politics for the 99%

• People Are Not Allowed To Decide Their Fate – Episode 1008a, 19.03 min, uploaded by X22Report, June 27, 2016 … get economic collapse news throughout the day visit X22 Report;
• Death To All Zombies, on Zero Hedge, by Tyler Durden, June 27, 2016;
• EU Officials To Unveil ‘Ultimatum’ Blueprint As Final Solution For European Super-State, on Zero Hedge, by Tyler Durden, June 27, 2016;   Continue Reading…

Published on Global Research.ca, by Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 27, 2016.

… The case for Britain’s exit from Europe has been treated as a dramatic blow against the imperium’s three main concerns on the continent: its own, fragile economic recovery, the broader trade agenda spearheaded with the EU, and matters of security.   Continue Reading…

Published on The Washington Post, by Dan Balz, Anthony Faiola and Griff Witte, June 26, 2016.

LONDON —The political fallout from Britain’s stunning decision to leave the European Union intensified Sunday, with debate escalating inside the governing Conservative Party over choosing a successor to Prime Minister David Cameron and a coup attempt emerging against the leader of the opposition Labour Party … // Continue Reading…

Published on Counterpunch (first on Sputnik News), by PEPE ESCOBAR, June 24, 2016.

… That’s foolish. Brexit proved that it’s immigration, stupid. And once again, it’s the economy, stupid (although the British neoliberal establishment never paid attention). But serious bets can be made the EU system in Brussels won’t learn anything from the shock therapy – and won’t reform itself. Continue Reading…

Published on Campaign for America’s Future – Our Future.org, by Richard Eskow, June 22, 2016.

A “D” beside a politician’s name doesn’t necessarily mean they’re fighting for the public’s interests. In fact, 13 Democratic members of Congress recently joined Republicans in voting to protect private equity and hedge funds. This vote demonstrates the corrupting force of money in politics. If the media were doing a better job, it would be a national scandal.   Continue Reading…

UPDATE – BREXIT: UK votes for Brexit in EU referendum, triggering market shockwaves, on Financial Times, June 24, 2016: Pound plunges to 30-year low after popular revolt;
(my comment: maybe the second punch against the empire will be the election of an US-President named Trump. Now with this Brexit he may become able to introduce real changes. Will it be in the sense of justice for all, freedom and a real development of this humanity? – Heidi).

Interview with Professor Sheldon Solomon, Psychologist – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Rafaela von Bredow and Johann Grolle, June 21, 2016.

The fear of death is our constant companion. Psychologist Sheldon Solomon has researched how that anxiety affects our lives – and found that being reminded of death can bring out our worst.   Continue Reading…

Published on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ, by Sacha Chavkin and Dana Ullman, June 20, 2016.

Last year, after fierce protests from human rights groups, the World Bank retreated from a proposal that would have allowed its borrowers to sidestep its rules for protecting indigenous communities. Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice, by Center for Citizen Initiatives, June 20, 2016.

… We are a group of concerned U.S. citizens currently visiting Russia with the goal of increasing understanding and reducing international tension and conflict. We are appalled by this call for direct U.S. aggression against Syria, and believe it points to the urgent need for open public debate on U.S. foreign policy.   Continue Reading…

… Interview with Elizabeth Rhodes – Published on The Ringer, by Kate Knibbs, June 16, 2016.

Y Combinator has been called the world’s most powerful startup incubator, but now it’s testing something completely different: investing in people’s lives, not their businesses. A few weeks ago, the startup incubator announced a pilot program on basic income in Oakland, California.   Continue Reading…

Published on Counterpunch.org, by DANIEL RAVENTÓS and JULIE WARK, June 15, 2016.

… But there’s something missing in all the heat and light. The discussion ranges (and sometimes rages) around affordability, mechanisation of work, whether basic income would be a disincentive to work, streamlining antiquated welfare systems, ending poverty, the results of experiments in places as far afield as Manitoba, Alaska, India, Namibia, Kenya, Uganda and among the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. Continue Reading…

… and It Will Haunt the Economy for Years – Wolf Richter – Published on naked capitalism (first on Wolf Street),  June 16, 2016.

Richter’s post confirms what Matt Stoller foresaw in 2010 in A Debtcropper Society: a lot of people forget that having debt you can’t pay back really sucks. Debt is not just a credit instrument, it is an instrument of political and economic control … // Continue Reading…

Published on farmlandgrab.org, by Céclie Barbière, June 8, 2016.

MEPs have called on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition NAFSN to radically alter its mission. The Alliance currently pushes African countries to replicate the intensive agricultural practices employed in many developed countries. EurActiv France reports … // Continue Reading…

Published on Global Research.ca (first on Natural News), by Julie Eilson, June 15, 2016.

