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?Die umstrittene Callcenter-Branche wächst, auch dank großzügiger Subventionen der Bundesregierung: 2011 flossen rund 36 Millionen Euro in den Sektor. Der Großteil waren Hartz-IV-Leistungen an Beschäftigte, deren Lohn nicht zum Leben reicht?'' Artikel von Yasmin El-Sharif auf Spiegel-Online vom 11.03.2013 http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/callcenter-kosten-den-staat-jaehrlich-36-millionen-euro-a-888076.html

Aus dem Text: ''(?) Neben den Hartz-IV-Leistungen bezuschusst der Staat die Callcenter zusätzlich. So gingen in den Jahren 2011/2012 noch mal rund fünf Millionen Euro als Fördermittel an die Branche, davon allein 3,4 Millionen Euro im Jahr 2011. In der Summe subventionierte der Staat die Firmen also in einem Jahr mit 36,1 Millionen Euro. Die Fördergelder stammen aus Töpfen von Bund und Ländern zur ''Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur''. Größte Profiteure waren die Länder Brandenburg und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Zu den geförderten Unternehmen zählen auch Callcenter großer deutscher Konzerne?''


Aus: LabourNet, 15. März 2013

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Jeder dritte ALG II-Empfänger stockt auf

''Immer mehr Hartz IV- Empfänger stocken ihr Erwerbseinkommen auf. Rund 1,3 Millionen Menschen, das ist fast jeder dritte ALG II-Bezieher, sind es, während es vor fünf Jahren noch 23 Prozent waren. Das zeigen Auswertungen der offiziellen Arbeitsmarktstatistik, die das Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation (IAQ) der Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE) jetzt im Informationsportal www.sozialpolitik-aktuell.de veröffentlicht hat. Die Gruppe der Aufstocker setzt sich sehr unterschiedlich zusammen: 44 Prozent sind sozialversicherungspflichtig beschäftigt, 36 Prozent üben einen Minijob aus, und zehn Prozent arbeiten selbstständig. Mehr als die Hälfte dieser sozialversichungspflichtig Beschäftigten arbeitet Vollzeit (57,7 Prozent). Dennoch verdienen sie so wenig, dass sie den Lebensunterhalt für sich und ihre Familie nicht aus eigener Kraft bestreiten können. Selbst Kindergeld, Kinderzuschläge und Wohngeld verhindern nicht, dass sie auf Unterstützung angewiesen sind. Vor allem in den neuen Bundesländern ist dies häufig der Fall ''Hier werden Niedriglöhne, von denen man nicht leben kann, aus Steuermitteln subventioniert'', kritisiert Prof. Dr. Gerhard Bäcker vom IAQ?." IAQ-Pressemitteilung vom 15.04.2013 http://www.iaq.uni-due.de/aktuell/presse/2013/130415.php

Siehe dazu auch die Infografik des Monats bei sozialpolitik-aktuell
(pdf): ''1,3 Mio. Aufstocker im Jahr 2013: Fast ein Drittel aller ALG II-Empfänger sind erwerbstätig'' http://www.sozialpolitik-aktuell.de/tl_files/sozialpolitik-aktuell/_Politikfelder/Sozialstaat/Datensammlung/PDF-Dateien/abbIV81b.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 16. April 2013

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Die doppelte Prekarität: Aufstocker/innen zwischen Erwerbstätigkeit und Hartz IV

''Auseinandersetzungen um Teilhabe und Gerechtigkeit drehen sich aktuell häufig um Verwerfungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, die sich unter anderem in prekärer Beschäftigung ausdrücken. Die Bandbreite an unterschiedlichen Erscheinungsformen prekärer Erwerbsarbeit eint dabei, dass sie mit einer niedrigen, existenziellen Absicherung von Individuen sowie geringen langfristigen Perspektiven einhergehen und damit prekäre, also unsichere, Folgewirkungen für Individuen entfalten (können)?'' Artikel von Julia Graf in der DGB-Gegenblende vom 9. April 2013 http://www.gegenblende.de/20-2013/++co++5a5cce72-a132-11e2-83e5-52540066f352


Aus: LabourNet, 17. April 2013



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In den vergangenen Monaten haben wir die FDP für ihre finanzielle Beziehung zur Glücksspiellobby immer wieder kritisiert. Der Automatenhersteller Gauselmann hatte der FDP für mehr als 1,3 Mio. Euro Anteile an den FDP-Tochterfirmen ProLogo und altmann-druck abgekauft. Wie nun bekannt wurde, übernahm Gauselmann Ende 2012 altmann-druck komplett und verkaufte die ProLogo-Anteile zurück an die FDP. Diese Auflösung der Firmenbeteiligungen brachte der FDP 864.000 Euro ein.

Die neue Transparenz ist positiv. Aber die Frage bleibt: Ist das ein Bruch mit der Glücksspiel-Industrie, der nebenbei Geld in die FDP-Kassen brachte? Oder ist es eine Geldspritze für die FDP, die als Entflechtung verkauft wird? Nach unserer Analyse bleibt die Entflechtung zumindest halbgar. Wir können keinen vollständigen Bruch zwischen FDP und Glücksspielindustrie erkennen.

