martes, 26 de febrero de 2019

Losing control: Liam Fox brings despised TTIP back to life - TruePublica

Losing control: Liam Fox brings despised TTIP back to life - TruePublica

 

 

TruePublica Editor. I always said that TTIP was never dead. It was
merely taking a rest from the scale of mass public protest that reached
fever pitch on both sides of the pond two years ago. Make no mistake
though, TTIP is back. It is making its way through the back door and
some are finally onto Liam Fox and his next desperate plan. The
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership was a series of trade
negotiations carried out in secret between the EU (UK included) and US,
which seemingly died a death because what it sought was regulatory
barriers to trade for big business – things like food safety law,
environmental legislation, banking regulations and the sovereign powers
of individual nations to be reduced. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is
the same deal, just a different region.


And let’s not forget why TTIP really failed. It was an unprecedented
protest movement of a scope not seen since the Iraq war all over Europe
and America that pushed negotiations over the TTIP trans-Atlantic free
trade agreement to collapse.


Surely, if Brexit has any legs to stand on at all it was about
‘taking back control’. TTIP does exactly the opposite. Any nation-state
that signs a TTIP style deal loses control – that is fundamentally its
raison d’être in the first place.


So what would TTP end up doing? Just for a start, its biggest threat
to society is its inherent assault on democracy. One of the main aims of
TTIP is the introduction of Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS),
which allow companies to sue governments if those governments’ policies
cause a loss of profits. In effect, it means unelected transnational
corporations can dictate the policies of democratically elected
governments.

 Loss of control - Liam Fox brings despised TTIP back to life

Iran: New Realities and New Challenges | New Eastern Outlook

Iran: New Realities and New Challenges | New Eastern Outlook

 

 

Faire de la vie une permanente éducation, par Roger Sue (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 1994)

Faire de la vie une permanente éducation, par Roger Sue (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 1994)

 

 

On
peut évidemment considérer avec Sénèque que la vie est un perpétuel
procès d’apprentissage. Mais, à la différence des sociétés
traditionnelles, nous vivons dans un
univers informatif, voire formatif, en constant renouvellement.
L’interaction avec un environnement plus « intelligent » est une source
permanente d’apprentissage. Il s’agit moins d’accéder comme autrefois à
un certain stade de connaissance, sorte de viatique pour toute
l’existence, que de participer d’un flux accéléré où se mêlent
désapprentissage et réapprentissage.

Mobilise for Peace. America is No Longer "The Top Dog": The Threat of World War Grows as U.S. Power Declines" - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Mobilise for Peace. America is No Longer "The Top Dog": The Threat of World War Grows as U.S. Power Declines" - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

CHRISTOPHER
BLACK: All the while the peoples targeted by their aggression call for
dialogue and the peaceful resolution of issues, whether real or feigned.
They call for an end to war, to never-ending conflict, and ask simply
to be treated with the mutual respect due to each nation from each.

Senior ICC Judge Quits in Protest of US, Turkish Meddling

Senior ICC Judge Quits in Protest of US, Turkish Meddling

 

 

A
senior judge at the United Nations’ International Court quit in protest
of “shocking” interference from the Trump administration into a
preliminary war-crimes investigation into U.S. troops.

The Illustrious & Horrifying Career of Neoconservative Elliott Abrams w/ Jon Schwarz de Media Roots Radio

The Illustrious & Horrifying Career of Neoconservative Elliott Abrams w/ Jon Schwarz de Media Roots Radio

 

 

From
sponsoring genocide in Latin America to funneling money to death
squads, Jon Schwarz outlines the ghastly career of Elliot Abrams, the
war criminal running Trump's coup in Venezuela on Media Roots Radio: https://bit.ly/2U7yMbt

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Pence, Guaidó Fail to Secure Lima Group Approval for US Military Intervention

Pence, Guaidó Fail to Secure Lima Group Approval for US Military Intervention

 

 

EXCLUSIVE:
Given recent statements from Guaidó and top U.S. officials – as well as
the recent death threat against Maduro voiced by U.S. Senator Marco
Rubio via Twitter – it seems that if the
U.S. is determined to use military means to topple Maduro, it will
likely have to do so unilaterally or clandestinely.

