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Eric Toussaint Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM) 5 January 2017 I propose ten measures for the people’s seizure of power, ascertaining that the experience of the Greek capitulation of 2015 is not revisited. | 1 | The first proposal: a left-wing government must disobey  the European Commission (EC) in a very transparent manner with prior announcements. The party, or the coalition of parties which claims to govern, and of course I take the example of Spain, should refuse to obey the austerity measures from the outset, and pledge to refuse the balanced budget. They should announce: “We will not  yield to the European treaties’ diktat to accept a balanced budget” because we want to increase public expenditure for fighting anti-social and austerity measures and embarking on the ecological transition. Therefore, the first step is to start defying in a clear and determined way. I believe that the Greek capitulation has sho...

Jan Oberg JanOberg.me 7 January 2017 The old years went – in as little a time as it takes to turn around and see who is tapping you on your shoulder. And it is the new, the next year. I hope it will pass too – in as little time as it takes for me to turn my head and look forward again – because the face of 2017 doesn’t look good or kind to me. Neither do the next ten or so years. Beyond that the world will become a better place. If, that is, if we survive and don’t destroy it all. It is actually already  becoming a better place ! The thing that has too pass – or pass away – is the United States  Empire . In a few years it will go the way Rome and all the rest plus the Ottoman, British and Soviet empires did. No empire lasts forever. But before we go for it – a video from Beirut, December 2016:  Some indicators of Empire dissolution The indicators, the cracks, in the Empire are there for all to see – the Americans a...

Norbert Haering Norbert Haering 1 January 2017 In early November, without warning, the  Indian government declared  the two largest denomination bills invalid, abolishing over 80 percent of circulating cash by value. Amidst all the commotion and outrage this caused, nobody seems to have taken note of the decisive role that Washington played in this. That is surprising, as Washington’s role has been disguised only very superficially. US-President Barack Obama has declared the strategic partnership with India a priority of his foreign policy. China needs to be reined in. In the context of this partnership, the US government’s development agency  USAID  has negotiated cooperation agreements with the  Indian ministry of finance . One of these has the declared goal to push back the use of cash in favor of digital payments in India and globally. On November 8, Indian prime minster Narendra Modi announced that t...

Patrick Martin World Socialist Web Site 3 January 2017 The 115th US Congress assembles in Washington today, with the ceremonial swearing in of new senators by outgoing Vice President Joe Biden, and the swearing in of the entire House of Representatives by House Speaker Paul Ryan. For the first time in a decade, the Republican Party will be in control of the House and Senate alongside a Republican president, Donald Trump, set to be inaugurated January 20. The new government being formed in the US capital is like nothing that has ever been seen in Washington. It carries the reactionary policies of the Obama administration and previous Congresses, whether under Democratic or Republican control, to new political depths. The incoming Congress, working with the Trump administration, is preparing an assault on whatever remains of social programs implemented under the New Deal and Great Society programs. The true content of Trump’s call to “make America great again”...

Ne News 3 January 2017 Reality television star Donald Trump is set to become US President, an event that will have a major impact on the world that we live in. A possibility that the European Union will collapse due to the opposition against the regime in Brussels. No matter what happens, 2017 will be an interesting year in both the United States and Europe. In Europe In 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in what has been referred to as the Brexit. But it looks like that 2017 will be an interesting year to be in Europe. In March 2017, it is expected that the United Kingdom will begin talks to activate Article 50 of the European Union Constitution, which will begin talks to leave the European Union; but this year, there is a lot more events happening in Europe.  In January, the Supreme Court in the United Kingdom will reach a verdict in regards to Article 50, and in the same month, Malta will hold the Presidency of the Coun...

Jews United Against Zionism Neturei Karta 29 December 2016 On behalf of anti-Zionist Jews worldwide, we of Neturei Karta International, Jews United Against Zionism, greet with enthusiasm the recent United Nations Security Council resolution 2334 condemning Israeli settlements as illegal. For decades, the settlements have been a major cause for bloodshed and unrest in the Holy Land. Hundreds of innocent lives have been sacrificed on the altar of nationalism and lust for land. We congratulate the countries in the Security Council for taking this long-overdue step toward justice and peace. And in particular, we congratulate the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, on his success in achieving the passage of this resolution. At the same time, we wish to reiterate the Torah position that it is not just the West Bank that is illegally occupied. Jews have been sent into exile by the Almighty, and any kind of Jewish sovereignty over any territory is a ...

Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels Global Research 25 December 2016 An excerpt from Jacques Pauwels’ book The Great Class War, 1914-1918 The situation in the fall 1914, after the “war of movement” has given way to the infamous stationary “trench warfare”: The ordinary soldiers developed more and more antipathy and even hatred toward their own officers. Simultaneously, they started to empathize and even sympathize for the men facing them on the far side of the no man’s land. The official enemy – the Germans, Russians, French, whatever – were demonized by the authorities but the soldiers had little or nothing against them. In many cases, they hardly knew the people they were supposed to hate and kill. Furthermore, they soon found out that they had much in common with “the enemy,” first and above all a lower-class social background, and second, the same exposure to danger and misery. The men learned in many ways that the official enemy was in fact not the real enemy, tha...