Samstag, 28. April 2012

Next-up News Nr 1997

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/films.php
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Who Stole the American Dream?

Video

Donald Goldmacher, Heist - The Movie: "'Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?' is a feature documentary that investigates the roots of the current economic crisis and the continuing assault on working people in the United States. 'Heist' reveals who created the slide that has left the middle class reeling, exposing how corporate leaders worked with elected politicians of both major parties to create the largest transfer of wealth in history. Heist posits that a fair economy requires that those responsible for the crisis be held accountable; rigorous reforms must be enacted into law.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8770-heist-who-stole-the-american-dream



A History of the World, BRIC by BRIC

Pepe Escobar, TomDispatch: ''However, BRICS cohesion, to the extent it exists, centers mostly around shared frustration with the Masters of the Universe-style financial speculation that nearly sent the global economy off a cliff in 2008. True, the BRICS crew also has a notable convergence of policy and opinion when it comes to embattled Iran, an Arab Sprung Middle East, and Northern Africa. Still, for the moment the key problem they face is this: they don t have an ideological or institutional alternative to neo-liberalism and the lordship of global finance.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8755-a-history-of-the-world-bric-by-bric

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How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/11-6



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House Passes CISPA in Surprise Vote; Opponents Will Continue to Fight in Senate

Mike FCC Requires TV Stations to Put Political Ad Files Online, Truthout

''The House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in a surprise vote late Thursday despite a veto threat from the White House and opposition from civil liberties groups that say the bill undermines existing privacy law and would allow private companies to spy on American citizens. 'Cybersecurity does not have to mean abdication of Americans' online privacy,' said ACLU legislative counsel Michelle Richardson. 'As we've seen repeatedly, once the government gets expansive national security authorities, there s no going back.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8773-house-passes-cispa-in-surprise-vote-opponents-will-continue-to-fight-in-senate

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How The ''Cyber Intelligence Sharing And Protection Act'' Would Affect You

By Declan McCullagh

CISPA would ''waive every single privacy law ever enacted in the name of cybersecurity,'' Rep. Jared Polis, a Colorado Democrat and onetime Web entrepreneur, said during the debate. ''Allowing the military and NSA to spy on Americans on American soil goes against every principle this country was founded on.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31191.htm



The Spy Factory

Video

An eye-opening documentary on the National Security Agency. NOVA exposes the ultra-secret intelligence agency s role in the failure to stop the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent eavesdropping program that listens in without warrant on millions of American citizens.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31196.htm



CISPA : Congressman Johnson ''I know its 2012 but it sure feels like 1984'': Congressman Hank Johnson, who represents the eastern suburbs of Atlanta in the U.S. Congress, speaks against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) on the House floor. Apr 26, 2012.

http://bit.ly/Kgfxp3



Welcome to America s Biggest Spy Center

By James Bamford

What will be going on within the top-secret walls of the $2 billion Utah Data Center? The answer...surveillance, but not just surveillance, we are talking the biggest spy center this nation has ever seen.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31269.htm



Top NSA Whistleblower Spills the Beans on the Real Scope of the Spying Program

By Washingtons Blog

In April 2012 Wired s James Bamford reported that two companies with extensive links to Israel s intelligence service provided hardware and software the U.S. telecommunications network for the National Security Agency (NSA).

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35212.htm



What was the Israeli Involvement in Collecting U.S. Communications Intel for NSA?

By Haaretz, The Associated Press and Reuters

Were Israeli companies Verint and Narus the ones that collected information from the U.S. communications network for the National Security Agency?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35215.htm


From Information Clearing House

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FBI wants flat-out totalitarian spying on the internet
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-secret-government-1/fbi-wants-flat-out-totalitarian-spying-on-the-internet.html



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The Legacy of Chernobyl

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/27-2



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Occupy Prepares For May Day: No Work, No School, No Banking

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/27-0



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Hundreds of Thousands Urge USDA to Stop 'Agent Orange Corn'

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/27-3

The Organic Watergate: Alarming Report Reveals USDA s Cozy Relationship with Corporate Agribusinesses in 'Organics'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/18-5

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The Toxic Effects of Agent Orange Persist 51 Years After the Vietnam War

Jeanne Mirer and Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: ''The Vietnamese exposed to the chemical suffer from cancer, liver damage, pulmonary and heart diseases, defects to reproductive capacity and skin and nervous disorders. Their children and grandchildren have severe physical deformities, mental and physical disabilities, diseases and shortened life spans.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10729-the-toxic-effects-of-agent-orange-persist-51-years-after-the-vietnam-war



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US Austerity Drive is Suicidal

Nobel Economist Stiglitz
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/27-1



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Solarförderung: Umweltausschuss will nachverhandeln

Umweltgremium des Bundesrates ist für Anrufung des Vermittlungsausschusses. Solarförderung zu stark gekürzt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/151887

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Bürgerbegehren soll EEG Novelle stoppen

Die Initiative ''Pro Sonne, Bayern für unabhängige Energie'' will mit einem Volksbegehren die geplanten Förderkürzungen im Solarbereich stoppen, die am 11. Mai vom Bundesrat abschließend beschlossen werden sollen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814941ms316



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US-Regierung beschließt Ausbau des Drohnenkriegs im Jemen

Getötet werden dürfen nun wie in Pakistan auch verdächtige, namentlich unbekannte Militante.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36838/1.html



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Freitag, 27. April 2012

Protect Tongass? temperate rainforests

http://forests.org/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=tongass_oldgrowth



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The New World Orders Money Scam: A Huge Poker Game

http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1130.html



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US Hegemony in Latin America

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/26-5



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Protest Calls on Supreme Court to Strike Down Arizona Immigration Law

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/04/26

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''Show Me Your Papers'' Law Takes Effect in Arizona
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/09/19



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The Global Water Crisis Will be the Central Issue Facing our World this Century

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/04/26-0



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Obama Approves Expanded Drone War in Yemen

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/26-0

Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/04/27

The Obama Contradiction: Weakling at Home, Imperial President Abroad
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/30-0

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White House approves broader Yemen drone campaign

The United States has begun launching drone strikes against suspected al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen under new authority approved by President Obama that allows the CIA and the military to fire even when the identity of those who could be killed is not known, U.S. officials said.

http://wapo.st/IeX4rI



Obama Approves More Killing In Yemen

By Glenn Greenwald

Here s yet another war that Obama is escalating, now ordering people s death with greater degrees of recklessness, now without even bothering to know who is being targeted.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31181.htm



Evidence in British Court Contradicts CIA Drone Claims

By Chris Woods

A major case in the British High Court has revealed fresh evidence of civilian deaths during a notorious CIA drone strike in Pakistan last year.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31185.htm



US Kills 3 People In Yemen

At least three suspected al Qaeda-linked militants were killed in a drone air strike in Yemen on Thursday, a local official and residents said, as the new president struggles to stem the growing influence of armed Islamists in the south.

http://bit.ly/I9oyeo



U.S. Military Drones Reported Operating Across the United States

By Danny Schechter

These modern killing machines represent science fiction reborn as science 'faction.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31204.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Could We Stop ''Signature'' Drone Strikes in Yemen and Pakistan?

