martes, 31 de mayo de 2016

Forgetting the Crimes of War – Consortiumnews

Forgetting the Crimes of War – Consortiumnews

 

In the U.S. political culture, Memorial Day has become one more
chance to glorify American wars and to exploit U.S. soldiers’ deaths to
generate sentiment for more wars, a troubling tactic addressed by Gary G. Kohls and S. Brian Willson.

https://consortiumnews.com/…/…/forgetting-the-crimes-of-war/ -

 The bodies of Vietnamese men, women and children piled along a road in My Lai after a U.S. Army massacre on March 16, 1968. (Photo taken by U. S. Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle) 

The bodies of Vietnamese men, women and children piled along a road in
My Lai after a U.S. Army massacre on March 16, 1968. (Photo taken by U.
S. Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle)

CATALONIA -- Catalogne : vers un nouvel État en Europe ?

Catalogne : vers un nouvel État en Europe ?

 

Catalogne : vers un nouvel État en Europe ?

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City of London - The Centre of the global crime scene - TruePublica

City of London - The Centre of the global crime scene - TruePublica

 

City of London – The Centre of the global crime scene

31st May 2016 / United Kingdom
City of London - The Centre of the global crime scene

When it comes to The City of London, the term ‘tax haven’ is
not describing all that it should. It doesn’t just shield the
mega-wealthy from paying their fair dues it goes further and offers a
departure from the rule of law as you would know it. Secrecy is
its raison d’être. These secrecy laws do not benefit the local people
living in its jurisdiction but only those individuals and corporations
with enough money and with something to hide.


The reality is that the City of London caters for those above the
law, it operates on the basis of bypassing democratic society as a
whole. This has come about over time where an extraordinary ‘gentlemens
agreement’ has stood the test of time. Over the centuries, the head of
state and his/her governments have had the need of large loans for wars
and the like, the City, in exchange for such commodity has extracted
certain privileges the rest of the population do not enjoy. The end
result over the time is that it now has its own jurisdiction to do
pretty much as it pleases.


A ‘watchman’ sits at the high table of parliament and is its official
lobbyist sitting in seat of power right next to the Speaker of the
House who is “charged with maintaining and enhancing the City’s status
and ensuring that its established rights are safeguarded.” The job is to
maintain order and seek out political dissent that might arise against
the City.


The City of London has its own private funding and will ‘buy-off’ any
attempt to erode its powers; any scrutiny of its financial affairs are
put beyond external inspection or audit.


For over a hundred years the Labour party tried in vain to abolish
the City of London and its accompanying financial corruption. In 1917,
Labour’s new rising star Herbert Morrison, the grandfather of Peter
Mandelson made a stand and failed, calling it the “devilry of modern
finance.” And although attempt after attempt was made throughout the
following decades, it was Margaret Thatcher who succeeded by abolishing
its opponent, the Greater London Council in 1986.


Tony Blair went about it another way and offered to reform the City
of London in what turned out to be a gift from god. He effectively gave
the vote to corporations which swayed the balance of democratic power
away from residents and workers. It was received by its opponents as the
greatest retrograde step since the peace treaty of 1215, Magna Carta.
The City won its rights through debt financing in 1067, when William the
Conqueror acceded to it and ever since, governments have allowed the
continuation of its ancient rights above all others.


The City effectively now stands as money launderer of the world, the
capital of global crime. It is the heart and engine of the offshore
haven, with Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man its european collection
centres, the caribbean and others hoovering up billions of American
dollars from all over the globe. Whilst there are good and legal reasons
for offshore accounts, it has a dark and shadowy client list;
terrorists, drug barons, arms dealers, despots, dictators, shady
politicians, corporations and companies, millionaires and billionaires
 – most with something to hide.


The Independent newspaper reported last July that The City of London
is the money-laundering centre of the world’s drug trade, according to
an internationally acclaimed crime expert. Another expert in Mafia
criminology has come forward and stated the UK is now the most corrupt country in the world
and firmly pins the blame on The City of London. In addition, every
notable financial expert now agrees that due to incredibly lax financial
laws facilitated by the British government, the London property market
is built largely on the laundered money of crime from all over the world
involving hidden tax havens, most of which are British.


Her Majesty’s British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies make up around 25 per cent of the world’s tax havens,
which are now blacklisted by the European Commission and now ranked as
the most important player in the financial secrecy world.


