Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been diagnosed w/breast cancer, calls attention to uninsured. Why we need unions & #SinglePayer! #ThursdayThoughts
https://twitter.com/RoseAnnDeMoro/status/913471797386895361
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Gary Cohn "can't guarantee" middle-class families won't pay more taxes
http://www.kpax.com/story/36479969/gary-cohn-cant-guarantee-middle-class-families-wont-pay-more-taxes
Chief White House economic adviser Gary Cohn on Thursday said he "can't guarantee" taxes won't go up for some middle-class families, even though he said the White House's new tax proposal is "purely aimed at middle-class families."
"I can't guarantee anything. You can always find a unique family somewhere," Cohn told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in an interview that aired on "Good Morning America," noting a family of four earning $55,000 could expect to see a tax decrease between $650 and $1,000, but acknowledging there are always exceptions to any rule...
Patti Smith Receives The John Lennon Real Love Award
http://thecarouser.com/patti-smith-receives-john-lennon-award/
The punk poet and artist Patti Smith will be the fourth person to receive a John Lennon Real Love Award during the 37th Annual John Lennon Tribute.
Patti will be accepting the award at the Symphony Space in New York City on the 1st of December. The night will also include her performing a set of her favourite Lennon and Beatles songs. The show will also commemorate the 50th anniversary of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with covers from more artists...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Bernie Sanders Gets Tough on Foreign Policy, Sounds Like a Presidential Candidate
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.814586
With Clinton on a book tour and Obama silent, Sanders for now is Democratic party’s 'It' guy for battling President Trump – on both domestic and international issues
Bernie Sanders, a senator from Vermont, is still an Independent, but he’s no longer an outsider...
#Media #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #BLM #SDF #Humanity
#Raqqah : #YPG / #SDF / #YPJ free Imam Al Nawawi Mosque in Nahda district and repel a violent attack by #Daesh in al-Sinaa + al-Mashlab districts and Samrah village v @ClaudiaAlMina
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelGMay/status/913108235569074176
#Raqqah : #YPG / #SDF / #YPJ free Imam Al Nawawi Mosque in Nahda district and repel a violent attack by #Daesh in al-Sinaa + al-Mashlab districts and Samrah village v @ClaudiaAlMina
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelGMay/status/913108235569074176
#PYD leader @serokepyd : #YPG is ready to defend south Kurdistan against any attack. We support #kurdistanreferendum
http://en.hawarnews.com/muslim-we-would-resist-any-attack-on-basur/
The co-chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Saleh Muslim stated to the Middle East Newspaper that People Protection Unites (YPG) would stand beside the Kurdish people in Başûr (South of Kurdistan) if an attack happened.
The co-chair of PYD Saleh Muslim talked about the movements of Iranian-Turkish and other some hostile regional states to referendum in Başûr Kurdistan, and their threats of launching military operations against Başûr Kurdistan...
Merkel’s Wins, But Victory Felt Like Losing
http://parsherald.com/merkels-wins-victory-felt-like-losing/6130/#comment-403410
Angela Merkel’s victory in the German federal elections has damaged her reputation and authority even though she came in well ahead of her rivals.
As British Prime Minister Theresa May found out in the UK general election earlier in the year, some wins can weaken your position and passing the finish line first does not necessarily make you a winner...
Conservative victory in Alabama deepens split among Republicans, as insurgents challenge incumbent senators
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-alabama-senate-aftermath-20170927-story.html
Roy Moore’s upset victory in the Alabama Senate primary sent shock waves through the Republican establishment Wednesday, portending a GOP civil war as outsider candidates in other states threaten to challenge incumbents.
The potential showdowns are reminiscent of the tea party uprising that just a few years ago cost Republicans the majority in the Senate. Now President Trump’s populist rise to power — honed by his former advisor Stephen K. Bannon — has generated a new wave of long-shot candidates capable of upending the 2018 midterms...
