America's Willing Helper: Intelligence Scandal Puts Merkel in Tight Place

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Maik Baumgärtner, Nikolaus Blome, Matthias Gebauer, Hubert Gude, Frank Hornig, Martin Knobbe, Veit Medick, Gordon Repinski, Sven Röbel, Marcel Rosenbach, Jörg Schindler, Fidelius Schmid, Holger Stark and Gerald Traufetter, May 4, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

Germany’s latest spying scandal has created the biggest crisis yet for the country’s foreign intelligence agency. The German government appears to have been aware of widespread US spying, possibly including economic espionage, against European targets and yet it did nothing to stop it … // Continuer la lecture de « America's Willing Helper: Intelligence Scandal Puts Merkel in Tight Place »

today in french: Alexandre Jardin

UPDATE: Video: Aux actes citoyens – Alexandre Jardin, un zèbre de passage au congrès de la FIQ, 39.29 min, mise en ligne par FIQ Santé, le 25 avril 2014;

I: L’Appel des Zèbres, Laissez-nous faire, on a déjà commencé – Publié dans Ambition France.org: La France ne peut plus se permettre de tout attendre d’un système sanctionné à chaque élection. Il faut que la confiance revienne. Elle ne se décrétera pas, elle se gagnera par l’action d’intérêt général, dans nos territoires … //

  • … Laissez-nous faire, nous les Faizeux, celles et ceux qui agissent au quotidien pour trouver des solutions performantes aux maux qui rongent notre société.
  • Laissez-nous faire, nous les acteurs du monde associatif, mutualiste ou entrepreneurial qui donnons concrètement des outils aux Français pour qu’ils se prennent en main. Continuer la lecture de « today in french: Alexandre Jardin »

The Message of Anzac: Put Out More Flags, or Shut Up

Published on ZNet (and also on teleSUR), by John Pilger, May 2, 2015. [Update 1: … also in the Sydney Morning Herald/Comment, by John Pilger, April 28, 2015 … and first on John Pilger.com].

Following a week in Australia in which the words “heroes” and “heroism” bobbed on a tsunami of raw propaganda, a tribute is due to two unrecognised heroes. The first is Ray Jackson, who died on 23 April. Continuer la lecture de « The Message of Anzac: Put Out More Flags, or Shut Up »

BRICS from below: counterpower movements in Brazil, India and South Africa

Published on ZNet (first on open democracy), by Patrick Heller, May 2, 2015.

Much has been made of the recent wave of social movements against neo-liberalism and precarity. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movements to the student protests against the educational system in Chile, commentators have detected a Polanyi-like wave of counter movements to neo-liberal globalization. But what exactly do these movements have in common? Continuer la lecture de « BRICS from below: counterpower movements in Brazil, India and South Africa »