martes, 28 de marzo de 2017

How US Flooded The World With Psyops | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Newly declassified documents from the Reagan presidential library help
explain how the U.S. government developed its sophisticated
psychological operations capabilities
that – over the past three decades – have created an alternative reality
both for people in targeted countries and for American citizens, a
structure that expanded U.S. influence abroad and quieted dissent at
home.

US Expands De Facto Syrian Invasion | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

The UK Independent in its article, “US marines sent to Syria to help assault on Isis’ Raqqa stronghold,” would report that:

"Hundreds of US marines have arrived in Syria armed with heavy artillery in preparation for an assault on Isis’ de-facto capital of Raqqa."

However, the presence of US troops in Syria is entirely unsolicited by
the Syrian government and constitutes a clear violation of Syria’s
national sovereignty under international law.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Trump’s War on Terror Has Quickly Become as Barbaric and Savage as He Promised

President Trump is killing civilians overseas at an incredibly
accelerated rate. Clearly he does not understand about blowback or that
US killing of civilians is a chief
recruiting tool for terrorists. Trump's rising civilian death toll is
not only immoral and indecent, it is making us less safe...

Windows 10 has been logging everything you type — here's how to stop it -- Science & Technology -- Sott.net

According to a startling new report, if you use #Windows 10, every, single keystroke you've ever entered on your computer has been logged.

If that weren't alarming enough to the privacy-minded among us, all of that information is being sent directly to #Microsoft.

CONFIRMED: Syria threatens to launch SCUD missiles if Israeli attacks continue

#Syria tells #Israel no more games with violations of its territory.

Coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria: Alleged civilian deaths and levels of reporting ---Airwars

Puigdemont at Harvard: ‘Our struggle is a reflection of the fight for American civil rights’ | VilaWeb

Puigdemont at Harvard: ‘Our struggle is a reflection of the fight for American civil rights’

Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, compared Catalonia’s
pro-independence process to the US civil rights movement in his speech
Monday at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies. ‘Our
struggle is a reflection of the fight for American civil rights.’ he
said during the conference ‘Catalonia, Today, Tomorrow’. However, in
contrast with American institutions which ‘have respected democracy and
the will of its people to adapt over time’, Puigdemont lamented Spain’s
refusal to open a dialogue and agree on a referendum so that Catalans
can decide their political future. ‘We are convinced that this is the
best option,’ he said but pointed out that ‘up to now it has been
impossible, due the Spanish Government’s absolutely steadfast refusal to
discuss it’. However, he warned, ‘Catalonia will hold the referendum in
any case.’

Puigdemont emphasised that the ‘challenge’ of organising a referendum
is not only his Government’s ‘commitment’ but the ‘democratic response
to the demands of the Catalan society’ since around 80% of Catalans are
in favor of holding a self-determination referendum and is a decision
backed by the majority of the Parliament.

Finnish Defense Minister Jussi Niinistö Happy About NATO Deployments in the Baltic Region

For several post-war decades the North European region remained
relatively stable and secure. Today the stability is undermined by the
recent increase in NATO presence in the Baltic States and Poland - a
destabilizing factor to directly affect Finland due to its geographic
position.

The Public Enemies of World Truth | New Eastern Outlook

Only the shadow knows the evil journalists do, but the damage to humanity is evident. #FakeNews

Catalonia, Today and Tomorrow by Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó - issuu

Catalonia, Today and Tomorrow by Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó - issuu:

Catalonia, Today and Tomorrow

Published on Mar 27, 2017

Speech by the President of the Government of Catalonia at Harvard University.

lunes, 27 de marzo de 2017

JASTA Raises the Hopes for a Compensation Shared by Washington’s Victims | New Eastern Outlook

On the other hand, it opens a way for foreign citizens to seek
compensation if their loved ones fell victims of the so-called War on
Terror. Thus, Washington has in essence
recognized its obligations to pay compensation for those civilians that
have perished as a result of US military actions. This possibility was
pointed out last fall by Obama administration spokesman Josh Ernest who
notrd last year that this bill may put the US at “significant risk”
since now other countries can adopt similar laws. And even now it’s safe
to assume that there’s going to be a long line of those seeking
retribution, if we are to remember that in the last decade Washington
has invaded numerous sovereign states, killing civilians en mass under
the pretext of fighting a “War on Terror” launched by the White House in
the aftermath of 9/11 attacks.

