politics for the 99%

Benidrums Live @ Cafe del Mar Ibiza 2008, 9.20 min, uploaded by O-Tix Oct 29, 2008 … and many more videos in autoplay.

Published on Middle East Eye.net, May 9, 2015: Women held in poor conditions for long periods after failed Mediterranean crossings want to go home, but funds are lacking.

TRIPOLI – Two women gaze out through the broken grill covering one of the windows of the Sorman Detention Centre for illegal immigrants. They are among seven long-term detainees who arrived in Libya in search of a better life but instead found themselves incarcerated in a dank prison which eventually drove them mad. Continue Reading…

Logging Threatens One of Europe’s Last Virgin Forests – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Nils Klawitter, May 8, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

One of Europe’s most beautiful forest areas is disappearing piece by piece in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains. Some of the logging is illegal. The wood is then sold to make flooring or heating pellets that are sold in Germany and other countries. Continue Reading…

Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Salah Nasrawi, May 7, 2015.

As Iraq remains bogged down with the war against IS, another catastrophe could be on the horizon.

The Iraqi government is considering a set of measures to deal with the crushing financial crisis, which many fear could lead to economic collapse and accelerate the breakup of the divided and war-torn country.   Continue Reading…

• Money As Debt – Full Length Doc, 46.56 min, uploaded by paagleTV, Feb 15, 2012;
• L’argent Dette – l’arnaque de l’économie mondiale clairement expliquée, 52.15 min, mise en ligne par NégationnisteVsMégaSioniste, le 1 juillet 2014;
• Geld ist Fantasie, Menschen werden zu Arbeitssklaven degradiert, 12.28 min, von Don R. Wetter am 30. April 2015 hochgeladen … Volker Pispers über das Geld- und Zinssystem … und weitere videos in autoplay.

The flow of let go, 10.29 min, uploaded by Sjef Adriaansen, Sept 7, 2012 … and many other videos in autoplay.

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Maik Baumgärtner, Nikolaus Blome, Matthias Gebauer, Hubert Gude, Frank Hornig, Martin Knobbe, Veit Medick, Gordon Repinski, Sven Röbel, Marcel Rosenbach, Jörg Schindler, Fidelius Schmid, Holger Stark and Gerald Traufetter, May 4, 2015 (Photo Gallery).

Germany’s latest spying scandal has created the biggest crisis yet for the country’s foreign intelligence agency. The German government appears to have been aware of widespread US spying, possibly including economic espionage, against European targets and yet it did nothing to stop it … // Continue Reading…

UPDATE: Video: Aux actes citoyens – Alexandre Jardin, un zèbre de passage au congrès de la FIQ, 39.29 min, mise en ligne par FIQ Santé, le 25 avril 2014;

I: L’Appel des Zèbres, Laissez-nous faire, on a déjà commencé – Publié dans Ambition France.org: La France ne peut plus se permettre de tout attendre d’un système sanctionné à chaque élection. Il faut que la confiance revienne. Elle ne se décrétera pas, elle se gagnera par l’action d’intérêt général, dans nos territoires … //

• … Laissez-nous faire, nous les Faizeux, celles et ceux qui agissent au quotidien pour trouver des solutions performantes aux maux qui rongent notre société.
• Laissez-nous faire, nous les acteurs du monde associatif, mutualiste ou entrepreneurial qui donnons concrètement des outils aux Français pour qu’ils se prennent en main. Continue Reading…

Published on ZNet (and also on teleSUR), by John Pilger, May 2, 2015. [Update 1: ... also in the Sydney Morning Herald/Comment, by John Pilger, April 28, 2015 ... and first on John Pilger.com].

Following a week in Australia in which the words “heroes” and “heroism” bobbed on a tsunami of raw propaganda, a tribute is due to two unrecognised heroes. The first is Ray Jackson, who died on 23 April. Continue Reading…

Published on ZNet (first on open democracy), by Patrick Heller, May 2, 2015.

