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From ZH: “ The year 2014 was a tough one. The recovery was slow, a series of dangerous geopolitical risks emerged, and the world was confronted with a devastating Ebola outbreak. This year may be another tough one, but it could also be a good one – a truly multilateral year.” “ New momentum on global trade could help unlock investment worldwide, and I am hopeful about the new Sustainable Development Goals (which will succeed the Millennium Development Goals in 2015), and about the prospects for a comprehensive climate-change agreement at the end of this year.” “ Against this backdrop, the adoption of the IMF reforms by the United States Congress would send a long-overdue signal to rapidly growing emerging economies that the world counts on their voices, and their resources, to find global solutions to global problems. ” “ Growth, trade, development, and climate change: 2015 will be a rendezvous of important multilateral initiatives. We cannot afford

“ A new report shows that the US National Security Agency has targeted intelligence networks of many countries for what it calls 'active defense.'” “ A New York Times report has revealed that the NSA has hacked into 100,000 foreign computers to target China, Russia, the European Union members, as well as Saudi Arabia, India and Pakistan. China was the most frequently targeted country on the list, with the NSA describing its spying on the Asian country as 'active defense.'” “ All countries that are not part of the 'Five Eye' alliance are considered potential targets for use of this technique -- even Germany . The 'Five Eyes', often abbreviated as 'FVEY', is an intelligence alliance between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.” “ The Chinese government in 2013 had accessed sensitive US military documents, including the designs for F-35 fighter jet engines, exhaust systems and rada

Far-Right threats on the perspective of a Leftist government globinfo freexchange It is proven historically that when the big capital feels that its sovereignty is threatened mobilize its far-Right mechanisms. After the recent revelations for tragicomic secret meetings a few days before the national elections ( http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2015/01/preparing-new-gladio-for-left-in-greece.html ), new threats came publicly from the far-Right component of the neoliberal Right. From enikos.gr: Greek opposition parties on Monday slammed outgoing health minister and New Democracy candidate Makis Voridis after he said his party would do "whatever it takes" to prevent Syriza from winning the general elections on Sunday. Speaking at a small gathering in Aspropyrgos on Sunday, Voridis made reference to the 1946-49 Greek Civil War, fought by pro-government and pro-royalist forces against Communist rebels, in his opening r

The approach deepens! globinfo freexchange “ Greek left-wing coalition Syriza believes that anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the EU are damaging peace and stability throughout Europe. European Union sanctions against Russia are causing substantial damage to peace and stability throughout Europe, Panayiotis Lafazanis, one of the leaders of the Greek left-wing coalition Syriza told RIA Novosti on Monday.” “ 'The European Union’s policy of sanctions against Russia is a very bad policy. This policy causes significant damage to the Russia-European relations, damaging peace and stability throughout Europe. We do not agree with the imposition of sanctions against Russia,' Lafazanis said, stressing that Syriza wants 'good relations with Russia.'” “ According to Lafazanis, a leftist government, should it come to power in Greece after the elections, will try to improve ties with Russia.'Absolutely nothing is dividing the people of Greece a

globinfo freexchange From ZH: “ On the heels of last week's downgrades by Fitch and Moody's to just above junk status, The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has issued a statement that it will no longer use credit ratings from Standard & Poor’s, Fitch, or Moody’s that were assigned after March 1, 2014. All credit ratings will now be at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Bank as regulators assess whether or not the ratings made after March are accurate. Sounds like Spain, Greece, and USA's previous derision over ratings agencies proclamations is heading east. ” ( http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-19/russian-central-bank-bans-western-ratings-agencies#comment-5680169 ) Full CBR statement: On dates of credit ratings’ use for the purpose of Bank of Russia regulations In line with scope of authority established by Bank of Russia Ordinance No. 3453-U, dated 25 November 2014, ‘On the Specifics of

Investigative journalists classified as a threat! “ The analysis of documents released by American whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals that emails from the state-run BBC, Reuters, the Guardian, the New York Times, Le Monde, the Sun, NBC and the Washington Post were saved by GCHQ and shared on the agency’s intranet as part of a test exercise by the signals intelligence agency.” “ The journalists’ communications were among 70,000 emails harvested in the space of less than 10 minutes on one day in November 2008 by one of GCHQ’s numerous taps on the fiber-optic cables that make up the backbone of the Internet, the Guardian reported Monday.” “ The communications, which were sometimes simple mass-PR emails sent to dozens of journalists but also included correspondence between reporters and editors discussing stories, were retained by GCHQ and were available to all cleared staff on the agency intranet. There is nothing to indicate whether or not the journalists