Eine ausführliche Bewertung finden Sie unter http://www.lobbycontrol.de/index.php?p=14367



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''Those bombs that went off in Kabul and Khost were not a show of force to America. They were in service of America. It was in the service of the 2014 slogan to warn us if they (Americans) are not here then Taliban will come," Karzai said just hours before a meeting with the top US defense official, Chuck Hagel.

http://is.gd/cS4Kxr



Karzai speech 'put Nato forces at risk', commander warns

International troops in Afghanistan have been put at risk after an ''inflammatory speech'' by President Hamid Karzai, Nato s commander warned.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21782378



US troops forced out of Afghan province by abuse claims

It was a symbolic victory for President Karzai, who has long complained that the special operations forces were outside his control. It is also expected to speed the handover of security in the troubled province.

http://is.gd/ML9fpO



Afghan government hits back at NATO chief, says war aimless

''As they question why after a decade, this war in their country has failed to achieve its stated goals, but rather has resulted in the loss of thousands of innocent lives and destruction of their homes", Aimal Faizi said in a statement.

http://is.gd/lHmL4f



CIA-funded corruption: Top Afghan officials on secret US payroll-report

Top Afghan officials have been on the CIA s payroll for over a decade, often paid in cash in US dollars. The clandestine financial support was provided to key Afghan officials and even insurgent warlords in return for opposing the Taliban.

http://is.gd/0Gpq2m


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The bloody uprising against Bashar al-Assad is creating a new wave of jihadists in Britain, with Syria now the main destination for militant Muslims wishing to fight abroad, The Independent has learnt.

http://is.gd/SYTr4r



At least 50 French citizens 'waging jihad in Syria'

As many as 80 French citizens are fighting with rebel groups in Syria, according to a report in French daily Le Figaro published Wednesday.

http://is.gd/AHFvwd



Real risk of Syria war exploding across Mideast: UN refugee agency

''I believe that if the Syrian conflict goes on and on and on, there is a real risk of an explosion in the Middle East, and then there will be no way to cope with the challenge from the humanitarian, political and security perspective,'' said Guterres.

http://is.gd/7bjVPX



France defends Syria weapons plan

France s president has defended his plan to supply arms to Syria s rebels. Speaking after an EU meeting, Francois Hollande said the rebels had given guarantees that weapons would not fall into the wrong hands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21796002



How can we find the truth about 'chemical weapons' in Syria?

The embarrassing scare stories put about by the British Foreign Office and US Department of State several months back about credible evidence of chemical weapons being prepared by the regime. Not a shred of proof was offered from the secret services who brought you Iraqi WMD. We were supposed to take it on trust.

http://is.gd/4jAnlw



British special force on Syria alert

UK special forces are being pulled out of Afghanistan ahead of a planned mission to help Syrian rebels.: SAS and SBS commanders are drawing up top secret plans to give the fighters much-needed weapons.

http://is.gd/EmIdPY



Top US general urges caution on Syria options, rebels

The United States has a less clear understanding of Syria s opposition than it did last year, the top U.S. military officer said on Monday, in comments likely to disappoint rebels hoping that America might be inching toward a decision to arm them.

http://is.gd/uDadKh


From Information Clearing House

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'Sketchy' Reports from Syria and US War Hawks Mobilize
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/20



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By Claire Provost

UN s 2013 human development report urges action on climate change, deforestation and pollution before it is too late.

http://is.gd/3Hwd2z



Consumption and Modern-Day Slavery

By Timothy Alexander Guzman

"Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt". Henrik Ibsen.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37024.htm


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Degradation of Planet 'Undermines' Poverty Eradication
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/21-3

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Study ''The impact of EU consumption on deforestation''

Deforestation is the permanent conversion of forest land into other uses. The main drivers of worldwide deforestation are agricultural expansion, logging, expansion of urban areas, and natural or human-induced disasters (e.g. wildfire).

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By Sami Ramadani

Ten years on from the shock and awe of the 2003 Bush and Blair war, which followed 13 years of murderous sanctions, and 35 years of Saddamist dictatorship, my tormented land, once a cradle of civilisation, is staring into the abyss.

http://is.gd/irKt32



Cheney s Legacy In Iraq

By Ramzy Baroud

The US and Britain jointly destroyed modern Iraq and no amount of remorse or apology, not that any was offered, to begin with, will alter this fact.

http://is.gd/kt2DFm



Iraq war costs U.S. more than $2 trillion

The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, a study released on Thursday said.

http://is.gd/N6YcvF



Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq ''1,455,590''

The number is shocking and sobering. It is at least 10 times greater than most estimates cited in the US media, yet it is based on a scientific study of violent Iraqi deaths caused by the U.S.-led invasion of March 2003.

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq



Tony Blair and Iraq: The damning evidence

Secret testimony to Chilcot Inquiry by British intelligence shows former PM 'accepted Libya was a bigger threat'.

http://is.gd/44hzzS



Cheney s Halliburton Made $39.5 Billion on Iraq War

Private or publicly listed firms received at least $138 billion of U.S. taxpayer money for government contracts for services that included providing private security, building infrastructure and feeding the troops.

http://is.gd/V7RK4t


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Middle East in Turmoil 10 Years After Iraq Invasion That Officials Said Would Bring Peace

Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers: The role of US intervention in Middle East turmoil, direct in the cases of Iraq and Libya, and through rhetoric in Syria and Egypt, remains an open question.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15132-middle-east-in-turmoil-10-years-after-iraq-invasion-that-officials-said-would-bring-peace



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Branche erhebt schwere Vorwürfe gegen den Bundesumweltminister.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/153935



Seehofers Windenergiebremse

Bayerns Ministerpräsident will den anderen Bundesländern Regeln für den Ausbau der Windenergie vorschreiben, die diesen massiv behindern würden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/154572



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Syrien: Trotz beunruhigender Aussichten auf Milizenkriege halten Frankreich und Großbritannien an der Forderung fest, Waffen an oppositionelle Gruppen zu liefern.

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Britain, France ready to arm Syria rebels

Opposition activists called on the two governments to provide heavy weaponry not just small arms to tilt the balance in the two-year uprising against President Bashar al-Assad s rule.

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Sam Knight, Truthout: The Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled a federal budget proposal March 13 that would stimulate employment, raise taxes on the wealthy, cut the Pentagon budget and reduce the budget deficit.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15130-progressive-lawmakers-aim-to-turn-heads-with-job-stimulating-budget



The Rise of the Super-Rich: Is the Economy Just Going Through a Bad Patch?

