miércoles, 31 de enero de 2018
Enlisement saoudien au Yémen, par Laurent Bonnefoy (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 2017)
Un nouveau front s’est ouvert dans la guerre au Yémen. L'analyse de
Will Congress Face Down the Deep State? – Consortiumnews
Will Congress Face Down the Deep State? – Consortiumnews
The
House Intelligence Committee’s vote on Monday to release a memorandum
describing alleged malfeasance at the DOJ and the FBI could test
constitutional principles, writes Ray McGovern.
https://consortiumnews.com/…/will-congress-face-down-the-d…/
US, Turkish Troops Headed for Military Showdown in Syria | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
US, Turkish Troops Headed for Military Showdown in Syria | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
Two days after we reported that Turkey valiantly demanded that US forces
vacate military bases in the Syrian district of Manbij, when Turkey’s
foreign minister Melet Cavusoglu also
said that Ankara is calling upon the US to cease any and all support to
Syrian Kurdish forces and militias, not surprisingly the US refused, and
on Monday a top American general said that US troops will not pull out
from the northern Syrian city of Manbij, rebuffing Ankara demands to
withdraw from the city and risking a potential confrontation between the
two NATO allies.
U.S. – War Dog Wants to Bite, but What and How? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
U.S. – War Dog Wants to Bite, but What and How? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
ANDRE VLTCHEK: The General Manager of what the West likes to define as
the “Free World”, is increasingly behaving like a hooligan and racist,
insulting African countries which have
survived both genocide and the slave trade, and which have been, for
centuries, colonized, plundered and enslaved first by various European
‘enlightened’ states, and later by the coordinated efforts of the
Western governments and multi-national corporations.
CATALONIA -- Spain risks downgrade to 'flawed democracy' over Catalonia: think tank | AFP.com
Spain risks downgrade to 'flawed democracy' over Catalonia: think tank | AFP.com
CATALONIA
#catalunyareferendum
Spain risks downgrade to 'flawed democracy' over Catalonia: think tank https://t.co/h9gA7upIIp ~~~
People wave Spanish flags during a pro-unity demonstration in Barcelona on October 29, 2017
Kissinger’s Occupation Of Iraq Destroys The Fertile Crescent
Kissinger’s Occupation Of Iraq Destroys The Fertile Crescent
Iraqi agriculture expert Dr. Nakd Altameemi joins Mnar Muhawesh on
‘Behind the Headline’ to discuss the devastating toll that war,
sanctions and Western corporations have had on Iraq’s centuries-old
agricultural traditions.
CATALONIA -- La crise catalane pourrait coûter à l’Espagne son statut de « démocratie pleine »
La crise catalane pourrait coûter à l’Espagne son statut de « démocratie pleine »
CATALONIA
#catalunyareferendum
La crise catalane pourrait coûter à l’Espagne son statut de « démocratie pleine » https://t.co/nvXr2EuCpV ~~~
Spain could be demoted to the rank of
"imperfect democracy" because of its management of the Catalan crisis,
according to the annual report of an influential British think tank.
The ECB as Vulture Fund: How Central Banks Speculated Against Greece and Won Big | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
The ECB as Vulture Fund: How Central Banks Speculated Against Greece and Won Big | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
Responses from European Central Bank (ECB) President, Mario Draghi, and
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre
Moscovici, to questioning by Greek MEP Nikos Chountis have revealed that
the ECB and national central banks have been reaping super-profits from
Greek bonds over the course of the economic crisis.
U.K. Court Finds Government’s Surveillance Powers Unlawful
U.K. Court Finds Government’s Surveillance Powers Unlawful
“This judgment tells ministers in crystal clear terms that they are breaching the public’s human rights.”
Trump’s Announced Strategy for Occupying Syria
Trump’s Announced Strategy for Occupying Syria
David M. Satterfield’s statement hasn’t been reported in US newsmedia;
so, it’s still news; and this means that it’s news to the American
people, and to all others who, though this news wasn’t reported to them.
martes, 30 de enero de 2018
US general defies Turkey, says not planning Manbij troop withdrawal
US general defies Turkey, says not planning Manbij troop withdrawal
US general defies Turkey, says not planning Manbij troop withdrawal
Selected Articles: Afghanistan and the Middle East. Shifting Political Alliances | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
Selected Articles: Afghanistan and the Middle East. Shifting Political Alliances | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
Below is a selection of articles that expose the current crisis
encompassing Afghanistan and the Middle East. Take the liberty to share
it far and wide.
