politics for the 99%

Published on Social Europe.eu, by Joseph Stiglitz and Adam Hersh, Oct 5, 2015.

As negotiators and ministers from the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries meet in Atlanta in an effort to finalize the details of the sweeping new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), some sober analysis is warranted. The biggest regional trade and investment agreement in history is not what it seems.

You will hear much about the importance of the TPP for “free trade.” The reality is that this is an agreement to manage its members’ trade and investment relations – and to do so on behalf of each country’s most powerful business lobbies. Make no mistake: It is evident from the main outstanding issues, over which negotiators are still haggling, that the TPP is not about “free” trade.   Continue Reading…

Pubished on Social Europe, by Sinob Glendinning, Oct 9, 2015.

… Nietzsche is a German philosopher best known for his radical critique of Europe’s historical (and especially Christian) morality of “good and evil”. However, it is less well known that his efforts to go “beyond” the Europe of those values is still made in the name of Europe, and specifically with reference to the coming of a new “supra-national and nomadic type of man” that he calls “good Europeans” (154). These Europeans will have achieved independence of any “definite milieu” (153), and belong to a Europe that “wants to become one” (169). In what follows I want briefly to raise the question why Nietzsche retains this stress on Europe. Why does Nietzsche speak of “we Europeans”, and not simply, say, “we whoevers”? … // Continue Reading…

Published on Global Research.ca, by Binoy Kampmark, Oct 8, 2015: Global Markets Imperilled by “Unfree Trade”.

… The estranged political classes continued their defiance of democratic practice by signing, again without the involvement of non-trade interests, a document that has been sold as a choice between the rash and the damned. The delegates at the Atlanta round of talks for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement came from twelve states, and some of them were acutely aware that domestic matters were pressing. The election cycle in the United States is starting to gain steam. Canada faces a close election on October 19. Australia’s new prime minister is hunkering down.   Continue Reading…

Published on Global Research.ca, by South Front, Oct 2, 2015 – Video Report (also on YouTube, 2.14 min).

On Wednesday morning, the Federation Council upper house of parliament granted permission to the Russian president to use the country’s troops in Syria. Kremlin chief of staff Sergey Ivanov said that Russia will use only its Air Force in Syria and it does this on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s request.   Continue Reading…

Published on Oil Price, by Robert Berke, Oct 6, 2015.

Few meetings ever started with dimmer prospects for success than the recent meeting between Presidents Obama and Putin.

The real call for the meeting stemmed from the EU refugee crisis. With a human catastrophe brewing in Europe and the Middle East, EU leaders are urgently demanding that the U.S. and Russia set aside their differences and begin to work together in an effort to resolve the Syrian conflict, the major cause of the massive movement of people seeking sanctuary.   Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice (first in Z Magazine https://zcomm.org/zmag/ ), by Edward S. Herman, Oct 5, 2015.

… There is a vagueness in these references to a supposed “mission” and “reasons.” We should not forget that the U.S. leader in this Iraq enterprise, U.S. President George W. Bush, had originally claimed that the sole reason for invading Iraq was its possession of weapons of mass destruction and the threat that this posed to international peace and security. Once that was admitted to have been a fraud the mission and its purported reasons would seem to have disappeared and immediate withdrawal should have been called for . However, this was quickly adjusted to the mission of bringing democracy to Iraq, presumably to help the Iraqi people improve their lives as well as reduce the external threat of dictatorship. But any sensible person should recognize that a U.S. leadership that stands firmly with Saudi Arabia, and had earlier supported Saddam Hussein when he was attacking Iran, couldn’t be expending resources for any democratic objective … // Continue Reading…

Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 5, 2015.

Two thirds of EU states have requested to be allowed to ban the growing of genetically modified crops in their countries, choosing the “opt-out” clause of a European Commission rule that allows members to override EU-wide GMO approvals. (This means), nineteen European Union member states have requested opt-outs from the acculturation of genetically-modified crops for all or part of their territory, the European Commission announced. Continue Reading…

What Exactly Would Define a Terrorist in The USA? What Have Your “Moderate Rebels” Done in the last Four Years? – Published on Global Research.ca, by Friends of Syria, Oct 2, 2015.

