politics for the 99%

Benchmarking the ECB’s QE Program, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Jan 22, 2015;

Video by Al Jazeera English: We’ve launched our new website, 1.01 min, uploaded by Al Jazeera English, Jan 21, 2015: Website;

Martin Luther King, an American Hero, where is his Replacement? on Global Researach.ca (first on Paul Craig Roberts.org), by Paul Craig Roberts, Jan 20, 2015;

Rule from the Shadows – The Psychology of Power – Part 1, 37.23 min, uploaded by StormCloudsGathering, Jan 7, 2014: time to look behind the curtain, Website … and other videos in autoplay;  

Elections in Greece:

• European Union 2015 and Greek Elections: would a Syriza Win be Good for EU Integration? on Huffington Post, by John Sydney Hopkins, Jan 22, 2015;
• Greek elections: Will anti-austerity party Syriza win? on BBCnews, Jan 22, 2015;
• Hope is on the way, what is at Stake in the Greek Elections? video 2.46 min, on teleSUR.english, in greek subtitles english, Jan 21, 2015; also on YouTube, uploaded by Alexis Tsipras – in greek, Jan 6, 2015;
• Polls point to victory for Syriza as Greek election nears, on Reuters, by DEEPA BABINGTON, Jan 21, 2015;
• Landmark election in Greece, on Deutsche Welle DW, Jan 21, 2015: Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece’s leftist opposition, has a good chance of winning Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Voters are suffering in the economic crisis and fed up with the traditional political parties;
• Greece Election 2015: the politics and economics in numbers, on The Guardian, by Alberto Nardelli and Jennifer Rankin, Jan 20, 2015: From the election polls to government debt – here’s a look at the figures behind the Greek election;
• Video: Forgive and forget? Greece’s €317bn debt in focus ahead of elections, 2.07 min, on Russia Today RT, Jan 20, 2015;

Financial Warfare:

• Talk to Al Jazeera: Alexis Tsipras, frontline of a financial war, 25.19 min, uploaded by Al Jazeera English, March 13, 2013: The leader of the Greek opposition on how his country has become a “debt colony” forced to follow “criminal” policies;
• Full out economic warfare between US and Russia over oil prices, 5.06 min, uploaded by RT, Jan 21, 2015: the Iraqi energy minister has just said in Davos that oil prices have bottomed out …;
• see Financial Warfare also: on The National Interest; on daily reckoning; on Global Economic Warfare; on Forbes; on Foreign Policy Research Institute FPRI; on en.wikipedia: in military operations, economic warfare is economic policy followed as a part of covert operations during wartime … ; on Google Web-search; on YouTube-search /Filtre: since 1 month.