Hofnarr – Fou du Roi – Politics
An Interview with Doug Henwood, published on ZNet, by Sasha Lilley, January 25, 2012.
Sasha Lilley: Protests against Wall Street have inspired many people to move their money from big banks to smaller banks and credit unions and encourage others to do the same. Why might you be skeptical of this effort? Read the rest of this entry »
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Published on BBCnews, January 26, 2012.
Iran is ready to revive talks over its nuclear programme but tougher sanctions will not force it to give into Western demands, its president has said. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said it was evident that “those who resort to coercion are opposed to talks”. Read the rest of this entry »
Published on The Washington Post /National, by Melissa Bell, January 24, 2012.
… The television show could be the best format for the former world traveler to get his message out — so long as it’s filmed at his current home. He’s currently under house arrest in Britian where he awaits a court decision on whether or not he should be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault. Read the rest of this entry »
Linked on our blogs with John Pilger, Australia and England. – Published on ZSpace, by John Pilger, January 19, 2012.
… In the early 1960s, the Labour government of Harold Wilson secretly agreed to a demand from Washington that the Chagos archipelago, a British colony, be “swept” and “sanitised” of its 2,500 inhabitants so that a military base could be built on the principal island, Diego Garcia. “They knew we were inseparable from our pets,” said Lizette, “When the American soldiers arrived to build the base, they backed their big trucks against the brick shed where we prepared the coconuts; hundreds of our dogs had been rounded up and imprisoned there. Then they gassed them through tubes from the trucks’ exhausts. You could hear them crying.” Read the rest of this entry »
A look at how a former beacon of booming development and social prosperity has been plunged into economic desperation – Watch the video with filmmaker Sinead O’Shea, 25.00 minutes, published on Al Jazeera, January 19, 2012.
Ireland has been one of the largest casualties in the global financial crisis, which began during the banking collapse of 2008 and has continued to impact markets and destabilise the developed world ever since. Read the rest of this entry »
Words are witnesses which often speak louder than documents, wrote Eric Hobsbawm in The Age of Revolutions – Published on RGE Analysts Blog (first on global Policy gp), by William Omam, January 17, 2012.
… The collective action void:
But beyond the intensification of global trade and capital flows, perhaps the single most important commonality between the industrial and post-industrial revolutions is that both periods exposed in a stark way the deep-seated internal contradictions in advanced countries’ societal modes of organization. Read the rest of this entry »
Cattle trader, whose beating by Indian soldiers caused outrage, can barely walk one month later.
Watch this video, 2.07 min, published on Al Jazeera, January 21, 2012: In December, 22-year-old Habibur Rahman was tortured by eight Indian army soldiers for being caught illegally crossing into Bangladesh with cows he had purchased in India. Now, a month later, he is still shaking from the brutal, almost 24-hour-long beating he received. Read the rest of this entry »
Linked on our blogs with Eric Walberg, Canada. – Published on Global Research.ca, by Eric Walberg, January 18, 2012.
Yes, it really is another Vietnam, and just as in 1972, presidential elections will make no difference … //
… The counterinsurgency hurt the Taliban if only because the occupiers killed thousands of them. It no doubt caused splintering of Taliban forces, and contributed to the seemingly random violence. Read the rest of this entry »
Published on Inequality.org, January 15, 2012.
In 2030, the majority of U.S. residents under 18 will be people of color. If current household wealth trends continue, the majority of America’s young people will be growing up in economically insecure households. Read the rest of this entry »
Two members of parliament flee and declare support for opposition as activists report more deaths across country – Published on english Al Jazeera, January 16, 2012.
Nawaf al-Bashir, a tribal leader and MP from Deir Ezzor, told Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV on Monday that he had “come to Turkey to activate the opposition”. He said he was a member of the Syrian National Council (SNC), the most prominent opposition bloc. Read the rest of this entry »
Von: Attac Schweiz /Infobulletin, Datum: 17. Januar 2012.
Am 24. und 25. Januar 2012 stehen der Nahrungsmittelkonzern NESTLE und die Schweizer Sicherheitsfirma SECURITAS am Bezirksgericht Lausanne wegen Bespitzelung der globalisierungskritischen Bewegung Attac. Damit wird der Schleier der Verschwiegenheit gelüftet, der sich seit Juni 2008 über den Skandal „Nestlégate“ gelegt hat. Read the rest of this entry »
National Call to Action Made by the Portland General Assembly, January 1st, 2012 – Published on Occupy Together, by Ella, January 7, 2012.
Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent direct action to reclaim our voices and challenge our society’s obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations. We are rejecting a society that does not allow us control of our future. We will reclaim our ability to shape our world in a democratic, cooperative, just and sustainable direction. Read the rest of this entry »
Video auf SF1 /DOK, 50.37 min, Sendung vom 11. Januar 2012 /22.56 Uhr: (in german, swiss german and espanol language).