Regular reports on the growing Poverty, Unemployment, Debt and Inequality of the neo-capitalist world UK: “ On Monday, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation released a report showing that some 8.1 million parents and children are living on earnings that cannot adequately cover minimum household budgets, up from 5.9 million in 2008-2009. The findings also showed that the situation for single-parent households were even worse with 71 percent of lone parents, or 2.3 million individuals, living below a socially acceptable standard of living. ” “ The charity called on Prime Minister David Cameron’s government as well as employers to tackle the problem as 'this trend is likely to have serious consequences for the next generation.' Donald Hirsch, a co-author of the report, said it would take years of increased earnings and government measures to significantly reduce the number of families living below standards.” “ The current UK government has been implem

Ακροδεξιές απειλές απέναντι στην προοπτική μιας κυβέρνησης της Αριστεράς globinfo freexchange Αποδεικνύεται και ιστορικά ότι όταν το κεφάλαιο νιώθει να απειλείται, επιστρατεύει τους ακροδεξιούς μηχανισμούς που έχει στη διάθεσή του. Μετά την αποκάλυψη για τις κωμικοτραγικές "γιάφκες" που στήθηκαν προ των εκλογών ( http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2015/01/blog-post_18.html ), έρχονται και οι δημόσιες απειλές από τον ακροδεξιό βραχίονα της νεοφιλελεύθερης δεξιάς. Από το tvxs: “ Με έναν λόγο που θυμίζει... εμφύλιο ο υπ. Υγείας Μάκης Βορίδης και πλέον υποψήφιος βουλευτής με τη ΝΔ ζητά, εν όψει των εκλογών της 25ης Ιανουαρίου, την ψήφο των πολιτών της περιφέρειας Αττικής. Σε ομιλία του στον Ασπρόπυργο στις 18 Ιανουαρίου 2015 ξεκαθαρίζει 'για να είμαστε όλοι συννενοημένοι' ότι ' η δική μας γενιά δεν θα παραδώσει τη χώρα στην Αριστερά'. 'Δεν πρόκειται να τους αφήσουμε ότι κι αν είναι εκείνο το οποίο θα χρειαστεί να κάνουμε. Ότι υπερασπίστηκαν

globinfo freexchange A meeting by intellectuals and social media celebrities who worry about a possible victory of the Leftist party SYRIZA in the Greek national elections, was held in Athens. The theme of the meeting was "what we will do if Tsipras come." (!) At the entrance of a "secret house" in Lycabettus, where the meeting took place, according to a report in the Greek newspaper "Ta Nea", the host was a 'swarthy gentleman' who welcomed the guests. Many of those who took part have gone through the Left in the past, but now stand vehemently against SYRIZA. In the meeting was put the question, among others, "how to communicate safely" and suggested ways of communication and protection of computers of the future dissidents against 'spies' of the Leftist government. According to the editor of the newspaper, this has to do with a tragicomic historical repetition of the "Red Sheepskin" * operation, the

“ Τη σχέση υποτέλειας ανάμεσα στην απερχόμενη κυβέρνηση και την τρόικα καταδεικνύουν mail μεταξύ του πρωθυπουργικού και των υπουργικών γραφείων με την τρόικα. Συμπερασματικά: Μια ομάδα τεχνοκρατών της τρόικας και υπαλλήλων σε υπουργεία ήταν αυτοί που κυβερνούσαν τη χώρα μέχρι σήμερα.” “ Μέσω των e-mails, που έφερε στη δημοσιότητα το περιοδικό Hot Doc, μεταξύ άλλων αποκαλύπτεται πως οι εντολές της τρόικας εμφανίζονταν ως αναγκαιότητες και όπως κυνικά ομολογούν μεταξύ τους το μέλημα είναι τα μέτρα τα οποία παίρνονται να μην μπαίνουν υπό την έγκριση του Κοινοβουλίου. Επίσης το ζήτημά τους δεν είναι το κοινωνικό κόστος από τα μέτρα, αλλά το κοινοβουλευτικό και μέλημά τους πως θα παρουσιάσουν τα μέτρα με τέτοιο τρόπο ώστε να μην υπάρξουν αντιδράσεις στο κοινοβούλιο.” “ Σχετικά με την ηλεκτρονική αλληλογραφία μεταξύ Στρατινάκη και Σαμαρά το μεγαλύτερο μέρος αφορά στις ομαδικές απολύσεις. Η Στρατινάκη προτείνει στον Σαμαρά χειρισμούς για να βγάλουν την κυβέρνηση από