Twitter’s 280-character experiment could boost its business
http://www.newsday.com/business/twitter-s-280-character-experiment-could-boost-its-business-1.14287566
Twitter’s experiment with allowing twice as many characters per tweet “would be a boon for advertisers” if it attracts more users, a Hofstra University social media expert said Wednesday.
“If it could get more people using the platform, that would be good for business,” said Kara Alaimo, an assistant professor of public relations at the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication...
The double message of Damascus on the autonomy of Rojava
https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1074849/le-double-message-de-damas-sur-lautonomie-du-rojava.html
The goal of Bashar al-Assad's regime is to differentiate itself from Baghdad, while putting pressure on Turkey.
The Syrian Kurds "want a form of autonomy within the framework of the Syrian Arab Republic. This question is negotiable and can be the subject of dialogue, "Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said in an interview Monday with Russia Today and reported by Syrian official agency SANA. The use of the term "autonomy" for Syrian Kurdistan is a first for Damascus. "When we eliminate Daech (Arabic acronym of the Islamic State), we can sit down with our Kurdish sons and reach an agreement in principle on a formula for the future," he said.
The timing is not insignificant. Walid Moallem referred to this "autonomy" on the very day of the referendum for the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, criticized by Baghdad and the international community. a consultation to which Damascus is also firmly opposed. Seeking to remove any ambiguity about a possible scenario similar to the referendum of the Kurds of Iraq, the head of Syrian diplomacy called the referendum "unacceptable", warning that it could lead to the "fragmentation" of the country.
In addition, Walid Moallem's remarks came just three days after the first municipal council elections organized by the Democratic Union Party (PYD), with the aim of creating a decentralized federal system in Syrian Kurdistan. This election marks the first step before the election of legislative councils by cantons and a legislative assembly for the federal region in January 2018. Bashar al-Assad's regime had then hastened to call the ballot a "joke" .
Distance from Barzani
The Kurds of Syria represent an estimated 15% of the Syrian population and are divided into three cantons in the north and north-east of the country, Afrin, Kobané and Jaziré, under the name Rojava. However, the PYD and its armed wing, the People's Protection Units (YPGs), attracted the support of the Assad and Moscow regimes, as well as the international coalition led by Washington, thanks to their support in the fight against Islamic State in the region since 2014.
Controlling the cantons of northern Syria from which they have driven out the jihadists, and in particular the strategic point of Kobané linking Syria to Turkey, the Kurds enjoy a de facto autonomy. In 2016, the PYD had proclaimed the creation of an autonomous federal system of Rojava, rejected by Damascus. But unlike the Iraqi Kurds, the PYD project is theoretically based on territorial and non-ethnic considerations.
Does the statement by the head of Syrian diplomacy mark a turning point in the nature of relations between the Kurds and the Syrian regime? "It's not a big breakthrough," says Jordi Tejel, a professor at the University of Neuchâtel's Institute of History and a Kurdish specialist. "Since 2012, the Syrian regime is playing with the idea that it has a strong communication channel with the PYD, while the PYD denies it," he notes. Opening the possibility to an "agreement in principle" does not involve either Damascus or PYD. "There is a lot of grandiloquence behind these declarations of principle, which are not the first, and few concrete advances," continues the professor.
The words of Walid Moallem are not without some ambiguity, says Tejel: "Are we talking about autonomy for a united entity? From a Syrian Kurdistan? From a federation? "The objective of the Syrian regime's speech is to" distance itself from the Massoud Barzani project in Iraq ", while the regional context is well agitated on the Kurdish question, he raises. The PYD and the Democratic Party of Iraqi Kurdistan of Barzani also maintain tense relations. For the researcher, "there is a kind of tacit agreement between the Kurds and Damascus for the" subletting "of the north of the country, at least in the short term". It is also for the regime of Damascus to display the image of a "moderate country ready to recognize the autonomy of the Kurds" as opposed to Turkey, adds Tejel.