Tillerson’s Promise of More War in Syria Gets Warm Reception from Corporate Media | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
Tillerson’s Promise of More War in Syria Gets Warm Reception from Corporate Media | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
In a speech at Stanford this month, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
declared that America intends to keep military troops in Syria
indefinitely, in pursuit of the US’s “key end states for Syria,”
including “post-Assad leadership,” the marginalization of Iran and the
elimination of “weapons of mass destruction” that the US claims Syria
has.
13,000 migrants repatriated from Libya, but many returnees face problems – EURACTIV.com
13,000 migrants repatriated from Libya, but many returnees face problems – EURACTIV.com
More than 13,000 migrants have been repatriated from Libya since the
beginning of December, the African Union's chief said yesterday (29
January), nearly two months after reports emerged showing refugees being
sold as slaves.
How to save the generation Europe left behind – EURACTIV.com
How to save the generation Europe left behind – EURACTIV.com
To establish a new Europe that moves forward, it is important that
Europe seizes technological innovation to ensure young Europeans are not
left behind, writes Andrianos Giannou.
To move forward, Europe needs to ensure it's not not leaving behind its youth. [Shutterstock]
Facebook Plans To Produce Pseudo-Scientific “Proof” To “Justify” Alt-Media Censorship | OrientalReview.org
Facebook Plans To Produce Pseudo-Scientific “Proof” To “Justify” Alt-Media Censorship | OrientalReview.org
Facebook
plans to have its users rank news sites’ “reliability”. This decision
is in reaction to the 18-month-long “fake news” scandal and is being
promoted as the most “fair and balanced solution” to the issue. The idea
is that the community at large would determine which sites are credible
and which aren’t, and the lowest-ranking ones would somehow be
penalized, possibly by appearing even less on users’ newsfeeds. [ 539
more words ]
https://orientalreview.org/…/facebook-plans-produce-pseudo…/
Does America Have a Caste System? - CityLab
Does America Have a Caste System? - CityLab
Subramanian Shankar argues that America is casteist.
Erika
"It’s significant that the great mid-20th-century Indian reformer B. R.
Ambedkar called not for learning to 'live together as brothers and
sisters,' as Martin Luther King Jr. did, but for the very 'annihilation
of caste.'
"Caste, in other words, is societal difference made
timeless, inevitable and cureless. Caste says to its subjects, 'You all
are different and unequal and fated to remain so.'
"Neither race
nor class nor race and class combined can so efficiently encapsulate the
kind of of social hierarchy, prejudice and inequality that marginalized
Americans experience."
Blowback: How ISIS Was Created by the U.S. Invasion of Iraq
Blowback: How ISIS Was Created by the U.S. Invasion of Iraq
At
the Intercept, Mehdi Hasan makes a basic point that's seldom made here:
ISIS is our child, the spawn of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the acts
that followed from it. Tom
“Your brother created ISIS,” college
student Ivy Ziedrich told a startled Jeb Bush after a town hall meeting
in Reno, Nevada, in May 2015. The then-Republican presidential hopeful
tried to defend his elder sibling, former President George W. Bush, by
blaming the rise of the Islamic State on Barack Obama, “because
Americans pulled back” from Iraq in 2011.
"It sounds a bit
conspiratorial, right? Calling Dubya the creator of ISIS? The reality,
however, is that Ziedrich’s accusation wasn’t far off the mark.
"Had it not been for Bush’s catastrophic decision to invade and occupy
Iraq in 2003, in defiance of international law, the world’s most feared
terrorist group would not exist today. ISIS is blowback.
"In this
week’s episode of my six-part series on blowback, I examine the three
ways in which Bush’s misadventure in Mesopotamia helped birth a group
that the U.S. now considers to be one of the biggest threats to both
U.S. national security and Middle East peace.
"First, foreign
military occupations tend to radicalize local populations and breed
violent insurgencies. Take Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Or Hamas in
the Gaza Strip.