Olivia Ward, The Toronto Star: So the rich are different. What's it to you? Quite a lot, if you see some of the recent analysis of the growing wealth gap.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15452-the-rise-of-the-super-rich-is-the-economy-just-going-through-a-bad-patch

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State, War, and Economy
http://lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs185.html

Congress Declared War on Sept. 14, 2001
http://lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff401.html

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Tax Haven Leak Promises 'Seismic Stir' Among World s Richest
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/04-3



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/03/14-3
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Der Politologe Ali Fathollah-Nejad über die Folgen der Sanktionen, die vor allem die Bevölkerung betreffen, die Machteliten stützen und im Fall Iran das Land in die Hände von China treiben.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38732/1.html



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The United States has established a drone 'operations centre' in the heart of the Lincolnshire countryside which could be used to co-ordinate attacks in the Middle East and Africa.

http://is.gd/AEg3AB


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Let's Outlaw Drone Strikes in the United States

Robert Naiman, Truthout: A proposed bill to prohibit drone killings of US citizens on US soil would set an important precedent.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15127-camels-nose-lets-outlaw-drone-strikes-in-the-united-states



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Grayson accused Ryan of wishing a large swath of Americans would die.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34281.htm

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Another Bloated Republican Budget
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance328.html

The 'Conservative' Republican Budget
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance329.html

Debunking the Conservative's Economic Boogeymen
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/12/03-0



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Angeblich seien sie sehr effizient, aber das Pentagon würde die Drohnen lieber als normale Munition bezeichnen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/153919



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Das Berliner Sozialgericht erklärt die Verwendung eines zweieinhalb Jahre alten Mietspiegels zur Berechnung von Kostenobergrenzen für Hartz-IV-Empfänger für unzulässig.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/153915

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Landessozialgericht: Mietobergrenzen in Offenbach zu niedrig

Seit langer Zeit schon hatte die Initiative ''SGB2Dialog'' das ''Schlüssige Konzept'' der Stadt Offenbach, das die Angemessenheitsgrenzen bei Mieten für BezieherInnen von Sozialhilfe oder Arbeitslosengeld II zu deren Nachteil festlegt, als fehlerhaft und der Rechtsprechung zuwiderlaufend gebranntmarkt. Mit seiner Entscheidung vom 15 Febr. 2013 hat der 7. Senat des Hessischen Landessozialgerichts in einem Präzedenzurteil (Az.: L 7 SO 43/10) das ''schlüssige Konzept'' der Stadt Offenbach in mehrfacher Hinsicht verworfen... Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-mehr-miete-offenbach-9001339.php



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John Light, Moyers & Company: Unmanned drones have been used to kill thousands of suspected militants - and civilians - and not just in open war zones, but also in covert wars. These graphs show drone-related deaths in these secret wars.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15091-covert-drone-warfare-by-the-numbers



Bush Detained Alleged Terrorists Without Due Process, Obama Is Killing Them With Drones

Stephen Rohde, Truthout: After reviewing the legal decisions asserting alleged terrorists' right to due process under President Bush, Rohde concludes there can be no legitimate legal justification for targeted drone killings.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15086-bush-detained-terrorists-without-due-process-obama-is-killing-them-with-drones



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''Die Schuldenkrise verschärft die Armut in Europa dramatisch. Noch nie seit Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs hat das Rote Kreuz in so vielen Ländern des Kontinents Lebensmittel verteilt. Allein in Spanien versorgt die Hilfsorganisation drei Millionen Bürger mit dem Nötigsten. Diese Nachricht zeigt die Auswirkungen der tiefen Krise in Europa so drastisch wie kaum eine offizielle Statistik: Wegen der zunehmenden Armut verteilen mittlerweile zwei Drittel der nationalen Rot-Kreuz-Gesellschaften in der EU Lebensmittelhilfen. Das habe es seit dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs nicht gegeben, sagte der Generaldirektor des Internationalen Komitees des Roten Kreuzes (IKRK), Yves Daccord, an diesem Montag bei einem Besuch in der indischen Hauptstadt Neu-Delhi?'' Agenturmeldung vom 11. März 2013 bei SPON http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/rotes-kreuz-versorgt-millionen-europaeer-mit-lebensmittel-hilfe-a-888114.html


Die Krise wird zur Stunde der Finanzbranche

Kommentierte Presseschau von Volker Bahl vom 12.3.2013 http://www.labournet.de/politik/wipo/finanzmaerkte/krise08/banken-krise08/die-krise-wird-zur-stunde-der-finanzbranche/


Profit der Banken in der Krise: Die Blutspur des Geldes

''Von Irland bis Spanien, von Großbritannien bis Zypern: Die Banken nehmen mit ihren Problemen ganz Europa in Geiselhaft. Die Steuerzahler blechen dafür mit 1600.000.000.000 Euro. Die Politik muss sich von dieser modernen Pest befreien?'' Ein Essay von Alexander Hagelüken in Süddeutsche Zeitung online vom 10. März 2013 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/profit-der-banken-in-der-krise-die-blutspur-des-geldes-1.1620207


Wenn Kapitalismus und Demokratie sich trennen müssen

Der Soziologe Wolfgang Streeck beschreibt, wie sich das Finanzkapital seit den 70er-Jahren zum mächtigen Gegenspieler der demokratischen Staaten etabliert hat. Noch könnten sich aber die Bürger gegen die neue Übermacht wehren. Wolfgang Streeck: ''Gekaufte Zeit. Die vertagte Krise des demokratischen Kapitalismus'', Suhrkamp 2012, besprochen von Liane von Billerbeck im Deutschlandradio vom 04.03.2013 http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/kritik/2027596/


Aus: LabourNet, 13. März 2013

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EU-Gipfel: Weniger Jobs, mehr Armut. Attac kritisiert weitere Kürzungspolitik und Pläne für 'Pakt für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit'

