Heidi Barathieu-Brun

Clues left in the Grove Hotel reveal another piece to their financial agenda – Published on 21st Century Wire, by 21wire, June 14, 2013.

As the dust had settled from Bilderberg’s global weekender held at The Grove Hotel in Watford, England, some members of the alternative media stayed on site continuing to dig for answers.

Investigative journalists from the UK Column, American Free Press and Sovereign Independent accidentally wandered into a presentation suite at the Grove – only discover the remnants of a presentation by Thomson Reuters which Bilderberg organisers had neglected to take down after the event. It read “”unleashing the power of our unified platform on financial markets” … // Read the rest of this entry »

Published on World Socialist Web Site WSWS, by correspondents, June 17, 2013.

(First my comment: Rooted both deeply in the Turkish nation, none of the two parties is able to give up and Turkey has a real chance to become the next Syria. Now watch the line Iraq-Syria-Turkey and recognize: the Rainmakers / the owners of the Financial System no longer need Iran as tool to destabilise the world and reduce us to our daily Rice Bowl – and Iran suddenly may loose it’s smell of being the bad boy – Heidi).

… Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan has sought to end the protests against his government with a mixture of duplicity and brutality. He is being aided and abetted by the leaders of the protests, who are playing into his hands.  Read the rest of this entry »

… New York City Schools to Conduct Yearly Lockdown Drills, Training Begins this Summer for School Officials – Published on Silent Crow News, by Timothy Alexander Guzman, June 14, 2013.

It was reported last month by the New York Daily News that New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott announced that all schools will be required to “conduct lockdown drills each year”. Training will begin this summer according to the report:

The policy revealed by Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott in a letter to principals Wednesday will require school leaders to attend a two-hour training program over the summer and appoint staff response teams and command posts.   Read the rest of this entry »

Children, Clean up the House! Lessons from the Turkish #OccupyGezi – Published on Triple Crisis, by Erinc Yeldan, June 14, 2013.

They are referred to under different identifiers: generation-Y; millennium generation; globalization generation; Net-generation… roughly they are the cohort of post-1980 newborns, coming from distant geographies, different nations. Yet, they are claimed to share astonishingly common characteristics: narcissistic love of the self; the me, me, me approach to life; impatience; intolerance of all forms of hierarchy; a fetishistic loyalty to technology and brands; almost non-existing interest in social events, apolitical nihilism; non-reading, etc etc.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published on ZNet, by Zoltan Grossman, June 13, 2013.

In the 2010s, new “unlikely alliances” of Native peoples and their rural white neighbors are standing strong against fossil fuel and mining projects. In the Great Plains, grassroots coalitions of Native peoples and white ranchers and farmers (including the aptly named “Cowboy and Indian Alliance”) are blocking the Keystone XL oil pipeline and coal mining. In the Pacific Northwest, Native nations are using their treaties against plans for coal and oil terminals, partly because shipping and burning fossil fuels threatens their treaty fishery. Read the rest of this entry »

Watch this video, published on Dissident Voice, 12.14 min, by The Real News Network TRNN, June 12, 2013.

(The Real News Network is a television news and documentary network focused on providing independent and uncompromising journalism. Read other articles by The Real News Network,
or visit TRNN’s website).

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The U.S.’s New, but Only Marginally Improved, Poverty Measure – Published on Dollars and Sense, by JEANNETTE WICKS-LIM, May/June 2013.

In 1995, a blue-ribbon panel of poverty experts selected by the National Academy of the Sciences NAS told us that the “current U.S. measure of poverty is demonstrably flawed judged by today’s knowledge; it needs to be replaced.” Critics have long pointed out shortcomings including the failure to adequately account for the effects of “safety net” programs and insensitivity to differences in the cost of living between different places.   Read the rest of this entry »

… Video: I don’t want to live in a society that does these sort of things, 12.35 min, on The Guardian, June 11, 2013 (linked with Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations, and with Edward Snowden on The Real News Network and on YouTube).

Links:   Read the rest of this entry »

• What is Happenning in Istanbul? on Insanlik Hali, by Kokia Sparis, June 1, 2013 … und auf deutsch: Was passiert gerade in Istanbul? (Uebersetzung: Crae’Dor), 2. Juni 2013, mit links;
• Ridiculous Manning trial proves demand for whistleblowers, on Russia Today RT, June 4, 2013;
• China hacking vs. Pentagon whacking: An arms race in cyber-space? on Russia Today RT, June 4, 2013;
• Prosecute Chairman of Association for Horse Breeding for a Gruesome Crime of Animal Cruelty, on Care2/petitionsite, by Zana Van Hecke, June 2013;   Read the rest of this entry »

Our urgent common priorities for a democratic, social, ecological and feminist Europe – Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 835, June 9, 2013.