Facebook’s Purge Of Maffick Media’s Pages Is A Message To Everyone | OrientalReview.org

Facebook’s Purge Of Maffick Media’s Pages Is A Message To Everyone | OrientalReview.org

 

 

Facebook
imposed double standards to censor popular Russia-connected pages. The
US-based social media platform removed several pages managed by Maffick
Media, a company partly owned by
RT-subsidiary Ruptly, on the alleged basis that they were misleading
their audience about their connections to Russia. The company’s CEO
Anissa Naouai suggested that CNN was tipped off about this beforehand by
a US government-funded think tank that helped coordinate this infowar
operation, decrying what she described as a loophole that allows for
state censorship. [ 438 more words ]
http://orientalreview.org/…/facebooks-purge-of-maffick-med…/

Burning Aid: Apparent Deception on Colombia-Venezuela Bridge – Consortiumnews

Burning Aid: Apparent Deception on Colombia-Venezuela Bridge – Consortiumnews

 

 

Burning Aid: Apparent Deception on Colombia-Venezuela Bridge


Marco Rubio and coup leaders are accusing the Venezuelan National Guard, but Max Blumenthal lines up opposing evidence.  


By Max Blumenthal

 

The Cost of Being a War Resister in Israel | The Nation

The Cost of Being a War Resister in Israel | The Nation

 

 

19-year-old
Hilel Garmi spent 107 days in Israeli jail for refusing to serve in
Israel's army. "I’ve thought the occupation of Palestine was immoral at
least since I was in eighth grade. But
it was the March of Return that played a large role in sustaining the
courage to say no to military service.”

West Bank: Muslims saying access to holy sites restricted | Palestine News | Al Jazeera

West Bank: Muslims saying access to holy sites restricted | Palestine News | Al Jazeera

 

 

Israel
continues to restrict Palestinian access to holy sites in the occupied
West Bank and East Jerusalem. "If you want to pray even on Fridays, your
holiest day, I have to submit my IDs at
the gates to the soldiers, to the Israeli military groups, in order to
enter the site and to pray for half an hour."

A Call to Halt an Illegal Invasion of Venezuela

A Call to Halt an Illegal Invasion of Venezuela

 

 

Words of warning from Kevin Tillman, a veteran and an anti-Iraq war activist whose brother Pat was killed in Afghanistan:
"Like Iraq, our interference is not about
liberating the Venezuelan people from some tyrannical regime. Nor is it
about saving them from starvation... The goal is to pillage and plunder
a vulnerable nation."

US-Backed Opposition Accuses Venezuelan Military of Burning Aid Trucks

US-Backed Opposition Accuses Venezuelan Military of Burning Aid Trucks

 

 

As Max Blumenthal explains, all evidence available suggests opposition guarimberos torched the aid.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Emergencies Do Not Trump the Constitution

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Emergencies Do Not Trump the Constitution

 

 

"National emergency"? Ron Paul's not buying it. His latest at the link:

CATALONIA ------ Catalonia's ex-president on life 'on the run' - BBC News

Catalonia's ex-president on life 'on the run' - BBC News

 

CATALONIA

Catalonia's ex-president Carles Puigdemont on life 'on the run'

Carles Puigdemont, the ex-president of the Spanish region of Catalonia,
spoke to the BBC's Europe reporter Gavin Lee about life in self-imposed
exile in Belgium.

The interview
took place as 12 pre-independence politicians face trials in Madrid and
some could face up to 25 years in prison, if found guilty.

Mr
Puigdemont has been on the run since his then-government led a failed
attempt to secede from Spain after a controversial self-determination
referendum.


CATALONIA -- Activist Cuixart testifies in Catalan Trial

Activist Cuixart testifies in Catalan Trial

 

 

CATALONIA

🔴
"The right to vote in Catalonia is achieved by voting. What we did on
October 1 [holding the referendum], is an exercise of collective
dignity," says Jordi Cuixart in the independence trial https://goo.gl/JxHKqE

___________________
foto de Catalan News.
🔴
"The right to vote in Catalonia is achieved by voting. What we did on
October 1 [holding the referendum], is an exercise of collective
dignity," says Jordi Cuixart in the independence trial https://goo.gl/JxHKqE

___________________
foto de Catalan News.

CATALONIA -- Catalan Separatists Pay Price for Spain's Crude Transition to Democracy

Catalan Separatists Pay Price for Spain's Crude Transition to Democracy

 

 

lunes, 25 de febrero de 2019

Trump’s Not Shy About His Plan To Ship Syrian-Based Terrorists Back To Europe | OrientalReview.org

Trump’s Not Shy About His Plan To Ship Syrian-Based Terrorists Back To Europe | OrientalReview.org

 

 

Trump
wants the US’ NATO partners to repatriate their citizens captured
during anti-terrorist operations in the areas of Syria under its
proxies’ control, whether to put them on trial in their homelands or
reintegrate them into society depending upon their sovereign choice.
This demand has been met with strong opposition from those countries who
are fearful of the public’s reaction to spending taxpayer funds on
these controversial efforts when it wouldn’t cost anything to let them
languish for the rest of their lives in the Mideast. [ 528 more words ]
https://orientalreview.org/…/trumps-not-shy-about-his-plan…/

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The Neocons Have Their Caesar – Consortiumnews

The Neocons Have Their Caesar – Consortiumnews

 

 

The Neocons Have Their Caesar

Hail, Donald J. Trump, we who are about to read your latest tweet salute you! Tom Engelhardt pens an obituary for the republic.