''Weniger Arbeitsplätze, mehr Armut'', dies ist aus der Perspektive des globalisierungskritischen Netzwerks Attac das Fazit des EU-Gipfels am Donnerstag und Freitag in Brüssel, erklärte Alexis Passadakis, Mitglied im Rat von Attac. ''Die Beschlüsse der Regierungschefs zum Thema Beschäftigung beinhalten kaum Neues. Die finanziellen Mittel des Pakts für 'Wachstum und Beschäftigung' vom vergangenen Juni waren bereits alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen. Dass diese Initiative nun schon zum zweiten Mal aufgewärmt wird, zeigt, dass sie vor allem der Ablenkung dient. Währenddessen wird die europäische Kürzungspolitik weiter vorangetrieben, unter anderem mittels des 'Europäischen Semesters' und mit dem 'Pakt für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit''...'' Pressemitteilung von Attac Deutschland vom 15. März 2013 http://www.attac.de/aktuell/presse/detailansicht/datum/2013/03/15/eu-gipfel-weniger-jobs-mehr-armut/?cHash=0bd328901f7e0a44bce19e056598a011

Siehe dazu auch: Nein zum Pakt für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ? Stellungnahme des Europäischen Attac-Netzwerks

''In einem offenen Brief an die Staats- und Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union kritisiert das Europäische Attac-Netzwerk die autoritären Tendenzen und den Abbau sozialer Standards in der EU?''

Stellungnahme vom Europäischen Attac-Netzwerk vom 11. März 2013 http://www.attac.de/startseite/detailansicht/datum/2013/03/12/nein-zum-pakt-fuer-wettbewerbsfaehigkeit/?no_cache=1&cHash=caf601fbeb4f11f703261469d6a7b929

Siehe dazu auch im LabourNet-Archiv: ''Pakt für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit'', Euro-Regierung des Euro? http://archiv.labournet.de/diskussion/eu/wipo/pakt.html


15.000 Demonstranten in Brüssel: Juncker fürchtet eine Revolution

''Der ehemalige Eurogruppen-Chef zweifelt an der bisherigen Sparpolitik und spricht von einer möglichen Rebellion. Bereits vor Beginn des EU-Gipfels hatten sich etwa 15.000 Demonstranten in Brüssel versammelt, um zu protestieren?'' Artikel in Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten vom 15.03.13 http://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2013/03/15/15-000-demonstranten-in-bruessel-juncker-fuerchtet-eine-revolution/

Aus dem Text: ''? Der ehemalige Eurogruppen-Chef Juncker blickt skeptisch auf die immer lauter werdende Kritik der EU-Bürger. Am Donnerstag sagte er in Brüssel, dass man dringend eine neue ''Schnittstelle zwischen Konsolidierungs- und Wachstumspolitik'' benötige. ''Ich habe große Sorgen hinsichtlich der kommenden wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungen'', so Juncker. ''Ich will nicht ausschließen, dass wir Gefahr laufen, eine soziale Revolution, eine soziale Rebellion zu erleben'', ergänzte er. Junckers Sorge ist nicht ganz unbegründet. Bereits Ende Februar hatte der ehemalige griechische Spitzen-Diplomat Leonidas Chrysanthakopoulos vor einer Explosion sozialer Unruhen in Griechenland gewarnt?''


Aus: LabourNet, 18. März 2013

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Wie der Kapitalismus die Demokratie zerstört

Kommentar zu Wolfgang Streecks ''Adorno-Vorlesungen'' von Volker Bahl vom 19.3.2013 http://www.labournet.de/politik/wipo/wipo-deb/wipo-all/eine-anregung-zur-krisen-wahrnehmung-wie-der-kapitalismus-die-demokratie-zerstort/


Neuer Herrschaftsmodus

Der Kapitalismus präsentiert sich wieder unmaskiert als Klassengesellschaft. Das Verständnis ihrer Machtkonstellationen ist aber unterentwickelt In diesen Tagen erscheint der neue Band »Ausgrenzung und Herrschaft. Prekarisierung als Klassenfrage« des Publizisten und Soziologen Werner Seppmann (Laika Verlag, Hamburg 2013, 260 Seiten, 24,90 Euro). jW dokumentiert die Einleitung des Buches von Werner Seppmann in der Ausgabe vom 13.03.2013 http://www.jungewelt.de/2013/03-13/040.php


Aus: LabourNet, 20. März 2013

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'Weltkrise und Ignoranz: Kapitalismus im Niedergang'

Buch von Robert Kurz, in der Edition TIAMAT von Robert Kurz? Witwe Roswitha Scholz & Claus Peter Ortlieb (langjähriger Weggefährte und Redakteur in den Projekten ?Krisis? und 'Exit')herausgegebener Band (Broschur, 240 Seiten, 16 Euro, ISBN: 978-3-89320-173-0)

Informationen und Bestellung beim Verlag http://www.edition-tiamat.de/Gesamtverzeichnis/critica_diabolis/201-210/kurz_weltkrise_ignoranz.htm


Die Aufhebung der Gerechtigkeit. Realitätsverlust und Krise der demokratischen Ethik

Leseprobe beim Verlag (pdf) http://www.edition-tiamat.de/Textproben/Weltkrise1-18.pdf


Weltkrise und Ignoranz

Kapitel des Buches als exklusive Leseprobe bei LabourNet Germany (pdf) samt Inhaltsverzeichnis des Buches http://www.labournet.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/kurz_tiamat.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 12. August 2013

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Hartz IV reicht nicht aus für steigende Lebensmittelpreise
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=de#!topic/omeganews/K5E9OrXdkSk



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We have Seen This (Bad) Movie Before
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/03/12-5

What Ryan s Budget Really Says: 'I Love Rich People'
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/13-7



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/12-3

The Threat of the Imperial Presidency
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/12-3



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UK workers suffer sharpest wage fall of any developed country as business leaders warn the pain is far from over

Real wages dropped by 4.5 per cent between 2007 and 2011, leaving workers with smaller incomes at a time of rising costs for basic necessities such as food, fuel, gas and electricity, not to mention housing costs.

http://is.gd/4JdeKy



British banks may have £30bn hidden losses

British banks may be harbouring a black hole of as much as £50bn in undeclared losses that do not show up in their accounts but hamper their efforts to lend, a shareholder group has warned.

http://is.gd/ddN5WV



UK: Triple dip recession fears

George Osborne was today warned Britain could be heading for an unprecedented triple dip recession after new figures revealed a steep decline in manufacturing.