Roll Back Austerity and Claim Real Democracy!

• Europe stands on the edge of a precipice, looking into the abyss. Austerity policies drive the people of Europe into poverty, undercut democracy and dismantle social policies. Rising inequalities endanger social cohesion. Ecological destruction is worsening while acute humanitarian crises devastate the most affected countries. Women and young people are hardest hit.    Read the rest of this entry »

Published on Dissident Voice, by Robert Hunziker, June 7, 2013.

The world has been ruled by nation-states throughout modern history, ever since kings and queens were put out to pasture, but nation-states may be on the brink of extinction, similar to monarchies over the past 50-200 years.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published on Labour List, by Alison Garnham, June 5, 2013.

As the Chancellor prepares the ground for this month’s spending review and Labour starts to provide more detail on its spending approach for 2015, the three main political parties sometimes sound as if they believe social justice and economic efficiency are mutually exclusive. That the toughest of all tough choices is choosing between the head and the heart.   Read the rest of this entry »

Published on ZNet, by Michael Albert, June 03, 2013.

(This is Albert’s brief conclusion to the Peercommony/Parecon discussion/debate found here. Siefkes didn’t feel a need to add one. Albert thought it might be useful). I had hoped we might arrive at unity in this exchange. My optimism ran like this: Parecon and peercommony – Suppose we assume that they both seek:  Read the rest of this entry »

an Introduction to the Intellectuals and Institutions of American Imperialism – Published on Dissident Voice, by Andrew Gavin Marshall, June 1, 2013.

Educating yourself about empire can be a challenging endeavor, especially since so much of the educational system is dedicated to avoiding the topic or justifying the actions of imperialism in the modern era. If one studies political science or economics, the subject might be discussed in a historical context, but rarely as a modern reality; media and government voices rarely speak on the subject, and even more rarely speak of it with direct and honest language. Read the rest of this entry »

on Democracy Now:

Julian Assange on Meeting with Google, Responds to Anti-WikiLeaks Attacks from New Film to Finances, 58.56 min, May 29, 2013: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy last year to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over sex assault and rape allegations. He fears that Sweden will agree to extradite him to the United States. On Tuesday, Ecuador’s foreign minister accused the British government of trampling on Assange’s rights by refusing to allow him to travel to Ecuador, which granted him political asylum almost a year ago.   Read the rest of this entry »

• Tomorrow’s World: Life in the Future FULL, 58.07 min, uploaded by LifeAndHistory101, May 10, 2013;
• Redesigning the Future, 18.59 min, uploaded by The RSA, May 22, 2013: An influential panel will debate the role designers must take in driving a sustainable manufacturing model;
• Jan Rezab: The Future of Social Media, Engage 2013, 24.45 min, uploaded by socialbakers, May 6, 2013;
• The Humanities and the Future of the University: Mahindra Humanities Center … , 133.27 min, uploaded by Harvard, May 17, 2013.

Interview with Tony Gosling, published on Russia Today RT, May 28, 2013.

The UK security services are overrun with incompetence and vested business interests, without being subject to checks themselves, British investigative journalist Tony Gosling told RT … // 

… RT: We’ve seen extremist groups like the English Defence League react, but are we now at a point where we’re seeing tolerant moderate people now turning against their Muslim neighbors?    Read the rest of this entry »

… clamp down on Internet extremism – Published on Russia Today RT, May 27, 2013.

… with video 1.36 min … The UK Prime Minister has announced an anti-terror task force to clamp down on the “poisonous narratives” of radical preachers who target recruits in schools, jails and mosques. However, some fear the government’s efforts could actually worsen extremism … //

… Malicious communications and racial or religious hatred on the rise:   Read the rest of this entry »

Published on Reports from the Edge of Borderline Democracy, by Augustine Zenakos, May 23, 2013.

“No worker who is not a shareholder, no shareholder who is not a worker,” say the workers of VIOME (Industrial Mineral), a factory in northern Greece. Their plan to take over the factory and to manage it themselves has generated waves of encouragement and support throughout the world. In this report for UNFOLLOW magazine, Christos Avramidis and Antonis Galanopoulos investigate the background to current events, and ask what the future might hold for these workers and their plan, what the reaction of the Greek government is likely to be, and whether workers’ self-management is feasible in a capitalist context.    Read the rest of this entry »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Samiha Shafy, May 21, 2013. (12 images in the Photo Gallery: Threats Mounting to Great Barrier Reef).