Tax havens featured on the EC’s blacklist of
June last year include Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands,
the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands to name
just a few and each is inextricably linked to the City of London’s crime
offices.

Mexican Military Kill Rate Raises Concerns of Summary Executions | Democracy Now!

Mexican Military Kill Rate Raises Concerns of Summary Executions | Democracy Now!

 Based on the Mexican government’s own figures, a new analysis shows the
Mexican army kills, rather than wounds, its enemies at a rate far higher
than the average in modern warfare.

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The leaks go on: before another secret round of negotiations on the proposed “trade in services agreement (TiSA)” | bilaterals.org

The leaks go on: before another secret round of negotiations on the proposed “trade in services agreement (TiSA)” | bilaterals.org

 Negotiators will have a new item on their agenda: how to deal with the
onslaught of leaks of proposals that were supposed to remain locked away
in secret until five years after the deal was concluded or abandoned.
http://bilaterals.org/?the-leaks-go-on-before-another

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Homeless Are Being Abducted And Put Into FEMA Camps | We Are Change

Homeless Are Being Abducted And Put Into FEMA Camps | We Are Change

 Homeless People are Being Abducted And Sent To FEMA Camps, Claims Gov. Insider http://wearechange.org/homeless-camps-la

 

Crime Gangs in Europe are Profiting from the Migrant Crisis | New Eastern Outlook

Crime Gangs in Europe are Profiting from the Migrant Crisis | New Eastern Outlook

 Last year criminal groups earned up to 6 billion dollars on the trafficking of those poor souls that we call migrants....

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How the Pentagon punished NSA whistleblowers | Mark Hertsgaard | US news | The Guardian

How the Pentagon punished NSA whistleblowers | Mark Hertsgaard | US news | The Guardian

 

The long read

How the Pentagon punished NSA whistleblowers


Long before Edward Snowden went public, John Crane was a top Pentagon
official fighting to protect NSA whistleblowers. Instead their lives
were ruined – and so was his



by

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Neuer Akteur in der NSA-Affäre rechtfertigt Edward Snowden

Neuer Akteur in der NSA-Affäre rechtfertigt Edward Snowden

 

Vindication for Edward Snowden From a New Player in NSA Whistleblowing Saga

 

acTVism Munich  translated this piece from  “The Intercept”  into German. For the English article, visit the original source: “The Intercept




An excerpt from the article:


An article by Mark Hertsgaard, adapted from his new book, Bravehearts: Whistle Blowing in the Age of Snowden, describes
how former NSA official Thomas Drake went through proper channels in
his attempt to expose civil-liberties violations at the NSA — and was
punished for it. The article vindicates open-government activists who
have long argued that whistleblower protections aren’t sufficient in the
national security realm.

It vindicates NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden who, well aware of
what happened to Drake, gave up his attempts to go through traditional
whistleblower channels – and instead handed over his trove of classified
documents directly to journalists.

And it adds to the vindication for Drake, who was already a hero in the whistleblower’s pantheon for having endured a four-year persecution by the Justice Department that a judge called “unconscionable.” [1]

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The US and the EU Support a Savage Dictator

The US and the EU Support a Savage Dictator

 

Although ‪#‎Erdogan‬ is a bigoted thug, yet ‪#‎Turkey‬ is strongly supported by the United States and by the European Union, albeit for very different reasons.

Read more:http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/05/31/us-eu-support-savage-dictator.html

 The US and the EU Support a Savage Dictator

Airstrikes on ISIS are Reducing Their Cities to Ruins

Airstrikes on ISIS are Reducing Their Cities to Ruins

 

It can be argued that there is no alternative to the massive use of airpower if fanatical and battle-hardened ‪#‎ISIS‬ fighters are to be defeated. But, as with so much in the war in ‪#‎Iraq‬ and ‪#‎Syria‬, the type of warfare being waged is determined by political priorities.

