the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

Ceci est plus qu’une crise économique et de régime: c’est une crise de civilisation Les citoyennes et citoyens européens, dans leur grande majorité, pensent que la société de consommation actuelle peut « s’améliorer » dans le futur (et qu’elle devrait le faire). En même temps, une bonne partie des habitants de la planète espère se rapprocher petit à petit de nos niveaux de bien-être matériel. Néanmoins, ces niveaux de production et de consommation ont été atteints au prix de l’épuisement des ressources naturelles et énergétiques et d’une rupture des équilibres écologiques de la Terre. Rien de tout cela n’est nouveau. Les chercheur/ses et scientifiques les plus lucides tirent la sonnette d’alarme depuis le début des années 1970 : si les tendances de croissance actuelles (économique, démographique, d’utilisation des ressources, de génération de pollution et d’augmentation des inégalités) se poursuivent, le résultat le plus probable sera l’effondrement de la civi

24 hour reports by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past few days and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. It is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to mount an emergency response should that become necessary. The priority for the Agency has now shifted to emergency operations, providing assistance to those who have been displaced and sought shelter in UNRWA schools, while attempting to continue regular operations. Urgent funding needs persist and are increasing Key parts: “ The number of displaced people in UNRWA schools has since gone beyond the peak number from the 2008/9 conflict, and now exceeds 83,000 in 60 schools. ” “ The tragedy of the conflict continued to unfold in Gaza overnight as the number of civilian fatalities increased yet again, with thousands more distraught civilians displaced by the rel

The role of the "usual suspect" Henry Kissinger “ More than one quarter of the population of Cyprus was expelled from the occupied northern part of the island where Greek Cypriots constituted 80% of the population. A little over a year later in 1975, there was also a flow of roughly 60,000 Turkish Cypriots from the south to the north after the conflict.” “ In the spring of 1974, Greek Cypriot intelligence discovered that EOKA-B was planning a coup against President Makarios which was sponsored by the military junta of Athens.” “ In the meantime, Nikos Sampson was declared provisional president of the new government. Sampson was a Greek ultra nationalist who was known to be fanatically anti-Turkish and had taken part in violence against Turkish civilians in earlier conflicts. The Sampson regime took over radio stations and declared that Makarios had been killed, but Makarios, safe in London, was soon able to counteract these reports. In the coup i

24 hour reports by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past few days and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. It is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to mount an emergency response should that become necessary. The priority for the Agency has now shifted to emergency operations, providing assistance to those who have been displaced and sought shelter in UNRWA schools, while attempting to continue regular operations. Urgent funding needs persist and are increasing Key parts: “ On 7 July, in response to escalating violence between Israel and Hamas, UNRWA declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. The number of displaced people has since gone beyond the peak number from the 2008/9 conflict, and now exceeds 50,000 in 44 UNRWA schools in addition to thousands more who are displaced due to the conflict.

This is more than an economic and political crisis: it’s a crisis of civilization Among European citizens, it is not uncomm to believe that our present consumerism society can (and must) “progress” into the future. Meanwhile, a the majority of the inhabitants of the planet just dream in achieving our same level of material comfort. However, our level of production and consumption has been achieved at the cost of exhausting natural (including energy) resources and by disrupting the equilibrium of Earth’s ecosystems. But these are old news. The most lucid researchers and scientists have warned, since the 1970′s, thatif humans were to maintainthe current trends of growth (economic, demographic, resource use, pollution and increase in inequality), the most probably outcome during the 21st century is the collapse of civilization. Today there is a growing evidence in the news indicating how the path of unlimited growth is similar to a slow motion genocide. The en

24 hour reports by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past few days and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. It is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to mount an emergency response should that become necessary. The priority for the Agency has now shifted to emergency operations, providing assistance to those who have been displaced and sought shelter in UNRWA schools, while attempting to continue regular operations. Urgent funding needs persist and are increasing Key parts: “ The situation over the past 24 hours can only be described as devastating for women, men and children in Gaza. Shortly after an agreed five-hour UN brokered "humanitarian pause” in the conflict, which concluded at 15:00 on 17 July, violence between Hamas and Israel escalated dramatically as rocket fire intensified almost instantly after