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is rapidly losing its coral, to the point that UNESCO may soon place the natural wonder on its “in danger” list. Climate change is one culprit, but so is the country’s booming extraction industry. Environmentalists warn that time is running out for the reef … //

… Five Minutes to Midnight: Read the rest of this entry »

Published on Global Research.ca, by James Corbett and Tami Canal, May 25, 2013.

This is the GRTV Backgrounder video on Global Research TV: Grassroots Rising, the People’s Movement against Monsanto, 12.09 min, (see also on YouTube, by GlobalResearchTV, May 23, 2013).   Read the rest of this entry »

Watch this video, 28.11 min, published on Russia Today RT, May 22, 2013: On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to philosopher, linguist, professor, political critic and author of over 100 books Dr. Noam Chomsky about the Boston bombings, US terror inflicted abroad, drones, Obama’s rebranding of Bush administration policies, the National Defense Authorization Act, Holder v. Humanitarian Law, conventional wisdom, the evolution of media propaganda and education as a form of elite indoctrination …;

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Published on Intrepid Report (first on legalienate), by Frank Scott, May 23, 2013.

… Just another day at empire’s headquarters.

The imperial subjects in the rest of the world suffer far more with the austerity religion of fundamentalist capital turning Europe into a snake pit of material inequality. Things are much worse in the Middle East with savagery increasing in Syria, as hypocritical clucking from those who are behind the mass murder induces mass nausea among those still spared from the descent into mass idiocy.   Read the rest of this entry »

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Christoph Pauly and Christoph Schult, May 21, 2013 (Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan).

Wealthy businesspeople shift millions of euros abroad while profitable companies use accounting tricks to minimize their taxable earnings and assets. The EU finally wants to create effective policies to curb these practices, but faces strong opposition from member states.    Read the rest of this entry »

• Pluralistic Ignorance, 2.24 min, uploaded by JDSProject, Nov 23, 2011;
• PluralisticIgnorance.mov, 5.13 min, uploaded by Dan Ariely, Feb 16, 2011;
• Der Tag X kommt unaufhaltsam näher, 17.20 min, von 62cherry99 am 18. September 2012 hochgeladen;
• Andreas Popp (Kanal wissensmanufaktur.net): Verschwörungstheorien, 16.21 min, von satsangful am 23. Dezember 2012 hochgeladen.

200,000 Year Old Annunaki Cities Discovered in Africa, 79.13 min, uploaded by Disclose TruthTV, Oct 15, 2012:
Publisher and producer Michael Tellinger discussed his study of ancient ruins at the southern tip of Africa, which he believes were associated with a vanished civilization that ET visitors, the Annunaki, brought together over 200,000 years ago, when they came here to mine gold. The ruins, which he’s investigated along with Johan Heine, consist of thousands of stone structures over a large area. The structures show evidence of their extreme antiquity through erosion and patina growth, he detailed. One of the most important ruins he referred to as “Adam’s Calendar,” a monolithic stone calendar that could mark time out by the day …;   Read the rest of this entry »

Published on Russia Today RT, May 17, 2013.

The hacktivist collective Anonymous kicked off ‘Operation Guantanamo’ to mark 100 days of the Gitmo hunger strike with a series of “twitterstorms, email bombs and fax bombs.” Protests have been held outside the White House demanding the camp’s closure.

Follow RT’s day-by-day timeline of the Gitmo hunger strike.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published on ZNet (first on TomDispatch), by David Vine, May 15, 2013.

Outside the United States, the Pentagon controls a collection of military bases unprecedented in history. With U.S. troops gone from Iraq and the withdrawal from Afghanistan underway, it’s easy to forget that we probably still have about 1,000 military bases in other peoples’ lands. This giant collection of bases receives remarkably little media attention, costs a fortune, and even when cost cutting is the subject du jour, it still seems to get a free ride.   Read the rest of this entry »

Watch these videos:

• Trailer, 2.38 min, uploaded by Stephen Bassett, Feb 13, 2013:
  The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure will bring 40+ researchers and government/agency witnesses to Washington, DC to testify before former members of the U. S. Congress on events and evidence supporting the truth of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race and a government policy to embargo that truth. Time lapse footage provided by Earth Time lapse and NASA;   Read the rest of this entry »

Published on PaulCraigRoberts.org, by blog owner, May 13, 2013.

There are many signs of gangster state America. One is the collusion between federal authorities and banksters in a criminal conspiracy to rig the markets for gold and silver. My explanation that the sudden appearance of an unprecedented 400 ton short sale of gold on the COMEX (Commodity Exchange, Inc., a division of the New York Mercantile Exchange NYMEX) in April was a manipulation designed to protect the dollar from the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing policy has found acceptance among gold investors and hedge fund managers.   Read the rest of this entry »