"In Iraq, the U.S. morphed from heroic liberators
into brutal occupiers within a matter of weeks. In Fallujah, which
would later become an ISIS stronghold, U.S. troops opened fire on a
crowd of peaceful protesters in April 2003, killing and wounding dozens
of Iraqis.
"The shootings, the torture, the general chaos, all
helped drive thousands of Iraqis from the minority Sunni community into
the arms of radical groups led by brutal gangsters, such as Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi. Zarqawi’s Al Qaeda in Iraq, formed in 2004 to fight U.S.
troops and their local allies, was a precursor organization to … ISIS.
"Second, in May 2003, in a criminally stupid and reckless move, the
U.S. occupying authorities disbanded the Iraqi army. That’s right: The
U.S. made more than half a million well-armed and well-trained Iraqi
troops unemployed overnight. No less an authority than Gen. Colin
Powell, Bush’s secretary of state and America’s former top soldier,
would later describe those jobless soldiers as “prime recruits for
insurgency.”
"In recent years, many of the top commanders in ISIS
have been identified as former senior officers in Saddam Hussein’s
army. Coincidence?
"Third, the U.S. military detained tens of
thousands of Iraqis, many of them noncombatants, at Camp Bucca in
southern Iraq, where imprisoned jihadis were able to not only radicalize
new recruits in plain sight, but also plan future operations and
attacks. “Many of us at Camp Bucca were concerned that instead of just
holding detainees, we had created a pressure cooker for extremism,”
compound Cmdr. James Skylar Gerrond would later remark.
"One
former Bucca detainee, incidentally, was none other than Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi. Yes, the self-proclaimed caliph and leader of ISIS who,
according to Iraqi terrorism expert Hisham al-Hashimi, “absorbed the
jihadist ideology and established himself among the big names” while at
Bucca.
"To be clear, then, ISIS is blowback from the U.S.
invasion and occupation of Iraq. And don’t just take my word for it.
Listen to David Kilcullen, a former adviser to both Gen. David Petraeus
and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, considered to be one of
the world’s leading counter-insurgency experts. “We have to recognize
that a lot of the problem is of our own making,” Kilcullen told Channel 4
News in March 2016. “There, undeniably, would be no ISIS if we hadn’t
invaded Iraq.”
https://theintercept.com/…/isis-iraq-war-islamic-state-blo…/
Hollywood’s Dangerous Afghan Illusion – Consortiumnews
Hollywood’s Dangerous Afghan Illusion – Consortiumnews
Robert Parry, editor and publisher of Consortiumnews.com, passed away on January 27th.
The Global Research team pays tribute to Robert Parry and his
unwavering commitment to independent and honest journalism. His legacy
will live.
Noam chomsky accuses France of participation in the massacres during the algerian civil war - FREE WILL
Noam chomsky accuses France of participation in the massacres during the algerian civil war - FREE WILL
Noam chomsky accuses France of participation in the massacres during the algerian civil war
https://t.co/6FjMcmOSB7
CATALONIA -- 'The alleged terrorists of the "Caronte" operation confirm that the Spanish National Police gave away a Mosso who was infiltrated in the group' --- | AGÈNCIES | MADRID | Punt divers | El Punt Avui | Notícia
Els presumptes terroristes de l’operació ‘Caronte’ confirmen que la Policia Nacional va delatar un mosso infiltrat al grup | AGÈNCIES | MADRID | Punt divers | El Punt Avui | Notícia
CATALONIA
#catalunyareferendum
'The alleged terrorists of the "Caronte" operation confirm that the
Spanish National Police gave away a Mosso who was infiltrated in the
group'
Three of the accused have confirmed the Spanish police
tipped them off about a Catalan Police agent being infiltrated in their
group.
<<< http://www.elpuntavui.cat/…/1330206-els-presumptes-terroris… >>
lunes, 29 de enero de 2018
CrossRAT keylogging malware targets Linux, macOS & Windows PCs
CrossRAT keylogging malware targets Linux, macOS & Windows PCs
No matter if you are on Linux, Windows or Mac device, online security is a myth.
The US’ National Defense Strategy Is The Epitome Of Neo-Realism | OrientalReview.org
The US’ National Defense Strategy Is The Epitome Of Neo-Realism | OrientalReview.org
The US’ National Defense Strategy focuses on Great Power competition.