Robert Naiman, Truthout: The US government has been increasingly carrying out drone strikes in countries with which America is not at war, and killing people with drone strikes who have no dispute with the United States?. The CIA had asked for authority to expand its drone strike campaign in Yemen by launching strikes even when it does not know the identities of those who could be killed. Such 'signature strikes' allow the CIA to hit targets based solely on intelligence indicating patterns of 'suspicious behavior.'''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8771-could-we-stop-signature-drone-strikes-in-yemen-and-pakistan



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Humanity Must Stabilize Population, Consumption or Face 'Downward Vortex' of 'Ills'

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/26-7



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US-Schuldeneintreiber in der Intensivstation

Säumige Krankenkassenpatienten werden in den USA von Inkassobüros neuerdings schon in der Intensivstation, Notaufnahme oder im Aufwachraum massiv zur Zahlung gedrängt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151883

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Donnerstag, 26. April 2012

Did Romney buy the GOP nomination?

The Nation
by Ben Adler

After winning the primaries in New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Delaware and Connecticut on Tuesday night, Mitt Romney delivered a peroration in Manchester, New Hampshire, awkwardly titled 'A Better America Begins Tonight.' In it, Romney claimed the mantle of GOP nominee and declared the general election season underway. He focused on the themes he has clearly been planning on emphasizing in the contest against President Obama: a return to American greatness economically and in global power...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/167544/did-romney-buy-gop-nomination



Mitt Romney s neocon war cabinet

The Nation
by Ari Berman

05/03/12

It s safe to say that foreign policy was not the strong suit of this year s contenders for the GOP presidential nomination. ... [T]heir statements on foreign policy reflected a more disturbing trend in the GOP. Despite facing a war-weary public, the candidates (with the exception of Ron Paul, an antiwar libertarian, and Jon Huntsman, a moderate internationalist) positioned themselves as unapologetic war hawks. That included Mitt Romney, marginally more polished than his rivals but hardly an expert...

http://tinyurl.com/dx5qs3r


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The Man Who Should Succeed Ron Paul

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

Anyone who has been reading my columns for any length time knows that I am a staunch supporter (and, yes, friend) of Texas Congressman Ron Paul. I have written previously on why I believe Dr. Paul is the man that should be elected President of the United States in 2012. I have devoted several columns to promoting Ron Paul s Presidential candidacy. Here was my latest. I am also on record as saying I believe that historians will recognize Ron Paul as being the greatest US Congressman in......

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin698.htm



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US Taxpayers Shelling Out Billions for Faulty Weapons

http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/billions-for-faulty-weapons.html



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Indian countrys American nightmare

Acton Institute
by Anthony B. Bradley

04/25/12

If anyone believes the federal government knows what is best for local communities, they should visit an American Indian Reservation. Native Americans are currently immersed in a health care and economic deprivation nightmare that is the consequence of government interference, inefficiency, and inhumane policies. The Native American narrative is one of government creating problems and then, in the name of offering solutions, making matters worse by depriving local communities of their autonomy...

http://tinyurl.com/7acu2jm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Farmers demand the World Bank and Wall Street stop grabbing their lands

The World Bank s policies for land privatisation and concentration, have paved the way for corporations from Wall Street to Singapore to take upwards of 80 million hectares of land from rural communities across the world in the past few years.

http://bit.ly/I4bMny



Film Exposes the Devastating Impact of World Bank Backing for Land Investments in Uganda

Video

First-hand accounts of how privatisation of land, and corporate-friendly policies promoted by the World Bank lead to violent displacements, hunger and facilitate the global takeover of community land by private interests.

http://bit.ly/JR2z0Q



New age colonialism: West buying up Third World?

Multinational corporations are buying up swathes of land in underdeveloped countries in an unchecked scramble towards new-age colonialism. So-called ''land grabbing'' sees western powers vying for economic control of the developing world s resources.

http://bit.ly/Khlno2


From Information Clearing House

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Predatory Privatization Puts Citizens and Communities at Risk
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/07/31-7



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France proposes use of force in Syria

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe was quoted by the BBC as saying Paris was out of patience. ''We cannot allow the (Syrian) regime to defy us,'' he said.

http://bit.ly/IbCTMY



Turkey ready to ask NATO for military intervention in Syria: Erdogan

Erdogan also stated that the turmoil in Syria has to be brought to an end with the cooperation of international powers. ''We have been very patient with Syria issue so far,'' he claimed.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/240144.html



Kerry: Time to consider safe zones and arming the opposition in Syria

The United States needs to do more to protect civilians in Syria, including considering setting up safe zones inside Syria and potentially arming the opposition, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry (D-MA) told The Cable in an interview Tuesday.

http://bit.ly/JecOs2



Pentagon leads unprecedented exercises on Syrian border

The Pentagon is this week leading the largest multinational military exercises in the history of Jordan, with maneuvers planned along the Syrian border as well as in the Gulf of Aqaba, across from Israel.

http://www.ww4report.com/node/11073



U.S. Organizing Syrian Rebels

Syrian Rebels Get Influx of Arms with Gulf Neighbors' Money, U.S. Coordination

By Karen DeYoung and Liz Sly

Syrian rebels have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated in part by the United States, according to opposition activists and U.S. and foreign officials.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31337.htm


From Information Clearing House

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UN Chief: Syria 'Not Complying' With Peace Deal
http://news.antiwar.com/2012/04/26/un-chief-syria-not-complying-with-peace-pledge/


From Lew Rockwell



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Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders

By Glen Ford

At the Corrections Corporation of America, human freedom is a dirty word.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31177.htm



TSA threatens lockdown over 4-year-old girl

By RT

The Transport Security Authority (TSA) is once again in hot water after it accused an innocent four-year-old girl of attempted gun smuggling as she hugged her grandmother in the security zone.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31169.htm



You Are All Suspects Now

What Are You Going To Do About It?

By John Pilger

You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31205.htm

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Another 6-Yr.-Old in Handcuffs? Harry Belafonte on Child Incarceration
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/04/25

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Prison Industries: ''Don t Let Society Improve or We Lose Business''

Dina Rasor, Truthout: ''This is an industry that needs misery, long sentences, rounded-up undocumented immigrants and increasing crime to flourish. In order to keep the prison beds filled, The GEO Group and others have paid out millions of dollars to lobbyists, federal and state legislators, and governors to allow our immigration problem to go unsolved, to make sure that no drugs are decriminalized and that an ineffective War on Drugs continues, and to make certain that long-term prison sentences, like California s three-strikes-and-you are-imprisoned-for-life laws, keep a steady flow of revenue and profits flowing to their shareholders.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8731-prison-industries-dont-let-society-improve-or-we-lose-business-part-i



America s Top Prison Corporation: A Study in Predatory Capitalism and Cronyism

Dina Rasor, Truthout: ''This week, I will tackle the largest private prison company, the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and its unprecedented proposal to buy prisons from money-strapped states, as well as how CCA has gamed the system with trips through the revolving door, self-dealing and influence peddling. Just to set the stage as to how large the prison population is in the United States: our prison population is the highest in the world; one out of 100 US residents are in prison.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8875-corrections-corporation-of-america-a-study-in-predatory-capitalism-and-cronyism

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Terrorizing, Smuggling, and Assault: All in a Week s Work at the TSA
http://lewrockwell.com/akers/akers186.html