Shooting the Messenger, The Last Bastions of Independent Thought | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

MARK TALIANO: To counter the conspiracies against truth and justice,
open debates about “forbidden topics” need to be amplified, not
suppressed. Taboos need to be shattered. Hasty conclusions need to be
rejected. And the modern-day Inquisition needs to be dismantled.

Syria Threatens Scud Strikes If Israel Attacks Again

The Syrian government has reportedly issued a warning to the Israeli
government through a Russian mediator, cautioning them against continued
airstrikes against Syrian military targets and threatening to retaliate
with Scud missiles against Israeli military bases if they continue.

Israel had been intermittently attacking Syrian military targets
throughout the Syrian Civil War, but that conflict has escalated
dramatically in recent weeks, with Syria resisting larger Israeli
strikes with anti-aircraft missiles, and Israel continuing to strike,
and threatening to wipe out Syria’s air defenses outright.

Syria has a considerable cache of Scud missiles, which it acquired
over the years in large part related to their ongoing arms race with
Israel. Syrian officials reportedly threatened to hit military bases in
northern Israel, and potentially strikes against the Haifa Port if
Israel attacks civilian targets in Syria.

Russian air defense system missile system Antey 2500, or S-300 VM, is on
display at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky outside
Moscow, Russia. The Russian military has deployed the S-300 air defense
missile systems to Syria to protect a Russian navy facility in the
Syrian port of Tartus and Russian navy ships in the area.

The Feuding Kleptocrats | By Chris Hedges | Common Dreams

"The kleptocrats, whatever their differences, are united by one
overriding fear. They fear large numbers of people will become wise to
their kleptocracy and revolt. They fear the mob. They fear revolution,
the only mechanism left that can rid us of these parasites."

'The kleptocrats, in the end,' writes Hedges, 'have only one real enemy: us.' (Illustration: Mr. Fish / Truthdig)

Blacklisted, Smeared & Silenced For Exposing NATO Destabilization Of Syria

MintPress editor Mnar A. Muhawesh speaks with Rania Khalek about
being blacklisted, smeared and silenced for exposing NATO's
destabilization of Syria by pro-rebel activists who have no problem with
the CIA's well documented 25-year old plan for regime change by
fomenting a sectarian civil war through the arming of right wing
extremists including al-Qaeda. These are the activists that have
monopolized over the wider conversation on Syria and they are
aggresively targeting anyone who
challenges their regime change agenda, and they are causing division
among the Palestinian solidarity movement -- all of which, ironically,
suits Israel's agenda.
And now, Donald J. Trump has officially
invaded Syria with barely any opposition from liberals after a lenghty
campaign from the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton convincing
the masses that Syria is just another "humanitarian" war.

Watch the full-length interview here: http://www.mpn.news/y/syriablacklist

Trump Is Taking The US-Saudi Relationship To The Next Level

Despite his tough campaign rhetoric, President Donald Trump has opted
for a policy of appeasement to Saudi Arabia - including a $200 billion
investment into the Saudi economy amidst sweeping cuts to U.S. foreign
aid.

http://www.mintpressnews.com/trump-is-taking-the-us-saud…/…/

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Defense Minister and
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in the
State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

US-Saudi Reset Is Real but Rather Unpredictable

Trump wants to reconfigure relationship with Saudi Arabia and make it
relevant for his «America First» policies. Hopes are high in Riyadh too
that Trump seeks to forge a warmer relationship with the kingdom.
Clearly, both sides are seeking a renewal of the bilateral relationship.
However, a comparison of the Saudi and White House accounts of the
talks between Trump and Mohammad bin Salman reveals significant
divergences in what each side is expecting from a «reset».

