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Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof Michel Chossudovsky, Feb 05, 2015.

… Xenophobia and the Military Agenda:

• The wave of xenophobia directed against Muslims which has swept across Western Europe is tied into geopolitics. It is part of a military agenda. It consists in demonizing the enemy.   Continuer la lecture de « What is a Conspiracy Theory? What is the Truth? »

We read this headline: « Paris march: TV wide shots reveal a different perspective on world leaders at largest demonstration in France’s history« , on The Indepndent.co.uk, by Adam Withnall, Jan 12, 2015. Critics suggest images show dignitaries ‘didn’t lead march’ after all, but many still speak positively about display of global unity.

en français:   Continuer la lecture de « 40 world leaders "marching with the people" … »

Published on Political Affairs, by political action commission of the communist party USA, Feb 3, 2015.

• Ordinary Americans have had to battle for the right to vote from the very beginning. When the Constitution was adopted there was no explicit guarantee of the right to vote for anyone, including US citizens. In fact there was not even a definition of US citizen in the Constitution.

Continuer la lecture de « Save democracy: stop the attack on it and expand voting rights »

• Greece: The Problem with Playing Hardball, on Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.org, by Paul-Martin Foss, Feb 7, 2015;
• aus der Sicht des Mainstreams: Quo vadis Griechenland – Bericht aus Berlin am 1. Feb, 18.24 min, von ARD am 2. Feb 2015 hochgeladen;
• Podiumsdiskussion bei der Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz 2015, 63.51 min, von Junge Welt Ladengalerie, am 11. Januar 2015 hochgeladen;
• Das Finanzsystem von morgen – Andreas Popp & Prof. Franz Hörmann, 72.23 min, von Quer-Denken.TV am 28. Dezember 2014 auf YouTube hochgeladen: aus dem Querdenken Kongreß 2014 …;
• Wo kommt unser Gold bei den Amis her – Andreas Popp, 64.15 min, von MrSillyLine am 30. Dezember 2014 auf YouTube hochgeladen;   Continuer la lecture de « Geld – Gold – globale Gesellschaft »

Published on Toward Freedom (first on The New Internationalist), by Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Feb 4, 2015.

Our current democratic models are crumbling and outdated. We need to make something more real and meaningful … // Continuer la lecture de « Democracy in the Digital Era »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Laura Höflinger, Feb 4, 2015, (Photo Gallery).

Annie Bus of the Netherlands suffered from horrendous pain and paralysis, but not from a terminal illness. She wanted to die anyway. The story of how she got her wish demonstrates how difficult it is to set boundaries in a country that permits assisted suicide.   Continuer la lecture de « The Last Days of Annie Bus: A Chronicle of Dutch Euthanasia »

Published on International Viewpoint, with Éric Toussaint, interviewed by Maud Bailly, Feb 3, 2015.

… How does this restructuring of the Greek debt compare with the Brady Plan that was implemented in countries of the South as a consequence of the 1982 debt crisis?   Continuer la lecture de « the lessons that can be drawn from the failure of the Greek 2012 restructuring »

Oskar Lafontaine bei der Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz, 43.33 min, von junge Welt Ladengalerie (mit weiteren Beiträgen aus der Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz) am 12. Januar 2015 hochgeladen: Referat von Oskar Lafontaine (Die Linke) bei der XX. Internationalen Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz der Tageszeitung junge Welt am 10. Januar 2015 in Berlin.

Published on Dissident Voice, by Robert Hunziker, February 2, 2015.

Class war furor amplifies throughout Europe. “The trenches are the streets” of major cities that have suffered the most from neoliberal policies as promulgated by the world’s monetary authorities, like the EU-IMF.

Suddenly, the “Syriza Virus” is circulating throughout Europe. The “people” have had enough austerity crammed down their throats. They’re in the streets. Continuer la lecture de « Class War Furor »

Me, Myself and Medien, von wwwKenFMde auf YouTube hochgeladen:

• #1 – Reaktionen auf PEGIDA, 33.03 min, Dec 22, 2014: Noch nie ist die KenFM-Community so heftig miteinander ins Gericht gegangen wie bei PEGIDA. Der allergrößte Teil der KenFM-User lehnt PEGIDA vollkommen ab, andere verteidigen diese Protestmärsche um so heftiger. KenFM nimmt sich exemplarisch den Kommentar eines PEGIDA-Anhägers vor und versucht, diesen im Kern zu analysieren. Im Anschluss beschäftigen wir uns mit dem PEGIDA-Beitrag des NDR-Magazins Panorama vom 18. Dezember 2014 …;   Continuer la lecture de « Pegida oder nicht? Charlie oder was? … und was noch? »

Uploaded on YouTube by RichardDWolff:

• Global Capitalism, January 2015 Monthly Update, 99.18 min, Jan 15, 2015: … Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum, and Judson Memorial Church; Website: Professor Richard D. Wolff; /About; /Online Classes; /Non-English articles;
• Global Capitalism – November 2011: part 1/3, 40.00 min; part 2/3, 40.00 min; part 3/3, 39.18 min.
• Why Europeans Fight Austerity More Successfully than Americans – Professor Richard D Wolff, 6.26 min, December 11, 2011 … in Europe, as in the US, governments are seeking to shift the cost of the global economic crisis onto the mass of people by cutting public employment and public services. Continuer la lecture de « Richard D. Wolff about Global Capitalism and European's Austerity Fight »

Published on Russia Today RT, Feb 2, 2015.

Breedlove, NATO’s military commander, is now reportedly leading the crusade to provide lethal military assistance to Kiev to battle the anti-government forces of the Donetsk and Lugansk Republics after failed talks in Minsk this weekend.   Continuer la lecture de « US mulls providing Kiev forces with ‘defensive’ weapons – report »

Published on teleSUR english, by Michael Albert, Jan 30, 2015.

Have you heard the expression « sick society »? I have. Often. In fact most I have heard it often in reference to my own society, the U.S. And increasingly so, of late … // Continuer la lecture de « Sick or Psychotic? Bradley Cooper in American Sniper »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Nikolaus Blome, Manfred Ertel, Julia Amalia Heyer, Horand Knaup, Walter Mayr, Peter Müller, René Pfister, Christian Reiermann, Mathieu von Rohr and Helene Zuber, Jan 30, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

Greek election victor Alexis Tsipras wants an entirely different Europe from the one envisioned by Angela Merkel. His success is likely to stoke anger over Germany’s EU dominance. Leaders in France and Italy are also hoping for an end to austerity.   Continuer la lecture de « Merkel's unintended creation, could Tsipras' Win upset balance of power in Europe? »

related articles published during January 2015 … : Continuer la lecture de « Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, JANUARY 1-31, 2015 »