Dominate, Intimidate, Control
http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/tsa-mission-creep.html

We are Almost There Now
http://lewrockwell.com/peters-e/peters-e181.html

In Loco Insanity
http://lewrockwell.com/akers/akers187.html

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TSA abuses another disabled child ''terrorist'' suspect

Authority!
by Timothy J Taylor

04/29/12

The latest incident last Monday involves the unreasonably aggressive screening of Dina Frank, a 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, at the hands of TSA thugs at JFK International Airport which caused her family to miss their flight to Florida. This little child is unable to pass through airport metal detectors without setting off alarms because she walks with metal leg braces and crutches. The condition puts her at the mercy of the TSA thugs who insist without reason or exception that she must undergo their patented pat-down assault and battery on a baby procedure...

http://bit.ly/INBvwE


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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IDF chief: I do not believe Iran will decide to develop nuclear weapons

By Amos Harel

I think the Iranian leadership is composed of very rational people. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31172.htm



Gantz says 'other forces' could strike Iran

IDF chief predicts that Iran will never get nuclear weapons. http://www.timesofisrael.com/gantz-says-other-forces-could-strike-iran/



IDF chief: Other countries are prepared for possible Iran strike

IDF Chief of Staff strongly hints that other nations could be backing military action.

http://bit.ly/IU6nLe



How Obama Recycled a Lie about Iran

By Elizabeth Murray

Obama said: ''Let s begin with a basic truth that you all understand: no Israeli government can tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of a regime that ... threatens to wipe Israel off the map.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31184.htm



'America may have to strike Iran'

Potential Republican vice presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday said a unilateral ''military solution,'' from the United States may be needed to stop Iran acquiring a nuclear bomb.

http://bit.ly/I9oDPa



US Military Course Considering ''US at War with Islam'' Receives Objection

The Pentagon stated on Wednesday that the top U.S. military officer has ordered a review of training material after a course for officers was found to consider that the United States is at war with Islam, Reuters reported.

http://bit.ly/JIFfDy



Israel ex-spy warns against ''messianic'' war on Iran

A former Israeli spymaster has branded the country s leaders unfit to tackle the Iranian nuclear program and ''messianic'' in the strongest criticism from a security veteran of threats to launch a pre-emptive war.

http://reut.rs/Iy64HG


From Information Clearing House

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Marco Rubio: Another Lieberman Republican
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan234.html



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Bradley Manning: A Show Trial of State Secrecy

By Michael Ratner

The US government s suppression of all accountability and transparency in prosecuting the WikiLeaks suspect is totalitarian.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31173.htm



Trials Without Crimes Or Evidence

By Paul Craig Roberts

The US government relies on secret evidence in its cases against alleged terrorists, claiming that national security would be threatened if the evidence were revealed. This is abject nonsense.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31179.htm



The Children of Fallujah: Sayef s Story

By Robert Fisk

The phosphorus shells that devastated this city were fired in 2004. But are the victims of America s dirty war still being born?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31178.htm



Robert Fisk: The Children of Fallujah, families fight back

Abandoned and afraid, the parents of Iraq s suffering children wait in vain for help suffer in silence in Iraq?

http://ind.pn/Ifpdi8



Bradley Manning judge orders damage assessment released

A judge is to see for herself how the US assessed the damage inflicted upon the government by Bradley Manning s WikiLeaks activities. Manning s lawyer says the case against the soldier should be dropped as Washington is still withholding evidence.

http://rt.com/news/manning-judge-release-documents-912/



Bradley Manning, America s Martyr For Open Government

By Birgitta Jónsdóttir

The alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower, detained and abused for two years in prison, now on secret trial, defends all our freedoms.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31457.htm



US May Execute Assange if it Gets Him, former NSA official
US, security has become a state religion

Video and Transcript

''Speaking truth to power is very dangerous in todays world. The power elites, those in charge, they don t like dirty linnen aired.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31807.htm



Bradley Manning treated more harshly than a ''terrorist'', lawyer argues

Defence lawyer files motion that 'aiding the enemy' charge is stricter against US soldiers than it would be against terrorists.

http://is.gd/ox9g3T



Obama prejudiced WikiLeaks accused: lawyer

COMMENTS by President Barack Obama about the soldier accused of the biggest intelligence leak in US history were prejudicial and sought to harm the suspect s defence, a court has heard.

http://is.gd/kB49Y7



WikiLeak suspects treatment 'shocking'

EVIDENCE showing the mistreatment of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning at a military brig should ''shock the conscience'' of the court, his lawyer says.

http://is.gd/OSj6N9



Sex, Lies and Julian Assange

ABC Australia

Video Documentary

Four Corners reporter Andrew Fowler examines in detail what happened in those crucial weeks while Julian Assange was in Sweden.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31976.htm



Julian Assange, Dictators and Terrorists

Spot the difference and why he's seeking asylum

Video

See how an Interpol Red Notice has been issued for his arrest, which is usually used only for dictators and terrorists, even Syria s Assad and Libya s Ghadaffi were not subjected to one, and know why he has resisted extradition to Sweden.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32203.htm



Ecuador Is Right To Stand Up To The US

By Mark Weisbrot

The United States would paint itself as a promoter of human rights, but any right to make that claim is long gone.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32197.htm



Imperial Affront: Ecuador Will Face US Wrath for Asylum Decision

By Chris Floyd

Great harm has been done to the pride of the puffed-up poltroons who strut and preen atop the imperial battlements, thinking themselves the lords of all the earth and the apple of every little peon s eye.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32216.htm



US in pursuit of Assange, cables reveal

AUSTRALIAN diplomats have no doubt the United States is still gunning for Julian Assange, according to Foreign Affairs Department documents obtained by The Saturday Age.

http://is.gd/KH2HmW


From Information Clearing House

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Shedding Light on the Secret Pre-Trial of Bradley Manning

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: ''The government has so far refused to provide key pieces of evidence against him to his defense team, a process known as discovery. Several pre-trial meetings between prosecutors and Manning s defense were also held behind closed doors and out of public light. Court orders and motions are currently held secret despite complaints lodged by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of Assange. CCR attorney Shane Kadidal told Truthout that he was surprised by the lack of media presence at the hearings.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8758-shedding-light-on-the-secret-pre-trial-of-bradley-manning

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Federal Prosecutors: We Cannot Be 'Outcome Driven'
http://lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson339.html



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Klimagas aus der Arktis?

Wissenschaftler finden Anzeichen für eine Methan-Quelle im arktischen Ozean, die Eisdecke wird unterdessen immer fragiler.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/151878

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Arktis blubbert immer mehr Methan aus

Tauender Permafrost unter dem Meer der Arktis setzt doppelt so viel Methan frei wie in Klimamodellen vorausberechnet.

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Erste Erfolge gegen High-Frequency-Trader (HFT)

Von großen Börsen werden erste HFT-Praktiken verboten und gerade verdonnerte die US-Aufsichtsbehörde einen Hochfrequenz-Trader, der 2007 den Ölpreis manipuliert hatte, zu 13 Millionen Dollar Strafe.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36824/1.html

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Mittwoch, 25. April 2012

Sozialgericht: Hartz IV Regelsatz verfassungswidrig

Hhier eine Eilmeldung mit besonderer politischer Schlagkraft: Das Sozialgericht Berlin hat die Hartz IV Regelsätze als verfassungswidrig eingestuft und damit den Weg frei für eine Klage am Bundesverfassungsgericht gemacht!

