former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
Published on Paul Craig Roberts’ Website, by website owner, Jan 14, 2015.
… (a comment about the report: Russia Cuts Off Ukraine Gas Supply To 6 European Countries, on zerohedge, Jan 14, 2015) … if this report is correct it sounds like the Russians have had enough of the dumbshits in Washington and Washington’s dumbshit vassals in Europe … //
… (full text). Continuer la lecture de « The cost to Europe of complying with Washington’s sanctions against Russia has reached the breaking point »
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Matthias Schepp and Britta Sandberg, Jan 16, 2015 (Photo Gallery).
In a SPIEGEL interview, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev discusses the dangers of poor relations between Russia and the West in the Ukraine crisis, saying there is a danger that things could get worse. Germany, he says, has a significant role to play … // Continuer la lecture de « Gorbachev Interview: I Am Truly and Deeply Concerned – part 1 »
Published on truthout, by C.J. Polychroniou, Jan 14, 2015.
In early 2010, Greece became the first among a number of peripheral member states in the euro area, the ultimate neoliberal zone throughout the entire capitalist universe, that fell victim to the global financial crisis of 2008 by being shut out of the international credit markets and subsequently having to end up in the arms of a rescue mechanism designed by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Union (IMF) in order to avoid an official default that would have caused a massive meltdown in Europe’s banking system since it was mostly major German, French and Swiss banks that had recklessly loaned billions of euros to the Greek government and Greek businesses … // Continuer la lecture de « Greece, Europe and the Neoliberal Nightmare: Is There a Way Out? »
Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by staff, Jan 14, 2015. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/10126/21/Who-isn%E2%80%99t-Charlie-.aspx
Words are not enough to summon the sense of grief we, the staff at Al-Ahram Weekly, feel for our Charlie Hebdo colleagues, mowed down by an evil of such terrible proportion — an evil of such depth that many still have trouble fathoming, and many will be dwelling upon for a long time to come.
Our shock and horror, our sadness and our undivided solidarity with Charlie Hebdo have nothing to do with the material it publishes. We don’t care if we agree with it or not. No man or woman wielding a camera, a brush or a pen deserves to be killed for what he or she writes or portrays … // Continuer la lecture de « Who isn’t Charlie? – some Muslim reactions »
Published on Land Destroyer Report LD, by Tony Cartalucci, Jan 11, 2015.
Corroborating claims by French security agencies, a bizarre interview conducted just before the death of terror suspect Chérif Kouachi reveals that he had been in Yemen and in direct contact with none other than Anwar Al Awaki – the notorious Al Qaeda leader allegedly killed in a drone strike in Yemen in 2011. Continuer la lecture de « Opps – Paris Attackers Funded by Pentagon Dinner Guest »
Published on ZNet, by Noam Chomsky, Jan 10, 2015.
… By the same token, we can readily comprehend the comment in the New York Times of civil rights lawyer Floyd Abrams, noted for his forceful defense of freedom of expression, that the Charlie Hebdo attack is “the most threatening assault on journalism in living memory.” He is quite correct about “living memory,” which carefully assigns assaults on journalism and acts of terror to their proper categories: Theirs, which are horrendous; and Ours, which are virtuous and easily dismissed from living memory. Continuer la lecture de « We Are All … fill in the blank »
Interview with author Arnold August – Published on Dissident Voice – Part 1, by Kim Petersen, January 6, 2015.
Political economy is more often than not depicted as a Left-Right bifurcation. This is too simplistic. It overlooks the difference between, on the one hand, right-wingers such as the Conservatives, Labour Party, and Liberal Democrats from, on the other hand, the far Right British National Party in the United Kingdom. It also omits the differences on the Left, for example, between Communists and anarchists … // Continuer la lecture de « Anarchism and Communism in Cuba »
THEIR ACTUAL WEBSITE: en français: Charlie Hebdo, le journal des survivants; translated – Charlie Hebdo, the journal of the survivors; next issue: 14 January 2015.
Survivors to publish new issue of Charlie Hebdo:
Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s e-bulletin no. 1065, by Ursula Huws, Jan 6, 2015.
In these straitened times, the idea of a basic income, granted unconditionally to every citizen, from cradle to grave, feels utopian. How on earth could it be paid for, we wonder. Wouldn’t everyone just stop working? Where would we be then? … // Continuer la lecture de « An Unconditional Citizen's Income »
Published on Global Research.ca (first on WSWS), by Andre Damon, Jan 6, 2015.
As the New Year begins, the social crisis gripping tens of millions of working people in the United States is worsening. Hunger, poverty and long-term joblessness remain at the highest levels in decades, while vital social services continue to be slashed.
One would never know this from reading the press, watching the evening news, or listening to the statements of politicians. The official discourse is dominated by the supposed revival of the American economy, characterized by record corporate profits and stock prices. The fact that the great majority of the population finds it increasingly difficult to make ends meet finds no reflection in the media or official politics. Continuer la lecture de « The State of American Society as 2015 Begins »
Published on ZNet, by Bill Fletcher, Jan 6, 2015 (first published on Billfletcher.com).
In every vibrant progressive social movement there comes a moment when a psychologically or emotionally disturbed person, an agent provocateur, or a political extremist commits an atrocious act that is seized upon by the State and/or the political Right as a means of attempting to discredit or outright repress the movement. The action, committed for whatever reason, is sufficiently heinous that confusion develops within the movement and the movement can lose both its momentum as well as a segment of its less committed or more ambivalent supporters. Continuer la lecture de « On the NYC Police Killings & the Haymarket Massacre »
Published on Axis of Logic (first on Global Research and on teleSUR english), by Peter Koenig, Jan 3, 2015.
The world is still hell-bent for hydrocarbon-based energy. Russia is the world’s largest producer of energy. Russia has recently announced that in the future she will no longer trade energy in US dollars, but in rubles and currencies of the trading partners. In fact, this rule will apply to all trading.
Russia and China are detaching their economies from that of the western financial system. To confirm this decision, in July 2014 Russia’s Gazprom concluded a 400 billion gas deal with China, and in November this year they signed an additional slightly smaller contract – all to be nominated in rubles and yuans. Continuer la lecture de « Economy: Free falling ruble – a brilliant Russian ploy »