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Written on April 30th, 2014 in Index by heidi
Written on April 30th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on Russia Today RT, by Nadezhda Kevorkova, April 28, 2014:
The Americans never intended to help us build our country. Now Kabul is asking them not to leave Afghanistan so that the Taliban will not attack them,” a Pashtun from Kabul in his Moscow shop muses.
“Just imagine: we had 44 countries invading Afghanistan with modern weapons, satellite monitoring, tanks and missiles. The Taliban has an army of less than 20,000. We have 400,000 Afghan troops and 200,000 Americans with the most advanced weaponry. How is it possible that they can’t prevail over the Taliban?” he says. Continue Reading…
Written on April 29th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof. John McMurtry, April 26, 2014.
- Yet Russia gets all the blame for “brute force” in reclaiming Crimea – although 96% of a voluntary turnout of 82% voted to rejoin its traditional mother country. While denounced as “violation of international law”, the Crimea referendum choice expresses the “self-determination” of a society guaranteed under Article 2 of the United Nations Charter. Ukraine’s coup government, in contrast, has prohibited any referendum on its rule – especially the Eastern regions where popular uprisings with no mass deaths or beatings (as in the Kiev coup) call for self-determination against illegal rule from Kiev. Continue Reading…
Written on April 28th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Watch this video, 13.09 min, uploaded by The Real News, April 26, 2014 … and more videos in autoplay.
Links:
28.4.2014 Updated Link: Football ultras clash with anti-govt protesters in eastern Ukraine, at least 14 injured (PHOTOS, VIDEO), on Russia Today RT, April 27, 2014;
India losing water war, on dna India, by R.N. Bhaskar and S. Balakrishnan, April 27, 2014;
Hot statistics: Spanish exodus, Polish government finance ‘miracle’, more deflation in Ireland, Greek trade, on RWER, by merijnknibbe, April 26, 2014.
Written on April 27th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on transform, by Elisabeth Gauthier, April 23, 2014.
The abstention levels of 39% were a record high for municipal elections. They were particularly high in areas most affected by the crisis; in metropolitan communes; among the young; workers; and voters of the Front de Gauche (Left Front) and of the FN (National Front). In addition, almost 3 million potential voters were not registered to vote. Continue Reading…
Written on April 26th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on The Market Oracle.co.uk, by Raul I. Meijer, April@3, 2014.
A lot of words are being spent again these days on deflation and the QE measures that are supposed to “cure” it. Paul Krugman, who when it comes to stimulus is a hammer seeing nails only, now has it in for Sweden’s central bank, which he labels monetary sadists for not opening the spigots. But it’s all a hugely deceptive false flag; it’s not an issue of whether you launch QE or not. There’s a third, and much more valid, way of looking at this. Continue Reading…
Written on April 25th, 2014 in politics by heidi
- 2,700 more Muzaffarnagar riots victims apply for relief, on The Indian Express, April 23, 2014;
- India / Uttar Pradesh: KILLING FIELDS OF MUZAFFARNAGAR, 47.34 min, uploaded on YouTube by Gobal Menon, Feb 22, 2014 (in local language, subtitles in english): 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots is the worst communal violence in India in the last decade …;
- 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots on en.wikipedia, The clashes between the Hindu and Muslim communities in Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India in August – September 2013, resulted in at least 49 deaths and injured 93 and left more than 50,000 displaced.[5][6][7][8] By 17 September, the curfew was lifted from all riot affected areas and the army was also withdrawn[9] …;
- Muzaffarnagar: Post Riot Assessment – Report, by Citizens’s Inquiry Team, not dated, 20 pdf-pages;
See also:
India / Gujarat: The Unholy War, uploaded on YouTube by Gopal Menon, April 19 + 22, 2014:
Narendra Modi has made tall claims about good governance in Gujarat. His vibrant Gujarat campaign claims that the state is the most developed state in the country. Is it true? All the social indicators prove otherwise. All the public services have been privatised …;
find this also on the Website of Countercurrents.org.
Written on April 24th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on Washington’s Blog, by Charles Hugh Smith, April 23, 2014.
Before an empire collapses, it first erodes from within. The collapse may appear sudden, but the processes of internal rot hollowed out the resilience, resolve, purpose and vitality of the empire long before its final implosion.
