Catégorie : Politics

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No 1341, Himani Bannerji interviewed by Mahdi Ganjavi, Dec 15, 2016.

Mahdi Ganjavi (MG): You are among the philosophers and social critics who have written extensively on the concept of ideology. In your article “Ideology”,[1] by means of a close reading of Marx and Engels’ The German Ideology, you argue that while all ideology is a form of thought, not all forms of thought are ideological. You assert that any “true” social inquiry should start from the concrete reality of people’s lives and their society, i.e. life activities of conscious socio-historical subjects as they produce and reproduce themselves. Continuer la lecture de « Ideology, Anti-Colonialism and Marxism »

Published on Land Destroyer Report LD (first on New Eastern Outlook NEO), by Ulson Gunnar, Dec 11, 2016.

Is there a way the United States or one of the Islamic State’s admitted state sponsors could be airdropping supplies without triggering suspicion? How have modern airdrop technology and techniques evolved that might make this possible?   Continuer la lecture de « Has the US and Its Allies Used Covert Airdrops to Supply the Islamic State? »

… an Interview With Noam Chomsky – Published on truthout, by C.J. Polychroniou, Dec 11, 2916.

… C.J. Polychroniou: Noam, in several of your writings you question the usual view of the United States as an archetypical capitalist economy. Please explain. Continuer la lecture de « Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the Poor »

… Saudi energy minister Khalid Al-Falih on historic oil deal [VIDEO] – Published on Axis of Logic, Dec 11, 2016.

… The Saturday meeting of the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with 12 oil exporting countries outside the group “is significant because [it] has brought so many countries together for the first time,” Al-Falih said. Continuer la lecture de « If Russia and Saudi Arabia lead, rest will follow »

… the Original PDF – Published on The Banker’s New Clothes, by Anat R. Admati, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, May 2016, 32 pages … if it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse a child … the financial system is meant to facilitate efficient allocation of resources and help people and businesses fund, invest, save and manage risks. This system is rife with conflicts of interests. Reckless practices, if uncontrolled by market forces and effective rules, can cause great harm. Most of the time, however, the harm from excessive risk in banking is invisible and the culprits remain unaccountable. They rarely violate the law …; Continuer la lecture de « It Takes a Village to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System »

Published on ZNet, by Patrick Bond, Dec 8, 2016.

Standard&Poors (S&P) gave South Africa a fearful few hours of anticipation last Friday, just after dust from the political windstorm of the prior week settled. The agency downgraded the government’s securities that are denominated in the local currency (the rand) although refrained from the feared junk status on international securities. It was a moment for the ruling business and political party elites’ introspection, but in heaving a sigh of relief they are not looking far enough … // Continuer la lecture de « South Africa’s junk credit rating was avoided, but at the cost of junk analysis »

Published on WEA Pedagogy Blog, by Asad Zaman, Dec 7, 2016.

Prior to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC 2007), many senior economists and policy makers expressed confidence that they had finally solved the problem of business cycles, booms and busts, that plagues capitalism. Because of this over-confidence, early warnings of a looming crisis by Nouriel Roubini, Ann Pettifor, Peter Schiff, Steven Keen, Dean Baker, and Raghuram Rajan, were ridiculed and dismissed … // Continuer la lecture de « A Crisis-Prone and Fragile Financial System »

von Frubi TV auf YouTube hochgeladen:

• Das lernst DU nicht in der Schule, 27.19 min, am 7. Dez 2016;
• Finanzterroristen und Zinsknechtschaft – Dirk Müller & Co., 37.17 min, am 7. Dez 2016 … bei Markus Lanz … (ganzer Text) … Fazit: wir können die Probleme, die durch das Schuldgeld entstehen, nicht INNERHALB dieses Schuldgeldsystems lösen;
• Schlachtzug gegen die Wahrheit, Propaganda in den Medien, 85.18 min, am 1. Dez 2016 … Quelle: Nuoviso Doku (GeoengineeringWatch.org);
• Rasante Zunahme von Patienten mit « Beschwerden » durch Mind Control – Okkultismus? 48.15 min, am 6. Dez 2016; Continuer la lecture de « zu Schuldgeld, Demokratie, Propaganda, Lügen, das ganze Leben ökonomisieren … »

Published on ZNet, by Naomi Klein, Dec 6, 2016.

… Less than two hours earlier, news came that the Army Corps of Engineers had turned down the permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline to be built under the Missouri River. The company will have to find an alternate route and undergo a lengthy environmental assessment … // Continuer la lecture de « The Lesson from Standing Rock: Organizing and Resistance Can Win »

… a reflection on Participatory Budgeting in New York – Published on Public Seminar.org, by Eric Dirnbach, Dec 1, 2016.

… This process is known as participatory budgeting (PB) and I wanted to see how it worked. My main questions were: Is PB as currently practiced an innovative way to enhance local democratic decision-making and empowerment? Or is this token inclusion, while the real decisions are made elsewhere, as usual? Continuer la lecture de « Real Power? Real Money? »

… a parliamentary delegation in London accuses UK MPs of promoting Islamism – Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Gamal Essam El-Din, Nov 30, 2016.

A delegation including 12 MPs from parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee visited London to exchange views with British politicians on political Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood and relations between Egypt and the UK. Continuer la lecture de « Egypt: whitewashing political Islam »

Julian Assange:

• on YouTube-search: without filtre; with filtre last month; with filtre last week;
• Anonymous – Wikileaks Update – Timeline of Events Julian Assange, 21.16 min, uploaded by LEAKED, Dec 2, 2016 … (full text);
• Julian ASSANGE – speech at the Ecuadorian Embassy, 82.57 min, uploaded by Shannon Bennett, Nov 30, 2016 … (full text);   Continuer la lecture de « Julian Assange's life, Pizzagate, actual turmoils … »

Published on truthout, by Four Arrows, Dec 1, 2016.

In spite of freezing weather and orders from the North Dakota governor to curtail emergency medical services to Standing Rock and deem people’s mere presence there illegal, thousands of veterans are coming to take part in a massive, peaceful operation December 4-7 at Standing Rock, the site of ongoing Indigenous resistance to the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline (DAPL).   Continuer la lecture de « The Loving Contagion of Courage: Veterans Standing for Standing Rock »