Hartz IV Regelsatz verfassungswidrig: Weg frei für Klärung vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht

Einen ersten Durchbruch konnten Kläger vor dem Sozialgericht Berlin erreichen. Die Richter urteilten, dass der derzeit bemessene Hartz IV Regelsatz gegen die bundesdeutsche Verfassung verstößt. In dem heute veröffentlichten Urteil bescheinigten die Richter den Regelleistungen eine ''Verletzung des Grundrechts auf ein menschenwürdiges Existenzminimum''. Der Weg zum Bundesverfassungsgericht ist nunmehr geebnet, da die 55. Kammer ein Verfahren gegen das Jobcenter Berlin-Neukölln aussetzt und das Verfassungsgericht zur Prüfung anruft. Dieses soll abschließend entscheiden, ob die Hartz IV Regelsätze gegen das Grundgesetz verstoßen. (AZ: 55 AS 9238/12). Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/gericht-hartz-iv-regelsatz-verfassungswidrig-900810.php

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25. April 2012

Schwarz-Gelb und SPD droht verfassungsrechtlicher Schiffbruch bei Hartz-IV

Das Sozialgericht Berlin urteilte, dass die Hartz-IV-Regelbedarfe verfassungswidrig bestimmt worden seien. Insbesondere wird beklagt, dass die Auswahl der unteren 15 % der Alleinstehenden als Referenzgruppe zur Bestimmung der Regelbedarfe mit massiven Fehlern behaftet sei. Sie ist ohne nachvollziehbare Wertung und damit willkürlich erfolgt. Es sei nicht begründet worden, wie aus dem Ausgabeverhalten dieser Gruppe auf eine Bedarfsdeckung der Leistungsberechtigten geschlossen werden könne. Ebenso sei der wertende Ausschluss bestimmter Güter und Dienstleistungen aus dem Ausgabekatalog der Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe 2008 nicht nachvollziehbar begründet. Der Gesetzgeber verkenne insbesondere, dass das Existenzminimum auch die Pflege zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen zu ermöglichen habe. Im Übrigen wäre bei einem derart ''auf Kante genähten'' Regelbedarf das Statistikmodell seiner Legitimation beraubt. Zu diesem Urteil des Berliner Sozialgerichts erklärt die stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE, Katja Kipping:

Viele grundsätzliche Kritikpunkte des Sozialgerichts hat die LINKE während der Gesetzgebung zu den neuen Regelbedarfen immer wieder vorgetragen. Nun haben Sozialrichter diese Kritiken bestätigt. CDU/CSU, FDP und SPD, die diesen Regelbedarfen zugestimmt haben, sollten sich schämen. Schwarz-Gelb und SPD droht mit der ignoranten Bestimmung der Regelbedarfe verfassungsrechtlicher Schiffbruch. Und das zu Recht. Aber nicht Häme ist angesagt. Wir brauchen endlich eine breite gesellschaftliche Diskussion darüber, was zum guten Leben für alle gehört, und wie Transfersysteme so ausgestaltet werden können, dass das Grundrecht auf ein menschenwürdiges Leben garantiert ist. DIE LINKE ist bereit, diese Debatte zu führen.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/schwarz-gelb-und-spd-droht-verfassungsrechtlicher-schiffbruch-bei-hartz-iv/

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26. April 2012

Generalrevision von Hartz IV muss auf die Tagesordnung

Der Vorsitzende der LINKEN, Klaus Ernst, verlangt angesichts des Berliner Hartz IV-Urteils und der koalitionsinternen Debatten um einen gesetzlichen Mindestlohn eine ''Generalrevision von Hartz IV''. Kernelemente einer Reform müssen nach Ernsts Ansicht die Festsetzung eines verfassungsgemäßen Regelsatzes und die Einführung eines gesetzlichen Mindestlohns sein. Ernst erklärt:

Das Berliner Hartz-IV-Urteil ist ein Meilenstein und eine Ohrfeige für die ganz große Koalition, die vor einem Jahr sehenden Auges einen verfassungswidrigen Regelsatz beschlossen hat. Das Berliner Sozialgericht hat wegen der fortgesetzten Arbeitsverweigerung der Politik erstmals eine Zahl für den Regelsatz errechnet. Hinter die 410 Euro des Berliner Urteils kann nun auch die Bundesregierung nicht mehr zurück. Das ist gut so, auch wenn 410 Euro immer noch zu wenig sind, um den Anforderungen des Grundgesetzes zu genügen. Der nächste Schritt ist deshalb eine Generalrevision von Hartz IV. Kernelemente der Reform müssen die Festsetzung eines verfassungsgemäßen Regelsatzes und die Einführung eines gesetzlichen Mindestlohns sein, der sicherstellt, dass wer Vollzeit arbeitet, davon würdig und ohne ergänzende Sozialhilfe leben kann. Die Politik hat versagt. Ich bin dafür, dass wir die Vorbereitung so einer Reform einer unabhängigen Kommission übertragen, in der Experten aus Wissenschaft, Sozialverbänden, Gewerkschaften und Erwerbsloseninitiativen übertragen. Das Parlament muss jetzt die Scharte der missglückten Von-der-Leyen-Reform schnell auswetzen.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/generalrevision-von-hartz-iv-muss-auf-die-tagesordnung/

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Strom zu teuer für Hartz IV Empfänger. Opposition fordert Erhöhung der Regelsätze

''Die Oppositionsfraktionen im Deutschen Bundestag fordern eine Anpassung der Arbeitslosengeld II Regelsätze an die stark gestiegenen Stromkosten.

Sie reagieren damit auf einen Vorabbericht des ARD-Politikmagazins REPORT MAINZ von heute, dem zufolge 200.000 Hartz IV-Empfängern im vergangenen Jahr der Strom abgestellt wurde, weil Nachzahlungen nicht rechtzeitig geleistet werden konnten?'' Report-Mainz-Meldung vom 29.05.2012 mit weiterführenden Informationen http://www.swr.de/report/presse/-/id=1197424/nid=1197424/did=9805318/gl0ays/index.html


Aus: LabourNet, 31. Mai 2012



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BLOCKUPY FOR GLOBAL CHANGE!

