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Syria Syrian army captured a key town in northern countryside of Aleppo province on Sunday, following battles with Islamic State (IS) group, according to state news agency SANA. Capturing the town of Tadef enables the Syrian army to secure transportation routes in eastern Aleppo, and constitute a base for launching attacks and undermining the presence of the IS militants in that part of the province, a general-command of the Syrian army said in a statement. The town is also located southeast of city al-Bab, which has recently been captured by Turkish forces and allied rebel fighters. The Syrian army unleashed a wide-scale offensive in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, after succeeding to wrest control over the city of Aleppo last December. The offensive enabled the military forces to become in control of 600 km east of Aleppo. Also, the army has laid a siege on the southern rim of al-Bab city, to secure the eastern part of Aleppo city f

Eric Tousaint’s study of the odious debt doctrine by Eric Toussaint Part 1 Rarely do people, whether detractors or defenders of the doctrine elaborated by Alexander Sack, take the time to understand the international lawyer’s framework of analysis or his political leanings. Alexander Sack was not a humanist seeking to preserve peoples or nations from the nefarious actions of heads of State or creditors ready, through fraudulent or even criminal means, to plunge the collectivity into what was in fact odious debt. His principal aim was not to bring ethics or morality to international finance. Sack merely wanted to protect creditors’ rights, but he had to mention the important exception to the sacrosanct rule that debt repayment must continue at all costs, i.e. that in certain circumstances creditors have to accept the cancellation of debt owed them, if that debt can be shown to be odious. Though disparaged by powerful detractors and despite its au

globinfo freexchange How could you pass specific policies that benefit a small elite while being harmful for the majority? According to a simple principle of propaganda, you give them a good name by using the appropriate term. In the end, the term will take a totally different meaning through the mainstream media brainwash, gaining society's consent, thus becoming a status quo. In his book The Establishment: And how they get away with it , Owen Jones gives a remarkably accurate description of the violent misrepresentation of the term 'reform' by the neoliberal doctrine. Jones writes:         Language is a crucial tool in marginalizing political dissent. 'Reform' was a term once associated with the left: the foundation of the National Health Service, for example, could be considered a grand reform. But 'reform' is now often used as a codeword for the sorts of policies advocated by the Establishment, like privatization, unleashing market fo

Όταν κυκλοφόρησε, πριν από 30 χρόνια, χαρακτηρίστηκε σαν ακόμη μια χολιγουντιανή φούσκα. Φέτος, που ο αμερικανικός κινηματογράφος ζει στους απελπιστικά ξενέρωτους ρυθμούς τού «La La Land», το Robocop φαντάζει σαν ένα εγχειρίδιο μαρξιστικής ανάλυσης για τα δεινά που επιφέρει ο νεοφιλελευθερισμός. του Άρη Χατζηστεφάνου «Δεν υπάρχει καλύτερος τρόπος να πραγματοποιήσεις μια κλοπή παρά μέσω της ιδιωτικής επιχειρηματικότητας». Η φράση θα μπορούσε κάλλιστα να αποδοθεί στον ΜακΧίθ, από την «Οπερα της Πεντάρας» του Μπέρτολτ Μπρεχτ. Στην πραγματικότητα είναι ένα από τα δεκάδες «μηνύματα» που μπορεί να εντοπίσει ένας παρατηρητικός θεατής στην ταινία «Robocop», του Πολ Βερχόφεν, που φέτος κλείνει τα τριάντα της χρόνια. Όπως εξηγούσε και ο πανεπιστημιακός Μίλο Σουίντλερ, αρκετά σημεία από το σενάριο της ταινίας μοιάζουν να έχουν βγει από τα κείμενα του Ντέιβιντ Χάρβεϊ και άλλων μαρξιστών που άσκησαν την πιο σκληρή κριτική στον νεοφιλελευθερισμό. Η υπόθεση διεξάγε

Around 3,000 people gathered outside Haifa District Court on Sunday to demand the closure of an ammonia storage facility that is said to be potentially more deadly than five of the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima. Judges in the district court deliberated for around three hours as a crowd of environmental protesters gathered outside. Middle and high schools around Haifa and nearby towns also went on strike, with all classes cancelled from 8am till noon to allow the students to take part in the protest. “ The ammonia tank endangers and threatens hundreds of thousands of citizens living in the Haifa district. I call on all teenagers to ask the hard questions, create a discourse, become actively involved and go and protest for the relocation of the ammonia tank, ” said Haifa District Student Council Chairman Noy Krief, as quoted by Ynet. In an earlier ruling, Haifa’s Court for Local Affairs gave the Haifa Group, the fertilizer producer that operates the