Message to Erdogan
The second underlying objective of the statements of the Syrian Foreign Minister is directly related to Turkey by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who recently reiterated that he "will never allow" the establishment of a Kurdish state in the Syrian North by the PYD. Ankara sees the links between the PYD and the YPG on the one hand and the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on the other, Western countries, as a "terrorist organization". To argue that negotiations are possible with a view to the autonomy of the Kurdish cantons in Syria "aims to put pressure on Turkey", observes Tejel. The two countries have a stormy relationship, while Ankara has sometimes been conciliatory and sometimes critical of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The opening of Damascus in the direction of the Kurds is therefore also "a response to the change of policy of Erdogan", criticism of Assad, observes the expert. Syrian Kurdistan's autonomy worries Ankara, while the Kurds of Turkey represent more than 15% of the population. Fearing that the Kurdish autonomy movements in neighboring countries will instill a similar movement in Turkey, Erdogan has consistently condemned the Kurdish referendum in Iraq and threatened to close the border between his country and Iraq, transits oil from Iraqi Kurdistan.
[VIDEO] First flights from Puerto Rico arrive at O’Hare after Hurricane Maria
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-puerto-rico-flight-arrival-met-0927-20170926-story.html
It was only a few weeks ago that 96-year-old Virginia Garcia recounted for her children how terrifying it was to endure the 1932 San Ciprian hurricane as an 11-year-old girl in Guayama, Puerto Rico.
Earlier this month, Garcia died and her daughter Angela Garcia, of Racine, Wis., returned to Puerto Rico to bury her mother’s ashes with her father’s in their hometown. Angela Garcia wasn’t able to complete her mission and instead found herself swept up in the same kind of terrifying ordeal her mother had just described as she arrived in San Juan two days before Hurricane Maria pummeled the U.S. territory last week...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Angry Germans Explain Their Country's Surging Right-Wing Movement
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwgg9w/angry-germans-explain-their-countrys-surging-right-wing-movement
We talked to voters in a formerly left-leaning neighborhood in Berlin that lurched toward anti-immigrant populism in this past weekend's national election...
RELATED: German General Election 2017
https://www.politicalcompass.org/germany2017
AfD Shakes Up German Election—but It Has an Espionage Backstory
http://observer.com/2017/09/alternative-for-germany-shakes-up-german-election-espionage-backstory/
Germany went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new federal parliament—and a new national government—and the results stunned Europe and the world. Although center-right Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office, since her party came out on top in the vote tallies, in truth the election stands as a stern rebuke of her and her party’s governance since 2005. For a politician widely considered the de facto leader of the European Union, and even hailed as the “leader of the free world” by some, including Hillary Clinton, this is a serious setback.
Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) received one-third of the votes, 33 percent, far ahead of the second-place Social Democrats (SPD) with 20.6 percent, but for both parties this represented a big drop-off since the last elections. In 2013, the CDU and the SPD got 37 and 29 percent, respectively, and Sunday’s tallies are the lowest for both parties since the establishment of the Federal Republic in 1949, out of the ashes of Nazism and the Second World War...
Hillary Clinton's Latest Book Proves She Still Doesn't Understand What Happened in the 2016 Election
http://splinternews.com/hillary-clintons-latest-book-proves-she-still-doesnt-un-1818782566
Hillary Clinton still doesn’t get it—and she probably never will...
[VIDEO] WHAT A DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION LOOKS LIKE
The 2016 Nevada Democratic Convention: Clinton and Sanders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVa4G32M7Bc
VIDEO: WHAT AN ACTUAL DEMOCRAT SOUNDS LIKE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjSTQwamo8M
VIDEO: WHAT AN ACTUAL DEMOCRAT SOUNDS LIKE II
https://www.c-span.org/video/?153610-1/great-society-speech
AUDIO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Qc1VM80aQ
VIDEO: Clinton Triangulation Strategy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QnVp5Krk14
RELATED: The War on Bernie Sanders
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/02/bernie-sanders-democratic-party-primary-president-iowa-caucus-new-hampshire-primary/
RELATED: The Story of the Great Brooklyn Voter Purge Keeps Getting Weirder
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/new-york-primary-voter-purge
RELATED: Board of Elections will boot official after her error purged over 100,000 Brooklyn voters from the rolls, wreaking havoc at polls
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/election-official-ousted-error-purged-brooklyn-voters-article-1.2610369
RELATED: Yes, Hillary Did Steal the Democratic Primary and Bernie Would Have Beaten Drumpf
https://soapboxie.com/us-politics/Yes-Hillary-Did-Steal-the-Primary-and-Bernie-Would-Have-Beaten-Trump
RELATED: Should the Democratic Party Be Added to the Endangered-Species List?