What America’s Coup in Ukraine Did

On March 23rd, Gallup headlined “South Sudan, Haiti and Ukraine Lead
World in Suffering”, and the Ukrainian part of that can unquestionably
be laid at the feet of U.S. President Barack Obama, who in February 2014
imposed upon Ukraine a very bloody coup, which he and his press
misrepresented (and still misrepresent) as being (and still represent as
having been) a ‘democratic revolution’, but was nothing of the sort,
and actually was instead the start of the Ukrainian dictatorship and the
hell that has since destroyed that country, and brought the people
there into such misery, it’s now by far the worst in Europe, and nearly
tied with the worst in the entire world.

US Navy Prepares Decapitating Attack Against Russia

The US preemptive nuclear strike capability has significantly grown. The
strategic nuclear forces modernization program has implemented new
revolutionary technologies to vastly increase the targeting capability
of the US submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) arsenal.

Glyphosate_and_cancer_Buying_science_EN_0.pdf

Monsanto and other glyphosate manufacturers appear to have distorted
scientific evidence on the public health impacts of glyphosate in order
to keep the controversial substance on the market.

In its new report, Global 2000 shows how #glyphosate producers have been “buying science”.

https://www.global2000.at/…/Glyphosate_and_cancer_Buying_sc…

#StopGlyphosate | Corporate Europe Observatory ECI glyphosate petition herbicide agriculture farmers

Corporate Europe Observatory

You're
on fire! Together, we have so far managed to collect half a million
signatures for the European Citizens' Initiative to Stop Glyphosate!
Here is to the second push - share with your friends, colleagues and
family to help us up the pressure on the Commission!

https://corporateeurope.org/stopglyphosate

Hundreds of anti-corruption protesters arrested in Russia after mass demonstrations: state media - ABC News

Transparency International

Russian
corruption fighter Alexei Navalny and hundreds more were detained over
the weekend during protests against corruption in Moscow. Russia
continues to crush civil rights. We join
the EU in calling for the release of detained demonstrators and plea
for authorities to NOT SHUTDOWN THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE!

PHOTO: A woman argues with law enforcement officers as they block a rally in Moscow, Russia, March 26, 2017. — A woman argues with law enforcement officers as they block a rally in Moscow, Russia, March 26, 2017.

The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site' | US news | The Guardian

Tuesday 24 February 2015 21.43 GMT

The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'
Exclusive: Secret interrogation facility reveals aspects of war on terror in US
‘They disappeared us’: protester details 17-hour shackling without basic rights
Accounts describe police brutality, missing 15-year-old and one man’s death
Latest: Follow the Guardian’s i

https://www.theguardian.com/…/chicago-police-detain-america… -

‘They were held incommunicado for much longer than I think should be
permitted in this country – anywhere – but particularly given the strong
constitutional rights afforded to people who are being charged with
crimes,” said Sarah Gelsomino, the lawyer for Brian Jacob Church.
Photograph: Phil Batta/Guardian

Trump’s War on Terror Has Quickly Become as Barbaric and Savage as He Promised

Civilian deaths rose even as the number of airstrikes decreased —
suggesting that the U.S. military has become even more reckless about
civilian deaths under Trump than they were under Obama.

Empire Files: The Sikh Experience in America - YouTube

The first victim of post- 9/11 hate crimes was a 49 year old Sikh man–
shot to death outside of his gas station. In 2012 six Sikhs were
murdered in cold blood in what was the
deadliest attack at a place of worship since the Jim Crow era, when a
man opened fire in their gurdwara. Recently a Sikh man was shot in his
own driveway. As incidences of bigoted hate crimes and discrimination
continue to rise since Trump’s entrance into the political spotlight, it
is important that we understand the history, culture, and current
struggles of our Sikh neighbors. Watch the episode now: http://bit.ly/2n857zx

Are America and China Destined for War?

In his recent book The Improbable War, professor Christopher Coker
explains that it is "of vital importance that the possibility of a
conflict between China and the United
States continues to be discussed." There are many great articles,
long-form pieces and books that detail the dangers of a US-China
military clash and how to avoid it. So why read this one?
Three reasons: Comprehensiveness, readability and telling hard truths most Asia experts here in Washington won’t want to hear.

