World-News

The Nation
by Robert Reich

06/30/10

Consider: in 1928 the richest 1 percent of Americans received 23.9 percent of the nation’s total income. After that, the share going to the richest 1 percent steadily declined. New Deal reforms, followed by World War II, the GI Bill and the Great Society expanded the circle of prosperity. By the late 1970s the top 1 percent raked in only 8 to 9 percent of America’s total annual income. But after that, inequality began to widen again, and income reconcentrated at the top. By 2007 the richest 1 percent were back to where they were in 1928 — with 23.5 percent of the total. Each of America’s two biggest economic crashes occurred in the year immediately following these twin peaks — in 1929 and 2008. This is no mere coincidence. When most of the gains from economic growth go to a small sliver of Americans at the top, the rest don’t have enough purchasing power to buy what the economy is capable of producing...

http://www.thenation.com/article/36893/unjust-spoils



The war for financial independence: Calls to surrender

Our Future Blog
by Richard (RJ) Eskow

07/05/10

There’s a new conventional wisdom forming in Washington, DC this July 4th, one that transcends party lines and the usual classifications of “left” and “right” as they’re understood in that city. It’s only being recognized now, because it deals with a number of different economic issues, but the underlying theme is the same: The American dream of financial independence and security is gone. The sooner you accept that and raise the white flag the easier it will be, so stop struggling. They’re saying the ideal of ‘”life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ is dead. Deal with it. Why, there hasn’t been this much unanimity among Washington elites since — well, since they ‘knew’ there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq...

http://tinyurl.com/2a7ceuh


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Labor Losing to DC Elites Over Job Creation, Unemployment?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/07/08-4



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis194.html

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What Eisenhower Could Teach Obama

Part I

Melvin A. Goodman, Consortium News: "Fifty years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower told his senior advisers in the Oval Office of the White House, 'God help this country when someone sits in this chair who doesn't know the military as well as I do.' Several months later, he issued his famous warning about the military-industrial complex."

http://www.truth-out.org/what-eisenhower-could-teach-obama-part-i61130



The Military-Industrial Complex's Win

Part II

Melvin A. Goodman, Consortium News: "Barack Obama's crippling inheritance as President of the United States is the near-five-decade failure of the nation's political leadership to heed President Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning that 'in the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/the-military-industrial-complexs-win-part-ii61187

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The rout of Obamanomics

The American Spectator
by Peter Ferrara

07/07/10

In February 2009, I published a commentary in the Wall Street Journal entitled ‘Reaganomics v. Obamanomics,’ which pointed out that President Obama’s economic policies were exactly the opposite of President Reagan’s. I predicted that as a result they would produce exactly the opposite results. Art Laffer has produced a far more sophisticated argument advancing a similar analysis. But the June unemployment report released last Friday shows an economy doing much worse at this point than even I expected...

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/07/the-rout-of-obamanomics


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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America is in a Societal Meltdown

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

In other words, a united constitutional republic can only exist within the framework of certain rather narrow and finite conditions. Remove those conditions and the framework for liberty and limited government falls apart. And the above statements by Adams and Jay succinctly summarize the conditions necessary for freedom's framework.........

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin600.htm



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Iraq War Legal Advice Published

BBC News

In a letter to the prime minister on 30 January, 2003, Lord Goldsmith said he "remained of the view that the correct legal interpretation of resolution 1441 is that it does not authorise the use of military force without a further determination by the Security Council".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25850.htm



Blair 'needed UN support' over Iraq

Jonathan Powell assured a meeting at 10 Downing Street three months before the war began that it was unlikely that America would proceed with the invasion alone.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gkHalP9jr4TpJzh1h7WC392P0XfQ



Revealed: Tony Blair's battle with law chief after warning Iraq war would be illegal

Tony Blair's fury at being told the Iraq War was illegal was laid bare yesterday after secret memos from his Attorney General were finally published.

http://tinyurl.com/2dsysgk



US And Britain 'Did Not Believe Iraq's Weapons Programme Was A Real Threat'

By The Telegraph

Former UK diplomat Carne Ross claimed that the Government ''intentionally and substantially'' exaggerated its assessment of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in public documents.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25920.htm



Tony Blair 'intentionally talked up WMD', Iraq inquiry told

Tony Blair "intentionally" exaggerated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, the Iraq inquiry heard yesterday.

http://bit.ly/9yFfPl


From Information Clearing House



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Greenwashing in der Industrie

Geo-Engineering: Keine Ausflüchte mehr

Das Geo-Engineering im Meer ist gescheitert und die Verpressung von CO2 in den Untergrund vergiftet das Trinkwasser. Das Greenwashing des "Weiter so wie bisher" steht vor dem Aus.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32873/1.html

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Greenwashing in der Industrie

Die deutsche Automobilindustrie rühmt sich gerne, besonders innovativ und energieeffizient zu sein. Dabei ist ihre Klimabilanz kläglich. Die Bundesregierung hilft den Autobauern dabei, dies zu kaschieren. Ein Artikel von Holger Böthling und Marion Blitz.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741689410ms219



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Skepsis gegenüber PPP hat an vielen Orten zugenommen
Frankfurt/Main will sich wieder einmal internationalen Finanzhaien ausliefern. Breiter Widerstand.