Read more:http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/05/31/airstrikes-isis-reducing-their-cities-ruins.html

 Airstrikes on ISIS are Reducing Their Cities to Ruins

Five key takeaways from the TTIP leak for food and farming systems | bilaterals.org

Five key takeaways from the TTIP leak for food and farming systems | bilaterals.org

 Selon l'Institut des politiques commerciales de l'agriculture (IATP) le texte du ‪#‎TTIP‬ menace l'agriculture et l'alimentation justes et durables

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Libre-échange: l'UE demandera aux 28 de soutenir son mandat de négociation avec les USA | bilaterals.org

Libre-échange: l'UE demandera aux 28 de soutenir son mandat de négociation avec les USA | bilaterals.org

La Commission européenne va demander aux chefs d’Etat de l'Union de
confirmer leur soutien au mandat de négociation de l'accord UE-US ‪#‎TTIP‬ 

 
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SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION -- Catalan News Agency - Spanish Court suspends Catalan law’s articles oriented toward avoiding evictions

Catalan News Agency - Spanish Court suspends Catalan law’s articles oriented toward avoiding evictions

 

Spanish Court suspends Catalan law’s articles oriented toward avoiding evictions

CNA

Barcelona (CNA).- The Spanish Constitutional Court (TC)
accepted this Tuesday the appeal presented by Spain’s executive in April
which called for the suspension some articles of the Catalan law
against energy poverty. In particular, the magistrates have cautionarily
suspended 8 articles mainly oriented toward avoiding evictions and
facilitating mediations when the families involved are at social risk.
According to the TC, the suspension is automatic and therefore the
magistrates “couldn’t do anything” but accept the Spanish government’s
appeal. The suspension was “to be expected”, assured the Catalan
Government’s Spokeswoman, Neus Munté. The TC’s decision comes two days
after thousands of people rallied in Barcelona to protest over the
Spanish court’s measures against numerous laws passed by the Catalan
Parliament. 


By accepting the appeal presented by the Spanish executive, the TC
put on hold the decisive role that the Catalan law gave to mediation,
especially in those cases in which the non-payment of rent or mortgage
could lead to evictions. It also postpones the possibility that the
Catalan Government could start specific judiciary procedures to resolve
matters related to evictions.


The precepts 1,2,3,4 and 9 of Article 5 of Law 24/2015 have also been
cautionarily suspended. This article foresees that those particulars or
legal entities who acquired an apartment through foreclosure would have
to offer alternatives based on social renting to those families who
couldn’t afford to pay the rent before starting any judiciary procedure.


The Spanish executive also took before the court Article 7, which
sets out that the administration would be able to proceed to obligatory
cession of apartments which have been empty for more than three years
and which belong to legal entities or in the case that there was at
least one family at social risk in the local area.


A decision “to be expected”


The Catalan Government’s spokeswoman stated that the suspension of
these articles by the TC was “to be expected”. In April, Catalan
President Carles Puigdemont firmly criticised the decision to partially
appeal the Catalan law against energy poverty and accused the Spanish
executive of carrying out “political manoeuvring” with subjects which
have to do with “dignity”. According to him, the Spanish government was
“deliberately leaving in the open many families”. He accused the
executive of “pulling the wool” as “energy poverty can hardly be fought
if there is no house at all”.


Barcelona’s mayor Ada Colau assured that Barcelona’s City Hall “will
continue to make the most of its capacities with the skills available”
to guarantee the right to housing. Colau, a former activist and
president of PAH, the Mortgage Platform which has been fighting to stop
house evictions in Spain, criticised the “daring and arrogance” of the
Spanish government and emphasised that law 24/2015 was approved by
unanimity, and supported by thousands of signatures and by a great
social mobilisation. “The fact that a temporary government would dare to
appeal and would try to paralyse a law which was approved with such
consensus and which aims to face one of the worse social problems we
suffer from, is unspeakable”, she stated. 












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The building of the Spanish Constitutional Court (TC) in Madrid (by ACN)


Israel Remapped West Bank Land to Pave Way for Settlement Construction - Israel News - Haaretz

Israel Remapped West Bank Land to Pave Way for Settlement Construction - Israel News - Haaretz

 Israel's Civil Administration is literally redrawing the map to declare
more territory around West Bank settlements or deep in the West Bank
"state land." The new map gives Israel the legal cover to expand or
build more settlements.

 


Infographic of the areas remapped in 2015. Pictured: The settlement of Nokdim.Daniel Bar On, Haaretz
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.722395

Hillary Clinton’s Energy Initiative Pressed Countries to Embrace Fracking, New Emails Reveal

Hillary Clinton’s Energy Initiative Pressed Countries to Embrace Fracking, New Emails Reveal

 Clinton State Department officials planned to spread fracking to 12
countries on four continents, even as some local governments expressed
opposition to the drilling technique.