Family of Autism Specialist Dr. Jeffrey Bradstreet Says Forensic Evidence Points to Murder, Impossible for Bullet Entry to Be Self-Inflicted … // Continue Reading…

Published on News With Views, by Paul McGuire, June 13, 2016.

The world’s elite is at the annual Bilderberg Group meeting in Dresden, Germany. Among the top concerns of the annual gathering of world leaders, CEOs, super-billionaires, and other members of planet Earth’s ruling class are the precariat and the middle class.   Continue Reading…

Listen on YouTube:

• Joe Rogan On Universal Basic Income, 21.13 min, uploaded by Joe Rogan University, May 22, 2016; find him on en.wikipedia; on his official website;
• Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert, eine kritische Analyse by Thomas Piketty – Prof. Leo Kaas, 43.26 min, uploaded by Nachden Ken, May 21, 2016 … das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert. Eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Thomas Pikettys Thesen – Universität Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Leo Kaas – Vortragsort: Universität Konstanz;   Continue Reading…

Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 1267, by Richard Greeman, June 13, 2016.

“We’ve had enough” is the phrase on everyone’s lips as – against all expectations – the wave of strikes, blockades, disruptions and mass demonstrations begun on May 17th continues to develop throughout France. Indeed, in the past couple of days, two new strategic groups of workers have joined the protest. Continue Reading…

Published on Business Insider UK, by Will Martin, June 9, 2016.

… Earlier this week, the UK’s Labour party even said that it is closely looking at UBI as an idea, with shadow chancellor John McDonnell saying it might be an idea whose time has come.   Continue Reading…

Published on truthout.org, by Gareth Porter, June 10, 2016.

In yet another a dangerous US political-diplomatic move in Syria, the Obama administration is going out of its way to protect the interests of al-Qaeda’s closest and most powerful ally in Syria, Ahrar al-Sham.   Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice, by Gary Leupp, June 9, 2016.

As the wizard Gandalf declared during the darkest hour: “There never was much hope… Just a fool’s hope.”

The narrow thread of hope now rests on the Justice Department investigation into Hillary Clinton’s illegal concealment of her emails from the State Department she headed from 2009 to 2012. If she’s hit by a true scandal between now and the Philadelphia convention in July, all bets could be off. Continue Reading…

… and Other Tales From Tuesday Night – Published on truthout, by William Rivers Pitt, June 8, 2016.

Thanks to The Associated Press, I was awake well past midnight on Wednesday morning watching a series of non-events come to a grateful conclusion. I wanted to see the speeches, especially Bernie’s, which came after 1:00 am; they were the one thing the “news” media couldn’t screw up. How did Tuesday’s primaries become non-events? Because The Associated Press on Monday night, straight out of the blue, declared Secretary Clinton to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Continue Reading…

Published on DAWN, Pakistan, by Tahir Mehdi, June 7, 2016.

TWO things happened in Islamabad on the same day recently, one pertaining to the Council of Islamic Ideology CII (it’s website) - and the other to Pemra, the electronic media regulator. CII sanctioned ‘lightly beating’ of wives and Pemra banned (and then partially withdrew) advertisements of contraceptives.   Continue Reading…

Published on Share the World Resources STWR, by Rajesh Makwana, June 3, 2016.

In light of the overwhelming moral imperative to share planetary resources more equitably and protect the lives of those facing humanitarian emergencies, the World Humanitarian Summit is yet another reminder of the huge gulf between government priorities and the desperate reality of the world situation … // Continue Reading…

Result: the Unconditional Basic Income UBI – on SWI swissinfo.ch, June 5, 2016 – 17:18: rejected with 76.9% NO, only 23.1% can imagine in these times such a realization.

Related Links:

Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base Universel RBU – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, special posts during 2015-2016 on this blog:   Continue Reading…

• Rihanna – Love On The Brain, 3.58 min, uploaded by RihannaVEVO, May 24, 2016 … and many more in autoplay;
• Tom Odell - Somehow, 6.51 min, uploaded by TomOdellVEVO, May 6, 2016 … and many more in autoplay;
• Francesco Geminiani – Prelude, 3.13 min, uploaded by The Gravicembalo, Nov 7, 2015 … and many more in autoplay;   Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice, by Gary Brumback, June 2, 2016.

I was prompted to write this article when a twitter contact of mine wondered whether some of my writings about the corpocracy amounted to a conspiracy theory. Having been a behavioral scientist most of my adult life I know a thing or two about what’s theory and what’s not. I don’t know how anyone, scientist or lay person, could mistake the corpocracy for a theory. Continue Reading…