https://www.thenation.com/article/should-the-democratic-party-be-added-to-the-endangered-species-list/
RELATED: CLINTON SIGNS BILL CUTTING WELFARE; STATES IN NEW ROLE
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/23/us/clinton-signs-bill-cutting-welfare-states-in-new-role.html
RELATED: Hillary Clinton Suggested Breaking Up the Big Banks Won’t End Racism and Sexism. Is She Right?
http://inthesetimes.com/article/18962/break-up-banks-end-racism-and-sexism
RELATED: Bill Clinton’s odious presidency: Thomas Frank on the real history of the ’90s
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/14/bill_clintons_odious_presidency_thomas_frank_on_the_real_history_of_the_90s?
RELATED: Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote
http://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/
RELATED: Hillary Clinton Defends Call To Deport Child Migrants
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-child-migrants_us_55d4a5c5e4b055a6dab24c2f
RELATED: Elizabeth Warren’s critique of Hillary Clinton’s 2001 bankruptcy vote
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/02/09/elizabeth-warrens-critique-of-hillary-clintons-2001-bankruptcy-vote/
RELATED: BIG BANKS, AND THEIR BIG LOVE FOR CLINTON DEMOCRATS
The First Time Banks Faced a Clinton Presidency
http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/flashback-the-first-time-banks-faced-a-clinton-presidency-1080876-1.html
RELATED: Repeal of Glass-Steagall Caused the Financial Crisis
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2012/08/27/repeal-of-glass-steagall-caused-the-financial-crisis
RELATED: To Protect Hillary Clinton, Democrats Wage War on Their Own Core Citizens United Argument
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/14/to-protect-clinton-democrats-wage-war-on-their-own-core-citizens-united-argument/
RELATED: What’s the matter with Dem? Thomas Frank talks Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and everything in between
http://www.salon.com/2016/04/02/whats_the_matter_with_dem_thomas_frank_talks_bill_clinton_barack_obama_and_everything_in_between_partner/
RELATED: Lobbyist Superdelegates Tip Nomination Toward Hillary Clinton
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/17/voters-be-damned/
RELATED: How Democrats abandoned the working class and spurred rise of Donald Trump
http://nypost.com/2016/03/12/how-democrats-abandoned-the-working-class-and-spurred-rise-to-donald-trump/
RELATED: Donald Trump’s Appeal to Rust Belt Workers
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/opinion/sunday/donald-trumps-appeal-to-rust-belt-workers.html
RELATED: The Psychology of Why Hillary Clinton Supporters are Still So Angry at Bernie Sanders
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/06/the-psychology-of-why-hillary-clinton-supporters-a.html
RELATED: How Hundreds of Superdelegates were "bought" by the Clinton Campaign.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/6/1511462/-CORRUPTION-How-Hundreds-of-Superdelegates-were-Literally-bought-by-the-Clinton-Campaign
RELATED: Wikileaks Proves Primary Was Rigged: DNC Undermined Democracy
http://observer.com/2016/07/wikileaks-proves-primary-was-rigged-dnc-undermined-democracy/
RELATED: 10 ways the Democratic primary has been rigged from the start
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/30/10_ways_the_democratic_primary_has_been_rigged_from_the_start_partner/
RELATED VIDEO: Sanders Activist Says Progressives Should Walk Out of DNC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrzmqsVqNMU
RELATED: Why Won't Clinton Democrats Like Sally Albright Stop Lying About Bernie Sanders?