Britain wants intelligence access to WhatsApp encryption

Big Brother wants to read even the most private encrypted messages

Protests in Moscow and across Russia fail to shake the Kremlin

The latest damp fizzle from the Moscow color revolution brigade

The Health & Wellness Show: ‌Chemical Cocktails: Vaccine Excipients and the Autism Question -- Health & Wellness -- Sott.net

Contaminated faulty #vaccines
based on poor research have damaged hundreds of thousands of children
all over the world causing an epidemic in childhood allergies, autoimmune disorders brain inflammation, developmental delays and #Autism. Close to 1 million children will be diagnosed with Autism this year.

While 'health organizations' continue to deny any relationship between
Autism and vaccination. Scientists outside the US are researching the
'synergistic toxicity' of chemicals such as aluminum, and mercury and
are presenting peer-reviewed science making a clear connection between
immune activation events, aluminum adjuvants, and Autism.

« C’était mieux avant… », par Pierre Rimbert (Le Monde diplomatique, septembre 2014)

La référence permanente aux « trente glorieuses » induit un effet
indésirable : à force de jauger l’ampleur des régressions à l’aune de
cette période, on suggère que le modèle
économique d’après-guerre constitue le summum de la justice sociale, le
plafond du progressisme. Etait-ce vraiment le cas ?

Entre 1963 et 1982, 160 000 Ultramarins s’installent en métropole. Leur
venue a été favorisée par le Bureau pour le développement des migrations
des départements d’outre-mer (Bumidom), officiellement pour faire face à
la surnatalité supposée toucher les Antilles et la Réunion. On leur
promettait une vie prospère, mais ils trouvèrent surtout des emplois
sous-qualifiés et précaires. Pis, le programme – en vigueur jusqu’en
1981 – a été maintes fois perverti : 1 630 enfants réunionnais furent
ainsi enlevés à leurs familles pour « repeupler » les régions frappées par l’exode rural, principalement la Creuse.
© Riclafe/SIPA.

Palestinian family coerced to tear down their roof in Beit Hanina

Israel routinely forces Palestinians to demolish parts of their own
homes or face heavy fines or even the possibility of Israeli forces
razing the entire home.

Arundhati Roy on Iraq War's 10th: Bush May Be Gone, But "Psychosis" of U.S. Foreign Policy Prevails | Democracy Now!

This week marked the 14th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In 2013, we spoke with activist Arundhati Roy about the war: "At the heart of this operation
is an immorality and a psychopathic violence, which even the people in
the United States are now suffering for… We are being given lessons in
morality while tens of thousands are being killed, while whole countries
are shattered, while whole civilizations are driven back decades, if
not centuries. And everything continues as normal."

BBC World Service - Newshour, 'A lot of people have been beaten up' in Russia protests

"There are a lot of people prepared to defy the threats from the government ... to make Russia a different place"

$10 Trillion Missing from Pentagon and No One — Not Even the DoD — Knows Where It Is

Over a mere two decades, the Pentagon lost track of a mind-numbing $10 trillion
— that’s trillion, with a fat, taxpayer-funded “T” — and no one, not
even the Department of Defense, really knows where it went or on what it
was spent.

Even though audits of all federal agencies became mandatory in 1996, the Pentagon has apparently made itself an exception, and — fully 20 years later — stands obstinately orotund in never having complied.

Because, as defense officials insist —
summoning their best impudent adolescent — an audit would take too long
and, unironically, cost too much.

“Over the last 20 years, the Pentagon has broken every promise to Congress about when an audit would be completed,” Rafael DeGennaro, director of Audit the Pentagon, told the Guardian recently. “Meanwhile, Congress has more than doubled the Pentagon’s budget.”

Worse, President Trump’s newly-proposed budget seeks to toss an additional $54 billion
into the evidently bottomless pit that is the U.S. military — more for
interventionist policy, more for resource-plundering, more for proxy
fighting, and, of course, more for jets and drones to drop more bombs
suspiciously often on civilians.

50+ Economists Warn Against Neoliberalism's Return in Ecuador | By Ha-Joon Chang, James K. Galbraith | Common Dreams

"Our goal is not to tell Ecuadorians whom to vote for, or to
interfere in Ecuador’s political processes. With the proliferation of
misinformation and misunderstanding about Ecuador’s economy, however, we felt it necessary to correct the record.

