nous les 99%

Video – Interview with Noam Chomsky: Can we save our Democracy and History, 28.04 min, uploaded by The Chomsky Videos, Dec 3, 2014 – (see (US-)Republicans ‘dedicated with utter servility’ to the needs of the 1 percent – Noam Chomsky, on RawStory, by Scott Kaufman, Dec 5, 2014): “The last vote,” he said, referring to the November elections:

• “was the lowest turnout since 1940, in the middle of [World War II], when people couldn’t vote.”
• “Why? Because people understand what is shown in academic political science — that their voices just don’t matter. The opinions of the lowest 70 percent of the population — the lowest on the income scale — are simply disregarded” … //

… (full text).

Chomsky in 2014: FULL List and SMALL Clips, on raw story.   Continuer la lecture de « On the Republicans and the 1% – Noam Chomsky »

Abbas and the ISIS scheme, on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Dina Ezzat, Dec 5, 2014: Arab heavyweights are backing Abbas’s Palestinian Authority, not in the hope of reaching a final status deal with Israel, but in order to focus on ISIS and militant threats;

Egypt: Trial and revolution, on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Amira Howeid, Dec 5, 2014: Mubarak’s trials say much about Egypt’s post revolution political trajectory;   Continuer la lecture de « what happens? »

first this:

• FULL video: Black Man KILLED After NYPD Cop Puts Him In CHOKEHOLD For Breaking Up a FIGHT, 3.53 min, uploaded by Forever Stars, July 19, 2014: Advocates and family members are demanding answers following the death of a man who had a heart attack and died in police custody after officers put him in a chokehold – a tactic prohibited by NYPD policy …;
• Dozens arrested as NYC protests Eric Garner decision, on Russia Today RT, Dec 4, 2014: At least 30 people were arrested by the New York Police Department on Wednesday evening, as thousands of protesters flooded city streets after a grand jury declined to indict an officer for killing a Staten Island man via chokehold …;
• LIVE UPDATES on Russia Today RT, Published time Dec 4, 2014;

Continuer la lecture de « Eric Garner: WHAT IS THIS PROTEST ABOUT? »

Published on Spiegel Online International, a Commentary by Christoph Schult in Brussels, Dec 2, 2014.

The president of Ukraine is talking up the idea of a national referendum to join NATO, an idea that the military alliance’s chief has openly supported. But such a debate is dangerous — because it divides member states and provides Putin with powerful ammunition … //

… Playing with Fire: … // Continuer la lecture de « Opinion: Stop Talking about NATO Membership for Ukraine »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Nikolaus Blome, Matthias Gebauer, Hubert Gude, Frank Hornig, Gordon Repinski and Marcel Rosenbach, Dec 1, 2014 (Photo Gallery).

The German government has had enough of reading about state secrets in the media. SPIEGEL has learned that officials are now preparing to file a criminal complaint against unknown persons and has undertaken other efforts to identify moles as well. Continuer la lecture de « War on Whistleblowers: Berlin Gets Serious in the Search for Moles »

Published on The Guardian, by Farai Chideya, Nov 30, 2014.

Soon after the decision not to charge Officer Darren Wilson, the man who shot and killed Michael Brown in still-roiling Ferguson, Missouri, President Barack Obama acknowledged “disappointment”. But he added: “We are a nation built on the rule of law, so we need to accept that this decision was the grand jury’s to make.” Continuer la lecture de « The vital lessons we have learned from Ferguson »

Published on World Socialist Web Site WSWS, Nov 28, 2014.

The Second National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (Britain) adopted this resolution unanimously on October 28:

• 1. The Socialist Equality Party endorses the International Committee of the Fourth International resolution, “Socialism and the Fight Against Imperialist War.” The resolution of this Congress incorporates and elaborates on the ICFI’s resolution, applying it to the work of the SEP in Britain.   Continuer la lecture de « Britain: the fight against war and the political tasks of the Socialist Equality Party SEP »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1060, November 28, 2014.