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/why-wont-liberals-like-sally-albright-stop-lying-a.html
RELATED: DNC Lawyers Argue DNC Has Right to Pick Candidates in Back Rooms
Attorneys claim the words 'impartial' and 'evenhanded'—as used in the DNC Charter—can't be interpreted by a court of law
http://observer.com/2017/05/dnc-lawsuit-presidential-primaries-bernie-sanders-supporters/
RELATED: Democrats Search For Pansexual Candidates To Intensify Illusion Of Progress
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-search-for-pans_b_10589802
WATCH Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics
http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/golden-rule-the-investment-theory-of-politics-2009/
The definitive documentary explaining the influence of money on politics by Jonathan Shockley. If you like it, consider buying the high quality DVD or donating a few $ at http://goldenruledocumentary.blogspot.com/
This film is based on Thomas Ferguson's book Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems. The film offers an in depth look at the influence of money in politics--analyzing social forces and events that the mainstream media and scholarship have largely distorted or kept hidden. It also analyzes the meaning of democracy...
U.S. Supreme Court Should End Partisan Gerrymandering
http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2017/09/26/op-ed-u-s-supreme-court-should-end-partisan-gerrymandering/
So politicians won’t be able to “choose their voters” by the way they draw the maps.
As the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the Wisconsin redistricting case, Gill v. Whitford, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin is urging the justices to affirm the lower court ruling. The district court last year found Wisconsin’s legislative districts to be unconstitutional based on partisan gerrymandering, and it ordered the state legislature to redraw the voting maps in time for the 2018 elections...
The Case Against Partisan Gerrymandering
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/09/the_case_against_partisan_gerrymandering.html
It is both durable and democratically subversive. It’s time for the Supreme Court to intervene.
Superficially, the question in Gill v. Whitford—the blockbuster case about partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin, to be heard next month by the Supreme Court—is a legal one. Is the test for gerrymandering adopted by the trial court “discernible,” or rooted in the high court’s precedent, and “manageable,” or consistent in the results it would produce? Lurking beneath this question, though, is a more fundamental debate about the nature of voting and representation in modern American politics. The position the Supreme Court takes in this debate will likely influence its decision more than any legal argument...
How Trump Adviser Roger Stone Became Washington’s Sleaziest Political Operator [UPDATE]
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/08/jacob_weisberg_s_classic_new_republic_profile_of_trump_adviser_roger_stone.html
I wrote the story about Roger Stone reprinted below in 1985, when I was a college student, taking a year off to work as a reporter-researcher at the New Republic. This was Reagan-era Washington, where the old ideal of public service had given way to the service business of exploiting political connections for profit. What made Stone stand out in that tawdry scene was his utter shamelessness. He bragged about being a 19-year-old bit player in the Watergate scandal and about his friendship with Roy Cohn, Joe McCarthy’s notorious henchman. Along with his partners, among them Trump adviser Paul Manafort, he engaged in campaign tactics no one else would admit to and took lobbying clients no one else would represent, including murderous foreign dictators...
RELATED UPDATE: Roger Stone claims he didn’t collude with Russia. But his story doesn’t add up
https://thinkprogress.org/roger-stone-denies-collusion-648653d4298b/
#Media #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #BLM #SDF #Humanity
[VIDEO] Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses how gerrymandering affects Congress -- and a potential solution.
https://www.facebook.com/VICE/videos/879496905543594/
RELATED VIDEO: How decades of gerrymandering have undermined American Democracy
https://news.vice.com/story/gerrymandering-american-democracy
[VIDEO] Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses how gerrymandering affects Congress -- and a potential solution.