"Ecuador deserves leaders who will implement policies that benefit all
Ecuadorians ― whoever they may be. It would be tragic for Ecuador’s next
government to return to a less prosperous, less inclusive past."

Ecuador's
President Rafael Correa speaks to thousands of supporters from the
presidential palace in Quito's main square, June 15, 2015. (Photo: EFE)

Top Israelis Have Warned of Apartheid, so Why the Outrage at a UN Report?

Defenders of the Jewish state refuse to understand the warnings of former Israeli prime ministers.

domingo, 26 de marzo de 2017

Noam Chomsky - Democracy Is a Threat to Any Power System P°2 - Video Dailymotion

#NoamChomsky - #Democracy Is a #Threat to Any #Power #System P°2
https://t.co/fZH260JUnQ

500 Children Missing In DC In 2017 — Sex Trafficking Fears Have Officials Asking FBI For Help – Collective Evolution

This problem is not going to go away by ignoring it. It is real and happening right under our noses.

When You Come for Rasmea Odeh, You Come For All of Us

Jewish Voice for Peace

"Finally,
Rasmea Odeh represents the struggle for Palestine. While the liberal
political order has not embraced Palestine, the progressive left
increasingly has." Essential reading by Noura Erakat

CATALONIA -- Speaker of the Catalan parliament says that Scotland will win ScotRef 'either way' (From The National)

Speaker of the Catalan parliament says that Scotland will win ScotRef 'either way' (From The National)

SCOTLAND
will emerge as the winner whether or not the country backs independence
in a second referendum, according to the speaker of the Catalan
parliament.

And Carme Forcadell, who could face a ban from public
office for allowing her parliament to vote on a referendum, again
called on the Spanish government to enter into a dialogue with
Catalonia, instead of using the legal system to avoid a discussion on
independence.

Her comments came in a wide-ranging interview with
Pau Llosa, Edinburgh-based correspondent for Catalan newspapers El Món
and La Directa, in which she also said the people of Scotland should not
be dragged out of Europe against their will.

In Syria, social media has been the 'weapon of mass instruction'

Social media is the most powerful weapon on both sides in #Syria.

NATO troops head for Poland ‘to deter Russian offensive actions’ (VIDEO) — RT News

Equipped with heavy armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, infantry fighting vehicles and reconnaissance drones.

Stop Supporting Child Slavery By Avoiding These 6 Companies – Collective Evolution

"Every dollar you spend you cast a vote for the kind of world you want to live in."

More Gazans sick from polluted drinking water, says utility chief | The Times of Israel

The punishment in Gaza continues.

An elderly man fills a water container at a public tap at the Khan Yunis
Water Authority’s wastewater treatment plant. (CC-BY-4.0 Muhammad Sabah
B’Tselem/Wikipedia)

Yemen: Attack on Refugee Boat Likely War Crime | Human Rights Watch

Several witnesses reported that on March 16, 2017, a helicopter fired on
the boat, killing at least 32 of the 145 Somali migrants and refugees
on board and one Yemeni civilian.

The remains of a community hall in
Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, after Saudi-led coalition warplanes
attacked a funeral ceremony there on October 8, 2016.

Deadly New Zealand SAS Raid in Afghanistan Under Scrutiny – The Fifth Column

Deadly New Zealand SAS Raid in Afghanistan Under Scrutiny

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10542591

By ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs Office from Kabul, Afghanistan – 090723-A-8521S-002, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

CATALONIA -- Catalunya incomprendida: la historia detrás del reclamo de autodeterminación | El Juego de la Suprema Corte

Catalunya incomprendida: la historia detrás del reclamo de autodeterminación | El Juego de la Suprema Corte:

Catalunya misunderstood: the story behind the claim of self-determination

Miguel Lisbona Guillén

In recent months, and after the elections to the Catalan Parliament held in September 2015 that granted an independence majority in its hemicycle, the claim to the right of self-determination of Catalonia has been constant. In order to put this situation in context, a little history has to be made, especially because in Latin America, given the way in which its states were formed, it is difficult to understand that desire, even if those who think are intellectuals or defend similar claims for Other territories and peoples.