''Wir rufen für den Mai zu großen Protesten gegen das Krisenregime der Europäischen Union in Frankfurt auf. Wir sind Aktivist_innen aus einer Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Bewegungen und Kämpfe aus verschiedenen europäischen Ländern und der ganzen Welt. Wir sind in den letzten Monaten und Jahren aufgestanden, gegen Angriffe und unsere Freiheit, unsere Jobs, unsere Lebensgrundlage. Angriffe, die durch die globale Krise noch zugenommen haben. Wir sind zusammen gekommen, um unsere Kämpfe und Erfahrungen zu teilen. Dabei haben wir erkannt, dass wir den selben Kampf kämpfen, in einer Vielzahl lokaler Formen. Wie nie zuvor stärken sich unsere Bewegungen gegenseitig: Eine transnationale Opposition beginnt zu entstehen. Direkt anschließend an die globalen Aktionstage 12M und 15M, an denen wir in unseren Städten und Regionen protestieren werden, werden unsere transnationalen Kämpfe in Frankfurt zusammenkommen, dem europäischen Zentrum des globalen Kapitalismus und dem Herkunftsort der Not und des Elends, das die Diktatur der Märkte für Millionen von Menschen gebracht hat?'' Transnationaler Aufruf zu Aktionen in Frankfurt, 16.-19. Mai. Internationale Solidarität für unsere gemeinsamen Kämpfe! http://www.european-resistance.org/de/aufrufe/transnational_call_de


Europäische Aktionstage 17. ? 19. Mai in Frankfurt am Main: Krach schlagen statt Kohldampf schieben

Aufruf des Erwerbslosen Forum Deutschland http://www.erwerbslosenforum.de/nachrichten/15_152012150415_460_1.htm


Take the square! Weltweit gegen Krise, Krieg & Kapital

''Auf nach Frankfurt. Beteiligt euch massenhaft an den Aktionstagen vom 16. bis 19. Mai 2012: Gegen das Krisendiktat der Troika aus EU-Kommission, Europäischer Zentralbank (EZB) und Internationalem Währungsfonds (IWF). An diesen Tagen gilt: Rien ne va plus! Denn wir werden mit Tausenden zusammen einen der bedeutendsten europäischen Finanzplätze blockieren und dichtmachen und damit ein deutliches Zeichen globaler Solidarität setzen, gegen Krise, Krieg und Kapital?'' Aufruf der interventionistischen Linke (iL) http://www.dazwischengehen.org/story/2012/04/take-square-weltweit-gegen-krise-krieg-kapital


Krise, Grenze, transnationale Kämpfe: Noborder goes Blockupy

''Vom 16. bis 19. Mai 2012 soll das Frankfurter Bankenviertel in eine vielfältige Protestzone verwandelt werden. Zu den Besetzungen, Blockaden und Demonstrationen kommen wir mit Schlauchbooten und Leitern, den Symbolen des Widerstandes gegen das militarisierte EU-Grenzregime. Wir bringen Großpuppen mit, um die prekären Arbeitsverhältnisse zu thematisieren, in denen nicht nur MigrantInnen ausgebeutet werden. Und wir wiederholen den Slogan der Karawane für die Rechte der Flüchtlinge und MigrantInnen, wie er unter anderem gegen den G-8-Gipfel in Rostock 2007 formuliert wurde: wir sind hier, weil ihr unsere Länder zerstört?'' Aufruf aus der antirassistischen Bewegung zu den Blockupy-Aktionstagen vom 16. bis 19. Mai in Frankfurt http://www.european-resistance.org/de/aufrufe/noborder


Stoppt die neoliberale Krisenpolitik, enteignet die Krisengewinner!

Auruf des wissenschaftlichen Beirats von Attac http://www.attac-netzwerk.de/das-netzwerk/wissenschaftlicher-beirat/aktuelles/aufruf/?L=2


Zentrale Bündnisseite http://blockupy-frankfurt.org/

Seite von NoTroika Rhein-Main http://www.notroika.linksnavigator.de/

Transnational Mobilization Blog http://17to19m.blogsport.eu/


Aus: LabourNet, 25. April 2012

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Stadt Frankfurt entlarvt sich selbst: Grundgesetz außer Kraft gesetzt

''Das Ordnungsamt der Stadt Frankfurt bestätigt nun selbst die generelle Außerkraftsetzung des Grundrechts auf Versammlungsfreiheit. Die vom Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie angemeldete Kundgebung, am Donnerstag, 17. Mai 2012, von 12.00 bis 18.00 Uhr wurde Dienstag, 15. Mai 2012, mittags verboten. Zur Begründung führt das Ordnungsamt an, dass das Grundrechtekomitee in einem offenen Brief an Frau Oberbürgermeisterin Roth appelliert hat, das Verbot der Versammlungen (von Blockupy) umgehend aufzuheben. Ansonsten wird pauschal die Verbotsbegründung, mit der die Versammlungen von Blockupy verboten wurden, genutzt. Ohne Beleg wird behauptet ''Die von Ihnen angemeldete Versammlung ist Bestandteil dieser Aktionstage unter dem Motto ,Blockupy?.??'' Pressemitteilung vom Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie vom 15.05.2012 http://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/node/4981


Teilerfolg: Gericht hebt Blockupy-Demoverbot auf. Bündnis besteht auf Versammlungsfreiheit auch für übrige Aktionstage

''Das Blockupy-Bündnis hat vor Gericht einen Teilerfolg errungen: Wie aus einer Pressemitteilung des Verwaltungsgerichts Frankfurt hervorgeht, hat das Gericht das von der Stadt verfügte Verbot der Blockupy- Demonstration am Samstag aufgehoben. Auch der ''Rave against the Troika'' des Jugendbündnisses am Mittwochabend kann stattfinden, ebenso die für Mittwochmittag geplante Kundgebung vor der Europäischen Zentralbank aus Anlass der EZB-Ratssitzung. Alle anderen Blockupy-Veranstaltungen sollen verboten bleiben?? Pressemitteilung von Blockupy Frankfurt vom 14. Mai 2012 http://blockupy-frankfurt.org/de/node/386


Blockupy Frankfurt: Offener Brief an Polizei und Justiz / RAV fordert Einhaltung menschen- und verfassungsrechtlicher Vorgaben / Präventivgewahrsam verstößt gegen die Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention

''In einem offenen Brief hat der RAV den Polizeipräsidenten der Stadt Frankfurt/Main sowie die Präsidenten des Amts- und des Landgerichts Frankfurt/Main auf die menschen- und verfassungsrechtlichen Vorgaben bei Freiheitsentziehungen in Zusammenhang mit den bevorstehenden Protestveranstaltungen hingewiesen?'' PresseDie Occupy-Bewegung und Aktionstage > 16. ? 19. Mai 2012: Blockupy Frankfurt


Räumung läuft: Erste Festnahme

Blockupy-Proteste im Liveticker von Felix Helbig in Frankfurter Rundschau online, mit Fotos und Videos http://www.fr-online.de/blockupy-frankfurt/blockupy-proteste-im-liveticker-raeumung-laeuft---noch-50-aktivisten-im-camp,15402798,15420920.html

Und wir verweisen in diesem Zusammenhang für die nächsten Tage auf das ständig aktualisierte Dossier bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2012/05/329711.shtml


Blockupy findet statt. Ab Mittwoch erste Versammlungen in Frankfurt am Main

Ab Mittwoch finden die Blockupy-Aktionstage in Frankfurt am Main statt. Wir freuen uns, dort mit Euch unseren Protest gegen das Krisendiktat der Troika von EZB, IWF und EU-Kommission auf die Straßen der Bankenmetropole tragen zu können. Wir sind uns sicher: Es werden tolle, ereignisreiche Tage?'' Newsletter von European Resistance vom 15.5.2012 zum aktuellen Stand http://blockupy-frankfurt.org/de/node/394


Aus: LabourNet, 16. Mai 2012

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Nato-Treffen: Tausende Kriegsgegner marschieren gegen Gipfel von Chicago