 

Syrian Analyst, Afraa Dagher, to U.S.: “Is It Normal to Kill Kids, Women? Is This Normal for You?” | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Syrian Analyst, Afraa Dagher, to U.S.: “Is It Normal to Kill Kids, Women? Is This Normal for You?” | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 WHEN STATE TERRORISM SUPPORTS TERRORISM UNDER A FAKE HUMANITARIAN MANDATE...

 isis_rebels

Who are “They”? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Who are “They”? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

THEY are the people who fabricated the pretexts to the Vietnam War and the Iraq War.

THEY are the people who spy on us illegally and call the whistleblowers who expose their crimes traitors. ...

 USA Empire

ÇUSAID Funds Honduran Company Implicated in Berta Caceres Murder | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

USAID Funds Honduran Company Implicated in Berta Caceres Murder | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 Washington’s complicity in human rights abuses and repression of social
movements in Honduras has come to the fore once again as an
investigation published in Counterpunch revealed that the private
Honduran energy company that murdered Indigenous activist Berta Caceres
long resisted has signed a funding deal with a USAID partner just months
before her high-profile assassination.

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Leaked Document: The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a “Corporate Power Grab” | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Leaked Document: The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a “Corporate Power Grab” | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 A set of notes that were allegedly made during the EU Foreign
Affairs/Trade-Council on 13 May in Brussels, appears to show the UK
aggressively pushing for a controversial trade between the EU and Canada
to be implemented before the UK parliament would have a chance to vote
on the issue.

 echange_canada_europe

The Clinton Crime Family. “Hillary is the Most Dangerous Presidential Aspirant in US History” | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

The Clinton Crime Family. “Hillary is the Most Dangerous Presidential Aspirant in US History” | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 THE NEW NORMAL: POLITICIANS ARE "ALLEGED CRIMINALS" WHO ARE NEVER
INDICTED FOR THEIR CRIMES, BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, LET'S MAKE IT
HAPPEN WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE FBI

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Top anti-GMO scientists band together in film exposing threats and secrecy - Complete Health and Happiness

Top anti-GMO scientists band together in film exposing threats and secrecy - Complete Health and Happiness

 Although we often associate science with fact, what we don't often think
about is how many scientists are funded by industries. These two
scientists are speaking out against the billion dollar GMO industry in a
documentary. Watch it here and keep informed!

 food

Silencing America as It Prepares for War

Silencing America as It Prepares for War

 

The election of ‪#‎Trump‬ or ‪#‎Clinton‬ is the old illusion of choice that is no choice: two sides of the same coin. In scapegoating minorities and promising to ‪#‎MakeAmericaGreatAgain‬, Trump is a far right-wing domestic populist; yet the danger of Clinton may be more lethal for the world.

Read more:http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/05/30/silencing-america-prepares-war.html

 Silencing America as It Prepares for War

Remembering All the Deaths From All of Our Wars

Remembering All the Deaths From All of Our Wars

 "When we only memorialize US soldiers while ignoring the victims of our
aggression, we in effect are memorializing war. I cannot do that. War is
insane, and our country continues to perpetuate its insanity on others,
having been constantly at war since at least 1991. We fail our duties
as citizens if we remain silent rather than calling our US wars for what
they are – criminal and deceitful aggressions violating international
and US law to assure control of geostrategic resources, deemed necessary
to further our insatiable American Way Of Life (AWOL)." - S. Brian
Willson, Viet Nam veteran

 Remembering All the Deaths From All of Our Wars 

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

TTIP tensions escalate in email exchange between EU, US – report — RT News

TTIP tensions escalate in email exchange between EU, US – report — RT News

 

TTIP tensions escalate in email exchange between EU, US – report 

 Protesters demonstrate against Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade agreement ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit in Hanover, Germany April 23, 2016. © Nigel Treblin

70% of Germans oppose TTIP, survey says



 





France braced for week of transport strike chaos - France 24

France braced for week of transport strike chaos - France 24

 #‎France‬:
The strikes are part of escalating unrest over controversial labour
reforms that last week sparked fuel shortages as unions staged walk outs
at refineries and blocked fuel depots.

 



© Elliott Verdier /
AFP | Protesters carry French workers' unions flags in the Gare de Lyon
in Paris, on April 26, 2016, during a demonstration by railway workers
of French state rail operator SNCF.