Certainly the historical education received in Mexico from the old colonization metropolis is not far from that received by those who studied in Spain under the dictatorial regime of Francisco Franco. The autocrat proclaimed all-powerful after a civil war following his uprising against a democracy, the second Hispanic Republic. In that history, false in its content, it was affirmed that the Catholic kings had united a country through a marriage. Isabel de Castilla and Fernando de Aragón were husbands, but this did not mean a territorial, political or economic union. In fact Isabel's death brought Fernando back to his homeland, and only returned as regent of Castile by the request of the Castilian nobles because of the impossibility of his daughter, Juana (la loca), to govern. So it is that the future emperor and his descendants, Charles V, signed as kings or princes of each of the territories of his reign, in no case as a unit, not even in the Iberian peninsula. Any serious historical study reaffirms what has been said, as well as the many revolts and clashes between Catalonia and the Castilian crown, where surely the one of 1640 represented a milestone from which the current Catalan hymn, the reapers, results from the many versions of a popular song . Violences were repeated in the well-known war of succession, in the early eighteenth century, when the lack of an heir of the house of the Austrias, the descendants of the Emperor Charles V, produced a division of interests. The Aragonese supported a candidate from Austria, who claimed to continue having political freedoms, while Castile proposed a French Bourbon - a royal house that had as its maximum political centralization and cultural unification. And who does not believe that it observes the French history and the systematic elimination of their idiomatic differences. The result was a new Catalan defeat, which marks the day of its national celebration on September 11, when the capital Barcelona falls after months of stalking and bombing of the then walled city. From there the Bourbon reforms ended Catalan institutions and put in check their own language, Catalan.

This preamble is fundamental to understand that current grievances have long historical breath, and are more visible in a state than ever, or with very short lapses of time, has been a real democracy based on liberal principles. Absolutist reigns or military dictatorships were the Spanish characteristic, until they relied on the so-called political transition after the death of General Franco in 1975. Such a transition has been taken as a model, an example of what a society must do to reach a Coexistence in the plurality of ideas and cultural expressions. The famous "coffee for all", under a parliamentary monarchy as some of the most democratic societies in Europe, even created a new political-territorial map of the country, establishing autonomous communities in a system that, without being federal, gave the Impression of satisfying all the citizens of the country. Parliaments, presidents of autonomous communities, autonomous statutes - a regional constitution - and power over certain issues, such as education and health, have characterized this way of structuring the state, as well as an economic "solidarity" to equalize all its territories.

However, grievances are comparative and seldom cease as easily as desired. A fundamental fact in this history, summarized here, is the approval by referendum of a new statute of Catalonia on June 18, 2006. This text was also approved by the Spanish Congress but never entered into force when denounced by the Popular Party (PP), now in power, and finally was disallowed by the Constitutional Court. Its novelties were in the bases of economic financing, in addition to the recognition of Catalunya as a nation and its language, Catalan, with the same considerations as Castilian. This circumstance meant a clear rupture of the status quo that had prevailed in previous years where a large part of Catalan political forces were responsible for the stability of Spanish governments, both the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the PP. Same circumstance that has raised the desire for self-determination with the increase of votes to the parties that advocate it and even made some who did not have it in its political program until then incorporated it, as was the old Democratic Convergence Of Catalunya (CDC), today Partit Demócrata Europeo Català (PDCAT).

Today, a flood of news, related to political conflict, circulates in the media and reflects the different positions of actors involved, all with a clear background that is the misunderstanding between the Spanish government and Catalan. From Catalonia it is proposed to hold a referendum to define the Catalans' desire to continue within the framework of the Spanish State or to opt for an independent Republic. While from the powers of Madrid are protected in the Constitution to deny the right to popular consultation, a fact that has led many Catalan politicians before the courts and laws and measures issued from the autonomous government to be repealed by the Constitutional Court . It should be remembered that Spanish judicial independence is also being questioned by international bodies - it is logical to think that a good part of the judges are appointed from the governments in turn. An example of this is the report of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), linked to the Council of Europe, and where they harshly criticize the lack of judicial independence in Spain.1

