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Written on September 10th, 2013 in politics by heidi
- Volker Pispers vs Angela Merkel, 11.09.2011, 29.16 min, von GOHWEST am 13. September 2011 hochgeladen;
- Eine (Zeit)Reise in feiner Gesellschaft – CIA, Al Kaida und Kohl, 13.04 min, von Cartoonarama am 6. August 2013 hochgeladen: Wohin steuern wir? Wer steuert uns … und darf der das?
- Kosten- / Nutzenrechnung für unsere Gesellschaft, 16.25 min, von Cartoonarama am 7. Juni 2013 hochgeladen;
- Wählen allein hilft doch nicht weiter, 60.59 min, von MrMarxismo am 26. März 2013 hochgeladen.
Written on September 10th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on Counter Information/J. PEREZ’ blog, by Michael Sallah, Debbie Cenziper, Steven Rich, Sept. 8, 2013.
(Photo) … This man owed $ 134 in property taxes. The district sold the liden to an investor who foreclosed on his $ 197′000 house and sold it. He and many other homeowners like him were LEFT WITH NOTHING.
… On the day Bennie Coleman lost his house, the day armed U.S. marshals came to his door and ordered him off the property, he slumped in a folding chair across the street and watched the vestiges of his 76 years hauled to the curb. Continue Reading…
Written on September 9th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Interview with Samir Amin published on Pambazuka News, by Beifang/China, Sept 5, 2013.
On 15 July 2013 Samir Amin was interviewed by Beifang, China. He expressed his views that the action of the army was not a coup d’etat as well as the tasks facing the popular movement in Egypt.
The Muslim Brotherhood rule lasted just over a year, why did the collapse come so soon?
- AMIN: The fall of Morsi and of the rule of Muslim Brothers came as expected. Firstly, the government of the Muslim Brothers has been pursuing the same neoliberal policies as that of Mubarak, and even worse. It could not solve any problem faced by the Egyptian people. Continue Reading…
Written on September 8th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on OpEdNews OEN, by Medea Benjamin, Sept 5, 2013.
It was September 19, 2002, and US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was scheduled to address the Senate Armed Services Committee about why it was necessary to invade a country that never attacked us: Iraq.
I was so concerned about the pending war that I flew to Washington DC from my home in San Francisco. It was the first congressional hearing I had ever witnessed. Continue Reading…
Written on September 7th, 2013 in politics by heidi
The leaders of World’s largest nations speak out against US-led strike, on RT, Sept 6, 2013: As leaders of countries making up half of the world’s population firmly opposed military action against Syria without a UN mandate, the US kept pushing for a strike, claiming that many countries represented at the G20 summit were “comfortable” with it … (full text with short statement of each BRICS-leader, with photo * and graph **). Continue Reading…
Written on September 7th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Written on September 7th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on Intrepid Report, by Ellen Brown, J.D., September 6, 2013.
Iraq and Libya have been taken out, and Iran has been heavily boycotted. Syria is now in the cross-hairs. Why? Here is one overlooked scenario …
In an August 2013 article, titled “Larry Summers and the Secret ‘End-game’ Memo,” Greg Palast posted evidence of a secret late-1990s plan devised by Wall Street and U.S. Treasury officials to open banking to the lucrative derivatives business. To pull this off required the relaxation of banking regulations not just in the US but globally. The vehicle to be used was the Financial Services Agreement of the World Trade Organization. Continue Reading…
Written on September 6th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on Worker’s Action, by Shamus Cooke, Sept 1, 2013.
It’s now painfully clear that Obama’s war on Syria is a replay of Bush’s march to war in Iraq, both built on lies. Zero evidence has been put forth that proves the Syrian government used chemical weapons. On the contrary, evidence has been recorded that suggests the U.S.-backed Syrian rebels are responsible for the attack.
If Obama wages an aggressive attack on Syria — especially without UN authorization — he’ll be committing a major international crime that will, by any standard, make him a war criminal, just like Bush before him. Continue Reading…
Written on September 5th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Interview with Gordon Duff – Published on Russia Today RT, September 3, 2013.
The US government has no more credibility with the American people and the military that are “sick and tired” of war which has now lasted for 13 years, Gordon Duff, a marine veteran has told RT.
As President Barack Obama is seeking support from Congress for military action in Syria, anti-war sentiment among the population is growing. Earlier last week, images emerged on social media purporting to show US servicemen speaking out against a looming strike against Damascus. Continue Reading…
Written on September 4th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Video mit Andreas Popp, 80,35 min, von Applicas Media am 3. August hochgeladen.
Written on September 4th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 31, 2013.
… Syria occupies a strategic location in the Middle East. The war on Syria is part of a roadmap of military undertakings. It is an integral part of a broader US-NATO-Israel military agenda directed not only against Iran, but also against Russia and China. Moreover, it is part of an extended military agenda which consists in establishing control over Middle East-Central Asian oil reserves as well as strategic oil and gas pipelines. Continue Reading…
Written on September 3rd, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on openDemocracy, by KHALDOON AHMED, August 19, 2013.