https://www.facebook.com/VICE/videos/879496905543594/
RELATED VIDEO: How decades of gerrymandering have undermined American Democracy
https://news.vice.com/story/gerrymandering-american-democracy
Monday, September 25, 2017
We're giving away 2 4-day passes to Joshua Tree Music Festival. See us Oct. 7 and check out fellow NYers Turkuaz, Seun Anikulapo Kuti, and many more. Who wants to come? Let us know below and we'll pick 2 people who will each get a 4 day pass. Let's kick out the jams! <3 TLI
https://www.facebook.com/thelastinternationale/photos/a.10150170064059951.358821.58925439950/10156636437839951/?type=3&theater
RELATED VIDEO: The Last Internationale - Wanted Man (Acoustic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQaA1W8M4c
‘Ganawenjiige Onigam’: A New Symbol of Resilience in Duluth, Minnesota
https://rewire.news/article/2017/09/21/ganawenjiige-onigam-new-symbol-resilience-duluth-minnesota/
The painting is the first piece of public art in Duluth for and by indigenous people, according to AICHO Arts and Cultural Program Coordinator Moira Villiard.
A colorful new mural in downtown Duluth, Minnesota, is a potent declaration of the issues facing Native American women such as violence, sex trafficking, and environmental racism. Primarily, however, the enormous portrait of an Ojibwe woman is a symbol of resilience, according to supporters...
Israel Aiding Mexico’s Development With More Arms, Drones And Spy Software
https://www.mintpressnews.com/israel-aids-mexico-development-with-arms-drones-and-spy-software/232080/
Israel has long helped Mexico in the latter’s drive to eliminate domestic dissent, with Israeli weapons and personnel used to crush groups like the Zapatistas. Israel’s prime minister recently paid a visit to Mexico, bringing with him a promise of “development” that will likely mean more Israeli guns flowing into Mexico.
In the last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made Israeli political history by being the first sitting prime minister to visit Latin America, traveling to Argentina, Colombia and Mexico during his brief tour. While his first two stops largely focused on his attempts to garner international support for his crusade against Iran, Netanyahu’s visit to Mexico, which ended Friday, had a different focus – trade and development...
In Mexican town, women and 'muxes' take charge after massive quake
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-quake-mexico-women/in-mexican-town-women-and-muxes-take-charge-after-massive-quake-idUSKCN1BN2S0
Destruction wrought by Mexico’s massive earthquake has put a spotlight on the quasi-matriarchal indigenous traditions of the worst affected town, with women and third-gender ‘muxes’ playing a leading role in the aftermath of the disaster.
Located in Mexico’s narrow isthmus region, about 400 miles (644 km) southeast of capital Mexico City, Juchitan bore the brunt of the 8.1 magnitude earthquake that flattened thousands of buildings in the humid market town in a matter of seconds and took at least 98 lives nationwide...
Occupy Movement, the Zapatista's and the General Assemblies
https://wsm.ie/c/occupy-movement-zapatistas-general-assemblies
The General Assemblies of the Occupy movement are creating a global experience in Direct Democracy. But this model did not come from nowhere - among other sources of influence is the Zapatista rebellion of southern Mexico, soon to enter its 18th year. Over almost two decades hundreds of rebel communities in Chiapas have used a General Assembly model to decide on how all aspects of life in the liberated zone will be organised. Despite their different circumstances to those faced by the majoity of the Occupy camps (in urban built up locations) there is still much that can be learnt from that experience.
This piece written for the Irish Mexico Group by a WSM member a few years after the start of that rebellion looks at how the Zapatistas organise themselves in great detail, what some of the problems they had faced are and how they overcame them. It also looks further into the history of General Assemblies and Direct Democracy in Mexico and around the globe. [Note: This long text is also available as a PDF file in a number of different formats suitable for distribution]...
Post-capitalism is already here, according to a film and play shown by the BBC [VIDEOS]
https://www.thecanary.co/global/2017/07/28/post-capitalism-already-according-film-play-shown-bbc-videos/
There’s a post-capitalist fuse that connects people as far apart as Mexico and Syria. And the BBC recently aired a couple of broadcasts that suggest the future is already here.
BBC Four aired the insightful film Accidental Anarchist: Life Without Government, by former British diplomat Carne Ross, as part of its Storyville series. The day before, meanwhile, BBC Two broadcast author and journalist Paul Mason‘s play ‘Why it’s Kicking off Everywhere’, which covers similar themes. Both the film and the play raise important questions about moving towards a post-capitalist world, particularly for those who live in ‘conventional’ societies but seek a more progressive future...
