the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

Η Oμοσπονδιακή κυβέρνηση της Γερμανίας χρηματοδοτεί εδώ και τρία χρόνια με κονδύλια από τον εθνικό προϋπολογισμό, ένα πρόγραμμα για να επηρεάσει τα μέσα ενημέρωσης στην Κούβα. Όπως δήλωσε επίσημα στις 25 Ιουλίου 2017 (Drucksache 18/13202, σελίδα 4), ο γραμματέας της κυβέρνησης Marcus Ederer , το γερμανικό Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών έχει καταβάλει από το 2015 συνολικά 60.000 ευρώ στο εργαστήριο "ΤΑΖ-Panter-Stiftung" για νέους Κουβανούς δημοσιογράφους. Απαντώντας σε ερώτηση της βουλευτού Heike Hänsel του κόμματος “Die Linke”ο γραμματέας της κυβέρνησης υποστήριξε ότι σκοπός του εργαστηρίου είναι “ η εντατικοποίηση των πολιτιστικών και εκπαιδευτικών ανταλλαγών με την Κούβα ”. Ο Ederer, o οποίος από το 2002 έως το 2005 εργάστηκε στην γερμανική Ομοσπονδιακή Υπηρεσία Πληροφοριών, είναι σήμερα ένας από τους δύο υφυπουργούς Εξωτερικών της Ομοσπονδιακής Δημοκρατίας της Γερμανίας. Όμως ο πολιτικός, είπε μόνο την μισή αλήθεια. Στην πραγματικότητα, η γερμανική κυβέρνη

The currently stateless Kurds sit astride the Iraq-Syria border on land blessed/cursed with oil, other resources, and geopolitical significance. Is it any wonder that mega-corporations and their client states are looking to use the Kurds, stoke conflict, and exploit the situation? by Whitney Webb Part 6 - The role of Israeli ties in pushing the partition plan The Trump administration’s close ties to Israel may also be a factor in Trump’s willingness to consider Iraq’s partition. Though the U.S. is clearly driving partition in both Iraq and Syria, it is not alone. Israel stands to gain greatly from a partition of Iraq and has worked, like the U.S., to engineer sectarianism there and strengthen the Kurds. The Kurds have received weapons, training, and more from Israel — well before the rise of Daesh, with ties dating back to the 1960s. Israel has also directly supported the Kurds’ economy. In 2015, despite warnings from Baghdad, Israel was importing as much as 77 p

globinfo freexchange After more than six years of unimaginable catastrophe that killed thousands, created millions of refugees and internally displaced, the Syrian war is still in process, yet, the most ruthless force seems to be achieving its primary target. As the TeleSur reported: U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria — who are among Washington's most important and powerful regional allies — told Reuters Thursday that the U.S. military will remain in northern Syria “for decades to come.” A spokesman from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of militias headed by the Kurdish YPG, Talal Silo, told Reuters that the the United States has a "strategic interest" in the area, and that U.S. forces will be staying there long after the Islamic state group might be defeated. [...] The U.S. military has funded the SDF extensively, also supporting them with air strikes, artillery, and special forces on the ground. It was in March when th

globinfo freexchange Speaking to Tariq Ali, Alfredo Saad Filho, Professor of Political Economy, SOAS, describes the situation in Brazil nearly one year after the coup to remove former President Dilma Rousseff from office, revealing three key targets for which the neoliberal regime had staged this coup. As he pointed out: He [Michel Temer] is the most unpopular president in recorded history in Brazil. He has nothing to show for himself except survival, but for one thing. He has managed to implement the program of the coup. And the program of the coup was, first of all, change the oil exploration law to weaken Petrobras, the state oil company and allow transnational companies to exploit oil in Brazil. They have also changed labor law. Labor law has been essentially abolished to the point that the ILO [International Labour Organization] and trade unions complain that currently, the law is essentially legalizes slavery. It is possible to have slaves in B

The United States has been funding and supporting the group for months, due to “strategic interests” in the region, a spokesperson revealed. U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria — who are among Washington's most important and powerful regional allies — told Reuters Thursday that the U.S. military will remain in northern Syria “for decades to come.” A spokesman from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of militias headed by the Kurdish YPG, Talal Silo, told Reuters that the the United States has a "strategic interest" in the area, and that U.S. forces will be staying there long after the Islamic state group might be defeated. " They have a strategy policy for decades to come. There will be military, economic and political agreements in the long term between the leadership of the northern areas (of Syria) ... and the U.S. administration, " Silo said. The U.S. military has funded the SDF extensively, also supporting the

