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Published on RT, March 25, 2016 (see also this video: Abandoned Afghan interpreter refused UK asylum shot by Taliban, 2.53 min, on RT, April 13, 2015 (my comment: I guess these guys knew too much, elites have no trouble to sacrify a peasant – Heidi).

A former Iraqi US Army interpreter is languishing in a troubled refugee hotspot of Idomeni after numerous failed attempts to obtain an American visa. To get it, he required – but reportedly never received – a mere acknowledgement of working for the US troops. Continuer la lecture de « Ex-US Army Iraqi interpreter seeks refuge in Greece after US rejected entry – report »

Video, 4.15 min, on NewsHub, Auckland, by Dan Satherley, March 23, 2016;

Up until now, the relentless forward march of technology has arguably created as many jobs as it has destroyed – if not more.

But there are growing concerns this balance is about to end. Researchers have suggested in the next two decades, nearly half of all existing jobs will be lost to automation. Continuer la lecture de « New Zealand: The case for a universal basic income »

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1237, by Alfredo Saad Filho, March 23, 2016.

Every so often, the bourgeois political system runs into crisis. The machinery of the state jams; the veils of consent are torn asunder and the tools of power appear disturbingly naked. Brazil is living through one of those moments: it is dreamland for social scientists; a nightmare for everyone else. Continuer la lecture de « Brazil: Overthrowing Dilma Rousseff »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Melanie Amann, Matthias Bartsch, Sven Becker, Markus Feldenkirchen, Jan Fleischhauer, Ralf Neukirch, René Pfister, Josef Saller and Katja Thimm, March 21, 2016 (Photo Gallery).

The success of the right-wing populist party AfD in recent state elections has shaken Germany. It is the expression of growing hatred of the elite among an expanding share of the population. Much of their anger is directed at Angela Merkel … // Continuer la lecture de « Fury and the AfD: Inside the Revolt against Angela Merkel »

• The Proposed Bank of England Act, on The Monney Reform Party.org.uk; /News: This is a reform that could prevent a future financial crisis, clear the national debt, and restart the economy;  /Join us;
• Positive Money.org: Is money at the root of today’s big problems? 3.20 min; (also on YouTube);
• How Money is Made / Created (full length), 52.01 min, uploaded by Positive Money;
• another YouTube channel: The basics you need to know about money and banking, with 4 videos;   Continuer la lecture de « money of dept vs. positive money = what is vs. what should be »