Much has been made of the recent wave of social movements against neo-liberalism and precarity. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movements to the student protests against the educational system in Chile, commentators have detected a Polanyi-like wave of counter movements to neo-liberal globalization. But what exactly do these movements have in common? Continue Reading…

• underwater video stock footage Demo 4K Ultra HD, 4.13 min, uploaded by Undersea Productions, Dec 8, 2014;
• Die geheime Welt der Ozeane, 45.00 min, uploaded by Dokus Aktuell, Oct 3, 2014;
• BBC Ocean Voyager HD – Full, Doc, 50.18 min, uploaded by Nat Geo Full HD, Sept 27, 2014;
• BBC HD Great Barrier Reef 1 Nature’s miracle, 58.57 min, uploaded by Nature Videos, Sept 23, 2014;
• BBC Great Barrier Reef II 2012 HD, 51.21 min, uploaded by كل جديد الكيك والمقاطع المظحكه Aug 4, 2013;
• Korallenriffe – Die Regenwälder der Meere, 43.01 min, uploaded by DokuWorld2013, May 20, 2013;
• Reef Life of the Andaman, 116.24 min, uploaded by Bubble Vision, Oct 31, 2012;
• on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: Diving the Ribbon Reefs , 4.42 min, uploaded by Undersea Productions, Aug 1, 2011.

Published on ZNet (first on The Guardian), by George Monbiot, April 30, 2015.

Wrapped up in this story is everything that’s wrong with the way our economy works. Corporations ream the land with giant holes, extract a stack of money, then clear out, leaving other people with the costs. There’s a briefer description: legalised theft.   Continue Reading…

2015-04-01: Namibia: Industrialisation and Women’s Liberation;
2015-04-01: Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 – no, it is not a crazy co-pilot;
2015-04-02: Afghanistan’s China Card;
2015-04-02: German Wings Absturz – mehr Besonnenheit bitte;
2015-04-03: EUROPE: 19 economists call on the ECB to make ‘QE for the people’ in a letter to the Financial Times;
2015-04-04: Greece Threatens to Miss IMF Payment, Issue Drachma;
2015-04-05: Islamic State is the cancer of modern capitalism;
2015-04-06: The Persian Paradox – Iran is much more modern than you think;
2015-04-07: Sinead O’Connor;
2015-04-08: still concerning;
2015-04-09: How America Became an Oligarchy;
2015-04-10: BRICS $100bn reserve currency pool to soothe global shocks – Medvedev;
2015-04-11: Prince Charles, Secrecy, and the British Government;
2015-04-12: Caught between the deadly, dead-end alternatives of imperialism & religious fundamentalism;
2015-04-13: Urban Farming;
2015-04-14: Reading Trotsky in Pakistan;
2015-04-15: Günter Grass Obituary: Farewell to Germany’s Towering Literary Figure;
2015-04-16: Yanis Varoufakis and Joseph Stiglitz;
2015-04-17: Mandarin for the Warlords, the Harvard School of Empire Building;
2015-04-18: Joseph Stiglitz on economy and inequality;
2015-04-19: IRELAND: the Dubliners;
2015-04-20: Cubs of the Caliphate;
2015-04-21: Buying Better: The Impossible Challenge of Ethical Shopping – part 1;
2015-04-22: SANTANA;
2015-04-23: Maidan snipers trained in Poland;
2015-04-24: A War Waged From German Soil: US Ramstein Base Key in Drone Attacks;
2015-04-25: links about money and income;
2015-04-26: Music for Brain Power;
2015-04-27: Control World;
2015-04-28: on Education;
2015-04-28: Freie Energie;
2015-04-29: Greece replaces Finance Minister Varoufakis as lead in debt talks;
2015-04-30: Donetsk Separatist Leader: We Are Not Citizens of Ukraine;
2015-04-30: Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, APRIL 1-30, 2015.

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

Interview with Alexander Zakharchenko – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Christian Neef, April 29, 2015
(Photo Gallery: An Urge to Expand).

Alexander Zakharchenko is the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, which is not recognized by the international community. In a rare interview, he says his greatest hope is that Moscow will annex his territory just as it did Crimea … // Continue Reading…

Published on Russia Today RT, April 28, 2015 [video 3.09 min].

