politics for the 99%

Published Croatia, the War and the Future, by Ina Vukic, Oct 18, 2015.

More than 190,000 refugees and migrants have crossed into Croatia over the past month and assisted to cross over Hungary to richer European countries (383,000 have crossed Hungary so far this year). At midnight Friday 16 October Hungary sealed its border with Croatia and, hence, refugees making their way to Hungary from Croatia can no longer contemplate that route.
Hungary’s government declared its southern frontier with Croatia off limits to migrants, blocking entry with a metal fence and razor wire, as well as soldiers and police, just as it did a month ago on its border with Serbia.

The UN refugee agency said people were being denied their right to protection under international conventions by Hungary’s actions … //

… “President’s moves are not surprising,” said Zeljko Olujic, renowned Croatian lawyer and former State Attorney, “she sees things that are against the state and national interests happening in Croatia… She is the keeper of the Constitution and law in Croatia and has announced she will take measures that the Constitution permits her …as President Grabar-Kitarovic has, under the Constitution, great powers in leading the internal and foreign politics… ” He commented that foreign minister Vesna Pusic’s televised statement that the President had no such powers under the Constitution and that President’s statement regarding taking over the powers permitted her under the Constitution were insane, borders with treason and that she should resign her position.
There are speculations pointing to the possibility that by putting in place surveillance of three Constitutional court judges (Court President Jasna Omejec, Judges Slavica Banic and Marko Babic) as well as the Zagreb District Court President, Judge Ivan Turudic, Prime Minister’s
Zoran Milanovic’s Social Democrat led government is preparing a coup d’état … //

… Croatia’s Social Democrats, the left coalition, has boarded an election campaign runaway train that evidently has no limits or qualms about the brutally vile strategies it’s taking to reach the winning outcome at the coming elections. They seem prepared to even destroy Croatia, its independence and fundamental institutions of democracy if they do not win the elections. No surprise there: their predecessors walked out of the Croatian Parliament in 1991, refusing to vote for secession from communist Yugoslavia. High time Croats woke up to these infidels of independence and democracy and voted them right out of the Parliament on 8 November. Ina Vukic, Prof. (Zgb); B.A., M.A.Ps. (Syd).

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Beyond the NPD, on Jacobin Mag, by Herman Rosenfeld, Oct 19, 2015: Canadian voters could oust Stephen Harper in today’s election. But it’s time to build a genuine left alternative to austerity;
(See also: New Democratic Party NDP [French: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD] is a major social-democratic[6][7] federal political party in Canada. The current leader of the NDP is Thomas Mulcair, who was elected in the 2012 leadership election);

Energy makes strange bedfellows in Syria, on Russia Today RT, Oct 19, 2015;

Vietnam: From National Liberation to Trans-Pacific Vassalage 1975-2015, on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, Oct 18, 2015;

Russia and Europe to launch joint mission to dark side of Moon, then build base there, on Russia Today RT, Oct 18, 2015;

Surge in Migrant, including Refugee Arrivals in Greece, on Missing Migrants Project, Oct 16, 2015: since the beginning of October, IOM reports that over 68,000 migrants, including refugees have now crossed into Greece, with the majority arriving on the island of Lesvos (41,954). Smaller numbers have arrived on the islands of Samos (10,283) and Chios (6,393). Despite deteriorating weather conditions, the flow of migrants and refugees arriving at the main entry points continues to average over 4,500 a day; /Homepage; /Mediterranean Update, Oct 16, 2015; /Download PDF: MIGRANT DEATHS;

Europe, October 2015: Refugee and Immigration situation, 9.13 min, uploaded by John Moore, Oct 14, 2015;

EU states might get budget relief on refugee costs – officials, on uk.Reuters, by FRANCESCO GUARASCIO, Oct 5, 2015 (with short video: Syrian migrants on Serbian border, 1.01 min;

… still worth to look at:

Dr. Rupert Sheldrake talks about his banned TED talk – April 2013, 29.44 min, uploaded by revolution love evolve, April 3, 2013 … on Skeptiko, with Alex Tsakiris;
(see again his TED TALK: The Science Delusion (sous-titré en français), 18.19 min, re-uploaded as TED have decided to censor Rupert and remove this video from the TEDx youtube channel);

Banned TED Talk: Income Inequality – Nick Hanauer, 5.49 min, uploaded by PoliticalYAK.com’s channel, May 17, 2012;

Was, wenn der Finanz-Crash kommt? 80.02 min, von M. Molli am 4. Dez 2011 hochgeladen.