By Tom Engelhardt

Video: "I’m Committing Professional Suicide": CBS Star Reporter Admits "Mostly Liberal" Journalists Are Now "Political Activists" - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Video: "I’m Committing Professional Suicide": CBS Star Reporter Admits "Mostly Liberal" Journalists Are Now "Political Activists" - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

CBS
News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan has broken ranks
and admitted that journalists have lost their objectivity and become
“political activists.”

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Venezuela: US Regime Change in Progress!

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Venezuela: US Regime Change in Progress!

 

 

Get
the lowdown on the failed showdown between militarized US "aid" and the
Venezuelan government this weekend. The coup is still not gaining
traction despite the best neocon efforts. What's next? RPI's Daniel
McAdams has the story...

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Burning Aid: An Interventionist Deception on Colombia-Venezuela Bridge?

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Burning Aid: An Interventionist Deception on Colombia-Venezuela Bridge?

 

 

Yesterday's
attempted forced delivery of US aid from Colombia to Venezuela ended in
failure for the US side. But they gained a propaganda victory when one
of the aid trucks burned up. Maduro is
burning up aid instead of giving it to the needy, US neocons exclaimed. A
slightly closer look at what really happened on that bridge tells a
whole different story, however. Opposition shock militia members with
Molotov cocktails and gas cans. Don't wait for the MSM to report it, but
you can watch the video at the link...

America's Enemies, Who's On the List? - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

America's Enemies, Who's On the List? - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

This
imperial quest to overthrow ‘enemy countries’ operated at various
levels of intensity, depending on two considerations: the level of
priority and the degree of vulnerability for a ‘regime change’
operation.

Farcical Upcoming Ukraine Presidential Election - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Farcical Upcoming Ukraine Presidential Election - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

STEPHEN
LENDMAN: No matter who comes out on top as president in the March 31
“election,” ordinary Ukrainians lose, along with any chance for regional
peace – ruled out by Washington.

Selected Articles: Guaidó-USAID Trucks Torched on Border - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Selected Articles: Guaidó-USAID Trucks Torched on Border - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

Selected Articles: Guaidó-USAID Trucks Torched on Border

India and Pakistan Rattle Their Nuclear Sabres

India and Pakistan Rattle Their Nuclear Sabres

 

 

Right now, India is debating a major punitive strike against Pakistan.

The denial of taxes to the Palestinian Authority is an ominous sign of Netanyahu's grand plan - The National

The denial of taxes to the Palestinian Authority is an ominous sign of Netanyahu's grand plan - The National

 

 

My
latest: Netanyahu's seizing of Palestinian tax revenues to prevent
their being used to support political prisoners' families – and Mahmoud
Abbas' protests - highlight the duplicity at the heart of the relations
between Israel and the PA.

Israel releases Palestinian prisoner after 17 years of imprisonment

Israel releases Palestinian prisoner after 17 years of imprisonment

 

 

Israeli
authorities released Palestinian prisoner, Abed al-Rahman Khalil
Mahmoud, 38, from the Issawiya neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem,
after 17 years of imprisonment, on Sunday.

Red Cross Denounces Unsanctioned Use of Its Emblems to Smuggle US Aid to Venezuela - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Red Cross Denounces Unsanctioned Use of Its Emblems to Smuggle US Aid to Venezuela - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

The
largest international aid organization has demanded that activists at
the Venezuela-Colombia border not use the insignia of the Red Cross,
which isn’t participating in what Caracas has dismissed as a US
“propaganda show.”

