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Written on May 26th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Video: we don’t need money to get things done, 10.48 min, on Paradism (also on YouTube *), May 22, 2013.
If there is no money to drive the people to work, nobody will want to do the tasks that are necessary for society and that cannot be done by robots.
- This assumption leads many to believe that the society without money is a very remote reality if not an impossible one as there will always be tasks that require human attendance or input.
- This assumption is false and Paradism, the society without work or money, is not a remote reality. It is well within the reach of our generation.
First to think that a society needs money to operate smoothly is untrue: Continue Reading…
Written on May 25th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on Pambazuka News, by Tunde Jegede, May 22, 2013.
There is a need for a cultural rebirth in Africa as part of the radical economic and social transformation of the continent. A new African consciousness that is free from the chains of ‘colonial’, ‘post-colonial’ and ‘decolonial’ must be located in African reference points … // Continue Reading…
Written on May 24th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on ZNet (first on TomDispatch), by Rebecca Solnit, May 20, 2013.
Ten years ago, my part of the world was full of valiant opposition to the new wars being launched far away and at home — and of despair. And like despairing people everywhere, whether in a personal depression or a political tailspin, these activists believed the future would look more or less like the present. If there was nothing else they were confident about, at least they were confident about that. Ten years ago, as a contrarian and a person who prefers not to see others suffer, I tried to undermine despair with the case for hope … // Continue Reading…
Written on May 23rd, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
über die Operation NSU:
- auf YouTube, 62.51 min, von wwwKenFMde am 13. März 2013 hochgeladen: Die Mordserie der NSU ist die größte seit Gründung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland – und im Laufe ihrer Aufklärung kommen immer größere Pannen ans Tageslicht. Die Aktenvernichtung beim Verfassungsschutz ist dabei die bekannteste. Die Verfassungsschützer der einzelnen Länder sind tief in die Affäre verstrickt, über das gesamte Ausmaß lässt sich bisher nur spekulieren …;
- im COMPACT-Magazin vom 18. März 2013.
Written on May 23rd, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Video: Heads of UN and World Bank Visit Congo, Fail to Hold Rwanda and Uganda Accountable, 11.10 min, published on Dissident Voice, by The Real News Network TRNN, May 21, 2013 (also on YouTube). World Bank head Jim Yong Kim and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visit Congo on May 25th, supporting a framework for peace agreement that was engineered by Uganda and Rwanda, Western allies are accused of backing rebel armies committing war crimes in Congo.
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Written on May 22nd, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on The Economic Collapse, by Michael, May 16, 2013.
The middle class American worker is in danger of becoming an endangered species. The politicians are not telling you the truth, and the mainstream media is certainly not telling you the truth, but the reality is that there is nothing but bad news on the horizon for workers in the United States. In the old days, when the big corporations that dominate our society did well, that also meant good things for American workers since those corporations would need more of us to work for them. Continue Reading…
Written on May 21st, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on Left Foot Forward, by James Bloodworth, May 20, 2013.
October 2010:
- 58 per cent of the 1,001 respondents in Scotland said they were in favour of full marriage equality. Twenty-three per cent said they did not agree or disagree, while just 17 per cent were opposed … // Continue Reading…
Written on May 20th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on Axis of Logic, by Mankh (Walter E. Harris III), May 18, 2013.
An interesting juxtaposition occurred in 2008. “With the enactment of the 2008 Constitution, Ecuador became the first country in the world to codify the Rights of Nature.”1 (Bolivia made a similar law in 2011.) Meanwhile, the United States Empire (USE) — though it was really the People who were affected — saw its housing bubble burst, the economy take a stinking nose-dive, and, while some big bank-institutions went under, some were (by the grace of In God We Trust) bailed out. Continue Reading…
Written on May 19th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Martin U. Müller, Marcel Rosenbach and Thomas Schulz, May 17, 2013. (Photo Gallery).
Forget Big Brother. Companies and countries are discovering that algorithms programmed to scour vast quantities of data can be much more powerful. They can predict your next purchase, forecast car thefts and maybe even help cure cancer. But there is a down side … // Continue Reading…
Written on May 18th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Special Coverage, 15.45 min, uploaded on YouTube by Russia Today, May 16, 2013:
May 16 marks a dark milestone in the history of the world’s most maligned prison – 100 days of a mass hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay. Out of 166 inmates – 130 are on strike according to prisoners, while the military only admits to 102. At least a third of them are being force fed – a procedure recognized by various medical organizations as painful enough to constitute torture. And by all accounts – there’s no end in sight to the protest.
RT discusses the stand-off with former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg, who’s now the Director of the Cageprisoners activist group, Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei, the legal representative of 8 Guantanamo detainees, military attorney Lt. Col Barry Wingard on the line from the detention camp, and Col. Morris Davis, former Chief Prosecutor for the Terrorism Trials at Guantanamo Bay. RT LIVE …; Continue Reading…
Written on May 17th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on Dissident Voice, by David Macaray, May 14, 2013.
If you happen to follow the American and international labor scene, and want to kill a leisurely hour, an entertaining way of doing that is to visit the Department of Labor’s (DOL) official website. It offers a wide selection of labor tidbits, explanations of bureaucratic procedures, helpful tips, advice for retirees and disabled workers, and summaries of the DOL’s most recent compliance victories. Continue Reading…
Written on May 16th, 2013 in well being, health by Heidi
Vaccinations, Breast Cancer, Conscience – in english & en français, on Gesundheits Blog, May 16, 2013.
Written on May 16th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
(with PHOTOS) – Published on Huffington Post, by Patrick E. Jones and Mark Stevenson, May 13, 2013.
BELIZE CITY — A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize’s largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project, authorities announced on Monday.