''Es ist der bisher größte Nato-Gipfel, und er löst eine Welle der Entrüstung aus. Tausende Aktivisten haben zum Beginn des Treffens zahlreicher Regierungschefs am Sonntag in Chicago demonstriert. Ihr Motto: ''Töte eine Person und es ist Mord. Töte Hunderttausende und es ist Außenpolitik!''?'' Artikel in Spiegel online vom 21.05.2012 http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/massendemonstration-bei-nato-gipfel-in-chicago-a-834096.html


Kampfansage an G8-Bosse und die »Wall-Street Haie«

''Globalisierungskritiker in den USA versammelten sich in Chicago und in Maryland. Der Doppelgipfel von G8 und NATO in Camp David und Chicago hat in den USA die globalisierungskritische Bewegung zu Gegentreffen animiert?'' Artikel von Max Böhnel in Neues Deutschland vom 21.05.2012 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/227338.kampfansage-an-g8-bosse-und-die-wall-street-haie.html


Chicago: Massenproteste und Hochspannung vor Nato-Gipfel

''Chicago rüstet sich für weitere massive Proteste zum Höhepunkt des Nato-Gipfels. Die Sicherheitslage spitzt sich zu. Bereits vor dem Beginn des streng abgeschirmten Spitzentreffens zogen Tausende Demonstranten durch die Straßen der Millionenmetropole. Die Polizei berichtete von einigen Verletzten und Festnahmen in der Nacht zum Sonntag, die Lage sei aber unter Kontrolle. Immer wieder kam es wie schon am Samstag zu Zusammenstößen unter anderem mit vermummten Demonstranten des Schwarzen Blocks. Die Polizei war auch mit berittenen Einheiten unterwegs. Rund 3000 Beamte sind im Einsatz. Aktivisten versuchten, Einsatzwagen lahmzulegen und Polizisten zu umringen. Die für die Nacht befürchteten massiven Ausschreitungen blieben allerdings aus. Seit Tagen strömen immer mehr Demonstranten in die drittgrößte amerikanische Stadt am Michigan-See?'' Bericht vom 20.5.2012 beim Tagesspiegel online http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/chicago-massenproteste-und-hochspannung-vor-nato-gipfel/6652892.html

Siehe aktuelle Berichte und Videos bei indymedia Chicago http://chicago.indymedia.org/


Die Occupy-Bewegung und Aktionstage 16.-19. Mai 2012: Blockupy Frankfurt

Pressemitteilungen, Berichte und Bewertungen

Mehr als 30.000 bei Blockupy-Demo gegen europaweites Spardiktat. Trotz Verbotsorgie haben wir den europäischen Widerstand sichtbar gemacht

''Mehr als 30.000 Menschen aus ganz Europa demonstrieren derzeit in Frankfurt am Main gegen das europaweite Spardiktat der Troika aus EZB, EU-Kommission und IWF. Die Demonstration ist der Abschluss der europäischen Aktionstage des Blockupy-Bündnisses vom 16. bis 19. Mai in der Bankenstadt. ''Das ist ein enormer Erfolg'', sagt Blockupy-Sprecher Christoph Kleine. ''Trotz der andauernden Diffamierung unseres Protests und der Verbotsorgie durch die Stadt Frankfurt ist es uns gelungen, den europäischen Widerstand gegen die unsoziale und undemokratische Kürzungspolitik an einen ihrer Ausgangspunkte, den Finanzstandort Frankfurt, zu tragen.''?'' Attac-Pressemitteilung vom 19.5.2012, dort auch Links zu Fotos und Videoberichten http://www.attac-netzwerk.de/was-laeuft/neuigkeiten/detailansicht/datum/2012/05/19/mehr-als-25000-bei-blockupy-demo-gegen-europaweites-spardiktat/?cHash=778dd05608f39c5e45ce2856ce390729


Blockupy Frankfurt: Versprochen, gehalten?

''Dies ist eine nüchterne Bilanz, wir kennen unsere Grenzen. Wir wissen, dass sie enger gesteckt sind als wir uns das wünschen. Wir wollten mehr sein, wollten häufiger den entscheidenden Schritt voraus sein. Wir haben uns viel mehr Zelte auf den Plätzen gewünscht, für längere Zeit. Wir hatten eine Vielzahl von Versammlungen und Treffen vorbereitet, von Gelegenheiten zum freien Austausch und zur freien Debatte. Die Gewalt der Verbote und die Gewalt derer, die sie umsetzten, haben uns daran gehindert. Blockupy Frankfurt war nur ein Anfang?'' Erklärung von Interventionistische Linke vom 20.05.2012 zum Abschluss der Europäischen Aktionstage http://www.dazwischengehen.org/story/2012/05/blockupy-frankfurt-versprochen-gehalten


Pressemitteilungen und Berichte zu den Blockupy-Aktionstagen beim Ermittlungsausschuss Frankfurt http://ea-frankfurt.org/blockupy-pressemitteilungen-und-berichte-zu-den-blockupy-aktionstagen


Der Widerstand wächst

Die Blockupy-Aktionstage in Frankfurt zeigen: Die Bewegung gegen das EU-Krisenregime wird zwar immer breiter. Aber die Staatsmacht geht auch immer härter dagegen vor. Artikel von Jennifer Stange in Freitag online vom 20.05.2012 http://www.freitag.de/politik/1220-x#comments

Aus dem Text: ''... Zwar ist es nicht neu, dass die Freiheitsrechte in Deutschland gegen das Gut der öffentlichen Sicherheit abgewogen werden und gegebenenfalls nachrangig sind. In diesem Fall wurden jedoch individuelle Grundrechte auf Grundlage einer vollkommen abstrakten Gefahrenprognose ausgehöhlt. (...) Ein zweifelhafter Erfolg, zumal das Blockupy-Bündnis wesentlch mehr erreichen wollte, als nur die Anti-Banken-Proteste der Occupy-Bewegung wieder aufleben zu lassen. Das Bündnis aus unterschiedlichen linken bis linksradikalen Gruppen richtete sich vor allem gegen das ''Krisenregime'' der Europäischen Union, das ''Millionen Menschen in vielen Ländern Europas in Not und Elend stürzt'', wie es in dem Aufruf heißt. Das war zumindest inhaltlich wesentlich konkreter als die Occupy-Bewegung es jemals gewesen ist. ...?


Blockupy: Erfolg oder Niederlage?

Mehr als 25.000 Menschen sollen heute in der Frankfurter Innenstadt nach Veranstalterangaben gegen die Politik der EU-Troika demonstriert haben. Artikel von Peter Nowak in telepolis vom 19.5.2012 http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152029

Aus dem Text: ''... Die Zahl der Aktivisten war am Donnerstag und Freitag kleiner als erwartet. Damit zusammenhängt, dass es erkennbar schwierig ist, die Krisenproteste mit aktuellen sozialen Kämpfen zu verbinden. So ist in den letzten Wochen wieder viel von einer Schließung des Opelwerks in Bochum die Rede. Dort gibt es eine kämpferische Minderheit in der Belegschaft, die schon vor Jahren mit selbstorganisierten Streiks auf sich aufmerksam gemacht hat. Trotzdem war die drohende Schließung von Opel-Bochum auf der Demonstration genauso wenig ein Thema wie die Abwicklung vieler Schlecker- Filialen in den letzten Wochen. Dabei hat die Berliner Schlecker-Gesamtbetriebsrätin Mona Frias einen gewerkschaftlichen Unterstützungsaufruf für Blockupy mit unterzeichnet. Doch es sind weder in erster Linie abschreckende Maßnahmen der Polizei noch große Fehler der Protestorganisatoren, die verhindern, dass Opel- oder Schlecker-Beschäftigte sich massenhaft an den Blockupy-Protesten beteiligen. Die Ungleichzeitigkeit der Krisenpolitik und der Wahrnehmung bei den Betroffenen erschwert einen gemeinsamen Widerstand...?