Πτήση MH-17: Άλλο ένα τραγικό συμβάν προς εκμετάλλευση του system failure Είναι δύσκολο να πει κανείς τι είναι πιο τρομακτικό: Η ασυγκράτητη βούληση της Δύσης να εκμεταλλευτεί οτιδήποτε μπορεί να παρασύρει τη Ρωσία σε ένα θερμό επεισόδιο, ή, η υποκρισία της κάθε φορά που χάνονται ανθρώπινες ζωές; Μέσα σε 24 ώρες από την τραγική πτήση ΜΗ-17, πολλοί Αμερικανοί αξιωματούχοι έσπευσαν να ευθυγραμμιστούν με την Ουκρανική κυβέρνηση, βασιζόμενοι σε "αποδείξεις" που βγήκαν στην επιφάνεια με εκπληκτική ταχύτητα. Ενώ σε άλλες περιπτώσεις οι Δυτικοί υποκριτές "συνιστούν ψυχραιμία" και υποδεικνύουν προς πάσα κατεύθυνση να μην βιάζεται να βγάζει συμπεράσματα, αυτή είναι μια περίπτωση που παραβιάζουν εντελώς την ίδια τους την πολιτική-συμβουλή προς τους άλλους. Άσχετα με το τι θα δείξει τελικά το πόρισμα για το ποιος ευθύνεται για την κατάρριψη του αεροπλάνου των Μαλαισιανών αερογραμμών, αν βγει τελικά αξιόπιστο πόρισμα, οι Δυτικές αντιδράσεις δείχνουν ότι ο

MH-17 flight: Another tragic incident to be exploited by system failure It's hard to tell what's more terrifying: The rush of the West to exploit anything that can drag Russia into a warm incident, or, its hypocrisy concerning the loss of so many lives? Within 24 hours from the tragic MH-17 flight, US officials rushed to align with the Ukrainian government, based on "evidence" that came out remarkably fast. While in other cases, the Western hypocrites "recommend sangfroid" and suggest to every direction not to rush to make conclusions, this is a case where they completely violate their own "calm down" policy as advice to others. No matter what the findings will show eventually on who is responsible for shooting down the Malaysian Airlines plane, if there will be any clear conclusion, the Western reactions show that the US and their allies are anxious to provoke Putin. One of the first, expected reactions, was fro

Απόσπασμα από το άρθρο του Πάνου Χαρίτου που δημοσιεύτηκε στην Αυγή Στη Γάζα δεν έχει σημασία τι έκανες, πού πήγες, τι έμαθες και τι έχεις κατά νου να γράψεις. Στο τέλος η ίδια η Γάζα είναι εκείνη που θα σου υποδείξει το θέμα. Έτσι λοιπόν χθες, μετά από τρίωρη πρωινή περιπλάνηση στη γειτονιά της Ζεϊτούν κι άλλη μια απογευματινή στην πόλη της Γάζας, επέστρεψα στο ξενοδοχείο. Κοντοστάθηκα για λίγο στην τραπεζαρία συζητώντας με τους υπόλοιπους συναδέλφους κι ανέβηκα στο δωμάτιο που βρίσκεται στο δεύτερο όροφο του Beach Hotel μπροστά από την παραλία. Ενστικτωδώς η πρώτη μου κίνηση μπαίνοντας ήταν, όπως πάντα, να ανοίξω το παράθυρο ώστε κατά τη διάρκεια των βομβαρδισμών το ωστικό κύμα να μην εκτονώνεται επάνω στα τζάμια με κίνδυνο να σπάσουν. Έκατσα στο τραπέζι, άνοιξα το κομπιούτερ, κοίταξα την ώρα στο επάνω μέρος της οθόνης και ήταν ακριβώς 16:16 όταν ακούστηκε ο ήχος από την έκρηξη ενός βλήματος προερχόμενου από πολεμικό πλοίο του Ισραήλ. Το ωστικό κύμα ανέ

24 hour reports by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past few days and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. It is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to mount an emergency response should that become necessary. The priority for the Agency has now shifted to emergency operations, providing assistance to those who have been displaced and sought shelter in UNRWA schools, while attempting to continue regular operations. Urgent funding needs persist and are increasing Key parts: “ The people of Gaza continue to suffer as a result of the devastating level of violence experienced in the Strip for more than a week. There were more evacuations from the north and northeastern Gaza, resulting in three additional UNRWA designated emergency shelters opening in the past 24 hours. A total of more than 22,000 people are now sheltering in 24