The FSA (Free Syrian Army) have killed hundreds of thousands of Syrian citizens, they have kidnapped and beheaded innocent citizens. They have killed Generals in the Syrian army with car bombs. They have thrown post office workers off the roof of their building. They have shot sportsmen because they represent their country. They have set off car bombs outside schools, police stations, hospitals and universities … // Continue Reading…

• KenFM – Positionen #2, 170.12 min, von wwwKenFMde am 29. Sept 2015 hochgeladen … eine längere Diskussion mit: Prof. Dr. Athanassios Giannis, Leiter des Instituts für organische Chemie der Universität Leipzig; mit Peter König, der über 20 Jahre für die Weltbank Wasserentwicklungsprojekte geleitet hat; mit Ernst Wolff, Autor des Buches “Weltmacht IWF – Chronik eines Raubzuges”; und mit Albrecht Müller, Ökonom, ehemaliger Wahlkampfleiter von Willy Brandt und Kopf des alternativen Nachrichtenportals NachDenkSeiten;
• mehr von KenFMde: auf seinem YouTube-Kanal; auf YouTube-search; auf Google Web-search.

von rubomaxkanal1 am 25. Februar 2012 auf YouTube hochgeladen:   Continue Reading…

Published on Dances with Bears, by John Helmer, Sept 29, 2015.

The Australian Government is sure the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) investigation of the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 will fail to identify the precise cause of the crash, and will be inconclusive on who and what were responsible. A report, termed final by the DSB, is scheduled for release on October 13 … // Continue Reading…

Published on Intrepid Report, by Stephen Lendman, Oct 1, 2015.

It’s always open season on irresponsibly bashing Vladimir Putin—instead of embracing his sensible solutions to major world problems.

Western media are relentless, marching to the drumbeat of imperial regimes they represent, partnering with America’s killing machine—polar opposite Putin’s global peace and stability agenda, respecting the sovereign rights of all nations, urging unity to achieve common objectives benefitting everyone.   Continue Reading…

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Armin Mahler, Sept 30, 2015.

Arrogance and complacency are widespread in Germany industry, with Volkswagen becoming just the most recent example. For the German economy to remain healthy, fundamental changes are necessary. Continue Reading…

Published on Basic Income Earth Network BIEN, by Karen Christine Patrick, Sept 28, 2015.

I can attest to “angels in the system” so for people in the social work class who are not only doing their job well, but still care deeply for people… this is not about you. This is about your co-workers who’s body shows up to shuffle the paperwork, but their mind and heart are absent, who stick by the rules even if the “rules” are just guidelines, are badly trained or misinformed. These are the deciders who make of the system a labyrinth of despair. There are also the devils of the system, the ones for whom my mother said, “would break the wings off of butterflies.” Our bureaucratic system acts as a dank, dark cellar system that warehouses human “resources” made from our most vulnerable citizens, the “precariat” with no other door to walk through. Continue Reading…

2015-09-01: Economic Destabilization, Financial Meltdown … Shanghai Stock Market?
2015-09-02: Whitewashing the IMF’s Destructive Role in Greece;
2015-09-03: Some ideas about what is Socialism – part 3;
2015-09-04: Michael Parenti;
2015-09-05: last results of our humanity’s behavior;
2015-09-06: Swiss pictures;
2015-09-07: TTIP deal – business lobbyists dominate talks at expense of trade unions and NGOs;
2015-09-08: Antarctica, hollow Earth / hohle Erde, etc;
2015-09-09: some ideas about what is Socialism – part 4;
2015-09-10: Russia ready to accept Syrian refugees;
2015-09-11: Washington’s Financial Currency War on China, the Eclipsing of the US Dollar by the Yuan;
2015-09-12: Culture and Art, World’s Largest Artist Colony Is About To Be Bulldozed;
2015-09-13: Global Capitalism: September 2015 Monthly Update;
2015-09-14: the world with Thomas Piketty;
2015-09-15: The Breaking Point? Germany’s Asylum System Struggles to Cope;
2015-09-16: Half of children have been bullied – survey;
2015-09-17: Overcoming Fabianism in Labour’s Class War of Attrition;
2015-09-18: the european refugee mess – my questions this morning;
2015-09-19: a normal day’s different concerns;
2015-09-20: The Case of Greece;
2015-09-21: Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden;
2015-09-22: Alexis Tsipras’ leftist party comfortably wins Greece election again;
2015-09-23: what this FED means for us;
2015-09-24: how we are ruled;
2015-09-25: Refugees Welcome – Flüchtlinge Willkommen;
2015-09-26: Chine and the new world order;
2015-09-27: From Hashtag to Strategy – The Growing Pains of Black Lives Matter;
2015-09-28: The Continuing Criminal Enterprises of the Rich-Corporations;
2015-09-29: Imperial Overreach: U.S. Special Ops Forces Deployed in 135 Nations;
2015-09-29: Erzwungene Nationale Psychotherapie? (in english and german);
2015-09-30: Canada: C-51 anti-terror law causes some Muslims to reconsider vote;
2015-09-30: Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, September 1 – 30, 2015.

all articles sorted chronologically.

related articles published during September 2015: (continuously updated …) Continue Reading…

Published on CBCnews, by Tanya Birkbeck, Sept 27, 2015.

Some Montreal Muslims say the passage of the Conservative government’s controversial anti-terror legislation may affect their voting intentions.

