politics for the 99%

• Tory policies on higher education are hugely progressive, on The Guardian, by David Willetts, Oct 19, 2014;
• Right to die campaigner who starved herself said she had no alternative, on The Guardian, by PA, Oct 19, 2014: Jean Davies, 86, called five-week fast to end her life intolerable but said her children supported her right to choose to die. The DPP said the likelihood of healthcare professionals being prosecuted for assisting suicide depended on their specific and professional duty of care to the person in question;
• Banks set to defy European regulator on bonus rules, on The Telegraph, by James Titcomb, Oct 18, 2014: European Banking Authority’s request for banks to change policies related to ‘allowances’ expected to go unheeded this year;
• Islamic State Group Destroys All of Kobani’s Ambulances, on TeleSUR English, Oct 18, 2014: The Islamic State group has destroyed Kobani’s last two ambulances, after already targeting hospitals and health workers;
• The Biblical Money Code, on Money News, by Sean Hyman, Oct 18, 2014;
• Over 30 Thousand People Victim of Human Trafficking in the EU, on TeleSUR English, Oct 17, 2014: Amongst the victims were men, women, girls and boys, while 69 percent were victims of sexual exploitation. According to a new report by the European Commission, 30,146 people we registered as victims of human trafficking in the European Union member countries between 2010-2012 …;
• Beyond Evo Morales’ Electoral Victory, a View from La Paz, on ZNet (first on TeleSUR English), by Ben Dangl, Oct 17, 2014;
• From Mars Mission to navigation satellites to N-capable missiles, India scores big scientifically, on Russia Today RT, by Rajeev Sharma, Oct 17, 2014;
• Russia’s blacklisted Rosneft, billionaire Rotenberg take EU to court over sanctions, on Russia Today RT, Oct 17, 2014;
• Police break up pro-Kurdish protest inside Al Jazeera’s Ankara office, on Russia Today RT, Oct 17, 2014;
• Kobani’s ordeal, on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Bassel Oudat in Damascus, Oct 16, 2014: The Syrian city of Ain Al-Arab, known as Kobani to its Kurdish inhabitants, is under attack from IS, but its plight is only part of a larger picture;
• The Anti-Empire Report #133 – The Islamist State, on William Blum.org, by William Blum, Oct 16, 2014: (see also: Washington Free Press.org; http://wafreepress.org/index.shtml
• Rocky start for Iraqi Guard, on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Salah Nasrawi, Oct 16, 2014: The Sunni-dominated Iraqi National Guard, promoted by the US to fight IS forces, may not in fact get off the ground;
• The Precariat is growing angry, on BIEN (first on boiling frogs), by Guy Standing, Oct 16, 2014;
• The politics of investment, on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Gamal Essam El-Din, Oct 16, 2014: President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi urges the legislative reform committee to speed up its work;
• Featured: The Disturbing Expansion of the Military-Industrial Complex, on Axis of Logic, by Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Inter Press Service/Common Dreams, Oct 15, 2014;
• Les médias trahissent le public continuellement, dans Global Relay Network, par MOUTON NOIR, le 16 Octobre 2014 (with link to a video VOSTFR from RT on YouTube, 13.20 min, uploaded by bilbu bilbou, Oct 9, 2014);
• Suppressing revolt and revolution, on William Blum.org, by William Blum, October 2013;
• The Anti-Empire Report #132 – Ukraine and neo Nazis, on William Blum.org, by William Blum, Sept 16, 2014;
• Richard Gage 9/11/2014, 25.58 min, uploaded by Joe Friendly, Sept 12, 2014;
• Caveman Cuisine – Scientists Question Rise of the Paleo Diet, on Humanitarian Texts, by Heidi/my comments, Nov 11, 2013;
• Overthrowing other people’s governments – The Master List, on William Blum.org, by William Blum, February 2013 (Q: Why will there never be a coup d’état in Washington? A: Because there’s no American embassy there);

… and this:

David Gilmour:

• Live in Gdansk – 2006, 120.42 min, uploaded by stevenbaty, Sept 24, 2011;
• The Fender 50th Birthday Celebration, 22.34 min, uploaded by Waruzjan Shahbazian, April 25, 2011;

Pink Floyd:

• the endless river + greatest hits – best of compilation, 213.30 min, uploaded by Northon Salomão, May 20, 2014;
• Live In Venice – July 15, 1989, 92.16 min, uploaded by Papo Papi, Jan 31, 2014.