Despite International Ban, Iceland Plans to Kill Over 2,000 Whales

Despite International Ban, Iceland Plans to Kill Over 2,000 Whales

 

 

Authorities in #Iceland have just announced a plan to kill more than 2,000 #whales
over the next five years. Environmental organizations are
understandably outraged as Iceland continues to challenge the
International Whaling Commission’s (#IWC) ban on commercial #whaling. – #StopWhaling #StupidWorld

CATALONIA --- Catalan president alludes to Puigdemont cabinet in MWC speech: ‘They can’t be here with us’

Catalan president alludes to Puigdemont cabinet in MWC speech: ‘They can’t be here with us’

 

 

CATALONIA

Catalan president alludes to Puigdemont and former government in speech during the Mobile World Congress inaugural dinner

CATALONIA ---- 'This is a fake trial,' says Catalan culture minister

'This is a fake trial,' says Catalan culture minister

 

 

CATALONIA

📽️With
the Catalan independence trial well underway, we asked culture minister
Laura Borràs about her impressions of the case. Learn what she told us.

Read the interview here: https://goo.gl/JK5hiY

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CATALONIA -- 'This is a fake trial,' says Catalan culture minister

'This is a fake trial,' says Catalan culture minister

 

CATALONIA

 

 

CATALONIA

Catalonia's culture minister Laura Borràs on the #CatalanTrial: "This is a fake trial, we are fighting for our rights, for our civil rights, for freedom and for justice"

JOHN PILGER: The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies – Consortiumnews

JOHN PILGER: The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies – Consortiumnews

 

 JOHN PILGER: The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies

 

 Hugo Chavez in 2004. (Franklin Reyes via Wikimedia)

THE REAL SPAIN --- the Yellows 15 · Spanish Injustice - YouTube

the Yellows 15 · Spanish Injustice - YouTube

 

 

THE REAL SPAIN

Spanish Injustice




In Spain, while convicted Politicians, Guardia Civil and the Military,
remain free, innocent people have been in pretrial detention for over a
year. This clearly is a means to repress those who think, speak and vote
differently. #ThisIsTheRealSpain

#ThisIsTheRealSpain ----- 717 Videos of the Repression lived in Catalonia by the Spanish Police in the Referendum of October 1, 2017, #ThisIsTheRealSpain

717 Videos of the Repression lived in Catalonia by the Spanish Police in the Referendum of October 1, 2017, #ThisIsTheRealSpain

 

 

Spanish Police

717 Videos of the Repression lived in Catalonia by the Spanish Police in the Referendum of October 1, 2017


#ThisIsTheRealSpain

 Park

CATALONIA -- @JordiTurull Vídeo censurat a Twitter. Subt. anglès - YouTube

@JordiTurull Vídeo censurat a Twitter. Subt. anglès - YouTube

 

CATALONIA

 

 

"Did the Spanish state comply? No." Catalan Minister, Presidential
candidate, and current political prisoner, Jordi Turull, and the long
list of court sentences favorable to the Catalan government that the
Spanish Government did not comply with. 😷😷😷
https://t.co/QxFID6iPPv

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jueves, 21 de febrero de 2019

Tell Google and Apple: Stand with Saudi women, don’t facilitate the Saudi Guardianship system | CODEPINK

Tell Google and Apple: Stand with Saudi women, don’t facilitate the Saudi Guardianship system | CODEPINK

 

 

Join our ally CODEPINK: Women For Peace in calling on Google and Apple to remove apps that let Saudi men track women!

"The ultimate stalking tool for Saudi men:
Google and Apple are offering an app in Saudi Arabia to assist men
track the whereabouts of their wives, daughters, nieces, and employees.
The app, called Absher, was created by the Saudi National Information
Center, which is a project of the Saudi Ministry of Interior for the
country’s guardianship system that requires women to get permission
from a husband, brother, uncle or other male guardian to engage in such
basic things as obtaining a passport, traveling, getting married or
divorced, and obtaining medical treatment."

Add your name to CodePink's letter to Google and Apple demanding that they stop facilitating the Saudi repression of women: https://www.codepink.org/absher

Read more about the apps and guardianship in Saudi Arabia here: https://www.nytimes.com/…/middl…/saudi-arabia-app-women.html

Julian Assange aime-t-il le heavy metal ?, par Maurice Lemoine (Le Monde diplomatique, octobre 2012)

Julian Assange aime-t-il le heavy metal ?, par Maurice Lemoine (Le Monde diplomatique, octobre 2012)

 

 Julian
Assange subira-t-il le sort réservé en 1989 à Manuel Noriega au Panamá ?
Réfugié dans la nonciature apostolique pour échapper aux troupes
américaines (...) il dut subir les décibels déchirants de puissants
haut-parleurs débitant du heavy metal.

miércoles, 20 de febrero de 2019

Mapping the American War on Terror

Mapping the American War on Terror

 

 "Research shows that, in the long term, it is far more effective and
sustainable to address the underlying grievances that fuel terrorist
violence than to answer them on the battlefield."