Pakistan is a country standing at the crossroads. From Karachi to Peshawar, a series of snapshots provides a glimpse into the dangerous inequalities and snatches of hope that fill Pakistani life. I was born in London, but used to visit Pakistan with my family during the summer holidays. In March 2013, I travelled from Karachi in the South, to Peshawar in the North. I took a notebook and a camera, and saw a Pakistan I had not seen before. Here are ten people I met. Continue Reading…
Written on September 2nd, 2013 in politics by heidi
Grundeinnkommen: DER FILM, 98.46 min, von LaberrhabarberPF am 12. Dezember 2010 hochgeladen.
In Deutschland erhalten 4 von 10, = 41% der Menschen, ihr Einkommen durch bezahlte Arbeit.
2 von 10 leben von einer Rente oder Pension,
3 von 10 leben vom Einkommen ihrer Angehörigen (Familie),
1 von 10 erhalten Arbeitslosengeld/Sozialhilfe
d.h. 59% der Deutschen leben von Transferleistungen.
Written on September 2nd, 2013 in politics by heidi
Book-Review for Social Democracy After the Cold War, edited by Bryan Evans and Ingo Schmidt, 2012, Edmonton: AU Press – Published on new Socialist, by James Cairns, August 30, 2013.
The nine chapters in the edited collection Social Democracy After the Cold War describe the development of that trend and analyze its relevance for anti-capitalists. It claims to provide “a comprehensive examination of a politics that has come to be identified as the ‘new’ social democracy.” Comprehensive is a bold word and isn’t the best descriptor of a book that offers case studies of social democracy without including chapters on experiences in Southern Europe (think Greece and Portugal) or anywhere on the Asian, African or South American continents. Continue Reading…
Written on September 1st, 2013 in politics by heidi
Volker Pispers: Das politische Elend in Deutschland, 8.31 min, von Deepskies am 27. Juni 2008 hochgeladen: doch, auch heute noch gültig.
Written on September 1st, 2013 in politics by heidi
a centennial update with additions from long wave theory and Karl Polanyi’s Great Transformation – Published on Linke Zeitung (left journal), by Ingo Schmidt, August 15, 2013.
The period of economic and political crises that began with the Wall Street crash in 2007 in many ways resembles the conditions of global capitalism at the time Rosa Luxemburg published her Accumulation of Capital. This article argues that Luxemburg’s political economy entails the theoretical tools necessary to understand capitalist development since the early 20th century and that capitalism indeed faces as great a crisis as it did at that time. Continue Reading…
Written on August 31st, 2013 in politics by heidi
Israel: The Raging Grannies Anti Occupation Club (no website found), uploaded by Ogniana Film, May 2013, different dates: All across Israel, the film accompanies 76-year old Hava and her friends – Full Movie Docs:
same film: Continue Reading…
Written on August 30th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on Labour List.org, August 29, 2013 (see also our new blog: politics for the 99%).
Yesterday we asked you to have your say on how Labour MPs – and the Labour leadership – should act on Syria. 2676 of you have voted in the last 18 hours (our biggest ever response to a LabourList survey). Here are the results: Continue Reading…
Written on August 29th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Written on August 29th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on ZNet, by Bill Quigley, August 27, 2013.
Eight years after Katrina, nearly a hundred thousand people never got back to New Orleans, the city remains incredibly poor, jobs and income vary dramatically by race, rents are up, public transportation is down, traditional public housing is gone, life expectancy differs dramatically by race and place, and most public education has been converted into charter schools. Continue Reading…
Written on August 28th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on Amnesty International / Human Rights Now Blog, by Sarah Shourd, August 26, 2013.
Until recently, both Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox had been held in solitary confinement for 4 decades in Louisiana – longer than almost any other known prisoner in recent U.S. history. It’s long enough for one’s body to forget it ever knew anything else but four white walls and for the mind to be reshaped by extreme isolation. Juan Mendez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, says that after 15 days, further isolation can cause permanent psychological damage and constitute torture. Continue Reading…
Written on August 27th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Written on August 27th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on Dissident Voice, by James Petras, August 25, 2013 (Linked with our new blog: politics for the 99%).
Class struggle is central in framing the issues of political rule, the relations of classes, the economic structures and strategies, and the distribution of wealth.
Especially in the era of imperialist globalization, the class struggle takes on an international character, as multi-national corporations, international financial organizations and imperial states directly intervene, or act through proxy collaborator states, in ‘the class struggle between labor and capital’ … // Continue Reading…
Written on August 26th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Published on Dissident Voice, by Peter Breschard, August 24, 2013.
Imagine a large city somewhere in the northern United States where one night 2/3 of the population relocates to warmer climes.
Boom! Out of nowhere a massive number of houses are left abandoned. Boom! In an instant municipal tax revenues are insufficient to fund basic necessities of civilization. Boom! Everybody left in town has to stop what they’re doing and start bailing 24/7 because they know they’re on a rapidly sinking ship. Continue Reading…
Written on August 25th, 2013 in politics by heidi
Manning, Snowden and the U.S. Coup in Iran – Published on Counterpunch, by ROB URIE, August 23-25, 2013.
With the CIA finally admitting the open secret this week that it and its counterparts in the British oil mafia (‘intelligence’ service) were behind the overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader Mohammad Mossadegh in a coup it orchestrated in 1953 the economic interests behind American geopolitics in the Middle East were partly revealed. Apparently left to be revealed another half century hence is the current open secret, that the U.S. war on and occupation of Iraq was also oil geopolitics sold to the always gullible American public as self preservation —‘attack them over there before they attack us over here.’ Continue Reading…