A clear political impasse surrounded by scandals such as the so-called "Operation Catalonia" and recently has again uncovered the online newspaper Público, where through recordings can be seen from the Spanish Ministry of Interior, and with the help of police and judicial officials , Set up a plot to persecute or create false accusations to Catalan independence politicians, a situation that is barely going to be investigated in the Spanish Congress when a commission was approved for it in February 2017. To this must be added that the current PP government Has on its side virtually all audiovisual media and written, something visible in the composition nothing plural of its tertulianos and creators of opinion. This issue was endorsed by international studies showing the intervention of public administrations, after six years of follow-up (2005-2011), which can be read in the report "Mapping Digital Media" built by the Open Society Foundations.2

The battle for the spread of the Catalan situation has also taken to Europe, where the Catalan government has defended in different ways its message in favor of a referendum, in the style that celebrated Scotland with the same motives recently. Dissemination work that has been constantly countered by the PP government and its current PSOE collaborators in order to prevent any Catalan demonstration outside the framework of the Constitution, which has become an irremovable law.

The political battle has also spread through intellectuals like Arturo Pérez-Reverte or Mario Vargas Llosa, who following the path of Francisco de Quevedo have become maximum exponents of the anticatalanismo; A position well known for the construction of Spanish national discourse and even has situations as surreal as the text of the vice-secretary for political coordination of the PP in Andalusia, Toni Martín Iglesias, whose name became viral in social networks after a visit to Catalonia and Commented the following:

I leave Catalonia without having achieved it, I confess. No matter how much I have looked for it, I have had no luck [...]. I came looking for that (we all have a friend that has happened to him) that you say good morning and he answers in Catalan, and you say "sorry, I do not understand" and he continues to speak in Catalan. But I have not found it [...]. I was also looking for someone who does not look at you or does it with a face of disgust (we all have a friend that has happened) when you see that you are from another part of Spain. But hey, no trace [...]. I left with my Girona family after six days without having found more than friendly people (very friendly), and nice (very nice) [...] we have received more smiles and education than in a long time.

Done that coincides with an admirer of Catalunya, as Azorín was, who in the newspaper El Progreso in 1898 wrote:

Every time I admire more Catalonia. The stature of a people, of an age, by its eminent men, by the number of its geniuses in the sciences, in the arts, in the letters is not measured; Is measured by mass, by the people, by the class that works and produces. The Catalan land is admirable for that [...]. Catalonia, true, is a separate people; Nothing has in common with other Spanish regions, nor history, nor language, nor literature, nor customs. It is an independent, morally independent nation.3

As Catalan does not cease to worry about the situation that my land of birth lives, and although there have been no outbreaks of violence, which many would wish to be able to intervene beyond the dialectical attacks, it is logical to think that if the aspiration for independence Will not be without conflicts given the existing disagreements, although the preferable thing would be that the confrontations only occurred in the political scope. The latter would show the civility of this public process that, without being certain yet, has been exhibited through exemplary behavior in the massive demonstrations of September 11 of recent years.

What happens in Catalonia will also be, without a doubt, a new indication of how the old Europe is constantly rebuilt through the unification or fragmentation of its territories. A history repeated for centuries and, therefore, should not frighten believers in the unification of territories as the only solution for the survival of modern States. In fact, the last decades have shown this in the continent.

sábado, 25 de marzo de 2017

Israel’s Illegal Settlements: What You Need to Know | MEDIA ROOTS – Reporting From Outside Party Lines

With attention on illegal Israeli settlements, watch our on-the-ground
reports providing crucial context and affected voices about this human
rights catastrophe on The Empire Files:

Coming soon...'Smoking gun' showing Obama White House spied on Trump team

Wiretap smoking gun. How will #Obama explain this one?

Zakharova: "A child is pretty much murdered under the camera lights" - Swedish doctors denounce White Helmets snuff films -- Puppet Masters -- Sott.net

The #WhiteHelmets,
'humanitarians'-by-day and terrorists-by-night, are committing
unspeakable acts on children for use in their snuff films that win an
Oscar in the US.

Can the West become any more bizarre and twisted than it is today?

Monsanto’s Violence in India: The Sacred and The Profane | Asia-Pacific Research

Foreign capital is dictating the prevailing development agenda in
India. There is a deliberate strategy to make agriculture financially
non-viable for India’s small farms, to get most farmers out of farming
and to impose a World Bank sanctioned model of food production. The aim
is to replace current structures with a system of industrial (GM)
agriculture suited to the needs of Western agribusiness, food processing
and retail concerns.

