Rousseff impeachment efforts a bid to stop oil corruption probe

… leaked tapes [VIDEO, 5.45 min] – Published on RT, May 23, 2016.

Secret phone recordings between Brazil’s planning minister and the former president of Transperto have revealed that the minister suggested a “change” in the government to “stop the bleeding” caused by an investigation into Petrobras. Continuer la lecture de « Rousseff impeachment efforts a bid to stop oil corruption probe »

Parliamentary Coups, the New Strategy of Latin America's Right

Published on Axis of Logic (first on teleSUR), by Pablo Vivanco, May 20, 2016;

For most, the decades of the 1970’s and 1980’s are regarded as a dark period for Latin America. Like Honduras and Paraguay, Brazil’s elites used the legislature against Dilma Rousseff. Is Venezuela next?   Continuer la lecture de « Parliamentary Coups, the New Strategy of Latin America's Right »

From Bankruptcy to Bankruptocracy

one quick partial possible solution to global bankruptcy resp. bankruptocray – Unconditional Basic Income:   Continuer la lecture de « From Bankruptcy to Bankruptocracy »

First Interview With Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff Since the Senate’s Impeachment Vote

Published on ZNet (first on The Intercept), by Dilma Rousseff and Glenn Greenwald, May 21, 2016 [VIDEO 23.21 min]. https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/first-interview-with-brazils-president-dilma-rousseff-since-the-senates-impeachment-vote/

Last Thursday, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was suspended from the presidency when the Senate voted, 55-22, to try her on the impeachment charges, approved by the lower house, involving alleged budgetary maneuvers (“pedaladas”) designed to obscure the size of public debt … // Continuer la lecture de « First Interview With Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff Since the Senate’s Impeachment Vote »

Venezuela – a last warning

Published on In Defence of Marxism, by Jorge Martin, May 19, 2016.

The assault against the Bolivarian revolution has intensified in the recent days and weeks. Editorials and front pages in US and Spanish newspapers are screaming about hunger in Venezuela and demanding the removal of the “dictatorial regime”. Ongoing scarcity problems have led to instances of looting. The right-wing opposition is attempting to trigger a presidential recall referendum, but is also threatening violent action and appealing to foreign powers, including in some case for military intervention. What is really happening in Venezuela and how can these threats be faced? … // Continuer la lecture de « Venezuela – a last warning »

Zuma's Denialism and Betrayal

Publshed on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1257, by Zwelinzima Vavi, May 17, 2016.

South African President Jacob Zuma’s budget speech delivered on 4 May 2016 was yet another missed opportunity to look the South African public in the eye and be frank about the challenges our country is facing. This president and the government he leads are in a state of shocking denial about the worsening and unfolding crisis happening under their watch. They simply refuse to acknowledge the level of our people’s suffering.   Continuer la lecture de « Zuma's Denialism and Betrayal »

Will the New World Order finally get its own Nuremburg Tribunal?

Published on New Eastern Outlook NEO, by Phil Butler, May 14, 2016.

The people behind the scenes of today’s world crises could not have succeeded in reshaping so many nations without help. Creating a robotic billionaire monster like George Soros, and unleashing him on the former Soviet republics, it could never have led to so much turmoil. There have to be more adjutants, armies of them in fact, in order to reshape the world’s image. Continuer la lecture de « Will the New World Order finally get its own Nuremburg Tribunal? »

Hybrid War Hyenas Tearing Brazil Apart

Published on Global Research.ca (first on RT), by Pepe Escobar, May 17, 2016.

This lowly farce should serve as a wake-up call not only to the BRICS but to the whole Global South. Who needs NATO, R2P (“responsibility to protect”) or “moderate rebels” when you can get your regime change just by tweaking a nation’s political/judicial system? Continuer la lecture de « Hybrid War Hyenas Tearing Brazil Apart »

live as it goes

diverse religiöse Schlüssel zur Vergangenheit – Geschichte

mainly in german

quo vadis Europe

Uploaded by DIEM25.official:

  • Europe’s Duty to the Refugees – Europe’s Duty to Itself, May 8, 2016: Part 1, 110.29 min; Part 2, 83.10 min; Europe closes down. Not only with regard to flight, migration and refugees, the current atmosphere in Europe is characterized by political and intellectual bigotry and self-imposed isolation. Hence, „the European Union will either be democratised or it will disintegrate“, to quote the recurring theme of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25), recently founded by former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and numerous European politicians, intellectuals and activists.   Continuer la lecture de « quo vadis Europe »