Tony Blair could be sued by families of Iraq war dead over Chilcot report findings | UK Politics | News | The Independent

Tony Blair could be sued by families of Iraq war dead over Chilcot report findings | UK Politics | News | The Independent

 

Tony Blair could be sued by families of Iraq war dead over Chilcot report findings

'We want to see if it will point some legal liability at anyone,' says Roger Bacon, whose son Matthew died in Iraq in 2005



Digital work marketplaces impose a new balance of power -- New Internationalist

Digital work marketplaces impose a new balance of power -- New Internationalist

 

Factories can’t run, farms can’t produce, mines can’t be mined,
supermarkets can’t be stocked, and call centres can’t accept calls if
workers don’t go to work. Even though the decks are often stacked
against workers, the basic fact that workers can withdraw their labour
with strikes, and encourage others to do so with picket lines, has done
much to improve working conditions in a range of industries around the
world.

But in a world of globalized, digitized, and atomized work, we now have a fundamentally different balance of power...

 

25-05-2016-Electronics-factory-in-Shenzhen-590.jpg [Related Image]
Workers in an electronics factory in Shenzhen, China.
Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA - glue works under a Creative Commons Licence

Law firms ignore voluntary EU lobby register | ALTER-EU

Law firms ignore voluntary EU lobby register | ALTER-EU

 When major law firms ignore the EU lobby register, you know it is time to make it legally-binding. Read our new report!

 

Syrian Border Chaos as NATO Aims to Win Proxy War | New Eastern Outlook

Syrian Border Chaos as NATO Aims to Win Proxy War | New Eastern Outlook

 An engineered drama unfolds along the Turkish-Syrian border as
terrorists armed and backed by a US-led coalition including NATO-member
Turkey,...

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How to make a DIY Tesla Powerwall for $300 | Minds

How to make a DIY Tesla Powerwall for $300 | Minds

 

How to make a DIY Tesla Powerwall for $300

 https://www.minds.com/fs/v1/banners/583978659530944512/0/1464623311

https://youtu.be/Bk50IuWXg-c

 

Tesla is a company that is known for open sourcing their patents.  It is because of this that people around the world have begun to adopt the advanced technology and replicate it.


Youtube user, JehuGarcia
put together a video on how to construct your own Powerwall, the home
battery that Tesla developed to run your place off of solar 24/7.


The batteries are selling for $3,000-$3,500 from Tesla, but the
entire production line is sold out for 2016 so if you really want to get
your hands on a Powerwall, you may have to make it yourself. 
Fortunately, here's the video



To be sure, Tesla's creator, Elon Musk, knows that his company alone
cannot supply enough batteries and electric cars to the world fast
enough to curb the carbon emissions.  For this reason, he has opened his
patents and encouraged people to build their own.


All this on top of the fact that by making your own you can save 80+% on the cost.

Eugenics Originated in California, not Nazi Germany (Video)

Eugenics Originated in California, not Nazi Germany (Video)

Eugenics Originated in California, not Nazi Germany (Video)

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You’re witnessing the death of neoliberalism – from within | Aditya Chakrabortty | Opinion | The Guardian

You’re witnessing the death of neoliberalism – from within | Aditya Chakrabortty | Opinion | The Guardian

 

 

Jonathan Cook, journalist


An interesting piece arguing that the proof neoliberalism is dying can be found in the fact that staff working inside its enforcement mechanisms, like the IMF, have started admitting to themselves that it is a political ideology rather than simply the best economic policy - something many of the rest of us realised a long time ago, of course.


A new IMF report concedes that the results of imposing neoliberalism across the globe "have been terrible. Neoliberalism hasn’t delivered economic growth – it has only made a few people a lot better off. It causes epic crashes that leave behind human wreckage and cost billions to clean up. ... This is a remarkable breach of the neoliberal consensus by the IMF. ... At last a major institution is going after not only the symptoms but the cause – and it is naming that cause as political."


Aditya Chakrabortty's point is that for elites the dominant ideology - the one that benefits them most - is supposed to be invisible. We are meant to regard it the same way we do the air we breathe - simply as a necessary precondition for our existence. But growing economic instability, rampant inequality, and the enormous damage being done to the planet are making that illusion increasingly difficult to sustain - even for those who benefit from the system. That, he argues, is the strongest indication that neoliberal economies are in a death spiral.


