people. Continuer la lecture de « Housing, Fair Wages, Water, Food, Schools — Ya’ Gotta Bomb them First »

Published on Jadaliyya, by Frank Barat, Sept 24, 2014 (also on ZNet).

In this interview, Angela Davis, and activist, teacher, author, and icon of the Black Power movement, talks about the linkages among global struggles. Touching upon black feminism, the importance of the collective, Palestine, the prison-industrial complex, and much more, Professor Davis expounds on the role that the people can and should play.
(A shorter version of this interview was first published in The Nation http://www.thenation.com/article/181386/qa-angela-davis-black-power-feminism-and-prison-industrial-complex … // Continuer la lecture de « Progressive Struggles against Insidious Capitalist Individualism – Interview with Angela Davis »

Published on International Affairs Forum, by Dr. Erik Lindell, Sept 24, 2014.

The “who lost Iraq” blame game has begun in earnest. Conservatives have attacked the Obama Administration for withdrawing all U.S. forces from Iraq at the end of 2011. It was premature, they argue, and contend that the current mess in Iraq, with the terrorist group ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) now taking control of Mosul and other cities in Northern Iraq, is attributable to this disastrous decision by the President.[1] With no American troops left after 2011 the political leverage of the U.S. diminished accordingly, leaving free -for- all sectarian clashes in its wake. Senator John McCain has been the most vocal critic of the President on this point, even claiming that the war had been “won” until the Obama Administration foolishly pulled all the troops out.   Continuer la lecture de « The American Withdrawal from Iraq – the Debate »

Published on Spiegel Online International, an Essay by Jürgen Dahlkamp, Sept 22, 2014.

European asylum policy is a messy compromise that has led to vast suffering on the EU’s external borders. But having become used to our prosperity, we wouldn’t have it any other way.

It’s time to talk about asylum, about our European Union with its execrable policy based on deterrence, fortification and deportation. It’s time to talk about the fact that people are starving, drowning and otherwise suffering on their way to our borders. And it’s time to address the question as to why these things happen every day: today, tomorrow and the day after that. Continuer la lecture de « Europe's Original Sin: What Asylum Policy Says about the EU »

Published on War is a Crime (also on David Sanson’s BLOG – and on ZNet), by David Swanson, Sept 21, 2014.

… I’m in favor of mixed-use protests, not just urban developments. Don’t just let the conservative marchers know about opportunities for more direct protest, but get them involved. Take a safe march to a resistance action, where its size will keep it safe and its members will be energized. Let the crowd demonstrate within sight and sound of the people it is petitioning for a redress of grievances, and let those who are ready join in disruptive protest actions.   Continuer la lecture de « Turn Left for Earth »

• New Book Agenda 21 For Dummies – The End Game, 9.31 min, uploaded by Ole Toddster, Sept 19, 2014;
• Kriege als Mittel zur Rettung des Finanzsystems: Andreas Popp im Gespräch mit Michael Vogt, 61.50 min, von Wissensmanufaktur am 16. September 2014 hochgeladen;
• A fraudulent, corrupt Monetary System, 21.08 min, uploaded by WeAreChangeHollywood, Sept 14, 2014;
• [57] The Emergence of New Economics, 44.01 min, uploaded by LivingIncomeGuaranteed, Sept 14, 2014;
• UNETENET: Les Monnaies Complémentaires en Europe, 9.17 min, mise en ligne par ignasi.unetenet, septembre 11, 2014;
• Des trésors contre des armes – DocArte, 51.58 min, mise en ligne par Papillon Rouge, le 5 septembre 2014;
• Petro-Dollar, US-Geopolitik, Ukraine und Rolle der Medien – Bernd Senf, 57.47 min, von Bernd Senf am 1. September 2014 hochgeladen;   Continuer la lecture de « money system – système monétaire – geldsystem »

Published on ZNet, by John Pilger, Sept 19, 2014.

There are times when farce and living caricature almost consume the cynicism and mendacity in the daily life of Australia’s rulers. Across the front pages is a photograph of a resolute Tony Abbott with Indigenous children in Arnhem Land, in the remote north. “Domestic policy one day,” says the caption, “focus on war the next.” Continuer la lecture de « War, Circus and Injustice Down Under »

Published on the National Security Archive, Electronic Briefing Book No. 484, Sept 16, 2014 (Source: provided to book author Richard Whittley by Col. (ret) Mark A. Cooter, USAF).

