politics for the 99%

Published on People’s World, by John Bachtell, Jan 8, 2016.

The hateful and reactionary ideas spewing from the mouths of the Republican Party candidates confront us with the clear and present danger we would face next November were any one of them to be elected president … // Continue Reading…

Published on The Guardian, by John O’Farrell, Jan 7, 2015.

A living wage for all of us, whether we’re in work or not, could rebalance the economy and create a generation of entrepreneurs.

y first response to the notion of a universal basic income (UBI) was: “Well, really. That is never going to happen! I mean, it’s completely unaffordable. I mean, it would be political suicide for any progressive party suggesting it.” And then I may have started to froth at the mouth slightly and ask if it would be paid to refugees … // Continue Reading…

Published on The Next System.org, by MICHAEL ALBERT, Jan 6, 2016.

People now fighting economic injustice have no right to decide how future people should live. But we do have a responsibility to provide an institutional setting that facilitates future people deciding for themselves their own conditions of life and work. To this end, participatory economics, or parecon, describes the core institutions required to generate solidarity, equity, self-management, and an ecologically sound and classless economy.   Continue Reading…

Published on ZNet (first on Truthout), by William i. Robinson, Jan 4, 2015.

… The top 80 billionaires were worth $1.9 trillion in 2014, an amount equal to the bottom 50 percent. These 80 billionaires saw a 50 percent rise in their wealth in just four years, from 2010 to 2014, during which time the poorest 50 percent saw a drop in their wealth. In other words, there has been a huge transfer of wealth in a very short period of time from the poorest half of humanity to the richest 80 individuals on the planet … // Continue Reading…

uploaded on YouTube by LeftStreamed, Jan 2, 2016:

• part 1/4 with David Thompson, 20.59 min;
• part 2/4 with John Clarke, 14.31 min;
• part 3/4 with Andrée Lévesque, 20.01 min;
• part 4/4 with Sean Purdy, 21.13 min;   Continue Reading…

Psychiatry Labeling Kids with Bogus Mental Disorders, 1.50 min, uploaded by chucholetsm8one, Aug 1, 2012;

(and on CCHRint: Childhood is Not a Mental Disorder: 20 Million Kids & Adolescents are labelled with “mental disorders” world wide {more than 97,000 in Australia} that are based solely on a checklist of behaviours! …;

CCHR Says Top APA Psychiatrist Needs Lesson in Disease vs. Disorder, 1.37 min, uploaded by CCHRint, May 21, 2009 … more info at CCHR international.org; Continue Reading…

publié dans Le plan C: Les Suisses vont voter pour (enfin) retirer aux banques privées leur pouvoir de création monétaire, dans Blog du Plan C, par Etienne Chouard, le 30 déc 2015;

Who Controls the Money Controls the World, 13.00 min, uploaded by My Playlist Rock, Nov 13, 2011 … all facts in this movie have been independently confirmed. Sources are documented at THRIVE … History will repeat itself as long as these bankers and their corrupt politicians are in charge. Save yourself from the upcoming economic collapse of 2012. Please share this important knowledge with your family and take action.   Continue Reading…

Published on Dissident Voice (first on New Eastern Outlook), by Andre Vltchek, January 2, 2016.

• Day and night, for years, an overwhelming force has been battering this quiet nation, one of the cradles of human civilization.
• Hundreds of thousands have died, and millions have been forced to flee abroad or have been internally displaced. In many cities and villages, not one house is left intact.
• But Syria is, against all odds, still standing. Continue Reading…

The Pope and the Queen, both announcing ‘end of world’ – my comment:

• If you repeat anywhat long enough, it becomes a self fullfilling prophecy. I agree that part of the highest elites of this planet try to extinct most of us, but it is our believe that makes it finally happen.
• No more accept their brainwashing by Mainstream Medias, stop copying their behavior, we are different, we do not need to be like them.
• Our humanity must learn them, impose them another behavior. So let’s take back our planet and decide ourselves about our common destiny. Let’s stop stupid wars serving only these mad group by weakening us.
• We have to build up a prosperous planet … for us all.
• … and to the remaining 1% of us (in fact, 1% minus 0.99…9%): it’s on your consciousness to accelerate a process in which you may loose much more than you immagine, as thankfulness for service is not part of your chiefs’ genetic code.

Heidi

Published on Zcomm.org (first on Informed Comment), by Juan Cole, Jan 1, 2015.

… But in 2016 the Middle East is likely to be the hot button issue in US foreign policy. While I recognize the enormous Iran breakthrough as a major feather in the administration’s cap, I’m a critic of many of the Obama administration’s other policies in the region. We are allied with allies of al-Qaeda in Syria, allied with the Saudis in bombing Yemen, allied with the hard line Shiites in Iraq, allied with the hard line Israeli squatters in the Palestinian West Bank, and in some arenas where a little diplomacy would be helpful, we haven’t done much. These policies are pernicious and self-contradictory, and this administration only has a year to change some of them … // Continue Reading…

Published on Global Research.ca (first on The Ecologist), by Amit Srivastava, Dec 31, 2015: never mind the Greenwash – Coca Cola can never be Water Neutral.

… The Coca-Cola company is planning to announce that it is close to replenishing all the water it uses“back to communities and nature” by the end of 2015, well ahead of schedule. Continue Reading…

• Un banquier suisse explique l’arnaque de la création monétaire, mise en ligne par Thomas Wroblevski, le 22 juillet 2015: Part 1, 36.02 min; Part 2, 10.53 min; François de Siebenthal, économiste HEC, nous explique comment la monnaie est créée en Suisse et dans le monde. Il nous parle également de l’initiative Monnaie Pleine, qui circule actuellement en Suisse. Site Web de François de Siebenthal;   Continue Reading…

Published on ZNet (first on teleSUR english), by Cynthia Peters, Dec 31, 2015.

There are two countries in the world that have no laws mandating paid maternity leave. One is Papua New Guinea. The other is the United States of America.

This was one of the points made by the U.N. Working Group on discrimination against women, which visited the U.S. recently and expressed shock at their findings. After politely acknowledging the U.S.’s commitment to liberty, the report went on to lambaste the government for failing women on many levels, including:   Continue Reading…

Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Bassel Oudat, Dec 17, 2015.

Millions of Syrian refugees face harsh conditions in makeshift camps inside the borders of neighbouring states. Continue Reading…