Catalonia referendum: Madrid moves to take over local policing
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41373977
The Spanish authorities have moved to place all policing in Catalonia under central control to stop the disputed independence referendum on 1 October.
Col Diego Pérez de los Cobos has been put in charge of Catalan and central police forces in the autonomous region...
Spain’s attorney general refuses to rule out arrest of Catalan president
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/25/spain-attorney-general-refuses-rule-out-arrest-catalan-president
Carles Puigdemont could face action, says attorney general, as Catalonia prepares to defy Madrid by holding independence vote
Spain’s attorney general has refused to rule out the possibility of arresting the Catalan president, as the region’s pro-sovereignty government prepares to defy Madrid by holding an independence referendum on Sunday...
Oakland A's catcher becomes first MLB player to kneel for national anthem
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/352101-oakland-as-catcher-bruce-maxwell-becomes-first-mlb-player-to-kneel-for-national
Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell became the first Major League Baseball player to kneel during the national anthem Saturday, after President Trump criticized athletes for the form of protest.
Photos from the game show Maxwell kneeling with his hand on his heart and facing the American flag during the national anthem. Teammate Mark Canh was seen placing his hand on Maxwell's shoulder...
Raqqa: French fighter Gabar Legionnaire falls heroically alongside the Kurds
http://rojinfo.com/gabar-legionnaire/
TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY GOOGLE TRANSLATOR
The People's Protection Units (YPG) announce by a press release the death of their French fighter Frederichenri Georges Demonchaux, combat name Gabar Legionnaire.
This is the YPG statement:
"The Gabar fighter who is one of the martyrs of Raqqa had during an interview with the YPG press center explained the reasons for his participation in the YPG" I decided to join the ranks of the YPG to fight the Islamic State. I am convinced that she and the one who respects her freedom and that of her entourage will contribute to this struggle. "
Gabar discovers the liberation movement in 2015 and participates in the Şedade and Minbic offensives. Wounded in Minbic but determined, Gabar takes part with his comrades on the offensive of Raqqa.
The father of a child, Gabar, who had a long military experience, wrote his will "If I fall martyrdom, bury me in Rojava". And so he showed the ties between peoples and led the struggle of freedom.
On 7 September Gabar and his comrades came into conflict with the troops of the IE. Despite his injuries, Gabar fought to the end and died heroically.
We express our condolences to the people of Rojava and France, we promise that we will continue to fight. "
S. Philly clinic that treats undocumented immigrants is the heart of HBO film
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/television/clinica-de-migrantes-philly-clinic-puentes-de-salud-undocumented-immigrants-hbo-20170920.html
The doctor will see you now...
RELATED: Puentes de Salud
http://www.puentesdesalud.org/
Friday, September 22, 2017
Coca-Cola Sucks Wells Dry in Chiapas, Forcing Residents to Buy Water
http://www.alternet.org/water/coca-cola-water-monopoly-chiapas
People sometimes walk two hours a day to get water.
The water is disappearing in San Felipe Ecatepec, an Indigenous town three miles outside of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, in southern Mexico...
Zapatistas donate to earthquake victims
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2017/09/21/zapatistas-hacen-donativo-a-damnificados-por-sismos-1467.html
The Indigenous National Congress (CNI) and the Indigenous Council of Government (IGC) reported that they have already received "first monetary support from Zapatista support bases" to be delivered to people affected by cyclones, hurricanes and earthquakes in Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Guerrero, Morelos, Estado de México, Veracruz and Mexico City.
In a statement, they added that the donation, whose amount they did not mention, was delivered through the Sixth Commission of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). "They ask us that their destiny be to the communities, neighborhoods, nations, tribes and native peoples affected" by the natural disasters of the recent days.
They said that the CNI and the IGC "are already organizing to contact our original brothers and sisters who suffer the ravages of these natural catastrophes and to get the help gathered in our own collection centers."