The Greek government has given Financial Relations Minister Euclid Tsakalotos the lead in negotiating with international creditors. The Syriza-led coalition says the team headed by Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has failed to produce results.
The Athens government announced the decision on Monday.   Continue Reading…

• Tesla und die Freie Energie – Vortrag, 87.33 min, von Neue HorizonteTV am 18. Sept 2014 hochgeladen;
• Freie Energie-Technologien – Robert Stein (AZK), 81.22 min, von NuoViso.TV am 30. Nov 2012 hochgeladen;
• Freie Energie, das Ende aller Energiesorgen – Vortrag von W. Lißeck, Teil 1/5, 29.25 min, Teil 2/5, 30.25 min, Teil 3/5, 24.40 min, Teil 4/5, 25.10 min, Teil 5/5, 20.23 min, von JetztTV 2008 hochgeladen.

by Noam Chomsky:

• on Quotes, Books, Theory, Bio, Capitalism, Education – Interview (2003), 178.07 min, uploaded by The Book Archives, April 7, 2015;
• The Purpose of Education, 22.09 min, uploaded by United4Education, Sept 7, 2014;
• Education Rediscovered, 25.05 min, uploaded by Education Rediscovered, March 9, 2014;
• Education and Creativity (2013), 29.13 min, uploaded by Noam Chomsky Videos, Dec 19, 2013;
• Education Is a System of Indoctrination of the Young, 7.35 min (spoken in english, subtitled in french), uploaded by The Film Archives, June 1, 2012;
• Corporate Attack on Education, 64.03 min, uploaded by Joe Friendly, March 20, 2012;
• Education For Whom and For What? 119.27 min, uploaded by The University of Arizona, Feb 17, 2012;

Related Links:

• Education – Noam Chomsky: on YouTube-search; on Google Web-search; on Google Images-search;
• Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues ProCon.org: on their Website; on their YouTube-channel: (exemple Critical Thinking Explained, 2.45 min, June 3, 2013);
• Conversations with History, with Noam Chomsky, 59.08 min, uploaded by University of California Television (UCTV), Jan 31, 2008: … on activism, anarchism and the role the United States plays.

Who does control the world? – Noam Chomsky, BBC interview 2003, 18.14 min, uploaded by MrMarxismo, Feb 21, 2015 … and other related videos in autoplay.

• Control World related: on YouTube-search; on Google Web-search; on Google News-search; on Google Images-search; on en.wikipedia Search results.

Music for Brain Power, 91.37 min, uploaded by HALIDONMUSIC, March 5, 2014

• Repenser librement la fiscalité du capital, dans Le Blog de Bruno Colmant, le 23 avril 2015;
• Canada: A ‘Robin Hood’ Reversal – Budget 2015, on Exchange Morning Post, April 22, 2015;
• USA: Oregon introduces two Cap and Dividend Bills, on Basic Income Earth Network BIEN, by Liam Upton, April 22, 2015;
• Labor plans to tax rich super, on The West Australian, by Andrew Probyn, April 22, 2015;   Continue Reading…

Published on Spiegel Online International, by staff *, April 22, 2015 (Photo & Chart Gallery).

The US Air Force base in Ramstein is a central and indispensible element in Barack Obama’s controversial use of drones in the war against terror. New documents are creating pressure for both Washington and the German government.   Continue Reading…

Polish MP alleges special op in Ukraine to provoke riot – Published on Russia Today RT, April 22, 2015;

Snipers who are thought to have operated in Kiev’s Independence Square amidst events that led to a coup in February 2014 were trained in Poland and sent to Ukraine to “do a favor” for the US, a Polish Euro-MP claimed in an interview. Continue Reading…

YouTube Mix: Soul Sacrifice, 11.45 min, uploaded by VinylOldiesJukebox, March 11, 2012 … … and many morre in autoplay.

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Markus Brauck, Dietmar Hawranek, Simone Salden and Bernhard Zand, April 18, 2015  (Photo Gallery).

Many consumers are intimidated by calls to buy smartly and sustainably. Now a handful of activists and big companies are trying to make ethical purchasing go mainstream — but they’ll have to change the way we think.   Continue Reading…