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Published on truthout, by Molly Knefel, Aug 30, 2016;

A political battle is being waged over charter schools in Massachusetts right now, and it’s a microcosm of the state of the charter debate across the country. In the lead-up to a November ballot measure in which voters will decide whether or not to lift the state’s cap on charter schools, known as Question 2, Democrats passed a resolution this month opposing charter school expansion. Continuer la lecture de « US: A Turning Point for the Charter School Movement »

Published on ZNet (first on Jacobin Magazine), by Nick Riemer, Aug 30, 2016.

The Burkini ban pursued in Cannes and about thirty other towns might have just been overturned in the French courts, but it was only the latest and most absurd Islamophobic assault endured by Muslims in the country.   Continuer la lecture de « The Roots of Islamophobia in France »

Published on ROARmag, by Joris Leverink, Aug 28, 2016.

Post-coup Turkey has been one great celebration of the nation’s victory over the coup plotters who were out to overthrow the government. The slogan hakimiyet milletindir, meaning “sovereignty belongs to the nation,” is everywhere. It can be seen on posters and banners at countless bus stops, street lights and overpasses, on massive billboards and on TV screens in public transport … // Continuer la lecture de « Fabricating illusions of people power in post-coup Turkey »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1296, by Michal Rozworski, Aug 25, 2016.

… Don’t have the taxes to pay for new buses? It’s okay, you can sell your electricity utility to pay for them instead. In fact, this is precisely what the Ontario Liberal government is doing. Already 30 per cent of the profitable Hydro One have been sold and another 30 per cent will be sold before 2018. A public Hydro One could more directly fight climate change, lower energy costs for the poor or work with First Nations on whose lands generation often happens. A private Hydro becomes an instrument for profit first with other goals secondary. Continuer la lecture de « How Not To Fund Infrastructure »

Published on The Intercept, by Glenn Greenwald, Aug 25, 2016.

As the numerous and obvious ethical conflicts surrounding the Clinton Foundation receive more media scrutiny, the tactic of Clinton-loyal journalists is to highlight the charitable work done by the foundation, and then insinuate — or even outright state — that anyone raising these questions is opposed to its charity. James Carville announced that those who criticize the foundation are “going to hell.” Other Clinton loyalists insinuated that Clinton Foundation critics are indifferent to the lives of HIV-positive babies or are anti-gay bigots … // Continuer la lecture de « Why Did the Saudi Regime and Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions to the Clinton Foundation? »

Published on ZNet, by Norman Solomon, Aug 25, 2016.

While Bernie Sanders was doing a brilliant job of ripping into the Trans-Pacific Partnership during the livestreamed launch of the Our Revolution organization on Wednesday night, CNN was airing a phone interview with Hillary Clinton and MSNBC was interviewing Donald Trump’s campaign manager. Continuer la lecture de « US: the Debut of Our Revolution – Great Potential … But »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Riham Alkousaa, Sven Becker, Nina Brnada, Anna Clauß, Jürgen Dahlkamp, Walter Mayr, Ralf Neukirch, Jan Puhl, Christoph Schult and Wolf Wiedmann-Schmid, Aug 24, 2016 (Photo Gallery).

A year has passed since the dramatic decision by Angela Merkel to take in hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. What drove her to make the decision and what price will the country pay for it? A look back at 14 days that changed German history … // Continuer la lecture de « Two Weeks in September: The Makings of Merkel's Decision to Accept Refugees – part 1 »

Published on World Socialist Web Site WSWS, by Robert Stevens and Julie Hyland, Aug 24, 2016.

As the right-wing putsch against him intensifies, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been outlining his economic programme for government. Having won the support of an overwhelming majority of party members and supporters for his stated opposition to austerity and war, Corbyn has been stressing the difference between his policies and those of his opponents // Continuer la lecture de « Britain: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn outlines policies for Wealth Creation »

• Ecuadorian Embassy break-in: Police took 2hrs to reach building where Assange is holed up, 3.01 min, uploaded by RT, Aug 23, 2016 … Ecuador has criticized British police for their slow response to a call reporting that an unknown man was trying to break into at its London embassy, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living for four years;
• Assange kill attempt? Unknown man climbs Ecuador’s London embassy, sheltering WikiLeaks chief, on RT, Aug 22, 2016;
• Julian Assange’s Lawyer Found Dead After Being Struck by Train (Video), on Truth Uncensored, by Jennifer Johnson, Aug 19, 2016;
• Exklusives RT-Interview mit Assange – Hat WikiLeaks Dokumente, die Hillary ins Gefängnis bringen? 27.44 min, von RT Deutsch auf YouTube, am 13. Aug 2016: Afshin Rattansi begrüßt in seiner RT-Sendung Going Underground den WikiLeaks-Gründer Julian Assange zum Interview …;
• Julian Assange: My Next Leak Will Ensure Hillary’s Arrest, on YourNewsWire, by Sean Adl-Tabatabai, July 24, 2016;   Continuer la lecture de « Julian Assange vs Mafia »

Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, Aug 20, 2016.

Critics have often blamed President Rouhani of Iran for blindly following the neoclassical-neoliberal model of capitalism. The critical problem with Mr. Rouhani’s economic policies, however, is more than just following the dominant economic model of neoliberalism; more gravely, it is following the worst aspects of that model … // Continuer la lecture de « How parasitic Finance Capital has turned Iran’s economy into a case of Casino Capitalism »

Published on Dissident Voice, by William Hawes, August 20, 2016.

The current state of American politics must make us question whether any of our leaders in the Beltway can be described as “grown-ups”; i.e., fully mature and sane individuals. Continuer la lecture de « Growing Up Insane »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Klaus Brinkbäumer and Susanne Koelbl, Aug 19, 2016: (Photo Gallery).

Since March, Fayez Sarraj has been the prime minister of Libya, a country torn by civil war. Now he is tasked with surmounting the country’s political divisions and leading the fight against the Islamic State and a network of human-traffickers transporting tens of thousands of migrants to Europe.   Continuer la lecture de « We Will Not Become Like Somalia – Interview with Libya's Prime Minister »

Published on truthout, Interview with Noam Chomsky by C.J. Polychroniou, Aug 17, 2016.

Has ISIS taken a foothold inside Europe? Is Erdogan’s Turkey in the process of making a huge geopolitical shift that will change the balance of power in one of the most volatile regions if the world? Are NATO and the US moving toward peace or war with Russia? In this latest exclusive interview for Truthout, Noam Chomsky offers unique insights on these issues, challenging prevailing narratives about what is happening around the world … // Continuer la lecture de « Global Struggles for Dominance on ISIS, NATO and Russia »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1293, by Kyla Sankey, Aug 16, 2016.

When the ‘pink tide’ of left-leaning governments first rose to power on the back of anti-neoliberal protests across Latin America in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the initial reaction from the Left was euphoric. Striving to move beyond the “there is no alternative” mantra, many pinned their hopes on what seemed to be a new wave of actually existing alternatives to neoliberalism. Continuer la lecture de « What Happened to the Pink Tide? »

Published on Truthout, by James Anderson, Aug 16, 2016;

… A Statewide Nightmare of Housing Deprivation:

The most recent murders and beatings are just the latest in a long history of various forms of violence against homeless people in San Diego and throughout California, a state with the dubious distinction of leading the nation in housing deprivation.   Continuer la lecture de « California's War on the Homeless: From Streetside Attacks to Policies of Dehumanization »