What are these processes of internal rot? Here are a few of the most pervasive and destructive forces of internal corrosion: Continue Reading…
Written on April 23rd, 2014 in politics by heidi
… the United States’ desperate solutions for not sinking alone – Published on GEAB N°84, April 17, 2014.
In the present confrontation between Russia and the West over the Ukrainian crisis, the image of the Cold War inevitably comes to mind and the media are obviously fond of it. However, contrary to what it gives us to understand, it’s not Russia that seeks the return of an iron curtain but really the US. An iron curtain separating the old powers and emerging nations; the world before and the world afterwards; debtors and creditors. And this in the crazy hope of preserving the American way of life and the US’ influence over “its” camp in the absence of being able to impose it on the whole world. In other words, go down with as many companions as possible to give the impression of not sinking. Continue Reading…
Written on April 22nd, 2014 in politics by heidi
The case for Aggressive War against George W. Bush and his Administration – Published on Global Research.ca, by Inder Comar, April 21, 2014.
… At the Nuremberg Trials, American chief prosecutor and associate justice of the US Supreme Court Robert H. Jackson focused his prosecution on the planning and execution of the various wars committed by the Third Reich. Jackson aimed to show that German leaders committed “crimes against peace,” and specifically, that they “planned, prepared, initiated wars of aggression, which were also wars in violation of international treaties, agreements, or assurances.” Continue Reading…
Written on April 21st, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on Real-World Economics Review Blog, by Peter Radford, April 18, 2014.
I will not pile on any more: the Piketty book is required reading. Enough said.
What strikes me is that his data set is so comprehensive that it ought to end many of those lingering debates within economics. I doubt it will, but it ought to.
I have a few comments I want to make because of his book and the reaction to it.
First: Continue Reading…
Written on April 20th, 2014 in have a look at by heidi
Published on Russia Today RT, April 18, 2014.
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has produced a scathing report detailing the Air Force’s mismanagement of its active-duty drone pilots, who are responsible for the most demanding and deadly missions in the entire US military.
US senators asked the GAO to investigate how the Air Force treated its pilots back in 2012, following previous reports of pilot issues, and in view of the massive expansion of America’s secretive drone pilot army. Since President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, the number of drone pilots has tripled, and now stands at over 1,300. Continue Reading…
Written on April 19th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on Real-World Economics Review Blog, by Peter Radford, April 16, 2014.
Buried somewhere in the pile of stuff I have accumulated as I think about inequality are these statistics:
- Of all the income generated between 2009 and 2011 in the US 121% went to the top 1% of income earners
- The top 1% owns just over half of all investment assets including 64.4% of all bonds
- And, the bottom 90% incurs 72.5% of all debt
Think through the consequences of these numbers. Continue Reading…
Written on April 18th, 2014 in have a look at by heidi
- Nirvana Café, The Conversation, 5.18 min, uploaded by xEgale999999x, July 13, 2008;
- Hearing You Now, 6.51 min, uploaded by Aamit Wraj, March 25, 2012;
- Goa sunset, 5.39 min, uploaded by Luiiviia, Dec 17, 2012;
- Desert Flower, 15.14 min, uploaded by EDNAYTEL, Jan 6, 2013;
- Heaven & Earth, 8.07 min, uploaded by PasqualeMeleSA, Jan 21, 2011;
- Solitude, 7.14 min, uploaded by albert hustoff, March 4, 2012;
- Dervish Dream, 5.52 min, uploaded by starguest paky, March 11, 2013.
Written on April 17th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Videos:
- Who Rules America Today? The Triumph of the Corporate Rich, 43.14 min, uploaded on YouTube by G. William Domhoff, April 7, 2014; (also on Zvideo, April 15, 2014);
- Millichamp lecture Jan 23 William Domhoff, uploaded by Mellichamp UCSB, Feb 13, 2014: part 1, 30.16 min; part 2, 28.26 min;
- Why Does Big Business Love Big Government? (Domhoff, Rothbard, and Evers), 51.47 min, uploaded by Libertarianism.org, Nov 20, 2013: G. William Domhoff is a research professor in psychology and sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Who Rules America? (1967), Bohemian Grove and Other Retreats: A Study in Ruling-Class Cohesiveness (1974), and other books; Continue Reading…
Written on April 16th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on NYTimes, by Paul Krugman, April 13, 2014.