Zu den «Blockupy»-Aktionstagen: Demonstrieren in den Zeiten des Bank Run

Kommentar von Michel Luis vom 19.05.12 bei der FAU http://www.fau.org/artikel/art_120520-074707


Blockupy Frankfurt, 19.05.2012 - Fotogalerien bei R-mediabase e.V. http://www.r-mediabase.eu/index.php/protestkultur/blockupy-frankfurt-19052012


Großdemonstration Ffm Blockupy - 19.05.2012. Video-Impressionen bei youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReF_V2Q7iJE


Verbot der ?Blockupy?-Proteste: Merkels Politik der Angst

''Auf die Unzufriedenheit vieler Europäer reagieren konservative Politiker mit dem Schüren von Ängsten vor Chaos und Untergang. Das gilt für Angela Merkels Krisenrhetorik genauso wie für ihre Freunde in Frankfurt, die sich mit dem Verbot der ''Blockupy''-Proteste blamierten?? Artikel von Stephan Hebel in Cicero online vom 21. Mai 2012 http://www.cicero.de/berliner-republik/blockupy-proteste-merkels-politik-der-angst/49386

Aus dem Text: ''? Von Anfang an versuchten die Behörden, die Bürger als Geiseln zu nehmen. Fürchten, so die Botschaft, müssten sie nicht einen Finanzkapitalismus, der mit Derivaten, mit Lebensmitteln und ganzen Staatshaushalten spekuliert, auf Kosten staatlicher Steuerungsmöglichkeiten und sozialen Ausgleichs. Fürchten müssten sie schon gar nicht diejenigen Politiker, die Europas Rettung mit der Rettung der Banken verwechseln. Sondern fürchten müssten sie diejenigen, die sich dagegen wehren. (?) So werden die Ängste vor Verarmung für eine Politik der Verarmung mobilisiert, die doch längst begonnen hat. Dass die (noch) gute Wirtschaftslage Deutschlands parteiübergreifend mit Niedriglohnpolitik erkauft wurde, sprechen Merkel und Freunde natürlich nicht aus. Dass das Spardiktat die Kaufkraft eben jener Märkte zerstört, von denen deutsche Exporte profitierten, verschweigen sie auch. Und die Niedriglöhner, die Dauerpraktikanten, die prekär Beschäftigten, sie halten mehrheitlich still, weil es ja noch schlimmer werden könnte. Damit genau das so bleibt, wurde in Frankfurt ein Exempel statuiert. Als eigentliche Bedrohung für ein auskömmliches und ungestörtes Leben der Menschen sollten nicht diejenigen Institutionen dastehen, die es gefährden. Die eigentliche Gefahr, das wollte die exzessive Frankfurter Verbotspolitik sagen, gehe von denjenigen aus, die sich dagegen wehren und Alternativen fordern?''


Blockupy-Proteste: ''Das schürt nur Reformillusionen''

Die politische Aktivistin Marlies Sommer glaubt nicht, dass der Kapitalismus durch Umverteilung sozialer wird. Bei Blockupy war sie trotzdem dabei. Interview von Christian Jakob in der taz online vom
20.05.2012 http://www.taz.de/Blockupy-Proteste/!93700/

Aus dem Text: ''... Die Sozialdemokraten aller Parteien wollen das Modell schuldenfinanzierten Wachstums, auch in Griechenland, fortsetzen. Nötig ist aber, den kapitalistischen Markt zurückzudrängen. In vielen griechischen Kommunen sehen wir heute, dass aus der Not heraus die öffentlich Versorgung, Wasser, Elektrizitätsversorgung, Krankenhäuser, jetzt selbst organisiert werden kann. Das zeigt, dass es grundsätzlich möglich ist, die gesellschaftlichen Bedürfnisse ohne kapitalistischen Markt zu organisieren?''


Ab ins Museum und wieder zurück

Der amerikanische Wissenschaftler und Aktivist David Graeber erklärt die Dynamiken der »Occupy«-Bewegung von 2011. Nach seinem viel besprochenen theoretischen Buch über »Schulden« legt David Graeber eine Reportage über die bankenkritische Bewegung von 2011 vor. Artikel von Velten Schäfer in Neues Deutschland vom 16.05.2012 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/227044.ab-ins-museum-und-wieder-zurueck.html


Aus: LabourNet, 21. Mai 2012



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Bernankes' Race Against Time

http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1129.html

Ron vs. Ben, for the Last Time
http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul814.html

Whose Interests Will the Fed Always Protect?
http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1189.html

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Bernanke: Ripping Off Retirees to Provide Banks With Cheap Capital

By Mike Whitney
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32194.htm



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Congress set to invade your privacy again

Campaign For Liberty
by Tim Shoemaker

04/24/12

On Thursday, Congress is scheduled to begin consideration of H.R. 3523, the 'Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011' (CISPA). This bill is the next great threat to our privacy over the Internet, but unlike the fight against SOPA and PIPA, Internet giants like Facebook and Twitter are openly supporting CISPA. And as I write this, House Leadership is quietly working hard to gain your representative s support, including holding classified, 'members only' meetings to make their case...

http://tinyurl.com/7kmgfoz



CISPA: Stop the Cyber-Security Industrial Complex

Downsize DC
by Jim Babka

04/23/12

This week the House (our peeping toms) will be considering CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. This is the same bill, HR 3523, we warned you about last week. There will almost certainly be last-minute changes to the bill, or a cybersecurity bill with a different name or bill number could pass. We have grave doubts that ANY 'cybersecurity' bill is necessary. As the following letter shows, it will likely do more harm than good...

http://bit.ly/JDuqS0


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Protect Elephants from Ivory Poaching

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USS Enterprise in the Persian Gulf of Tonkin

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/24-5

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Obama Invokes Holocaust to Ratchet Up War threats on Iran, Syria

By Bill Van Auken

President Barack Obama used a visit to Washington s Holocaust Memorial Museum Monday to unveil a set of new sanctions against Iran and Syria and to promote the administration s use of ''human rights'' as a pretext for aggressive war and regime change.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31180.htm

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The regime-change machine

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

04/25/12

The world is in chaos, war is breaking out all over, there s blood flowing in the streets of cities from the Middle East to Africa, but not to worry, we have got an 'Atrocity Prevention Board!' Now doesn t that make you feel much better? The board is chaired by the infamous Samantha Power whose advocacy of the 'responsibility to protect' doctrine is credited with the Obama administration s support for Islamist rebels in Libya, and is currently energizing calls for a similar intervention in Syria...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=raimondo
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Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the US

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/24

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The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Is Far From Over

Spent reactor fuel, containing roughly 85 times more long-lived radioactivity than released at Chernobyl, still sits in pools vulnerable to earthquakes.

http://huff.to/JlCmqQ


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Fukushima
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Alvarez
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Netzausbau selbst in die Hand nehmen

Windbranche bietet Bau von Einspeisenetzen per Erdkabel an.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/151866



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US-Spezialeinheiten in mehr als hundert Ländern tätig

Das Pentagon will nun auch Soldaten im Ausland unter ''kommerzieller Tarnung'', also etwa als Geschäftsleute, einsetzen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36820/1.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pentagon
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=special+forces
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Afghanistan: Ein diffuser Krieg ohne Entscheidungsschlacht

Zur Lage in Afghanistan: Die Interventionseuphorie ist vorbei.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36818/1.html



Werden Moslems in Europa diskriminiert?