Helden und Verbrechen im Kaffeeland Guatemala. Guatemala ist ein wunderschönes Land – und eines der gewalttätigsten der Welt. In diesen prekären Verhältnissen gelang dem Schweizer Ueli Gurtner, die indianischen Kleinbauern zu einer eigenständigen Kraft im Kaffeegeschäft zu machen – gegen massive Anfeindungen der Mächtigen, die ihre Monopole nicht verlieren wollen.
Linked on our blogs with The Financial Crisis Was Entirely Foreseeable, and with Corruption.
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Published on Current Concerns no 29, December 18, 2011.
The authors of the above-reviewed book attached the following text to the document. It is conceived as a leitmotif for the reader and addresses de Gaulle himself, in order to recall the historical situation, in which he had drafted the document … // Read the rest of this entry »
Bradley Manning faces 22 charges for allegedly leaking a massive trove of classified US documents to WikiLeaks – Published on Al Jazeera, by , Jan. 13, 2012.
A US military tribunal has recommended a court martial for Bradley Manning, the soldier alleged to have funnelled thousands of classified US documents to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks … // Read the rest of this entry »
Published on Casey Research, by Marin Katusa, January 11, 2012.
Quick, what country is the economic engine that will power world growth? If you answered “China,” you’re far from alone. But there’s another country that deserves as much attention and better yet, is much friendlier to investment: India, home to 1.2 billion people. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Asian giants are making calculated geopolitical decisions when it comes to their strategy in the Middle East – Published on Al Jazeera, by Nima Khorrami Assl, January 10, 2012.
… After decades of diplomatic passiveness between Chindia and the Middle East, Chindia’s ties with the region entered a new phase in the 1980s. As the direct consequence of a generational change in their leaderships and their market liberalisation efforts, both China and India embarked upon a path toward astonishing economic development, forcing the two Asian giants to develop near identical interests in the subregion of the Gulf. Read the rest of this entry »
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Auf YouTube, 98.464 min, von LaberrhabarberPF, le 12 déc. 2010: „Ein Einkommen ist wie Luft unter den Flügeln!” so beginnt der Film. Sollte das für jeden bedingungslos sein? Kann es das geben: ein wirtschaftliches Bürgerrecht? Der Film ist packend, bewegt, berührt und kommt gerade da auf den Punkt, wo es um reine Vernunft geht. Er lässt die Verhältnisse – und die Aufgabe des Geldes – unter einem neuen Licht sehen. Ein brandaktuelles Thema … Read the rest of this entry »
Published on James Petras’ blog, by blog owner, no dated.
One of the great paradoxes of history are the claims of imperialist politicians to be engaged in a great humanitarian crusade, a historic “civilizing mission” designed to liberate nations and peoples, while practicing the most barbaric conquests, destructive wars and large scale bloodletting of conquered people in historical memory. Read the rest of this entry »
Watch this video, published on peace and collaborative development network, 4.52 min, added by Vinanti Sarkar Castellarin on December 13, 2011: VOICES OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE introduces Sakena Yacoobi, Executive Director and founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning AIL in Afghanistan …
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… and this: January begins with a snowy Switzerland and Europe.
Published on From Poverty To Power, by blog owner Duncan Green, Head of Research for Oxfam GB, January 6, 2012.
On Tuesday incoming FAO boss José Graziano da Silva gave his first press conference (3 January 2012, Rome), so I did one of those rabbit in the headlights FAO da silvainterviews down the line for Al Jazeera on the role of the FAO … // Read the rest of this entry »
Published on Liberal Conspiracy, by guest Cllr Leonie Cooper, January 5, 2012.
It’s hard to imagine building companies and Friends of the Earth getting together to sue the Government, but in December this is exactly what happened. Last February, I installed a small 1.2 Kilowatt Peak (KwP) system of solar (PV) panels on my roof. Since then, I have received 2 Feed-In Tariff (FIT) cheques, and am now awaiting the 3rd. Read the rest of this entry »
Watch this video on YouTube, 0.35 min: Rob’s mother never could get him to stop splashing in the puddles.
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Published on Progress online, by Tanweer Ali, December 19, 2011.
… But the conclusion of the anonymous researcher may lead us into another kind of trap. By accepting the level and timing of Osborne’s cuts, we risk merely reinforcing the government’s narrative – though this is far from what the writer is proposing. Read the rest of this entry »
Published on the f-word.blog, by Cazz Blase, January 01, 2012.
Barbara Panther, who describes her music as modern electronic baroque music was born in Rwanda. Her family moved to Belgium when she was three, and she and her siblings were adopted into seperate Belgium families. She now lives in Berlin. Read the rest of this entry »