Interview von Gitta Düperthal mit Werner Rügemer, Publizist und Autor des Buches »Heuschrecken im ­öffentlichen Raum ? Public-Private-­Partnership« sowie Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität Köln, in junge Welt vom 15.06.2010 http://www.jungewelt.de/2010/06-15/026.php


Landesrechnungshof Sachsen-Anhalt zu PPP-Projekten in Halle: teurer und zu Lasten künftiger Generationen

?Im halleforum.de gibt es heute einen interessanten Artikel zu einem kritischen Bericht vom Landesrechnungshof über PPP-Projekte in Halle, also über Öffentlich-private Projekte zum Bau, zur Sanierung und zur Unterhaltung von öffentlichen Einrichtungen wie Schulen und Kindertagesstätten. Das Ergebnis ist ähnlich wie bei früheren Untersuchungen. Der Bundesrechnungshof hatte schon Anfang der Neunzigerjahre zum Beispiel vor der Privatfinanzierung öffentlicher Straßenbauprojekte gewarnt?? Artikel von Albrecht Müller in den Nachdenkseiten vom 31. Mai 2010 http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=5715


Public Private Partnership ? das trojanische Pferd der Privatisierung

?Privatisierung ist out. Die Überführung öffentlicher Dienste und öffentlichen Eigentums in private Hände wird von der Bevölkerungsmehrheit abgelehnt. Public Private Partnership (PPP) gilt nach offizieller Lesart allerdings nicht als Privatisierung. Sie wird von Befürwortern als »goldener Mittelweg zwischen Staatswirtschaft und Privatwirtschaft« beworben, der angeblich besonders effiziente und nachhaltige Investitionen erlaubt. Doch was ist PPP eigentlich genau?...? Artikel von Carl Waßmuth im Rundbrief der Bewegungsstiftung Nr. 2/2010 (pdf) http://www.ppp-irrweg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/AGs/AG_Privatisierung/BS_Aktuell_S.2.pdf


Aktionstage gegen die Geheimhaltung bei PPP Verträgen vom 11. bis 28. Juni 2010

Die Attac-Kampagne "PPP-Irrweg" startete am 11.6. bundesweite Aktionstage zur Offenlegung von PPP-Verträgen. Siehe dazu die Homepage zu den Aktionstagen mit vielen Hintergründen und aktuallen Meldungen http://www.ppp-irrweg.de/


Zwänge und Abwege kommunaler Strukturpolitik am Beispiel der Hanauer Innenstadtsanierung

Artikel von Friedhelm Winkel vom 11.6.2010 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/wipo/gats/hanau.pdf


Umsonst durch die Stadt. Sozialer Ausgleich und Umweltschutz dank Freifahrt im Nahverkehr

?Viele Großstädte ersticken buchstäblich im Verkehr. Eine stärkere Nutzung von Bus, Tram, U- und S-Bahn könnte da Wunder wirken. Doch die sind so manchem zu teuer. In Paris, Berlin und anderswo wollen linke und Umweltgruppen deshalb die kostenlose Nutzung öffentlicher Verkehrsmittel durchsetzen?? Artikel von Peter Nowak im ND vom 21.06.2010 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/173494.umsonst-durch-die-stadt.html


Die private Stadtpolizei ? rechtswidriges ppp zu Lasten des Steuerzahlers?

?Die Privatisierung der öffentlichen Sicherheit und Ordnung treibt seltsame Blüten. In Südhessen ist der Geschäftsführer einer Sicherheitsfirma zum Stadtpolizisten ernannt worden. Parallel dazu sollen Kooperationen zwischen der Polizei und privaten Sicherheitsdiensten weiter ausgebaut werden. Durch den Verschmelzungsprozess der Sicherheitsbehörden mit der Sicherheitsindustrie werden die Grundrechte und das Gewaltmonopol beeinträchtigt?? Artikel von SAFERCITY.DE vom 22.05.2010 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2010/05/281971.shtml


Aus: LabourNet, 22. Juni 2010

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Öffentliche Private versus Bürgerrechte