http://is.gd/kAB64o


From Information Clearing House



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An average of 46.6 million people received the benefits each month last year, with the average number of households that received them totaling 22.3 million. In 2007, just 26.3 million people received food stamps.

http://is.gd/eouySK



Hiding Poverty and Hunger

The Case Against Government Bans on Feeding the Homeless:
The backlash against prohibitions on feeding the homeless and less fortunate is underway.

http://is.gd/Nz8as8


From Information Clearing House

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America s Dementia Epidemic
http://lewrockwell.com/kohls/kohls14.1.html



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Report documenting the devastating impacts of the New York Police Department s (NYPD) extensive surveillance program that targeted American Muslims throughout the Northeast and spread outrage throughout the nation.

http://is.gd/YpkYto



New York Muslims protest police surveillance

A new report by a coalition of Muslims has shed further light on the NYPD's controversial surveillance program of the Muslim community, which they say generates widespread fear and has a ''chilling effect'' on their lives.

http://is.gd/T2oo62



Federal Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them

By Kim Zetter

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ordered the government to stop issuing so-called NSLs across the board, in a stunning defeat for the Obama administration s surveillance practice.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34308.htm



The Boston Bombing Produces Familiar and Revealing Reactions

By Glenn Greenwald

As usual, the limits of selective empathy, the rush to blame Muslims, and the exploitation of fear all instantly emerge.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34634.htm



Are All Telephone Calls Recorded And Accessible To The US Government?

By Glenn Greenwald

The real capabilities and behavior of the US surveillance state are almost entirely unknown to the American public.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34839.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Secret Spy Court Authorizes 100% of US Government Requests
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/03-2

FBI Uses Loopholes, Not Warrants, to Access Private Emails
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/08-5

NYPD Undercover Spying Unit Revealed As Extensive, Far-Reaching
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/09/17-0

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Spied on Via Warrantless Data Mining, Wiretaps, and Facial Recognition
http://lewrockwell.com/creekmore/creekmore19.1.html



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By Patrick Henningsen

The very idea of directly arming terrorists in Syria is not one which can be sold openly in either the US or Britain.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34267.htm



Iraq: A History That Must Not Be Repeated

By Patrick Cockburn

The US and Britain s percived support for al-Qa'ida fighters in Syria, while condemning them in Iraq, has raised the political temperature.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34268.htm



The United States, and President Obama, Arm al-Qaeda

By Alan Jones

The close association between the FSA and al-Qaeda affiliates means that the United States, and President Obama, are effectively arming terrorists.

http://is.gd/NIC6My


From Information Clearing House



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By Finian Cunningham

Western so-called news media coverage of the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula is like watching a cross between a bad James Bond movie and a cheap horror flick about flesh-eating zombies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34278.htm



North Korea Orders Military to Combat Ready; Target U.S.

Could take Out South in 3 days, latest video claims

By Cheryl K. Chumley

North Korea on Tuesday ordered its long-range artillery units to stand at combat ready, prepared to attack sites on mainland America, as well as Hawaii and Guam.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34415.htm



War Scare in Korea: A Manufactured Crisis

By Eric Margolis

The United States and the two feuding Koreas could blunder into a real war unless both Pyongyang and Washington cease provoking one another.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34461.htm



US Protection Racket Root of Korea Conflict

By Finian Cunningham

The conflict emanates from Washington and is perpetuated by Washington. Why? To justify what would otherwise be seen as simply outrageous US militarism in the Asia Pacific.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34497.htm



Peter King: U.S. Could Preemptively Attack North Korea

Video

''I don t think we have to wait until Americans are killed or wounded or injured in any way...''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34507.htm



North Korea 'Rattles Sabres'

Meanwhile, U.S. Pretends to Drop Nuclear Bombs on Them

By Peter Hart

While North Korea s apparent threats are obviously troubling, one doesn t have to be paranoid to take offense at those military drills.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34510.htm



Putting the Squeeze on North Korea

By Gregory Elich

Neither the U.S. nor South Korea is open to dialogue at the present time. Both are bent on exacerbating tensions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34514.htm



Washington s ''Playbook'' on Provoking North Korea

By Stephen Gowans

The White House approved a detailed plan, called 'the playbook,' to ratchet up tension with North Korea during the Pentagon s war games with South Korea.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34523.htm

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War Scare in Korea: A Manufactured Crisis
http://lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis334.html

U.S. Provoking North Korea
http://lewrockwell.com/hunter-greg/hunter-greg17.1.html

America s War on North Korea
http://lewrockwell.com/orig11/lendman15.1.html

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North Korean Photos Show Plans for Attack on US
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/29-4

Worry Grows That US Tactics 'Goading' Koreans Towards War
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/01-0

US Plays Negative Role as Korea Border Tensions Grow
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/03-0

The Koreas: Lurching Towards War
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/04/04-4

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The Game With North Korea: Nuclear Roulette Has No Winners

David Krieger, Truthout: So-called nuclear deterrence is a risky game in which the losers could be the global community at large. The only way out of the nuclear roulette dilemma is to unload the gun and assure that it cannot be used again by any side.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15513-the-game-with-north-korea-nuclear-roulette-has-no-winners

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Explaining North Korea

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

04/03/13

The rhetorical hysteria coming out of North Korea is par for the course: this is, after all, the country s chief (and only) export. Washington knows full well Pyongyang has neither the means nor the intention to attack the United States, in spite of the comic-opera threats, and yet we are acting as if the threat is real...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2013/04/02/explaining-north-korea/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The historical roots of North Korean intransigence
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11439/



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Eine von der Bertelsmannstiftung in Auftrag gegebene Studie wird für eine solche Debatte instrumentalisiert.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/153908

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Ein Mindestlohn für Arbeit und Rente. Erforderliche Höhe eines existenzsichernden Mindestlohns

