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Revolutions? of the future

French Revolution: Brought to you by the urban class. Russian Revolution: Brought to you by the working class. If there will be any revolution in the 21st century soon, it will be done by those who became statistical figures of poverty, unemployment, inequality and social exclusion by this brutal system. People with no hopes and dreams, no better future to seek, no class consciousness. People who have nothing to lose. It will be bad, chaotic, unpredictable and rather doubtful that someone could call it "revolution" ...

291014 PUDI report

Regular reports on the growing Poverty, Unemployment, Debt and Inequality of the neo-capitalist world Global: “ The number of children entering into poverty during the recession is 2.6 million higher than the number that have been able to escape from it since 2008 (6.6 million, as against 4 million). Around 76.5 million children live in poverty in the 41 most affluent countries.” “ The United States and Australia have had the largest increases in the NEET [young people not in education, employment or training] rate across non-EU OECD countries.” “ Beyond income and employment levels, the recession has affected a number of other important dimensions of people’s lives. From 2007 to 2013, feelings of insecurity and stress rose in 18 of the 41 countries, according to measurable self-perception indicators (including access to food and satisfaction with life). The recession’s impact on personal experiences and perceptions is not yet over, and many indicators have even w

ECB's vicious cycle mechanism

by system failure The increasingly concentrated power of the European Central Bank is proven one more time. Latest stress tests showed nine Italian banks have failed to pass. From bloomberg: “ Italian banks showed the largest combined capital shortfall in the European Central Bank’s review of the region’s lenders as the country struggles to emerge from its third recession in six years. [...] Of the nine Italian banks that failed a stress test, four still showed holes after measures they took this year, according to the ECB’s report .” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-26/italy-banks-emerge-as-biggest-losers-in-ecb-health-check.html The ECB dominance started two years ago after Draghi's decision for unlimited purchase of government bonds: " The European Central Bank, ECB, becomes the absolute dominant, through the unlimited purchase of government bonds in eurozone, and the Frankfurt bankers are preparing for their biggest party so far. As

"Stress tests" υπέρ των μεγάλων τραπεζών υπό την αιγίδα της ΕΚΤ!

globinfo freexchange Σύμφωνα με πρόσφατες πληροφορίες, οι Αμερικανικές φορολογικές αρχές προχώρησαν, σε συνεργασία με εκπροσώπους της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, σε μια μυστική "άσκηση" για το πως θα μπορούσε να κλείσει ταχύτατα μια τράπεζα σε περίπτωση χρεοκοπίας. Υπήρξε μια αυξημένη νευρικότητα πριν από τα stress tests της Ευρωπαϊκής Κεντρικής Τράπεζας (ΕΚΤ) στα κράτη-μέλη. Προφανώς, πολλές τράπεζες δεν θα μπορούσαν να επιβιώσουν σύμφωνα με την ΕΚΤ και θα έπρεπε να "απορροφηθούν" γρήγορα από κάποιον ανταγωνιστή πριν από πιθανά και επικίνδυνα bank runs. Τέτοιες μυστικές "ασκήσεις" έγιναν από εκπροσώπους της ΕΕ σε συνεργασία με την Ομοσπονδιακή Αμερικανική υπηρεσία διασφάλισης καταθέσεων (FDIC). Οι υπηρεσίες των ΗΠΑ έχουν χειριστεί περισσότερες από 500 τράπεζες κατά τη διάρκεια της τελευταίας οικονομικής κρίσης. Από τον Νοέμβριο, η ΕΚΤ θα αναλάβει τα ηνία της τραπεζικής επιτήρησης. Για το σκοπό αυτό έχει ιδρυθεί ένας ενοποιημένος μηχ

Drone slaughter

"Increasingly, this is how the United States chooses to fight its wars. Drones lead the way and dominate the fight against the several non-state actors we now engage — Al Qaeda, the Shabab in Somalia and now ISIS. Drones have their benefits: They enable us to fight ISIS without getting mired on the ground or suffering casualties, making them politically powerful and appealing." “ In an interview in GQ Magazine with former drone pilot, Brandon Bryant, Bryant recalls, 'sitting in a control station on an Air Force base in Nevada. His three victims were walking on a dirt road in Afghanistan. After the Hellfire missile fired from the drone struck the three men, Bryant watched the aftermath on his infrared display. The smoke clears, and there's pieces of the two guys around the crater. And there's this guy over here, and he's missing his right leg above his knee. He's holding it, and he's rolling around, and the blood is squirting out of