Ein Amnesty Bericht dürfte die Diskussion über den Menschenrechtsbegriff wieder aufleben lassen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151867



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Dienstag, 24. April 2012

Meet the Media Companies Lobbying Against Transparency

Justin Elliott, ProPublica: ''The corporate owners or sister companies of some of the biggest names in journalism, NBC News, ABC News, Fox News, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Politico, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and dozens of local TV news outlets, are lobbying against a Federal Communications Commission measure that would require broadcasters to post political ad data on the Internet.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8706-meet-the-media-companies-lobbying-against-transparency

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Senate Republicans Kill Disclose Act in Blow to Campaign Transparency
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/17-1



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Federal+Communications+Commission
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Killed by a US drone

The boy, 16, sitting with me in these photos was protesting against deadly US drone strikes... Three days later he was killed - by a US drone

http://bit.ly/Jy8D9Z



28 arrested after drone protest

''In my 50 years,of protesting publicly all over the US, I have never seen such a preemptive action against free speech on a public street,'' said protester Debra Sweet.

http://bit.ly/JoqyEf


From Information Clearing House

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U.S. Relents and Grants Pakistani Lawyer a Visa in Time for International Drone Summit
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/04/24-1

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Is There a Drone in Your Neighbourhood?
http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/drone-in-your-neighborhood.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pakistan
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Army major's despair at our 'pointless war'

'I'm being sent out to stabilise a country I have no faith, interest or empathy in, to prop up a government the UN says is corrupt.

http://bit.ly/IcM5ia



Pulling out of expensive war will be costly, officials say

An already expensive war in Afghanistan will cost American taxpayers between $5 billion and $10 billion just to pull a decade s worth of weapons, vehicles and supplies out of the country.

http://bit.ly/JmYbTx



Afghan protesters accuse NATO of killing 4 children

The protesters, who were carrying the bodies of four children aged eight to 12, blocked the Kabul-Kandahar highway and chanted anti-US slogans, they said.

http://bit.ly/Is9TAS



Veterans Say No to NATO

While the president and the Pentagon are handing out posthumous medals, a number of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan will be marching, in military formation, to McCormick Place in Chicago to hand their service medals back.

http://bit.ly/JMSVu2


From Information Clearing House



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Abroad, as at Home, Obama Coasts on a Wave of Disappointment

By Gary Younge

Significant hope was invested in Obama to repair America s global reputation and reorient its foreign policy but there s been precious little return.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31161.htm



How Liberty Was Lost

By Paul Craig Roberts

Demonization always plays a role. The Indians were savages and the Palestinians are terrorists. Any country that can control the explanation can get away with evil.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31167.htm



The Relationship Between Christianity and Capitalism

By Bill Moyers

American Christianity went off the rails and now threatens to take American society with it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31159.htm



The lesson for Obama of Europe s failed austerity

By Robert Reich

Because most Americans' real pay continues to drop, they are going deeper into debt and tapping into their savings. Inevitably, they will have to cut their spending.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31165.htm



The Cost of a Nation of Incarceration

CBS News Video and Transcript

Nationwide, the numbers are staggering: Nearly 2.4 million people behind bars, even though over the last 20 years the crime rate has actually dropped by more than 40 percent.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31156.htm



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Iraqs Road Back From Oblivion

By Robert Fisk

''There is no real country anymore.'' We have lost our sense of something that belongs to us, our homeland. We have lost our national identity as Iraqis.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31163.htm



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Costs and consequences of action against Iran

Campaign For Liberty
by Michelle Newby

04/19/12

Wars cost money. So do airstrikes. Just how much can be difficult to calculate, because it depends on unknown factors like the length of the conflict, the resources needed to prosecute it, and the skill of our opponent. Recent history demonstrates the folly of assuming a war will be quick and cheap. The 2003 U.S. war against Iraq was originally projected to cost $50 to $60 billion. Yet, in 2008, before the war was even over, the Pentagon had already spent $600 billion...

http://bit.ly/I4bwkD


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iran/
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Ron Paul: Romney ''could stumble''

The Raw Story

04/23/12

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on Monday said he would continue his run for office even if presumptive nominee Mitt Romney acquires enough delegates to clinch the nomination. In an interview on CNBC, the Texas congressman was asked if he could still get enough delegates to win the nomination even though he is trailing Romney, 685 to 63. 'Theoretically you can,' Paul insisted. 'It?s not likely, but you can t ever tell. Nobody knew Santorum was going to drop out. ... But only about a little over half the votes have been counted'...

http://tinyurl.com/d3yyu64



Maddow: ''I think Ron Paul just won Iowa''

The Raw Story

04/24/12

On Monday night s The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC s liberal politics host examined the strange Republican primaries of Iowa and Minnesota, concluding that Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has actually won both states, or at least tied for first place. 'Perhaps the most off-script thing that has happened on the Republican side ... Is that I think Ron Paul has just won Iowa,' Maddow said, referencing the badly mangled January primary election. 'Uh, seriously. This weekend'...

http://tinyurl.com/cu9q3mk



Mitt Romney: George Bush III

Authority!
by Timothy J Taylor

04/24/12

There is a decent chance that Mitt Romney will be the next president of the United States. Will he solve the nation?s debt problem or will he turn out to be George Bush III?

http://bit.ly/JVp4gN


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ron+Paul
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Human Rights Groups say Canada Violated Convention Against Torture Obligations

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/04/23-7

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The Declining West: Tragedy or Comedy?

By Paul Craig Roberts

What has become of Canadians who once were an intelligent tolerant people that they put in office madmen?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32413.htm



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The Shame of Nations: A New Record is Set for Spending on War

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/23-2

The Globalization of Hollow Politics
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/23-0

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Is America a free country?

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

04/23/12

All modern dictatorships employ the same method of limited freedom in certain realms, expanding and contracting the parameters of the permissible according to the tactical advantage of the moment, and yet always upholding the first principle of any and all tyrannies: that the government grants such 'rights' as 'free speech' and 'free assembly' at its sole discretion. Which means they can be rescinded at a moment s notice. This state of conditional freedom that allows these governments to maintain the official fiction they are 'liberal' democracies...

http://bit.ly/JtofQv


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=dictator
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The Middle Class Has Not Disappeared, It Is Just Sliding Toward the Bottom

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/23



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Austerity Revolt Across Europe

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/23-2



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