''In der politischen Auseinandersetzung um künftig vermehrt drohende Altersarmut wird von vielen Seiten auf die zentrale Bedeutung eines allgemeinen gesetzlichen Mindestlohns verwiesen. Als potenzielle Ursache weit weniger Aufmerksamkeit findet hingegen die drastische Senkung des Rentenniveaus. Wie hoch müsste ein Mindestlohn sein, der sowohl die »Hartz-IV«-Aufstockung vermeidet als auch fürs Alter eine Rente erwarten lässt, die wenigstens das Existenzminimum deckt? Und: Kann der Mindestlohn überhaupt ein wirksames Instrument zum Ausgleich der Rentenniveausenkung sein?...'' Artikel von Johannes Steffen vom 10. April 2013 beim Portal Sozialpolitik http://www.portal-sozialpolitik.de/home/mindestlohn-fuer-arbeit-und-rente


Aus: LabourNet, 12. April 2013

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Jede zweite Rente war 2012 niedriger als Hartz IV

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/fruehaufsteher/ruhestand-jede-zweite-rente-war-2012-niedriger-als-hartz-iv-12217302.html


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Juni 2013



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The End of America
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/government-corruption-1/naomi-wolf-the-end-of-america.html

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Ashamed To Be An American?

By Timothy Gatto

I am tired of holding my tongue and reading the drivel and watching the charade on television. The truth is that everything you are hearing is a lie and lies of the greatest magnitude.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34279.htm



Waking From My Moral Coma

By William Rivers Pitt

''America is an idea, as pure and great as anything conceived by the human mind.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34285.htm



''The Rule Of Law Is Dead In America''

Video

In a healthy society, politicians should always fear for their job, and sometimes fear for their physical safety.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34340.htm

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Our 'Government of Laws' Is Now Above the Law
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/13-0



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Iran Can t Build Nuke Without Tripping Alarm Bells, US Says

By Associated Press.

US intelligence director James Clapper says Tehran still has not decided whether to pursue militarization of nuclear program.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34272.htm



Anti-Iran sanctions are immoral, illegal and cowardly

Op-Ed

''I believe that there should be no mistake about the reality that sanctions are warfare without the military involvement...''

http://is.gd/dR976f


From Information Clearing House

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'The Backdoor to War with Iran': Wilkerson Attacks Senate Resolution
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/03/13-0



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DIE LINKE.

Herbert Behrens

Viele Menschen begegnen der Einführung des digitalen Behördenfunks Tetra BOS mit Skepsis. Der Bundestagsabgeordnete Herbert Behrens (DIE LINKE)...

http://www.herbert-behrens.de/nc/politik/detail/zurueck/aktuell-b41d1f2ad0/artikel/digitaler-behoerdenfunk-zweifel-bleiben/



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Die öffentliche Stimmung richtet sich immer öfter nicht gegen die Armut, sondern gegen die Armen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38726/1.html



Deutschlands Eliten aus Wirtschaft und Staat haben allen Grund, das zehnjährige Jubiläum ihrer Agenda 2010 zu feiern. Für die Lohnabhängigen ist es hingegen der Jahrestag einer historischen Niederlage.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38753/1.html

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10 Jahre Agenda 2010

Unser neues Dossier in dieser unsäglichen Reihe an ''Feierlichkeiten''. Neben einigen neuen Beiträgen siehe auch:

unser Dossier: Zehn Jahre Hartz-Kommission: ''Tiefpunkt bundesdeutscher Sozialpolitik'' http://www.labournet.de/politik/erwerbslos/hartz4/hartz/zehn-jahre-hartz/?cat=7913

Im LabourNet-Archiv Agenda 2010: ''moderner Sozialstaat'' http://archiv.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/allg/agenda2010.html

Und dort u.a. ''Agenda 2010''?Zitate http://archiv.labournet.de/diskussion/arbeit/realpolitik/allg/agenda-zitat.html

Hieraus hochaktuell unser Zitat der 24. Woche 2003 ''Agenda 2010 ''Plus plus plus'' Statt der Erfindung immer neuer verlockender Bezeichnungen für den sozialen Kahlschlag sollte die Bundesregierung lieber in einem einzigen Satz wenigstens mitteilen, was künftig noch erhalten bleibt.'' Aus: Deutscher Einheit(z)-Textdienst von Werner Lutz, 6/03


Mit dieser Politik wurde eine Kleptokratie errichtet: Gewaltige Vermögensverschiebung auch durch die Krise und reich und arm einfach regierungsoffiziell eskamotiert

Kommentar von Volker Bahl vom 6.3.2013 http://www.labournet.de/politik/sopo/neue-armut/mit-dieser-politik-wurde-eine-kleptokratie-errichtet/

http://www.labournet.de/politik/erwerbslos/hartz4/hartz/10-jahre-agenda-2010/


Aus: LabourNet, 13. März 2013



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Eine Drohnenflotte übernimmt langsam die Kontrolle über den Luftraum der USA.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38651/1.html



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The business of war is profitable. In 2011, the 100 largest contractors sold $410 billion in arms and military services. Just 10 of those companies sold over $208 billion.

http://is.gd/fIrV26



Bank compensation up in 2012 despite cutback efforts

Compensation at the world s biggest banks rose last year, with 35 of them spending a combined 10 billion euros ($13.1 billion) more on staff than in 2011, figures compiled by Reuters show.

http://is.gd/vNDa6M



US Companies Keeping Even More Money Offshore

U.S. companies are keeping more of their profits offshore, choosing overseas tax havens amid talk in Washington about closing corporate tax loopholes. 60 big American companies have collectively parked a total of $166 billion offshore last year.

http://is.gd/xT0diV


From Information Clearing House

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Once Upon a Time, Corporations Paid Taxes

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: How much should we read into these huge contrasts between corporate profits, pay and taxes from over a half century ago and today? What difference does any of this make for the rest of us? A huge difference.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15096-once-upon-a-time-corporations-paid-taxes

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Break Up the Behemoth Banks
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/15-11

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Margin Call
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff402.html



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By Rep. Ron Paul

The administration s outrageous response to the most serious Constitutional question of all, when a government can kill its own citizens, is clear evidence of an executive branch out of control.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34255.htm