… As detailed in Richard Whittle’s Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution (Henry Holt and Company, September 16, 2014), the Predator’s configuration was derived from drones developed in the 1980s by former Israeli aeronautical engineer Abraham Karem. Documents obtained by Whittle and posted today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University, www.nsarchive.org, confirm key facts about the Predator’s transformation by the Air Force into the first armed drone used to stalk and kill individual enemies by remote control at intercontinental range.   Continuer la lecture de « Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution »

Published on Global Research.ca, by Dr. Ajamu Nangwaya, Sept 17, 2014.

… We are no longer living in the 19th century with the spectre of Haiti’s successful struggle for its freedom haunting the consciousness of slave masters across the Americas. Yet the military occupation of this country since 2004 by way of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is sending a clear message that the Haitians’ tentative step toward exercising control over the destiny in the 1990s and the early years of the new century is still “a source of alarm and terror” to imperial overlords such a Canada, France, and the United States. Continuer la lecture de « Haiti: A Movement of Solidarity to End the UN’s Illegal Occupation »

Published on abc news, Sept 16, 2014.

The Brazilian government Tuesday hailed a new United Nations report that for the first time removed Latin America’s biggest country from the World Hunger Map.

« Leaving the Hunger Map is a historic milestone for Brazil. We are very proud because overcoming hunger was a priority for the Brazilian state, » Social Development Minister Tereza Campello said in a statement. Continuer la lecture de « Brazil Removed From UN World Hunger Map »

• UK: Government given a ‘red card’ for its efforts to prevent flooding after the winter storms battered the South West, on North Devon Journal, Sept 16, 2014;
• Tony Abbott warns Australians fighting FOR Islamic State could be targeted by RAAF bombs, 2.09 min, on The Sydney Morning Herald, by Mark Kenny, Sept 16, 2014;
• Mediterranean shipwrecks leave over 700 refugees dead, many fleeing Mideast wars, on WSWS, by Bill Van Auken, Sept 16, 2014;
• US Corporate Executives to Workers: Drop Dead, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Sept 16, 2014;
• Hours worked per worker in industrialized countries 1979-2013, on RWER Blog, by David F. Ruccio, Sept 16, 2014;   Continuer la lecture de « a mix of catching concerns »

Published on NYT Sinosphere Blog, by DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW, Sept 14, 2014.

Yong Zhao is professor of education, University of Oregon and author of “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World,” being published this week … //

… Following are excerpts from an interview with Mr. Zhao:

Q. You hav said that traditional Chinese education actively “harms” children. How?   Continuer la lecture de « Q. and A.: Yong Zhao on Education and Authoritarianism in China »

Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Doaa El-Bey, Sept 11, 2014:

Confidence-building measures are key to resolving the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam. Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi has been invited by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to visit Addis Ababa and the Renaissance Dam construction site this month.

The fourth tripartite meeting, held in Khartoum last month, Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri’s visit to Addis Ababa last week and Moghazi’s trip are part of ongoing confidence-building measures between Addis Ababa and Cairo … // Continuer la lecture de « Moves to contain water fears »

reviewed at Intl. Documentary Festival Amsterdam – running time 96 min – Published on Variety, by Peter Debruge, Chief International Film Critic, Nov. 29, 2013 … American ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno’s journey into the Congo (and back) is the subject of this mesmerizing documentary.

Having left his native New Jersey long behind, Louis Sarno has dedicated the better part of his life to documenting one of the rarest and most remote musical traditions on earth — that of the Central African Republic’s Bayaka pygmies. In “Song From the Forest,” German director Michael Obert displays only passing interest in this music, offering instead a mesmerizing glimpse into Sarno’s search for a sub-Saharan Walden and the implications of that choice. Best suited to NPR-listening, New Yorker-skimming culture-philes, this loosely structured but intricately sound-designed docu serves as a fest-friendly follow-up to both Sarno’s little-read autobiography and “Oka!,” the even-less-seen fish-out-of-water dramedy inspired by his story … // Continuer la lecture de « Film: Song From the Forest »

Published on Mashable, by Matt Petronzio, Sept 11, 2014.

Birth control pills and traditional latex condoms have been among the most popular and effective methods of contraception for decades. But innovators think it’s time for an upgrade — not only to increase protection, but also to establish safe sex as a basic human right.

Health organizations and forward-thinking companies are making breakthroughs in the field of contraception, working to develop new products such as hormone-releasing microchips, radically redesigned condoms and even low-cost male birth control injections that could last up to 15 years.   Continuer la lecture de « 6 Innovative Ways We're Reinventing Birth Control »