The unclassified summary of the recently released document outlines
three prevailing strategic approaches
that the Pentagon aims to follow in the coming years, which are to
reinforce and expand its alliance system while optimizing military
lethality and back-end departmental operations such as logistics and
expenditures. The clichéd saying of building a “lean, mean, killing
machine” is very apt in this context, but while that’s technically the
mission of all militaries, the American one is reconceptualizing its
purpose in line with the Neo-Realist paradigm of International Relations
and sees its core objective as maintaining a balance of power that can
indefinitely sustain its post-Cold War global model. [ 525 more words ]
Bangladesh: Trafficking of girls rife in Rohingya camps | Bangladesh News | Al Jazeera
Bangladesh: Trafficking of girls rife in Rohingya camps | Bangladesh News | Al Jazeera
Rights groups say trafficking gangs have worked in the Rohinga camps for
years but the recent influx of more than 650,000 refugees has made the
trafficking situation even worse.
Lobbyist Says Monsanto’s Roundup Is Safe To Drink – When Offered A Glass He Freaks Out – Collective Evolution
Lobbyist Says Monsanto’s Roundup Is Safe To Drink – When Offered A Glass He Freaks Out – Collective Evolution
Patrick Moore, a Canadian scientist and environmentalist and the former
president of Greenpeace Canada, recently came into contact with a
journalist from a premium French cable station. The journalist
identified Moore as a Monsanto lobbyist and asked him to drink a glass
of Roundup Herbicide, the world’s most popular and widely used
weed-killer.
‘Without UNRWA We Have Nothing’: Palestinian Refugees Speak Out Against US Aid Cuts | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
‘Without UNRWA We Have Nothing’: Palestinian Refugees Speak Out Against US Aid Cuts | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
Palestinians in Bethlehem’s Aida refugee camp have expressed their
mounting anxiety over a US decision to slash funding to the United
Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
(UNRWA).
Somalia: Thousands Homeless as Settlements Razed | Human Rights Watch
Somalia: Thousands Homeless as Settlements Razed | Human Rights Watch
Mass forced evictions of the vulnerable.
The Legacy of Investigative Journalist Robert Parry (1949-2018) | By Nat Parry | Common Dreams
The Legacy of Investigative Journalist Robert Parry (1949-2018) | By Nat Parry | Common Dreams
The great investigative journalist Robert Parry died this weekend
after an unparalleled career as a journalist, editor, and publisher. A
ferocious truth-teller, he tackled
stories that too many other reporters lacked the courage, or skills, to
tell. In this tribute by his son, Nat Parry recalls his father leaving
to cover the U.S.-backed wars in Latin American in the 1980's:
"I remember asking him why he had to go, why he couldn’t just stay at
home with us. He replied that it was important to go to these places and
tell the truth about what was happening there. He mentioned that
children my age were being killed in these wars and that somebody had to
tell their stories. I remember asking, 'Kids like me?' He replied,
'Yes, kids just like you.'"
Robert Parry, editor of Consortium News and a longtime investigative
journalist who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1985 for his Associated
Press exclusives about the CIA's production of an assassination manual
for Nicaraguan rebels, has died at age 68. According to his family,
Parry died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, in hospice care after a series of
strokes brought on by undiagnosed pancreatic cancer. (Photo: Provided by
Diane Duston, Parry's wife, via AP)
Palestinian child prisoner population doubles over last three years | Addameer
Palestinian child prisoner population doubles over last three years | Addameer
The population of Palestinian child prisoners held in Israeli jail cells has increased from 156 to 350 in the last three years.
The external processing of asylum seekers - Member states’ migration talking shop by Frank Mc Namara
The external processing of asylum seekers - Member states’ migration talking shop by Frank Mc Namara
External processing involves applications for international protection
being processed beyond the European Union’s (EU) external borders, in
third states. An individual who has been
processed externally would then, in theory, be resettled to an EU
member state. The reality is that external processing has, thus far,
only served as a talking shop for member states. Without proper
examination of what the policy could add and of the political, legal and
institutional hurdles involved, external processing will simply remain
as member states’ go-to ‘crisis’ policy without any real intention of
ever pursuing it.