The head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology, Jaime Awe, said the destruction at the Nohmul complex in northern Belize was detected late last week. The ceremonial center dates back at least 2,300 years and is the most important site in northern Belize, near the border with Mexico. Continue Reading…
Written on May 15th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
The Final Battle: Ríos Montt’s Counterinsurgency Campaign, published on the National Security Archive, Electronic Briefing Book No. 425 (with Documents 1 – 9), by Kate Doyle, May 9, 2013:
UPDATED:
- Ríos Montt Convicted;
- Former Dictator Sentenced to 80 Years for Crimes Against Humanity;
- Historic Judgment by Guatemalan Court. Continue Reading…
Written on May 14th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on Intrepid Report, by Paul Craig Roberts, May 13, 2013.
Over the last several years I have watched the rise of an important new intellect on the American scene. Ron Unz, publisher of The American Conservative, has demonstrated time and again the extraordinary ability to reexamine settled issues and show that the accepted conclusion was incorrect. One of his early achievements was to dispose of the myth of immigrant crime by demonstrating that “Hispanics have approximately the same crime rates as whites of the same age and gender.” You can imagine the uproar, but Unz won the debate. Continue Reading…
Written on May 13th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on UTNE, by Sam Ross-Brown, May 10, 2013.
The rise of corporate-owned social media raises many flags about our online security and the future of the digital commons. The solution, says theorist Michael Albert, is a different kind of network altogether … //
… But here’s the good news. It doesn’t have to be like this. There’s no law of nature that social media need to be run by giant corporations or that users need to put up with government spying and manipulative advertising. So, what’s the alternative? Continue Reading…
Written on May 12th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns, well being, health by Heidi
where women live in fear – Published on Dissident Voice, by Abdre Vltchek, May 10, 2013.
My good friend, a Chinese Indonesian lady, recently got grabbed and assaulted, in the middle of Jakarta, in broad daylight.
When it happened, I was in Japan and we exchanged several messages, and emails. This was not the first time such a thing had happened to her and she felt humiliated, defeated, and thoroughly vulnerable.
“I wish I would be born as someone else – not as a Chinese. I wish I would look like everyone else”, she wrote. Continue Reading…
Written on May 11th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Watch this video, 7.03 min, on The Real News Network, by Paul Jay, May 8, 2013. Transcript: In three years a total of 452679 victims of child trafficking cases were reported but number of prosecutions was only 25006 – 6% of the cases being reported.
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Written on May 10th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on Portside, May 8, 2013.
In the summer of 2011, I travelled to Denmark, where my reporting resulted in a series of articles about the Danish welfare state and political system. Like most American visitors, I was struck by the high level of social solidarity and broad support for the country’s free education and health care systems, robust safety net, and, yes — high taxes. I spoke with business leaders; I spoke with conservative politicians. Nobody seemed to think that it would be a good idea to abandon the Danish model for a U.S.-style system. Continue Reading…
Written on May 9th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on rabble.ca, by SAMANTHA SARRA, May 6, 2013.
… From May 5-10, The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at UBC is hosting Bonding Through Bars, an international roundtable bringing together delegates from five continents to explore the health and human rights of incarcerated women and their children. The state of Canada’s prison, legal and child welfare system will be at the forefront of this international dialogue aimed at initiating change towards more equitable laws, policies and programs. Continue Reading…
Written on May 8th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming – Published on Intrepid Report, by Ritt Goldstein, May 7, 2013.
DALARNA, Sweden—The word ‘surreal’ was the first which came to my mind, what I witnessed during the last third of April indeed seeming best described by it. Of course, too much has too long been overblown, the strongest of adjectives too frequently employed to mask the weakest of circumstances; but, in this instance the word ‘surreal’ seems appropriate, although what brings it to mind are events that indeed seem ‘overblown … // Continue Reading…
Written on May 7th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
from the World Social Forum 2013 – Published on The Bullet, the Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 816, Tunisia, May 6, 2013.
As the Social Movements Assembly of the World Social Forum of Tunisia, 2013, we are gathered here to affirm the fundamental contribution of peoples of Maghreb-Mashrek (from North Africa to the Middle East), in the construction of human civilization.
We affirm that decolonization for oppressed peoples remains for us, the social movements of the world, a challenge of the greatest importance. Continue Reading…
Written on May 6th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule, Text and video: You, Me, and the SPP, 90.14 min, on Top Documentary Films, 2009.
SPP on en.wikipedia with it’s External Links.
Written on May 6th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns, well being, health by Heidi
Published on New Economic Perspectives, by Stephanie Kelton, May 4, 2013.
Steve Kraske of The Kansas City Star recently interviewed me for a piece about austerity. The story ran in today’s paper. It doesn’t provide much depth (unlike bloggers, journalists have strict space constraints!), so I followed up with a few comments on the Star’s website. I thought I’d share them here, since I’m always trying to improve the way I communicate these ideas with non-economists. So here’s my best effort to make the anti-austerity case in simple terms:
- 1. When we allow our economy to operate below full employment (as now), we are sacrificing trillions of dollars in lost output and income each year. We can never go back and recover it. It is gone forever. You’ve seen the debt clock? Here’s the lost output clock. Continue Reading…
Written on May 5th, 2013 in Humanitarian Concerns by Heidi
Published on truthout, by Noam Chomsky, May 2, 2013.
… April is usually a cheerful month in New England, with the first signs of spring, and the harsh winter at last receding. Not this year.
There are few in Boston who were not touched in some way by the marathon bombings on April 15 and the tense week that followed. Several friends of mine were at the finish line when the bombs went off. Others live close to where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect, was captured. The young police officer Sean Collier was murdered right outside my office building. Continue Reading…