  it should be clear that another kind of grand plan is needed to deal with the threat of terrorism both globally and to Americans—one that relies on a far smaller U.S. military footprint and costs far less blood and treasure. (Photo: Scott Nelson/Getty Images)

"It should be clear," writes Savell, "that another kind of grand plan is
needed to deal with the threat of terrorism both globally and to
Americans—one that relies on a far smaller U.S. military footprint and
costs far less blood and treasure." (Photo: Scott Nelson/Getty Images)

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Whistling Past NATO's Graveyard, With Special Guest Tom Luongo

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Whistling Past NATO's Graveyard, With Special Guest Tom Luongo

 

 

The
Warsaw and Munich Summits were extraordinary in that they were
extraordinary failures for US neocons, who wanted to use them to push
war on Iran and more "isolation" of Russia and China. Vice President
Pence became a laughingstock with his "please clap" moment. Geopolitical
analyst Tom Luongo joins today's Liberty Report to discuss...

Whistling Past NATO's Graveyard, With Special Guest Tom Luongo http://ronpaulinstitute.org/…/whistling-past-natos-graveya…/

foto de Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : American 'Progressives' Support Civil Liberties as The Rope Supports The Hanging Man

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : American 'Progressives' Support Civil Liberties as The Rope Supports The Hanging Man

 

 

What
a shame that American progressives so obsessed with the civil liberties
implications of Trump's border wall were hardly phased by (and still
don't object to) the full frontal assault on civil liberties called the
Patriot Act!

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : NATO’s Atlantic Council Hijacks Munich Conference With Revisionist ‘Principles’ Declaration

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : NATO’s Atlantic Council Hijacks Munich Conference With Revisionist ‘Principles’ Declaration

 

 

The
US government/NATO funded Atlantic Council has come out with a
"statement of principles" at the Munich security summit that obliterates
the concept of state sovereignty and paints a permanent target on
countries outside the favor of the US and its allies. It is a "new world
order" led by US military power to subjugate the rest of the globe, in
the name of "rules-based" world order where they make the rules.

A new wave of Internet censorship may be on the horizon - TruePublica

A new wave of Internet censorship may be on the horizon - TruePublica

 

 

By Mike Morel – Open Rights Group2018 was a pivotal year for data protection. First,
the Cambridge Analytica scandal put a spotlight on Facebook’s
questionable privacy practices. Then the new Data Protection Act and the
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) forced businesses to better
handle personal data.


As these events continue to develop, 2019 is shaping up to be a similarly consequential year for free speech online as new forms of digital censorship assert themselves in the UK and EU.


 


Of chief concern in the UK are several initiatives within the
Government’s grand plan to “make Britain the safest place in the world
to be online”, known as the Digital Charter. Its founding document proclaims
“the same rights that people have offline must be protected online.”
 That sounds a lot like Open Rights Group’s mission! What’s not to like?

 A new wave of Internet censorship may be on the horizon

CATALONIA --- Playing dirty

Playing dirty

 

 CATALONIA

Playing dirty

 

CATALONIA -- Turull: 'Catalans aren't sheep, independence movement is bottom-up'

Turull: 'Catalans aren't sheep, independence movement is bottom-up'

 

CATALONIA

 

 

Turull: 'Catalans aren't sheep, independence movement is bottom-up'

Former government spokesman tells public prosecutor they "tried for agreed referendum until last minute"



 Former Catalan minister Jordi Turull at Spain's Supreme Court

CATALONIA --- Rull accuses Spain's Constitutional Court of 'lacking moral authority'

Rull accuses Spain's Constitutional Court of 'lacking moral authority'

 

CATALONIA

 

 

Rull accuses Spain's Constitutional Court of 'lacking moral authority'

 

 Former Catalan minister Josep Rull (left) at the Supreme Court in Madrid (by EFE)

CATALONIA -- Catalan News – Latest politics, business and cultural news

Catalan News – Latest politics, business and cultural news

 

 CATALONIA

📽
"We are going to see the shame that this trial is. We're going to see
how the State are going to state lies and fake facts about what
happened" - Elsa Artadi criticizes the #CatalanTrial procedures

More at CatalanNews.com

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CATALONIA -- Turull: 'Catalans aren't sheep, independence movement is bottom-up'

Turull: 'Catalans aren't sheep, independence movement is bottom-up'

 

 CATALONIA

📽️
"Regardless of how many times Catalan society is presented as violent,
this narrative makes no sense. It's insane," says Jordi Turull in
Spain's Supreme Court https://goo.gl/1fukeq

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