The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Russiagate Isn’t About Trump, And It Isn’t Even Ultimately About Russia
The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Russiagate Isn’t About Trump, And It Isn’t Even Ultimately About Russia
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes recently asked a question of
his Twitter following that was so heavily loaded it wouldn’t be
permitted on most interstate highways: “Aside from genuine cranks, is
there anyone left denying it was the Russians that committed criminal
sabotage in the American election?”
Hayes asked this fake
question because he works for MSNBC and it is therefore his job, and he
asked it in response to a report first made viral by deranged espionage LARPer Eric Garland that
a Dutch intelligence agency had been observing Russian hackers
attacking US political parties in advance of the 2016 election. Like all
“bombshell” Russiagate reports, this one roared through social media
like wildfire carried on the wings of liberal hysteria about the current
administration, only to be exposed as being riddled with gaping plot
holes as documented here by
independent journalist Suzie Dawson. The report revolves around an
allegedly Russian cyber threat now known in the west as “Cozy Bear,”
which as Real News‘ Max Blumenthal notes is
not a network of hackers but “a Russian-sounding name the for-profit
firm Crowdstrike assigned to an APT to market its findings to gullible
reporters desperate for Russiagate scoops.”
This “bombshell” overlapped with another as it was reported by the New York Times that at one point many months ago Trump had wanted to fire Robert Mueller, but then didn’t.
Liberalism is the most successful idea of the past 400 years - A call to arms
Liberalism is the most successful idea of the past 400 years - A call to arms
Over the past four centuries liberalism has been so successful that it
has driven all its opponents off the battlefield. Now it is
disintegrating, destroyed by a mix of hubris and internal
contradictions, according to Patrick Deneen, a professor of politics at
the University of Notre Dame.
Emmanuel Macron’s Neoliberal Blitzkrieg | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
Emmanuel Macron’s Neoliberal Blitzkrieg | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
If Macron was a breath of fresh air in the run-up to the election, his
political honeymoon with the voters did not last long. His first actions
in power have marked the end of an original realignment of French
politics. His economic policy blatantly leans to the right and is of a
neoliberal nature.
SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION -- Catalan referendum: hundreds injured as police attack protesters – video | World news | The Guardian
Catalan referendum: hundreds injured as police attack protesters – video | World news | The Guardian
CATALONIA
#catalunyareferendum
SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION
Catalan referendum: hundreds injured as police attack protesters – video
Spanish police in riot gear stormed polling stations to prevent
Catalonia’s independence referendum from going ahead on Sunday. Schools
housing ballot boxes were raided by the national police. The Catalan
president, Carles Puigdemont, told crowds the 'police brutality will
shame the Spanish state for ever', while the mayor of Barcelona, Ada
Colau, demanded an end to the police actions and called for the
resignation of the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy. Spanish
authorities have declared the referendum illegal
Hundreds injured as riot police storm Catalan referendum polling stations https://www.theguardian.com/…/dozens-injured-as-riot-police…
<<<< https://www.theguardian.com/…/catalan-referendum-hundreds-i… >>
CATALONIA -- How Trump's 'fake news' gave authoritarian leaders a new weapon | US news | The Guardian
How Trump's 'fake news' gave authoritarian leaders a new weapon | US news | The Guardian
CATALONIA
#catalunyareferendum
Spanish foreign minister Alfonso Dastis
Hundreds of people were
injured in Catalonia in October, when Spanish police raided polling
stations in attempt to prevent Catalonia’s independence referendum
taking place. Videos showed police kicking people attempting to vote and
striking them with batons.
Dastis’s response: “I am not saying that all are fake pictures, but
some of them are and there have been a lot of alternative facts and fake
news.”
<<< https://www.theguardian.com/…/how-trumps-fake-news-gave-aut… >>>
Alfonso Dastis. Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images
domingo, 28 de enero de 2018
Why Europe Must Reject US Blackmail over Iran's Nuclear Agreement
Why Europe Must Reject US Blackmail over Iran's Nuclear Agreement
The Trump administration has threatened to end the nuclear deal with Iran.