The NYT and Obama Officials Collaborate to Prosecute Awlaki After he s Executed

By Glenn Greenwald

A joint media-government attempt to justify the assassination of a US citizen ends up doing the opposite.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34256.htm



Scientific Assassinations Are Part of the CIA s Record

By Wayne MADSEN

The CIA s Technical Services Department continued to maintain and develop stockpiles of cancer-causing biological agents used in special delivery weapons.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34275.htm



The Obama-Kerry-Hagel Troika

By James Petras

Selling Death and Buying Assassins In the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34388.htm

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Assassinations by Induced Heart Attack and Cancer
http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/cia-heart-attack-assassinations.html

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The Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki and his Teenage Son
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/25-9



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Obama terror drones

CIA tactics in Pakistan include targeting rescuers and funerals.
http://is.gd/fyJKiU



US Kills 4 People In Pakistan

State-run Radio Pakistan reported four persons were killed in the attack by the CIA-operated spy plane in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan Agency.

http://is.gd/kyfdRb



A Secret Deal on Drones, Sealed in Blood

That back-room bargain, described in detail for the first time in interviews with more than a dozen officials in Pakistan and the United States, is critical to understanding the origins of a covert drone war that began under the Bush administration

http://is.gd/Dj4xYC



Pervez Musharraf Gave US Permission To Murder People In Pakistan

By Jon Boone in Islamabad and Peter Beaumont

Former president Pervez Musharraf has admitted giving permission for the CIA to launch drone attacks inside his country, directly contradicting repeated claims by the Pakistani government that it has never authorised drone strikes.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34585.htm



'No civilian drone deaths' in Pakistan claim was false, says US documents

In June 2011, John Brennan, at the time President Obama s chief counter terrorism adviser, stated publicly that for 'almost a year' no civilian had died in US drone strikes in Pakistan.

http://is.gd/nk3wPC



US Kills 4 People In Pakistan

The house was razed to ground following the attack and some more people are feared to be buried under the debris. Sunday s strike was launched in the country s tribal area after a brief lull of 22 days. Earlier on March 22, a U.S. drone attacked a house in the same area, killing four people and injuring two others.

http://is.gd/myCb3a



Pakistan condemns US drone strike

''The Government of Pakistan calls upon the US Government to stop such attacks, based on mutual respect and established international norms.''

http://is.gd/7JAwzo



5 killed by U.S. attack in Pakistan

Five people were killed and two others wounded when a U.S. drone fired two missiles into a building in the North Waziristan tribal region, a Pakistani official told Efe Monday.

http://is.gd/ngYlaU



US Kills Another 5 People In Pakistan

The attack in the Baber Ghar area of the South Waziristan tribal district on the Afghan border, a stronghold of Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants.

http://is.gd/NKzF4w



PTI to rid country of US influence: Imran

The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said on Sunday that his party, after coming to power, would rid the nation of US influence by quitting the US-led ''war on terror.''

http://is.gd/h6ZlgF



Imran Khan Vows to Shoot Down US Drones If Elected

Speaking at a rally in Swabi in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman said that if U.S. drones entered Pakistani airspace, he would order the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) to shoot them down.

http://is.gd/G9cGDa



On Pakistan elections

The US deeply cares about Pakistan s relationship with Iran. The US very much wants Pakistan to cut relations with Iran which they [Pakistan] are not doing. They are following a somewhat independent course in this regard, as are India

http://is.gd/bl2zFe


From Information Clearing House

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US secret: CIA collaborated with Pakistan spy agency in drone war

Raleigh News & Observer

04/09/13

Even as its civilian leaders publicly decried U.S. drone attacks as breaches of sovereignty and international law, Pakistan s premier intelligence agency secretly worked for years with the CIA on strikes that killed Pakistani insurgent leaders and scores of suspected lower-level fighters, according to classified U.S. intelligence reports. Dozens of civilians also reportedly died in the strikes in the semi-autonomous tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan...

http://tinyurl.com/cjtl6ma



Pakistan: Suspected US drone strike kills five

MSNBC

04/14/13

A suspected U.S. drone missile strike killed five people in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border Sunday evening, according to Pakistani security officials. Officials and local villagers said the suspected drone fired two missiles and struck a suspected militants? hideout in the Datta Khel town of the North Waziristan tribal region after a double-cabin pickup truck entered the premises...

http://tinyurl.com/bl6gjy5


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://lewrockwell.com/reed/reed252.html

Staring Armageddon in the Face But Hiding It With Official Lies
http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts392.html

War Heroes
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance330.html

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This unstable, lawless rogue state, armed to the teeth and deluded by its own self-righteousness, poses the greatest risk to world security.

By Finian Cunningham
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34252.htm



The View from Abroad

By Fred Reed

The United States is the most hated country in the world. The hostility puzzles many Americans, who genuinely believe their country to be a force for good, a pillar of democracy, a defender of human rights.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34328.htm



US: Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy

By James Rothenberg

So long as young men and women believe they are fighting for freedom and democracy, they will rally to the cry. And so long as they are treated as heroes, others wait to take their place.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34318.htm



U.S. ''Human Rights'' Wars: Arms Control as a Weapon

By Glen Ford

The newly approved Arms Trade Treaty is conceived and designed as a facilitator of war by its main sponsor, the United States.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34498.htm

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Are Washington, Moscow and Beijing Using the Global Arms Trade to Create a New Cold War?

Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch: In the early months of 2013 arms sales, the power dueling and competition that comes with them have been gaining momentum.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16682-cold-war-redux-are-washington-moscow-and-beijing-using-the-global-arms-trade-to-create-a-new-cold-war



How to Be a Rogue Superpower

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: The response to Edward Snowden is unprecedented: an ''international manhunt'' (or more politely but less accurately, ''a diplomatic full court press'') conducted not by Interpol or the United Nations but by the planet s sole superpower, the very government whose practices the leaker was so intent on exposing.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17606-can-edward-snowden-be-deterred



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In a stunning reversal, the U.S. Air Force said late Friday that it will no longer disclose the number of drone strikes it launches in Afghanistan. In addition, data regarding drone strikes was removed from reports from prior months that had been posted to the Air Force website.

http://is.gd/gJ3no6



Erased US data shows 1 in 4 missiles in Afghan airstrikes now fired by drone

The US military has stopped publishing data on drone use in Afghanistan, claiming missions that include drone strikes are 'the exception', just 3% of all drone flights. However, the figures themselves demonstrate the increasingly important role played by drones in airstrikes by the US and its allies in Afghanistan.

http://is.gd/hdtTmF



US drones spread fear to Afghan villages

Video

Every civilian that US drones kill by mistake is another victory for the Taliban s recruitment campaign.

http://is.gd/qkZra6


From Information Clearing House



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By JUSTIN GILLIS

Over the coming decades temperatures are likely to surpass levels not seen on the planet since before the last ice age.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34238.htm



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'A Place at the Table' and 'American Winter'

By Michael Shank

Obama couldn t get the $10 billion over ten years that he wanted to improve childhood nutrition in schools. (Contrast this with the $10 billion we spend monthly on our military in Afghanistan.)

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34244.htm



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Audio

Prof Michael Hudson engages in a wide ranging analysis of the advantages to wealth that money printing and poor tax policy produce. From China to NY, Latvia to Greece, Spain to Australia this is the news we should be getting!

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34246.htm



How Deregulation Resurrected American Economic Insecurity

By Paul Craig Roberts

Few people see the disconnect between the propaganda about the goodness of America and the evil that its government practices.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34235.htm



How Many Billions Of Drug-Laundered Money Does It Take To Shut Down A Bank?

Video

If you are caught with an ounce of cocaine, the chances are good you are going to go to jail. if you launder nearly a billion dollars for drug cartels and violate our international sanctions, your company pays a fine and you go home and sleep in your own bed at night. Senator Elizabeth Warren.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34245.htm



Big banks take advantage of money laundering epidemic in US

The attorney general of the United States says the country s largest banks may be too big to jail, but the former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund isn t exactly convinced.

http://rt.com/usa/banks-big-us-laundering-165/



Sen. Elizabeth Warren takes on the financial industry

By Jim Puzzanghera

Elizabeth Warren, who ranks 97th out of 100 members, refuses to be just seen and not heard. She is already bashing regulators as well as big-bank executives.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34905.htm


From Information Clearing House

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An unrepresentative democracy

In These Times
by David Sirota

03/08/13

Why are ideas widely supported in most of the country so often portrayed as controversial, polarizing and divisive once they are taken up by legislatures? Why does the professional political class seem like a wholly separate society that does not understand the constituents it is supposed to be representing? These are the existential questions at the root of America s political dysfunction, and a new study marshaling reams of data finally provides some concrete answers...

http://tinyurl.com/aq4bakm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Big Bank Immunity: When Do We Crack Down on Wall Street?

Dean Baker, Truthout: Instead of sheltering big banks from prosecution, we should be using anti-trust laws to break up these entities which enjoy astounding impunity from crimes like laundering money for drug dealers.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15048-big-bank-immunity-when-do-we-crack-down-on-wall-street

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Sen. Warren Continues Campaign Against 'Too Big To Jail' Banks
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/14-5



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Die FDP fordert auf ihrem Bundesparteitag mehr Lohnuntergrenzen statt eines einheitlichen Mindestlohns und wirft den Grünen vor, einen Obrigkeitsstaat zu wollen, der statt mit der Pickelhaube mit Birkenstocksandalen daherkommt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38721/1.html



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http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/ron-paul-pushes-gop-reform.html

Free-Dumb: The Conservative s Definition
http://lewrockwell.com/wilson-brian/wilson-brian50.1.html

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Stand With Rand!

Campaign for Liberty
by Tim Shoemaker

03/07/13

The country is still abuzz this morning with talk of Senator Rand Paul s historic nearly 13-hour filibuster. We ll be talking more about it throughout the day, sharing headlines and commentary, as well as posting hour-by-hour (unofficial) transcripts of Senator Paul s speech... [links to videos and transcripts included]

http://www.campaignforliberty.org/national-blog/stand-with-rand/



The politics of anti-interventionism

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

The neocons are absolutely right to be fearful of the junior Senator from Kentucky. Rand Paul managed to combine the conservative critique of untrammeled state power with the distinctively libertarian critique of our interventionist foreign policy, showing how the neocon program of perpetual war abroad must at some point lead to the end of constitutional law at home. It is a powerful case that rings true with all the elements needed to forge a new national coalition, one that can wrest power from the War Party...

http://tinyurl.com/aq5ogk2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Rand Paul Exposes the Democrats

By Margaret Kimberley

The Democratic Party is not just ineffectual, it is actually a partner with the Republicans working against the aims of achieving a peaceful and just country and world.

http://is.gd/ZOBgIe



The Morality Brigade

By Robert Reich

The morality brigade worries about fetuses, but not what happens to children after they are born. They and other conservatives have been cutting funding for child nutrition, healthcare for infants and their mothers, and schools.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34421.htm


From Information Clearing House

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GOP Report Shows Party is Out of Touch With Americans on Threats to Democracy
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/03/18-8



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http://lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi255.html

Janus Christians
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance325.html

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The militarization of American life

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

03/27/13

In this age of Empire, militarism pervades American culture like a poisonous fog, hypnotizing a complacent population with narratives that valorize and justify a foreign policy of perpetual war. It reaches into every corner of everyday life, from the war propaganda spewed forth by the 'mainstream' media to the movies we watch and what we learn in 'science' class. Once this kind of cultural rot sets in, it is hard to root out: this is the true meaning of decadence, of a society suffering the latter stages of a fatal hubris...

http://tinyurl.com/clasbu7


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Tyranny Of The Reasonable

Popular Complacency In An Era Of Economic Exploitation And Perpetual War

By Phil Rockstroh

You cannot force truth upon the deceived.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34519.htm



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