They said they are also organizing "to form a reconstruction fund that will allow affected families to repair or rebuild their homes."
They reported that the CNI support centers for indigenous peoples are located in the Indigenous Peoples Assembly in Defense of the Earth, located in Fraccionamiento IVO Third street, Juchitán Oaxaca; Totopo Community Radio, in the Barrio de los Pescadores, Calle Ferrocarril 105, corner with Insurgentes Avenue, seventh section in Juchitán, Oaxaca.
Likewise, at the Human Rights Center Digna Ochoa A. C., located at Calle 1 de mayo number 73, between Granaditas and Churubusco, colony Evolución, Tonalá, Chiapas; in Unios, located in Doctor Carmona and Valle number 32, colonia Doctores, Cuauhtémoc Delegation, Mexico City; in Rincon Zapatista / Cafeteria Comandanta Ramona, in Zapotecos number 7, colonia Obrera, Cuauhtémoc Delegation, Mexico City.
They said that later "we will announce the bank account for solidarity deposits for the indigenous reconstruction fund".
They expressed that delegates and delegates of the CNI and IGC "are communicating with our sisters and brothers to know their needs and their willingness and capacity to support those who need it."
GOP Governors Launch Propaganda Site Disguised As News Outlet
http://www.care2.com/causes/gop-governors-launch-propaganda-site-disguised-as-news-outlet.html
The world of “fake news got just a little bit bigger, as “news” site the “Free Telegraph“ launched this summer. The unabashedly right-leaning website does little to disclose that it is, in fact, a paid propaganda arm of the Republican Governors Association.
The Associated Press reports...
#Media #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #BLM #SDF #Humanity
"YOU CAN TELL MORE ABOUT A MAN FROM WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT OTHERS, THAN FROM WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT HIM."
-Leo Aikman
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111262982046184002072/posts/LXntkkySuxn
"YOU CAN TELL MORE ABOUT A MAN FROM WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT OTHERS, THAN FROM WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT HIM."
-Leo Aikman
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111262982046184002072/posts/LXntkkySuxn
Here's How to Help People in Puerto Rico Right Now
http://jezebel.com/heres-how-to-help-people-in-puerto-rico-right-now-1818658131
The entire island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.4 million Americans, is still without power after a direct hit from Hurricane Maria, the fifth-strongest storm to ever hit the United States. Cell phone and internet service has also largely been lost and it could take six months for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, which is $9 billion in debt, to restore electricity. Puerto Rico is now facing disastrous flooding. “It was as if a 50- to 60-mile-wide tornado raged across Puerto Rico, like a buzz saw,” NOAA meteorologist Jeff Weber told Vox.
The death toll is reportedly at 13 on the island, with a total death toll of 32 across the affected islands, including Dominica, the French territory of Guadeloupe, and the US Virgin Islands. Maria is now nearing Turks and Caicos, and that number is seen as likely to rise as rescue efforts continue. As of Friday morning, the full impacts of Maria on Puerto Rico remain unknown. FEMA has begun delivering assistance, and an airport tarmac opened on Friday to limited emergency assistance flights; Donald Trump has declared his intention to visit the “totally obliterated” island, where I’m sure he’ll be well-received...
Thursday, September 21, 2017
[VIDEO] What is a dotard? Origins of Kim Jong Un's withering insult for Donald Trump in extraordinary speech
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/what-dotard-origins-kim-jongs-11217153
The North Korean leader issued a rare and personal to the US President after his threat to "totally destroy" North Korea at the UN
Kim Jong-Un has poured scorn on Donald Trump in a rare and extraordinary speech...
Merriam-Webster: Dotard search spike after Kim Jon Un slams Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/09/21/dotard-trump-kim-jong-un-merriam-webster/691564001/
The word quickly began trending after Kim Jong Un used the term to describe Trump for his comments about destroying North Korea.
Merriam-Webster found itself at a loss for words when President Trump famously tweeted "covfefe" earlier this year. But on Thursday, the online dictionary was up to task and redeemed itself when social media needed it the most...
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