One could add, though of course Chakrabortty doesn't except elliptically, that one of the key pillars supporting this self-destructive economic system has been the corporate media's active efforts to maintain the deception that there is no alternative to neoliberalism. In that sense, Chakrabortty's article in the Guardian is almost as significant as the IMF report itself.

 Mark Carney 

‘You hear it when the Bank of England’s Mark Carney sounds the alarm
about ‘a low-growth, low-inflation, low-interest-rate equilibrium’.
Photograph: Dylan Martinez/AFP/Getty Images

lunes, 30 de mayo de 2016

While Installing NATO Missiles, Polish Regime Crushes Dissent | New Eastern Outlook

While Installing NATO Missiles, Polish Regime Crushes Dissent | New Eastern Outlook

 The United States and its NATO allies have recently established
ballistic missile defense systems in Poland and Romania. The United...

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La « loi travail » ou l'imposture de la démocratie d'entreprise, par Sophie Béroud (Le Monde diplomatique, avril 2016)

La « loi travail » ou l'imposture de la démocratie d'entreprise, par Sophie Béroud (Le Monde diplomatique, avril 2016)ç

 « Loi travail », quand le patronat retrouve le pouvoir de faire le droit http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/55188 -

 

EU publishes revised TISA market access offer | bilaterals.org

EU publishes revised TISA market access offer | bilaterals.org

 La Commission européenne présente son offre sur l'Accord sur le commerce
des services (TiSA); les Etats-Unis la trouvent peu ambitieuse

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EU and US trade sharp words on TTIP | bilaterals.org

EU and US trade sharp words on TTIP | bilaterals.org

 #‎TTIP‬ : un échange de courriels virulent voit la Commission européenne demander sèchement plus de compromis de la part des Etats-Unis

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The Drone War against Iraq and Syria, 12,000 “Humanitarian” Air Strikes by US-led Coalition | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

The Drone War against Iraq and Syria, 12,000 “Humanitarian” Air Strikes by US-led Coalition | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 "HUMANITARIAN" DRONE STRIKES DIRECTED AGAINST ISIS TERRORISTS RESULT IN COUNTLESS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

 AFGHANISTAN-DRONES-sized

Drone for Obama – Anyone? Extrajudicial Killings “in the Name of Peace” | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Drone for Obama – Anyone? Extrajudicial Killings “in the Name of Peace” | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 PETER KOENIG: Thousands of extra-judiciary drone killings, all
personally approved by Peace Nobel Laureate, Obama, and all with
casualties and so-called ‘collateral
damage’, costs the affected, mostly poor communities, tens of thousands
of lives and destroyed properties and public infrastructure valued at
millions of dollars; an assurance to keep them poor and submissive.

 drone USA

How the Nuremberg trials found names for the Nazis' crimes | Books | The Guardian

How the Nuremberg trials found names for the Nazis' crimes | Books | The Guardian

 

How the Nuremberg trials found names for the Nazis' crimes


In this extract from his book East West Street, human rights lawyer
Philippe Sands tells the personal stories of how genocide and crimes
against humanity were first defined in law

 A general view in the Palace of Justice, Nuernberg, as defendants heard parts of the verdict read by the International Military Tribunal, Sep. 30, 1946. Hans Frank is in the front row, fourth from right. 

Defendants listen to parts of the verdict read by the International
Military Tribunal on 30 September 1946 in Nuremberg’s Palace of Justice.
Hans Frank is in the front row, fourth from right.
Photograph: Eddie Worth/AP

The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan. It Was Not To End the War Or Save Lives.

The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan. It Was Not To End the War Or Save Lives.

 The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan. It Was Not To End the War Or Save Lives.

 The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan. It Was Not To End the War Or Save Lives. 

By Washington's Blog
/ globalresearch.ca

Like all Americans, I was taught that the U.S. dropped nuclear
bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to end WWII and save both
American and Japanese lives.




But most of the top American military officials at the time said otherwise



The U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey group, assigned by President Truman
to study the air attacks on Japan, produced a report in July of 1946
that concluded (52-56):



Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts and supported by
the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders involved, it is the
Survey’s opinion that certainly prior to 31 December 1945 and in all
probability prior to 1 November 1945, Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war, and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated.



General (and later president) Dwight Eisenhower – then Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces, and the officer who created most of America’s WWII military plans for Europe and Japan – said:




The Japanese were ready to surrender and it wasn’t necessary to hit them with that awful thing.

