politics for the 99%

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1321, by Leo Panitch, Oct 29, 2016.

Canada’s Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland’s sense of amour propre was clearly dented last week when the latest talks to salvage the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada appeared to fall apart in face of the refusal of the Belgian regional parliament in Wallonia to accede to the Belgian government’s support for it. Continue Reading…

… ein paar Ueberlegungen: Continue Reading…

Published on by Systemic Disorder, Oct 26, 2016.

Class warfare is poised to reach a new milestone as this year’s combined total of dividends and stock buybacks by 500 of the world’s largest corporations will exceed US$1 trillion.   Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice, by Binoy Kampmark, Oct 26, 2016.

… It grew out as an organic consequence of failure – a failure on the part of Europe’s authorities to come to some measure of proportionate and even handed procedures to assess and process desperate refugees who have very little intention of returning back to their countries.   Continue Reading…

Published on ZNet (first on TomDispatch), by Nomi Prins, Oct 27, 2016.

As this endless election limps toward its last days, while spiraling into a bizarre duel over vote-rigging accusations, a deep sigh is undoubtedly in order. The entire process has been an emotionally draining, frustration-inducing, rage-inflaming spectacle of repellent form over shallow substance. For many, the third debate evoked fatigue. Continue Reading…

… diaporama: where the Blackbirds go, on Spiegel Online International, by Christoph Seidler, Oct 22, 2016 (Photo Gallery): there are 1.6 billion songbirds in Europe and half of them fly south for the winter. Scientists would like to follow them – using sensors attached to the International Space Station. But keeping up isn’t easy [VIDEO].

… Researchers believe that blackbirds migrate individually, but because of the astounding paucity of data, they aren’t even sure about that. Larger birds like albatrosses or geese can easily be outfitted with GPS transmitters. But blackbirds, which only weigh around 100 grams, aren’t able to carry heavy technical equipment. That is why Wikelski’s team is using lighter radio transmitters — and, if they can get their equipment to work, chasing them with cars … // Continue Reading…

Published on Consortiumnews, by Gilbert Dortorow, Oct 24, 2016.

With Hillary Clinton calling Donald Trump a Russian “puppet” and Trump calling her a “nasty woman,” the third presidential debate descended into personal insults that had special resonance in Russia, as Gilbert Doctorow describes. Continue Reading…

UPDATE 27.4.2020:
Inzwischen lernten wir, via Alternativ-Kanäle, dass nicht nur ritueller Sex-Missbrauch gelaufen ist, sondern ein Zu-Tode-Folfern von Kleinkindern, weil in dieser Situation sein Körper eine Substanz in die Blutbahnen ausschüttet, was einem Verjüngungs- resp. Heilversuch des Körpers entspricht.
Die höchste Stufe einer sogenannten Geheimen Weltregierung würde sich durch das sofortige Verzehren dieser gequählten Körper regelmässig massive Verjüngungskuren gestatten.

• … Kindesmissbrauch in Frankreich, 46.48 min, von Dennis Fuhrmann am 23. Jan 2013 auf YouTube hochgeladen – (ACHTUNG, nichts für sensible Gemüter)

… wurde gelöscht, siehe dafür Ritueller Missbrauch in Deutschland, … und Ritueller Missbrauch in Frankreich

(Mein Kommentar zu meinem real erlebten Ereignis Mitte der 60er-Jahre:   Continue Reading…

Published on Global Research.ca, by Adeyinka Makinde, Oct 24, 2016.

Recent media focus on the humanitarian crisis in the Syrian city of Aleppo has revealed the government promoted propagandistic methods of the Western mainstream media, which shorn of context and rich in bias uncritically accepts the narrative presented by politicians and attempts to shape public opinion to suit the needs of a war agenda … // Continue Reading…

Published on Jacobin, by Luke Savage, Oct 21, 2016.

Wikileaks’ latest document dump vindicates Bernie Sanders’ critique of Hillary Clinton and the Washington establishment … // Continue Reading…

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin no 1318, by Frederic Heine and Thomas Sablowski, Oct 21, 2016.

The unequal development of the countries of the euro area since the outbreak of the crisis is causing increasing friction that threatens to tear the monetary union apart. Contrary to what many critics of the monetary union suggest, responsibility for this development lies not alone with its internal structure, but is rather a general feature of capitalist development. It is illusory to believe that under the dominance of the capitalist mode of production a spatially even development would ever be possible. Rather, the current monetary regime reinforces the cycles of capitalist crisis … // Continue Reading…

… a conversation with Noami Klein (the transcript and the podcast, 32.21 min) – Published on The Intercept, by Glenn Greenwald, Oct 19, 2016.

… GG: … //

• … I think WikiLeaks more or less at this point stands alone in believing that these kinds of dumps are ethically — never mind journalistically — just ethically, as a human being, justifiable. Continue Reading…

… with a video, 11.51 min – Published on RT, Oct 20, 2016.