Four years ago Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, abruptly canceled America’s biggest and arguably most important infrastructure project, a desperately needed new rail tunnel under the Hudson River. Count me among those who blame his presidential ambitions, and believe that he was trying to curry favor with the government- and public-transit-hating Republican base. Continue Reading…
Written on April 15th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on Dissident Voice, by Ellen Hodgson Brown, April 13, 2014.
Taxpayers are paying billions of dollars for a swindle pulled off by the world’s biggest banks, using a form of derivative called interest-rate swaps; and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has now joined a chorus of litigants suing over it … //
… The Largest Cartel in World History: Continue Reading…
Written on April 14th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on Dissident Voice, by Binoy Kampmark, April 12, 2014.
Edward Snowden’s revelations on the voracious appetite of spying on all and sundry by the National Security Agency and allied agencies should not give pause for too much comment, other than to affirm a general premise: activists and non-government groups are to be feared. Non-profits are seen as potential threats, though what to is sometimes unclear. Any government worth its salt should be afraid of its citizens – the latter must make the former accountable; the former must hold to the contractual bargain with citizens. Continue Reading…
Written on April 13th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on Amnesty International, April 11, 2014;
Somali refugees and asylum-seekers living in Kenya are being trapped in a catch-22 situation by the government’s counter-terrorism crackdown, Amnesty International said as thousands of Somalis continued to be rounded up by security forces in Nairobi.
Registration of Somali refugees in Kenya has been largely halted since December 2011, preventing many who should qualify for refugee status from obtaining papers. Without these they could be returned to Somalia, where they may be at risk of human rights abuses. Continue Reading…
Written on April 12th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Is the US or the World Coming to an End? It will be One or the Other – Published on Global Research.ca, by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, April 10, 2014.
2014 is shaping up as a year of reckoning for the United States.
Two pressures are building on the US dollar. One pressure comes from the Federal Reserve’s declining ability to rig the price of gold as Western gold supplies shrivel and market knowledge of the Fed’s illegal price rigging spreads. Continue Reading…
Written on April 11th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on truthout, by Laura Flanders, April 9, 2014.
Video on GRITtv: Interview With Jessica Gordon Nembhard, 15.28 min, (also on YouTube, uploaded there by GRITtv, April 8, 2014).
Excerpt of Transcript:
… So, tell us some of the stories. Some of the documents in your book go all the way back to slavery times. Continue Reading…
Written on April 10th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on Washington’s Blog, by blog owner, April 8, 2014.
… This is not the first false flag by NATO members. For example:
- The former Italian Prime Minister, an Italian judge, and the former head of Italian counterintelligence admit that NATO, with the help of the Pentagon and CIA, carried out terror bombings in Italy and other European countries in the 1950s and blamed the communists, in order to rally people’s support for their governments in Europe in their fight against communism. As one participant in this formerly-secret program stated: “You had to attack civilians, people, women, children, innocent people, unknown people far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple. They were supposed to force these people, the Italian public, to turn to the state to ask for greater security” (and see this)(Italy and other European countries subject to the terror campaign had joined NATO before the bombings occurred). And watch this BBC special, Continue Reading…
Written on April 9th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will officially become a presidential candidate this week, but speculation is already high regarding who will be among his presidential staff and what his policies will be … //
… Shades of grey: … //
… Human rights versus security: Continue Reading…
Written on April 8th, 2014 in comment, politics by heidi
Published on ZNet, by David Harvey, April 7, 2014.
This is an excerpt — the last two chapters — from Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism by David Harvey, out now from Profile Books. David Harvey the Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient. He has authored such books as The Condition of Postmodernity (1989), A Brief History of Neoliberalism (2005), and A Companion to Marx’s Capital (2010). An interview with Harvey was featured on our website in 2012.
Prospects for a Happy but Contested Future: The Promise of Revolutionary Humanism: Continue Reading…
Written on April 7th, 2014 in politics by heidi
Published on Global Research.ca (first on Eco-Watch), by Global Research News, April 4, 2014.
Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) will introduce legislation this month backed by the Grocery Manufactures Association—including biotech giant Monsanto and Koch Industries—that would establish a voluntary labeling system for food made withgenetically modified organisms (GMO), according to an industry insider.
The bill includes a “prohibition against mandatory labeling,” according to The Hill, and is designed to head off the many state bills and ballot initiatives that would impose more stringent labeling regulations on GMOs … // Continue Reading…