?Die Privatisierung der kommunalen Sicherheit und Ordnung wird mittels "public private partnership" (ppp) stetig vorangetrieben. Die Konsequenzen bekommen vor allem Jugendliche zu spüren, welche häufig auch als Einsatz- und Beauftragungsgrundlage für private Sicherheitsdienste herhalten müssen. Kritiker meinen, der Einsatz der Privaten im öffentlichen Raum sei nicht durch das Gesetz gedeckt; die Aufsichtsbehörden schweigen meistens zum "Wildwuchs" in diesem Bereich?? Artikel von Ralf Hering in der Trend onlinezeitung 01/11 http://www.trend.infopartisan.net/trd0111/t090111.html


Kommunen in Finanznöten "Das ist das Ende lokaler Demokratie"

?Die deutschen Kommunen befinden sich nach Einschätzung des Städte- und Gemeindebundes in der schwersten Finanzkrise seit Gründung der Bundesrepublik. Deshalb schlägt die Vereinigung Alarm - und warnt vor gravierenden Folgen für das Gemeinwohl?? Artikel in Süddeutsche Zeitung vom 28.12.2010 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/kommunen-in-finanznoeten-das-ist-das-ende-lokaler-demokratie-1.1040678

Siehe dazu: Kommunen steuern auf Rekorddefizit zu ?Vertrauen der Bürger in die lokale Demokratie stärken

Pressemitteilung des Städte- und Gemeindebundes vom 28.12.2010 zur Bilanz 2010 http://tinyurl.com/2ad4wv3


Aus: LabourNet, 10. Januar 2011



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/21-8

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Adapt and Survive: A Final Warning
http://sharenews.twoday.net/stories/6404383/

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The economic normalcy bias

In These Times
by David Sirota

01/27/12

After Black Friday s now-annual melee of hyper-aggressive shoppers, the Washington Post reported that Christmas saw credit card purchases jump 7 percent over last year. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve bank reported that consumer borrowing surged to pre-recession levels; Forbes reported that online holiday spending hit a record. ...' In the face of such self-destructive behavior, it s worth asking: Why is overconsumption still the preferred 'normal' in America?

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/12629/the_economic_normalcy_bias


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Opposition denkt über neuen Untersuchungsausschuss nach.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147848



Streit um Bombennacht von Kundus dauert an

Drei Jahre nach dem Angriff in Nordafghanistan schwelt der Konflikt um die Beurteilung des Geschehens und der Verantwortlichen weiter.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37561/1.html



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„Am Freitag, 18. Juni 2010, soll der Bundestag über ein "Gesetz zur Änderung krankenversicherungsrechtlicher und anderer Vorschriften" abstimmen. Klammheimlich soll über einen Änderungsantrag, über den der "Ausschuss für Gesundheit" beim Deutschen Bundestag erst am Mittwoch, 16. Juni 2010, beraten hat, eine neue Regelung zur Einführung der elektronischen Gesundheitskarte beschlossen werden. Bisher ist in dem Gesetz nicht vorgesehen, dass die "Stammdaten" der Patienten beim Arztbesuch online mit den bei den Krankenkassen gespeicherten Daten abgeglichen werden. Über diese bisher nicht geregelte Funktion soll nun aber die Einführung der eGK, gegen die es vielfältige Proteste und gute Argumente gibt, protegiert werden. Schnell und möglichst ohne öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit soll also das Sozialgesetzbuch geändert werden…“ Pressemitteilung des Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie vom 17.6.2010 http://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/node/353

Aus: LabourNet, 17. Juni 2010

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Elektronische Gesundheitskarte durch die Hintertür?

Gegner der Gesundheitskarte fürchten, dass die Karte über das "Gesetz zur Änderung krankenversicherungsrechtlicher und anderer Vorschriften" eingeführt werden könnte.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147850

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Kein Datenschutz in Angelegenheiten der elektronischen Gesundheitskarte?

'Die Datenschutzbeauftragten des Bundes und der Länder nehmen ihre Aufgabe des Schutzes der Interessen von Patienten und Patientinnen in der Entwicklung der elektronischen Gesundheitskarte nicht angemessen wahr. In
einem Schreiben an die Datenschutzbeauftragten des Bundes und der Länder vom 11. Juli 2011 hatte die Arbeitsgruppe Gesundheit des Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie um eine Stellungnahme zu den aktuellen Entwicklungen gebeten?' Meldung des Grundrechtekomitees vom 12.08.2011
http://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/node/423


Aus: LabourNet, 19. August 2011


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Turkey?s policy toward Iran is worth emulating
AntiWar.Com
by Ivan Eland

06/16/10

Invading on the ground would be the only way to make sure that Iran never obtained a nuclear device. After the fiasco of invading Iraq (and the continuing bog in Afghanistan), invading the larger, more mountainous, more populous, and more zealous Iran likely would be an even bigger nightmare. Even though U.S. policymakers seem to be oblivious, or at least ambivalent, to these stark realities, Iran?s neighbor Turkey is not. The Turks are of the opinion that a more cooperative approach from Iran?s neighbors might make Tehran stop short of making a bomb. In other words, Iran might feel secure enough to halt at developing technology that would enable it to construct a weapon on short notice ? much as Japan has already done...