A chief liaison officer of the White Helmets has acknowledged to RT that his organization, which claims to be “non-governmental” and “neutral,” receives funding and equipment from several western states, including the US, the UK and Germany. Continue Reading…

… journal of the change of world order #11 – Published on Voltairenet.org, by Thierry Meyssan, Oct 19, 2016.

Washington is attempting to hold to its positions without having to start a Third World War, but it looks like an impossible task. Moscow is offering the United States a safe exit in Syria and Yemen. But if they should choose this option, they would be obliged to abandon some of their allies. Continue Reading…

Published on Loughborough University.uk/Anarchist Research Group/Seminar Papers, by Chris Iliopoulos, Dec 6, 2010.

The core of my hypothesis is that Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy promotes basic anarchist notions. Hence, what I am intending to show is the existence of a bond between the anarchist tradition and the German philosopher. My main idea is to review Nietzsche’s work from an anarchist angle. Continue Reading…

… Western Media Propaganda Goes Wild – Published on Global Research.ca, by Moon of Alabama, Oct 16, 2016.

… The terrorists in east-Aleppo are encircled and besieged. The Syrian army nibbles away piece after piece of their territorial hold while the Syrian and Russian air force attack any recognized concentrations of forces or material. It is only a question of time until they are completely defeated.   Continue Reading…

Published on Defend Democracy, by Mars Lambropoulos, Oct 13, 2016.

The position I will be defending in this short intervention is that the subjection of Greece to memoranda and its consequent social and economic destruction is not simply a product of the global economic crisisthat was initiated in the United States in 2007-2008, with the explosion of subprime loans and the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and then exported from America to Europe. In fact, hidden behind all this was a set of machinations undertaken, on the occasion of the crisis, by the European Directorate, which is mainly controlled by German interests … // Continue Reading…

Published on AlterNet, by Vijay Prashad, Oct 12, 2016.

Those who carry these passports from countries like Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia arrive at international borders only to discover they aren’t considered people. Continue Reading…

Published on Counterpunch, by RAY MCGOVERN, Oct 12, 2016.

During the Reagan administration, I was one of the CIA analysts assigned to present to White House officials the President’s Daily Brief, which summed up the CIA’s views on the pressing national security issues of the day. If I were still in that job – and assuming CIA analysts are still able to speak truth to power – I am afraid that I would be delivering alarming news about the potential of a U.S.-Russian military clash … // Continue Reading…

Video with Richard D. Wolff, 96.33 min, uploaded by Democracy At Work, Oct 12, 2016 … these programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For October 12th, these will include:

• 1. Corporate and government debt huge + real wages flat = trouble
• 2. Inequality + consumers unable to spend = looming crisis
• 3. Crisis looms + govts desperate = govt spending + worker coops rise
• Websites: Democracy At Work.info; Richard D. Wolff.com; Left Forum.org;   Continue Reading…

Published on Spiegel Online International, Oct 11, 2016.

Syrian refugees on Sunday night captured a man suspected of planning a terror attack in Germany, tied him up and turned him over to police. As information about his plans continues to emerge, Syrians in Germany are celebrating the man’s capture … // Continue Reading…

Published on ZNet, by Dilip Hiro (first on Tom Dispatch), Oct 11, 2016.

In the strangest election year in recent American history — one in which the Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson couldn’t even conjure up the name of a foreign leader he “admired” while Donald Trump remained intent on building his “fat, beautiful wall” and “taking” Iraq oil — the world may be out of focus for many Americans right now … // Continue Reading…

… in english, and in french – Published on Earth, We Are One EWAO, March 9, 2015;

A TedTalks video by Paul in 2008: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world, 18.17 min; also on YouTube, uploaded by TED;

If there’s anything you read – or share – let this be it. The content of this article has potential to radically shift the world in a variety of positive ways. And as Monsanto would love for this article to not go viral, all we can ask is that you share, share, share the information being presented so that it can reach as many people as possible. Continue Reading…

Published on naked capitalism, by Arthur Berman / Yves Smith, Oct 10, 2016.

By Arthur Berman, a petroleum geologist with 36 years of oil and gas industry experience. He is an expert on U.S. shale plays and is currently consulting for several E&P companies and capital groups in the energy sector. Berman is an associate editor of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, and was a managing editor and frequent contributor to The Oil Drum.com (website). Continue Reading…

Published on National Security Archive NSA, Electronic Briefing Book No. 202 (Updated), by Peter Kornbluh and Yvette White, Oct 6, 2016.

• Colgate Toothpaste Disguised Plastic Explosives in 1976 Terrorist Attack;
• Confessions, Kissinger Reports, and Overview of Luis Posada Career Posted;
• National Security Archive Calls on Obama administration to Release Still-Secret Documents.

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