Global Capitalism: A Looming Capitalist Crisis, Major Candidates Ignore It

Video with Richard D. Wolff, 96.33 min, uploaded by Democracy At Work, Oct 12, 2016 … these programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For October 12th, these will include:

Attack Plans in Germany: Refugees Celebrate Capture of Terror Suspect

Published on Spiegel Online International, Oct 11, 2016.

Syrian refugees on Sunday night captured a man suspected of planning a terror attack in Germany, tied him up and turned him over to police. As information about his plans continues to emerge, Syrians in Germany are celebrating the man’s capture … // Continuer la lecture de « Attack Plans in Germany: Refugees Celebrate Capture of Terror Suspect »

American Power at the Crossroads

Published on ZNet, by Dilip Hiro (first on Tom Dispatch), Oct 11, 2016.

In the strangest election year in recent American history — one in which the Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson couldn’t even conjure up the name of a foreign leader he “admired” while Donald Trump remained intent on building his “fat, beautiful wall” and “taking” Iraq oil — the world may be out of focus for many Americans right now … // Continuer la lecture de « American Power at the Crossroads »

He Holds The Patent That Could DESTROY Monsanto And Change The World

… in english, and in french – Published on Earth, We Are One EWAO, March 9, 2015;

A TedTalks video by Paul in 2008: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world, 18.17 min; also on YouTube, uploaded by TED;

If there’s anything you read – or share – let this be it. The content of this article has potential to radically shift the world in a variety of positive ways. And as Monsanto would love for this article to not go viral, all we can ask is that you share, share, share the information being presented so that it can reach as many people as possible. Continuer la lecture de « He Holds The Patent That Could DESTROY Monsanto And Change The World »

The Billion Barrel Oil Swindle: 80% Of U.S. Oil Reserves Are Unaccounted-For

Published on naked capitalism, by Arthur Berman / Yves Smith, Oct 10, 2016.

By Arthur Berman, a petroleum geologist with 36 years of oil and gas industry experience. He is an expert on U.S. shale plays and is currently consulting for several E&P companies and capital groups in the energy sector. Berman is an associate editor of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, and was a managing editor and frequent contributor to The Oil Drum.com (website). Continuer la lecture de « The Billion Barrel Oil Swindle: 80% Of U.S. Oil Reserves Are Unaccounted-For »

Bombing of Cuban Jetliner 40 Years Later

Published on National Security Archive NSA, Electronic Briefing Book No. 202 (Updated), by Peter Kornbluh and Yvette White, Oct 6, 2016.

Lessons For A World In Dire Need Of Sustainable Social Change And Economic Development

… Revisiting The New Deal – Published on Rozenberg Quarterly, by C.J. Polychroniou, 2016.

Few policies and programs designed to promote economic recovery and social reform have attracted as much attention as those associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal during the 1930s when the U.S. economy had plunged into its worst economic crisis in its history … // Continuer la lecture de « Lessons For A World In Dire Need Of Sustainable Social Change And Economic Development »

The Class Dynamics in the Rise of Donald Trump

… why Establishment Voices Stigmatize the “White Working Class” as Racist and Xenophobic – Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, Oct 6, 2016.

… The powerful establishment interests vested in the continuation of the status quo and, therefore, the election of Hillary Clinton, have created a campaign narrative that tends to stereotype and stigmatize the white working class as racist, sexist and xenophobic. Continuer la lecture de « The Class Dynamics in the Rise of Donald Trump »

Iraqis Use 9/11 Victims Bill To Demand Compensation From US For 2003 Invasion

Published on mint press news, by Sputnik News, Oct 3, 2016.

In light of a bill passed by the US Congress allowing families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, Iraqis have asked their parliament to demand compensation for the US invasion of Iraq.   Continuer la lecture de « Iraqis Use 9/11 Victims Bill To Demand Compensation From US For 2003 Invasion »

(US) Wages are so stagnant even the Federal Reserve has begun to notice (pardon, to confess)

Published on Systemic Disorder, Sept 29, 2016.

You are working harder while not making more. It isn’t your imagination. The latest research demonstrating this comes, interestingly, from the St. Louis branch of the United States Federal Reserve. Continuer la lecture de « (US) Wages are so stagnant even the Federal Reserve has begun to notice (pardon, to confess) »

Unreliability, Spinelessness of the Western “Left”

Published on Dissident Voice, by André Vltchek, Sept 30, 2016.

… For years and decades, the so-called ‘left’ in the West has been moderately critical of North American (and sometimes even of European) imperialism and neo-colonialism. But whenever some individual or country rose up and began openly challenging the Empire, most of the Western left-wing intellectuals simply closed their eyes, and refused to offer their full, unconditional support to those who were putting their lives (and often even the existence of their countries) on the line.   Continuer la lecture de « Unreliability, Spinelessness of the Western “Left” »

Washington trying to break BRICS – the rape of Brazil has begun

Published on Axis of Logic (first on New Eastern Outlook NEO), by F. William Engdahl, Sept 26, 2016.

Washington’s regime change machinery has for the time being succeeded in removing an important link in the alliance of large emerging nations by railroading through a Senate impeachment of the duly elected President, Dilma Rousseff. On August 31 her Vice President Michel Temer was sworn in as President. Continuer la lecture de « Washington trying to break BRICS – the rape of Brazil has begun »