The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Rex Tillerson: Neocon
The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Rex Tillerson: Neocon
With his recent "stay in Syria forever" speech at the Hoover
Institution, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has entered neocon
territory. Tillerson’s language echoes
the language used against Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi. The US always
resorts to holier-than-thou language like this when it wants to justify
the empire’s presence in some place that has nothing to do with American
security. The world is not a pretty place everywhere, not even in parts
of the Americas that I’ll refrain from naming; but some are close to
the White House. This doesn’t justify a costly US presence that, in any
event, is very likely not only to fail but also to produce a worse
situation.
CATALONIA -- Eurointelligence: Spanish state "smells defeat" on Puigdemont question
Eurointelligence: Spanish state "smells defeat" on Puigdemont question
CATALONIA
#catalunyareferendum
The "smell of defeat - or worse, of embarrassment” has permeated the
corridors of Spanish government according to Eurointelligence, one of
the most respected information and analysis services in Brussels.
In its latest bulletin, the information service asserts that the
Spanish executive has been forced to resort to “the last trick in the
book” to prevent Carles Puigdemont from being the candidate for Catalan
presidency at next Tuesday's investiture session in the Parliament of
Catalonia.
<<<< https://www.elnacional.cat/…/eurointelligence-smells-defeat… >>>
Polls: US Is ‘The Greatest Threat To Peace In The World Today’
Polls: US Is ‘The Greatest Threat To Peace In The World Today’
Perhaps people around the world are noticing that, at least since 2001,
the US is wrecking one country after another: Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya,
Syria, and Ukraine.
Which is next? Maybe Iran? Maybe Russia? Maybe Venezuela? Who knows?
La garde panarabe de Bachar Al-Assad, par Nicolas Dot-Pouillard (Le Monde diplomatique, janvier 2018)
La garde panarabe de Bachar Al-Assad, par Nicolas Dot-Pouillard (Le Monde diplomatique, janvier 2018)
Un acteur méconnu du conflit syrien. La garde panarabe de Bachar Al-Assad, par Nicolas Dot-Pouillard (janvier 2018) — www.monde-diplomatique.fr/58272
“Fake News” and Crimes against Humanity: Amnesty International Admits Syrian “Saydnaya” Report Fabricated Entirely in UK | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
“Fake News” and Crimes against Humanity: Amnesty International Admits Syrian “Saydnaya” Report Fabricated Entirely in UK | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
Global Research, February 09, 2017
“Fake News” and Crimes against Humanity: Amnesty International Admits Syrian “Saydnaya” Report Fabricated Entirely in UK
" However, even at a cursory glance, before even reading the full body
of the report, under a section titled, “Methodology,” Amnesty
International admits it has no physical evidence whatsoever to
substantiate what are admittedly only the testimony of alleged inmates
and former workers at the prison, as well as figures within Syria’s
opposition. "
>>> https://www.globalresearch.ca/fake-news-and-crimes-…/5573847 >>
Even Orwell and Huxley Couldn't Imagine the Threat Posed by Facebook
Even Orwell and Huxley Couldn't Imagine the Threat Posed by Facebook
Facebook and Google are teaming up with “authoritarian states” to “bring
together nascent systems of corporate surveillance with an already
developed system of state-sponsored surveillance," warns Soros.
Mother Jones, la mère du syndicalisme américain, par Elliott J. Gorn (Le Monde diplomatique, août 2011)
Mother Jones, la mère du syndicalisme américain, par Elliott J. Gorn (Le Monde diplomatique, août 2011)
Bien qu’un bimestriel progressiste américain porte son nom, Mother Jones
semble aujourd’hui tombée dans l’oubli. À l’aube du XXe siècle, elle
fut pourtant l’une des femmes les plus célèbres d’Amérique. Elle
symbolisait la vigueur du mouvement ouvrier, à une époque où existait un
Parti socialiste des États-Unis sous la bannière duquel se présentaient
des candidats redoutés.
Facebook, Google, Twitter Announce 'Counterspeech' Psyop
Facebook, Google, Twitter Announce 'Counterspeech' Psyop
It appears that while the government continues to strengthen its
potential to conduct psyops, it is also joining forces with internet
gatekeepers that can use their algorithms to shape billions of minds
online.
SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION -- La justice espagnole suspend l'investiture de Puigdemont comme président de Catalogne - France 24
La justice espagnole suspend l'investiture de Puigdemont comme président de Catalogne - France 24
CATALONIA
#catalunyareferendum
SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION
#Catalogne : la justice espagnole suspend l'investiture de Puigdemont https://t.co/6tELupkg9U vía France24 ~~~
© Lluis Gene, AFP | Carles Puigdemont le 26 octobre 2017, au palais de la Généralité, à Barcelone.
CATALONIA -- Destroying the constitution in order to save it -- Eurointelligence - Public
Eurointelligence - Public
CATALONIA
#catalunyareferendum
January 26, 2018
Destroying the constitution in order to save it
It has become clear over the past years that
the only tool the Spanish government is willing and perhaps able to use
in response to the Catalan separatist is the judiciary. Mariano Rajoy
may have hoped that the hastily called regional elections last month
would return a Catalan parliament without a separatist majority, but it
was a toss-up and Rajoy lost the bet. Now, in their desperation to
prevent Carles Puigdemont from being reappointed regional premier next
week, the Spanish government is resorting to every trick in the book.
And constitutional law experts are aghast at the stretches to which the
Spanish government is taking the constitution.
The situation is this: the speaker of the Catalan
parliament has proposed Puigdemont as the candidate for regional PM. The
unionist opposition and the Spanish government argue that this is not
possible because Puigdemont is not physically in Spain and cannot take
part in his own investiture debate remotely or by delegation. The legal
counsel of the Catalan parliament agrees. But the investiture session
would take place next week, and who knows where Puigdemont could be
then? Maybe he will sneak into the parliament (and the Spanish police
has been inspecting the sewers
in the Ciutadella park where the Catalan parliament is located to
ensure he won't get in through them - yes, really). He could also get
arrested at the border in which case he would presumably be jailed
immediately, but he could petition the judge to be able to attend the
session. There is precedent in Spain of jailed politicians being allowed
to attend sessions of regional parliaments. Supreme court judge Pablo
Llarena actually used this argument to refuse issuing an European arrest
warrant when Puigdemont went to Copenhagen this week. To him,
Puigdemont wanted to be arrested so that it could not be said that he
was away from the parliament voluntarily. But if Llarena is right,
Puigdemont is in a win-win situation. Either he is not arrested and he
appears in the parliament, or he is arrested and he can allege force majeure
so the separatist board of the parliament can allow him to delegate the
delivery of his speech, and his vote. Puigdemont's lawyers said this
week that there is a chance that he will be present at the debate.
So, smelling defeat - or, worse, embarrassment - the
high-powered state lawyers colonising Rajoy's cabinet, starting with
the deputy PM Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría who has been in charge of the
Catalan dossier for years, have pulled out the last trick in the book. Article 161.2
of the Spanish constitution foresees that, if the government challenges
an act of a regional authority before the constitutional court, the
court will immediately suspend the act, and has five months to rule on
the substance. While this is not in itself objectionable, the problem
here is that every constitutional expert in the land agrees that the
specific challenge stands no chance. The Spanish government, with the
political support of PSOE and Ciudadanos, decided to challenge the
nomination of Puigdemont, and asked the consultative council of state to
issue an opinion on this. The opinion came back yesterday, and is
negative. The council of state argues that the investiture of Puigdemont
can only be unconstitutional if he attempts to take part in it without
being physically present at the Catalan parliament, which is something
that cannot be decided until after
the deed is done, and not pre-emptively. But the Spanish government is
unfazed, will ignore this opinion, and will use Art 161 to its
advantage.
Spain's constitutional experts are flabbergasted, and call this a "constitutional fraud" according to El Independiente. El Mundo calls, in an editorial,
on the government to listen to the council of state. One of the
arguments giving the unionists the high ground in this whole mess used
to be that in September the separatist board of the Catalan parliament -
now indicted as a result of their actions - repeatedly ignored both the
regional parliament's legal counsel and the region's council of
statutory guarantees (a sort of regional constitutional court). Now the
Spanish government is throwing that out the window, and straining the
constitution beyond the breaking point not for the first time.
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The only way the Spanish constitutional
court can save itself from destruction by Mariano Rajoy's minions is to
rule on this case as soon as possible, and not wait five months.
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