Echelon : le plaidoyer des espions, par Philippe Rivière (Le Monde diplomatique, septembre 2000)

Echelon : le plaidoyer des espions, par Philippe Rivière (Le Monde diplomatique, septembre 2000)

 

Echelon : le plaidoyer des espions











par Philippe Rivière  

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US Going Through Deep Changes to Never Be the Country It Once Was

US Going Through Deep Changes to Never Be the Country It Once Wasç

 

Sometimes events of great importance fail to hit media radar screens. For instance, the protests of ‪#‎DemocracySpring‬ movement in the United States were to large extent eclipsed by other stories.

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 US Going Through Deep Changes to Never Be the Country It Once Was


 

 


 

 

Cette casse délibérée des solidarités militantes, par Stéphane Beaud & Michel Pialoux (Le Monde diplomatique, janvier 2000)

Cette casse délibérée des solidarités militantes, par Stéphane Beaud & Michel Pialoux (Le Monde diplomatique, janvier 2000)

Archive de janvier 2000 : « Autrefois différenciée et hiérarchisée, la
catégorie d’ouvrier cède la place à une catégorie, homogène et
indifférenciée, d’opérateur ou d’agent de fabrication. S’agit-il d’un
simple habillage sémantique ? du produit d’un travail d’homogénéisation
mené par les directions des ressources humaines ? d’une entreprise de
dépolitisation du monde ouvrier ? Si les mots font les choses, défaire
ces mots-là (à la fois catégories de représentation et instruments de
mobilisation) contribue à démobiliser ce qui autrefois se nommait la
“classe ouvrière”. »

 

Target Russia. Target China. Target Iran

Target Russia. Target China. Target Iran

 

 

Not a day goes by without ‪#‎US‬ Think Tankland doing what it does best; pushing all sorts of scenarios for cold – and hot – war with ‪#‎Russia‬, plus myriad confrontations with ‪#‎China‬ and ‪#‎Iran‬.
Our author Pepe Escobar has come up with some concise ‪#‎realpolitik‬ facts to counterpunch the hysteria – stressing how the Russian hypersonic ‪#‎missile‬ advantage renders useless the whole construct of ‪#‎NATO‬'s paranoid rhetoric and bluster.

Read here:http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/05/28/target-russia-target-china-target-iran.html

 Target Russia. Target China. Target Iran

Is Obama’s Entire Foreign Policy Going Down in Flames? (I)

Is Obama’s Entire Foreign Policy Going Down in Flames? (I)

 

The Sauds and Obama are losing.

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 Is Obama’s Entire Foreign Policy Going Down in Flames? (I)

Soldati Usa in Siria. Washington vuole Raqqa senza russi ed Assad...

Soldati Usa in Siria. Washington vuole Raqqa senza russi ed Assad...

 US troops in Syria. Washington wants Raqqa without Assad and Russian ...

 

BMJ editor Fiona Godlee takes on corruption in science (Audio)

BMJ editor Fiona Godlee takes on corruption in science (Audio)

 “Medicine and science are run by human beings, so there will always be crooks.” http://bit.ly/1WSuDGE

 Image: BMJ editor Fiona Godlee takes on corruption in science (Audio)

Perturbateurs endocriniens : l’histoire secrète d’un scandale

Perturbateurs endocriniens : l’histoire secrète d’un scandale

 

The Commission's controversial impact assessment on regulation of
endocrine disrupting chemicals (lobbied for by industry as a way to
weaken regulation) is held in even more secrecy that the TTIP text!

New revelations in LeMonde by Stéphane Horel.


Endocrine disruptors are found in a multitude of consumer items
including cosmetics, pesticides and plastics. They are capable of
interfering with the hormones of animal species, including humans, and
are believed to be the cause of many serious diseases (hormone-dependent
cancers, infertility, obesity, diabetes, neuro-behavioral disorders
etc). 

 Traitement d’un champs aux pesticides en Haute Garonne le 3 avril 2015.

Hillary Accused of Racketeering by the FBI, Will She be Indicted? Will She be Dumped from the Presidential Race? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Hillary Accused of Racketeering by the FBI, Will She be Indicted? Will She be Dumped from the Presidential Race? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY: The Criminalization of politics in America: The
leading presidential candidates, Hillary and Donald, have shaky records,
with alleged links to criminal wrongdoings.