Pro-Venezualan rallies have been held in Panama and Argentina during a tour by the U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence. Organizers wanted to show their opposition to the U.S. President Donald Trump's recent comments that he would not rule out the option of military intervention. Photos from: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/multimedia/Regional-Demonstrations-Show-Support-for-Venezuela-20170817-0024.html

The opposition-led National Assembly will not be dissolved, according to National Constituent Assembly authorities. Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly, ANC, has assumed by decree some of the functions of the country's National Assembly, as it continues to be in contempt. The National Assembly, which is led by the right-wing opposition, hasn't been dissolved and its members can resume their activities, said ANC President Delcy Rodriguez. She added that opposition leaders ignored their call to attend the session to establish the powers of the ANC voted for by millions of Venezuelans in open and free elections. " The Legislative Power has not been dissolved, as they want to portray in national and international media, " Rodriguez said. ANC First Vice President Elvis Amoroso read the decree in which the assembly " assumes the powers to legislate on matters directly aimed at ensuring the preservation of peace, security, sover

Δεν πρόκειται για άκριτη συστράτευση με τις αερολογίες που διαδίδουν τα μίντια (περί Βαρουφακιάδας κ.λ.π.), αλλά για πολύ συγκεκριμένη και στοχευμένη κριτική των επιλογών του Γιάνη Βαρουφάκη, με βάση αυτά που γράφει ο ίδιος. Ο Eric Toussaint, αναλύει τις λάθος αντιλήψεις του Βαρουφάκη, όταν του έγινε πρόταση να αναλάβει το υπουργείο οικονομικών. Έχει ενδιαφέρον να σταθούμε λίγο περισσότερο σε μια από τις προτάσεις Βαρουφάκη. Όπως γράφει ο Toussaint: Σημαντικές μειώσεις της φορολόγησης επιχειρήσεων. Σχετικά με το μέτρο αυτό, ο Βαρουφάκης λέει: «Αυτό θα απαιτούσε σημαντικές μειώσεις του ΦΠΑ και της φορολογίας επιχειρήσεων, διότι έπρεπε να ξαναδώσουμε ενέργεια στον ιδιωτικό τομέα.» Αναφέρει μια ερώτηση του Τσίπρα: « - Γιατί θα’πρεπε οι επιχειρήσεις να πληρώσουν λιγότερο; ρώτησε ο Αλέξης. Του εξήγησα: ο ιδιωτικός τομέας έπρεπε να πληρώσει περισσότερο όσον αφορά το συνολικό φορολογικό εισόδημα, αλλά ο μόνος τρόπος να αυξήσουμε την συνολική το

Having backed a right-wing coup in the Ukraine and right-wing terror groups disguised as “moderate rebels” in Syria, U.S. leaders now confront rising right-wing terror at home. They duly condemn it, but seem blind both to their own hypocrisy and to the domestic reverberations of their cynical foreign policies. by Whitney Webb Part 4 - Glorifying foreign extremists not without consequences The reason U.S. politicians consistently support fascism and right-wing extremism abroad, but not in the U.S., is clear. While supporting such groups domestically is a surefire way to ruin one’s political career, supporting these same types of groups in far-off places is a politically safe tool for projecting the U.S.’ geopolitical will abroad. As former CIA Officer John Stockwell noted in his book, The Praetorian Guard, “ stirring up deadly ethnic and racial strife has been a standard technique used by the CIA ” for decades in covert destabilization operations.

The currently stateless Kurds sit astride the Iraq-Syria border on land blessed/cursed with oil, other resources, and geopolitical significance. Is it any wonder that mega-corporations and their client states are looking to use the Kurds, stoke conflict, and exploit the situation? by Whitney Webb Part 5 - Why the sudden change of heart? ExxonMobil once again emerges as a key player — not surprisingly, given that current Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was Exxon’s CEO when the unilateral contract with the Kurds was forged. Tillerson, however, is not the only former ExxonMobil employee with ties to the Trump administration. Ali Khedery — a former Pentagon official who served in the U.S. coalition authority in Iraq, and a former ExxonMobil executive — has repeatedly promoted the division of Iraq. Khedery is also the founder of Dragoman Ventures, a firm connected to the Committee to Destroy ISIS, which has been instrumental in bringing about the Trump administrati