“All my information is that there are no Muslims who are supporting the Conservatives,” Montreal Muslim Hanadi Saad told CBC News.   Continue Reading…

(forced national therapy?) … Merkels Kommentar aus kanadischer Sicht, 10.44 min, von NuoViso.TV am 18. Sept 2015 hochgeladen.

My comments:

1): This is a false debate:

Therefore the real threat is, that this hidden Mafia remains still unknown and therefore can not be exterminated. Denying it is not the solution.
- Heidi,

Published on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Sept 26, 2015 – (originally published by Nick Turse at Tom Dispatch, Sept 24 … also discussed on Global Research.ca, Sept 25).

… You can find them in dusty, sunbaked badlands, moist tropical forests, and the salty spray of third-world littorals. Standing in judgement, buffeted by the rotor wash of a helicopter or sweltering beneath the relentless desert sun, they instruct, yell, and cajole as skinnier men playact under their watchful eyes. In many places, more than their particular brand of camouflage, better boots, and designer gear sets them apart. Their days are scented by stale sweat and gunpowder; their nights are spent in rustic locales or third-world bars.   Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice, by Paul Kirk, September 24, 2015: everything from education to marketing, to social engineering to capturing money – Madness Wins – (or, what the 1% makes us believe is that corruption should be normal, having infested large parts of our economic behavior, as well as the whole financial sector – a cancer which is now going into it’s final phase – Heidi).

… You can’t have perfection, and you have to bargain with the devil, pick the lesser of two or two million evils, and just understand the reality of politics. How many Fox News-CBS News-CNN-Local Yokel News consuming folk just talk this talk, every year, every election cycle, every rotten time a school bond comes up or some loud invented news item comes along the ticker of our football-pretentious TV junk science-junk journalism SCLM – so-called liberal media. Continue Reading…

Published on In These Times, by Bill Fletcher jr., Sept 23, 2015 … movement activists discuss strategy and tactics;

In the last several months, the movement for Black lives (also known as the Black Lives Matter, or BLM, movement) has made headlines by engaging – often aggressively – with Democratic presidential candidates Martin O’Malley, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Each action brought with it pointed questions and often, tactical criticisms.   Continue Reading…

CHINA, the key to the new world-order – James Corbett, 36.05 min, uploaded by SGTreport.com, April 27, 2015 … James says that despite the formation of the BRICS Banks, the Shanghai Gold Exchange and the new Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the International Banker’s plans to usher in their New World Order remain firmly in place and on track. How could that be when the evidence suggest that the world is moving away from the Dollar as wealth moves from West to East? Because, James says, “At the very top of this Bankster pyramid, the Chinese elite is connected directly in with the U.S. Western elite … (my comment: this was forseeable since years – Heidi);   Continue Reading…

Articles:

• Migrant crisis: Migration to Europe explained – in 10 graphics, on BBCnews, Sept 24, 2015;
• EU refugee summit in disarray as Donald Tusk warns greatest tide ‘yet to come’, on The Guardian, by Ian Traynor, Sept 24, 2015: Emergency talks end with pledge of hundreds of millions of euros to help transit countries as European Council president says greatest challenge is yet to come;
• video in german: WG aus Berlin, auf Spiegel Online, Sept 20, 2015;
• How do I … offer a room to a refugee? on The Guardian, by Kate Lyons and Harriet Grant, Sept 11, 2015; The Guardian has been inundated by people wanting to support those in need, offering spare rooms, sheds and whole homes. Here is a guide to helping;
• Refugee crisis – what can you do to help? on The Guardian, by Matthew Weaver, Sept 3, 2015: From donating to a charity to volunteering – here is a guide to some of the practical ways that individuals can contribute;   Continue Reading…

• MIGRANT CRISIS, The Untold Story, 11.42 min, uploaded by AMTV, Sept 9, 2015 … with Christopher Greene;
• Deal With the Devil – How the Global Elite Re-colonized China, 21.04 min, uploaded by corbettreport, Aug 28, 2015 … TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: The Corbett Report (My comment: this was forseeable, if you really look at. Our world predators do not let themselves so easily crash. I even believe, they let America crash intentionally to have no concurrent for their next ‘harbor’, China … and our humanity, like a crowd of sheeps, is unable to react collectively – Heidi);
• 3 new signs total economic collapse is in progress, 4.09 min, uploaded by SGTreport.com, Dec 12, 2014;

Websites: SGTreport; Liberty Mill; Real News 24/7; The Corbett Report;   Continue Reading…

• The Real Reason the Fed Won’t Raise Interest Rates, 13.07 min, uploaded by AMTV, Sept 21, 2015 … with Christopher Greene;
• The History of The Federal Reserve, 90.11 min, uploaded by corbettreport, July 6, 2014 … about the enslavement of the 99% – transcript and resources: The Corbett Report.