The 10th Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF), representing citizens, people and social movements from Asia and Europe (which met on 10th to 12th of October 2014 in Milan, Italy), urges the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and its member Governments to recognize the following issues and priorities and to take forward our recommendations:

1). Socially and Environmentally Just Trade and Investment – (including Calls and/or Key Recommendations):   Continuer la lecture de « The 10th Asia-Europe People’s Forum Call to Action »

Published on ZNet, by Cynthia Peters, Nov 27, 2014.

• (Published first as Raising a child in a moral way is not just up to parents, its up to society, on TeleSUR English, Nov 26;
• from: Raising a Moral Child, on NYT, by Adam Grant, April 11, 2014).

… So, parents, this is how they mess with our minds:   Continuer la lecture de « This Is How They Mess with our Minds – Peters Parents »

Published on Activist Post, by Tony Cartalucci, November 26, 2014.

When faced on the battlefield with a numerically superior enemy, one must attempt to divide his enemy into smaller, more easily dispatched opponents – or even more ideally, divide them against one another, and have them defeat each other without ever drawing your sword. For Wall Street’s 0.1%, divide and conquer is a way of life … //

… Divide and Conquer: … //
… Ferguson – Playing America Like a Fiddle: … //

… Get Off the Hamster Wheel: Continuer la lecture de « Ferguson and the False Promise of Revolution »

Related Links:

• From the Civil War to Ferguson today – racism, rebellion & class struggle in the US, on Facebok;
• Germany and the European Commission’s €315 Billion Infrastructure “New Deal” is Yet More Smoke and Mirrors, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Nov 26, 2014;
• What is Class Oppression? on ZNet, by Tom Wetzel, Nov 26, 2014;
• Middle class struggles to preserve retirement security, on The Bay State Banner, by Pamela Yip, Nov 26, 2014;   Continuer la lecture de « Class Struggles actually on the web »

Published on Russia Today RT, Nov 23, 2014.

Germany’s FM, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has said he is against Ukraine joining NATO. In an interview with Der Spiegel, he said he considers “that it is possible for NATO to have a partnership with Ukraine, but not membership.”
He also added that he does not believe it is realistic for Ukraine to join the European Union in the foreseeable future, as the economic and political modernization of Ukraine is a “project for a few generations.”
He also urged Kiev to introduce reforms to fight corruption and mismanagement of the economy, saying they had to start immediately and that there was no time to lose … // Continuer la lecture de « German foreign minister speaks out against Ukraine joining NATO »

Published on Intrepid Report, by Ellen Brown,Nov 21, 2014.

While 49 state treasuries were submerged in red ink after the 2008 financial crash, one state’s bank outperformed all others and actually launched an economy-shifting new industry. So reports the Wall Street Journal this week, discussing the Bank of North Dakota (BND) and its striking success in the midst of a national financial collapse led by the major banks … //

… Excess deposits do not explain the BND’s record profits: … //
… The real reasons for its stellar success: … //

… The downsides of a boom:   Continuer la lecture de « Bank of North Dakota outperforms Wall Street »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Katrin Kuntz, Nov 21, 2014 (Photo Gallery – Translated from the German by Paul Cohen).

A group of Belgium’s leading practitioners of euthanasia recently visited the Auschwitz concentration camp memorial to learn more about death and humanity. The trip proved to be just as controversial for the doctors as it did insightful … //

… Some 70 people gradually gather around Distelmans. The group consists of doctors, psychologists and nurses from Belgium, most of whom work in the area of euthanasia. One of them is Eric Vandevelde, who during the course of his career has killed 20 people at their own request even as he helps women give birth every day. He’s accompanied by his wife Colette, who was instrumental in introducing Belgium’s euthanasia law 12 years ago. Manu Keirse, a psychologist, is also on hand. Continuer la lecture de « Students of Death: Euthanasia Doctors Seek Existential Answers at Auschwitz – part 1 »