The aim here is not to repeat what has been
previously written on this. Suffice to say that the long-term plan is
for an overwhelmingly urbanised India with a fraction of the population
left in farming working on contracts for large suppliers and
Walmart-type supermarkets that, going on current evidence (see 4th
paragraph from the end here), will offer a largely monoculture diet of
highly processed, denutrified, genetically altered food based on crops
soaked with chemicals and grown in increasingly degraded soils according
to an unsustainable model of agriculture that is less climate/drought
resistant, less diverse and unable to achieve food security.

martes, 28 de marzo de 2017

The UK Independent in its article, “US marines sent to Syria to help assault on Isis’ Raqqa stronghold,” would report that:

"Hundreds of US marines have arrived in Syria armed with heavy artillery in preparation for an assault on Isis’ de-facto capital of Raqqa."

However, the presence of US troops in Syria is entirely unsolicited by the Syrian government and constitutes a clear violation of Syria’s national sovereignty under international law.

President Trump is killing civilians overseas at an incredibly accelerated rate. Clearly he does not understand about blowback or that US killing of civilians is a chief recruiting tool for terrorists. Trump's rising civilian death toll is not only immoral and indecent, it is making us less safe...

According to a startling new report, if you use #Windows 10, every, single keystroke you've ever entered on your computer has been logged.

If that weren't alarming enough to the privacy-minded among us, all of that information is being sent directly to #Microsoft.

#Syria tells #Israel no more games with violations of its territory.

The US is committing weekly massacres, killing more and more civilians in Syria and Iraq. Look at the data from Airwars: https://airwars.org/data/

The media ruins anyone even pondering if Bush & co knew & allowed 9/11, yet suggesting Trump could *carry out* a false flag is totally acceptable? http://bit.ly/2nb8WlO

EDIT: I am not discounting this as a possibility under Trump, just noting the hypocrisy given smears against my character in the past.

Hundreds of civilians have been killed by US-led coalition airstrikes in their own homes after being told NOT to flee Mosul. Airstrikes must never come at the cost of civilian lives: http://amn.st/61838wSkD

Puigdemont at Harvard: ‘Our struggle is a reflection of the fight for American civil rights’

For several post-war decades the North European region remained relatively stable and secure. Today the stability is undermined by the recent increase in NATO presence in the Baltic States and Poland - a destabilizing factor to directly affect Finland due to its geographic position.

Only the shadow knows the evil journalists do, but the damage to humanity is evident. #FakeNews

Catalonia, Today and Tomorrow by Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó - issuu:

Catalonia, Today and Tomorrow

Published on Mar 27, 2017

Speech by the President of the Government of Catalonia at Harvard University.

lunes, 27 de marzo de 2017

MARK TALIANO: To counter the conspiracies against truth and justice, open debates about “forbidden topics” need to be amplified, not suppressed. Taboos need to be shattered. Hasty conclusions need to be rejected. And the modern-day Inquisition needs to be dismantled.

The Syrian government has reportedly issued a warning to the Israeli government through a Russian mediator, cautioning them against continued airstrikes against Syrian military targets and threatening to retaliate with Scud missiles against Israeli military bases if they continue.

"The kleptocrats, whatever their differences, are united by one overriding fear. They fear large numbers of people will become wise to their kleptocracy and revolt. They fear the mob. They fear revolution, the only mechanism left that can rid us of these parasites."

Watch the full-length interview here: http://www.mpn.news/y/syriablacklist

Despite his tough campaign rhetoric, President Donald Trump has opted for a policy of appeasement to Saudi Arabia - including a $200 billion investment into the Saudi economy amidst sweeping cuts to U.S. foreign aid.

The US preemptive nuclear strike capability has significantly grown. The strategic nuclear forces modernization program has implemented new revolutionary technologies to vastly increase the targeting capability of the US submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) arsenal.

Monsanto and other glyphosate manufacturers appear to have distorted scientific evidence on the public health impacts of glyphosate in order to keep the controversial substance on the market.