former title: Politics for the 99% – then under world-citizenship.org – encore en reconstruction
Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 4, 2013.
Improved surveillance, takedown of opposition websites for “illegal content” and paid pro-government commentators are among the increasingly sophisticated tools used by authorities to restrict internet freedom, a new report claims … //
… Many countries are also moving from technological to legal solutions in their battle against freedom of expression. Continuer la lecture de « Internet freedom on decline worldwide as governments tighten grip – report »
Published on Left Foot Forward, by YIGAL SHTAYIM, October 2, 2013.
… The group we created, ‘Marak Levinsky’ (Levinsky Soup), embedded itself more deeply into Israeli society and the mass media than the ‘Group of 400’, which has since been almost forgotten. The Marak Levinsky venture has become an emblem for social initiatives which empower citizens to stand up and do something. For more than 500 days we have managed daily shifts in the park to distribute food and clothing for hundreds of refugees who were unemployed and arrived from prison (where they were held after crossing the border into Israel) with few clothes and sometimes barefoot or only with flip-flops. Continuer la lecture de « The formal political process isn’t always the best way to effect social change »
Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 1, 2013. Download the full report, 21 pdf-pages.
A tiny wealthy male elite is behind most of the biggest contributions to the 2012 election cycle in the US, a new study shows. The report comes just as the US Supreme Court considers whether it should strip a ceiling on political donations. In a case the Supreme Court will begin hearing next Thursday, Shaun McCutcheon, a wealthy donor backed by the Republican National Committee, is challenging this aggregate limit on how much an individual may donate overall to candidates, parties and political action committees (PACs) over an election cycle. Continuer la lecture de « US: Tiny white elite dominates US political donor landscape – study »
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Published on Spiegel Online International, by Martin Hesse and Christoph Pauly, Sept 30, 2013 (Photo Gallery).
The European Central Bank wants to impose rigid tests on financial companies in the euro zone before it assumes its new supervisory role. But even before the tests are set to begin, the ECB is already tangling with policymakers … //
… We Will Not Make the Test Soft: Continuer la lecture de « Last Opportunity: ECB and Politicians at Odds Over Stress Tests, Part 1 »
Aus Schweiz Magazin, Editor, 8. August 2013.
Die Katze ist in der Schweiz Haustier Nummer eins, doch was viele nicht wissen: Tausende Streunerkatzen vegetieren auf unseren Strassen dahin und führen ein erbarmungswürdiges Leben. Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages der Katze am 8. August weist die Tierschutzorganisation VIER PFOTEN auf das Leid der Streunerkatzen in der Schweiz hin. Sie führt aus diesem Grund im Oktober eine Katzenkastrations-Aktion in Poschiavo durch. Continuer la lecture de « Internationaler Tag der Katze »
Video, 14.35 min, and text excerpt, published on GR.TV resp. Global Research.ca, by Mother Agnes Mariam (a Carmelite nun) and James Corbett, Sept. 9, 2013.
Same in german / gleiche Geschichte als Text auf Deutsch: Der schrecklichste False Flag der Geschichte, auf Alles Schall und Rauch, von Continuer la lecture de « Mother Agnes Mariam: Exposing the Syrian Chemical Hoax »
Interview with Lawrence Wilkerson, published on Global Research.ca, by Miguel Villagra, Sept 27, 2013.
Lawrence Wilkerson, the former chief of staff to Colin Powell, has blamed senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham of being “close to traitors”. His statement comes ahead of the upcoming UN meeting in which Iran will be thoroughly discussed. In an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia, he told what reaction he expects to his statement and shares his opinion on the Syrian issue and prospects of US-Iranian relations:
Voice of Russia: What reaction do you expect from senators McCain and Graham to your statements, if any? Continuer la lecture de « From Syria to Iran: The Dynamics of Global Power »
Published on Russia Today RT, Sept 27, 2013.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW has approved the details of an international plan to take under control and ultimately destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal.
Immediate and unfettered’ inspections: Continuer la lecture de « Chemical weapons watchdog approves Syria action »
A Corporate Coup of a Different Order – Published on Toward Freedom, by Arthur Phillips, September 26, 2013.
Transparency was supposed to be a White House priority from the very start. In his first inaugural address, when the world celebrated an historic and improbable election, Barack Obama made the case for how an open government was necessary to earn the trust of the people.[1] The next day, he issued a memo that asserted his commitment to creating an “unprecedented level of openness.”[2] And in February, more than four years later, President Obama claimed his to be “the most transparent administration in history.”[3] Continuer la lecture de « The Growing Resistance to the Trans-Pacific Partnership »
Published on Russia Today RT, September 26, 2013.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Wednesday the court eventually will have to determine the legality of far-reaching National Security Agency spying programs, though he is not convinced the court is equipped to based on modern security threats.
Scalia, speaking at the Northern Virginia Technology Council, said elected officials are most qualified to discern how much personal information of Americans the NSA can collect, and under what circumstances. Continuer la lecture de « US: Supreme Court is ill-equipped to judge NSA surveillance programs – Scalia »
… hundreds of Bangladesh garment factories shut down – Published on Waging NonViolence Blog, by Laura Gottesdiener, Sept 23, 2013.
Exclusive stores in Manhattan, London and Milan are busily stocking shelves with the one-shouldered dresses and Miley Cyrus-esque crop tops that were on display earlier in September at New York City’s Fashion Week.
But half a world away, in the city where the western world’s clothes are actually made, the sewing machines have stopped.
More than 300 garment factories are currently shut down in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as hundreds of thousands people — mostly women — take the the streets in the third day of sweeping protests for wage increases in the notoriously exploitative industry. Continuer la lecture de « as Women Take to Streets in Dhaka »
with Winona LaDuke – Published on nourishing the planet, by Devon Ericksen, September 15, 2013.
… One of the indigenous foods that LaDuke and the WELRP (White Earth Land Recovery Project) are working to protect is wild rice, a sacred part of Anishinaabeg culture. Wild rice is the only grain native to North America, found mainly in the Great Lakes region. It is higher in protein than other grains and contains numerous vitamins. The Anishinaabeg people have used sustainable harvesting methods for generations, relying on canoes and beater sticks to collect the ripe seeds. Continuer la lecture de « protecting wild harvests through the white earth land recovery project WELRP »
Oil Palm in Africa: Voices from the communities, 7.08 min, published on Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab (first on World Rainforest Movement WRM), Sept 18, 2013 (video also in fr, es, pt): Industrial oil palm plantations are rapidly expanding, not only in Liberia. In many African countries expansion projects are happening and plans are announced. Everywhere they go, the companies promise jobs and development …; Continuer la lecture de « Winnie Overbeek »
Published on America’s Program, by Laura Carlsen, Sept 13, 2013.
Mexican teachers have hit the streets in protests against education reforms that threaten their livelihoods and the quality and accessibility of public education in the country.
Among thousands of protesters who have set up a make-shift tent city in the downtown blocks of Mexico City, women make up the less visible core of the movement. More than a million women teachers–61 percent of the education labor force–work in ill-equipped classrooms across the nation, often at wages of only several hundred dollars a month. Continuer la lecture de « Women in the Teachers’ Movement: A Lesson in Resistance »