how we are ruled

Websites: SGTreportLiberty MillReal News 24/7The Corbett Report;   Continuer la lecture de « how we are ruled »

Alexis Tsipras’ leftist party comfortably wins Greece election again

Published on The Financial Express, Sept 21, 2015.

… With 54 per cent of the vote counted, Syriza stood at 35.5 per cent, with the conservative New Democracy at 28 per cent while the Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn was coming in third with 7.1 per cent, followed closely by the once-mighty socialist PASOK party with 6.4 per cent (what can people do else than stay on or despair – Heidi).

Abstention was high, at nearly 45 per cent in an election-weary country with a traditionally high voter turnout. Continuer la lecture de « Alexis Tsipras’ leftist party comfortably wins Greece election again »

Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden

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The Case of Greece

Published on ZNet, by Nikos Raptis, Sept 19, 2015.

The problem:

More than seventy years ago the US elites, as leaders of the West, decided that there should never be a leftist government in any European country. Especially in countries like Greece with its geopolitical importance. Also, if successful, a leftist government in a ‘poor’ country like Greece could be a deleterious example for the other countries of Europe.   Continuer la lecture de « The Case of Greece »

a normal day's different concerns

Wolf Richter: Bankers Threaten Fed with Layoffs if it Doesn’t Raise Rates, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Sept 18, 2015;

The Star Trek Fallacy: Romanticizing Imperialism, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Sept 18, 2015 (yes, we know this but nevertheless enjoy the actors);

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U.S. Warning: All U.S. Citizens Still In Libya Must Leave Straight Away, Episode 768b, 21.01 min, Sept 17, 2015;
Current Economic Collapse, News Brief, Episode 764, 18.02 min, Sept 13, 2015; Continuer la lecture de « a normal day's different concerns »

the european refugee mess – my questions this morning

Russia made an offer to accept Syrian refugees:

  • Why nobody here tells them and does not speak about in the western medias?
  • More, how many have heard about? How long will it take them to get a real chance for a modest life also in Big Russia. Why we do not suggest the Russian offer to those refugees we know they cannot stay here?
  • Even, why we do not work together with the Russian embassies here in the west for visas to their country? Are we only too much pissed off with our unhappy situation, or are we just too much arrogant to let Russians give a solution?
  • One explanation may be, the actual refugees are good middle class people who still dream about an acceptable capitalist lifestyle …
    … oh my god, not live as working class in Russia, for heavens sake …  
  • But how long will it take them to get our european pitfall? Already this old arrogant system here begins to crash … making them next all happily crash with us …
    … oh my god … Continuer la lecture de « the european refugee mess – my questions this morning »

Overcoming Fabianism in Labour’s Class War of Attrition

Jeremy Corbyn, quo vadis? – Published on Dissident Voice, by T.P. Wilkinson, Sept 15, 2015.

… Corbyn’s political consistency has been remarkable. Since the beginning of socialist and labour politics in Britain—as elsewhere—there has always been what outsiders would call a tendency to factionalism. The inherent authoritarianism of the Conservative Party (and its equivalents generally assures that differences of opinion are kept within the walls of the clubs their members frequent. Expulsions among the Establishment are usually for breach of decorum.4 On the British Left, most expulsions have been based on the failure adequately to support imperialism or until 1989 any inclination to support communism—as defined by the ruling class.This led to divisions in the Labour Party (and the German Social Democratic Party) a century ago in the run up to the Great War. Labour was again divided by the British elite’s policy toward Hitler and Stalin. After the defeat of the fascist Axis powers in 1945, the benchmark for Labour became unwavering loyalty to Washington.   Continuer la lecture de « Overcoming Fabianism in Labour’s Class War of Attrition »

The Breaking Point? Germany's Asylum System Struggles to Cope

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Melanie Amann, Matthias Bartsch, Jürgen Dahlkamp, Markus Dettmer, Jan Friedmann, Christine Haas, Veronika Hackenbroch, Horand Knaup, Peter Müller, Conny Neumann, Maximilian Popp, Cornelia Schmergal, Barbara Schmid, Fidelius Schmid, Andreas Ulrich and Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt, Sept 11, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

As the migrant influx continues, the ‘Refugees Welcome’ high is beginning to wear off. People are beginning to wonder if Germany will really be able to cope with all the newcomers. And the system is already completely overwhelmed.   Continuer la lecture de « The Breaking Point? Germany's Asylum System Struggles to Cope »

the world with Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty fustige des Européens qui se donnent bonne conscience en Afrique, dans Le Monde/Afrique, propos recueillis par Laurence Caramel, le 11 sept 2015;

Economist Thomas Piketty helps Podemos election bid, on The Olive Press.es, by Staff reporter, Sept 10, 2015;

EU must force more transparency from companies in Africa – Piketty, on YAHOOnews, by Joe Bavier, Sept 10, 2015: the European Union should require companies operating in Africa to disclose the taxes they pay there more transparently, to ensure they contribute fairly to government revenues, French economist Thomas Piketty said on Thursday …; Continuer la lecture de « the world with Thomas Piketty »

Culture and Art: World's Largest Artist Colony Is About To Be Bulldozed

Published on Axis of Logic, by Mallika Rao, Aug 31, 2014.

In the heart of New Delhi lives what is said to be the world’s largest collective of performers – puppeteers, drummers, monkey tamers, snake charmers, singers, acrobats, and more. Their family units can include more than a dozen members. Dads and moms pass their art down to the kids. In Kathputli Colony that’s simply how things are done. Continuer la lecture de « Culture and Art: World's Largest Artist Colony Is About To Be Bulldozed »

Washington’s Financial Currency War on China, the Eclipsing of the US Dollar by the Yuan

Published on Global Research.ca (first on Strategic Culture Foundation), by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Aug 31, 2015;

The Chinese are in the process of displacing the monopoly of the US dollar. They are dropping their US Treasury bonds, stockpiling gold reserves, and opening regional distribution banks for their own national currency. This will give them easier access to capital markets and insulate them from financial manipulation by Washington and Wall Street.   Continuer la lecture de « Washington’s Financial Currency War on China, the Eclipsing of the US Dollar by the Yuan »

Russia ready to accept Syrian refugees

Published on Russia Today RT – ombudsman, Sept 9, 2015.

The Russian Federation can host a great number of refugees from Syria, just as it has accepted a record number of people who fled the war in Ukraine, claims the presidential advocate for children’s rights, Pavel Astakhov.
“Our territory, our culture and our history, even our social situation are actually capable of withstanding this,” the ombudsman told the RSN radio when asked if Russia could open the doors for refugees from Syria. Continuer la lecture de « Russia ready to accept Syrian refugees »