http://tinyurl.com/2fc2xab



The next power triangle

The American Prospect
by Stephen Kinzer

06/14/10

Two Muslim nations in the Middle East have a long history of struggle for democracy. One, of course, is Turkey. Now the world?s most democratic Muslim country, it offers vivid proof that Islam and freedom can thrive side by side. It has for decades been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and closely tied to the United States. Today, even while loosening its traditional enforcement of militant secularism, it is embarking on the most ambitious diplomatic project in its history, seeking to project power by resolving regional conflicts through dialogue and compromise. President Barack Obama chose Turkey to be the first Muslim country he visited while in office, telling the Grand National Assembly, ?Turkey?s greatness lies in your ability to be at the center of things. This is not where East and West divide. This is where they come together...

http://tinyurl.com/38hhvss



Turkish Gaullism and Turkey?s ?balancing role?

The American Conservative
by Daniel Larison

06/16/10

Thomas Friedman manages to write an entire column on the deterioration of U.S.-Turkish relations and never once mentions the Iraq war, the PKK (which has revived since the start of the Iraq war), the weak U.S. response to the flotilla raid, or the Tehran nuclear deal that he and the administration both dismissed with contempt. If we?re apportioning blame for what has encouraged Turkey on its more independent course, we can assign quite a bit to both the Bush and Obama administrations, but that is not the only thing that interests me here. Friedman passes over U.S. mistakes in silence, because this makes it easier to portray Erdogan as the sole culprit responsible for wrecking U.S.-Turkish relations and it helps the misleading ?the Islamists are coming!? narrative take hold...

http://tinyurl.com/2fjubu9


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Turkey set to freeze ties with Israel: report

A Turkish newspaper reported on Wednesday that Turkey would halt military cooperation with Israel and not send back the ambassador it withdrew after a deadly Israeli commando operation to stop a Gaza aid convoy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65F4ZP20100616



Israel refuses to withdraw Ambassador to Turkey

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said that Israel will not respond to Turkey's demand that it recall its ambassador to Ankara. Interviewed by Kol Yisrael government radio, the former ambassador to the United States said "the intentions of someone making such demands are not good."

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/50183/



Knesset to hold session on Armenian genocide

On Wednesday, several U.S. congressmen from both parties announced that they were reconsidering their own positions on whether Turkey's treatment of the Armenians during World War I should be labeled genocide. At a press conference, the congressmen expressed concern over Ankara's deepening ties with Iran at the expense of those with its traditional ally Israel.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/knesset-to-hold-session-on-armenian-genocide-1.296894



US: Turkey must show commitment

The United States is warning Turkey that it is alienating US supporters and needs to demonstrate its commitment to partnership with the West.

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=179570



We will not apologize to Turkey over Gaza flotilla killings

Top official in Foreign Ministry says Turkish demand for an official apology was mainly an excuse to allow Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's to cut diplomatic ties with Israel.

http://tinyurl.com/34a9lba



Turkey closes skies to Israeli military

Amid tense relations prompted by Israel's deadly attack on a Turkish-flagged aid convoy, the government in Ankara takes a step to impose certain restrictive measures against the Israeli military.

http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=132364&sectionid=351020204



Gaza aid victims shot more than once - report

The examinations carried out in Turkey found five of the nine died from bullet wounds to the head and that the nine volunteers were shot a total of 31 times. One of the lawyers for the families of the victims, Yasin Divrak, says the findings make it clear the Israeli forces shot to kill the activists.

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2010-06-30/gaza-aid-victims-shot-more-than-once-report/189512



Further Proof Emerges of Turkey s Genocide

By Robert Fisk

The Turks are preparing to smother the 100th anniversary of their Holocaust against the Christian Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36525.htm


From Information Clearing House

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P5+1 consensus on Iran breaks down as EU approves harsher sanctions
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9741/

Congress votes new Iran sanctions and new reporting req'ts for US president
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9759/

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We Have Lost Our Way

Julia Chaitin Ph.D., Truthout: "I have been trying to get my head around what happened on the Gaza flotilla, with no success. When I turned on the Israeli news at 6:40 AM on Monday morning, knowing that the flotilla must be nearing our shores, the broadcaster's first words were a knife to the heart: 'Something very bad has happened. The commanders knew ahead of time that this was a lose-lose situation ...' I could not help but wonder why the naval commanders (and obviously the higher-ups in the government) would knowingly go into a situation that was 'lose-lose.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/we-have-lost-our-way60363

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Turkey, America, and Empire's Twilight
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/25-8

Turkey Bans Israeli Military Fight from Its Airspace as Freeze Deepens
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/29-3

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Former Marine talks about attack on Gaza relief ships
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/881.html



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