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While the hard-hit Iranian economy is likely to continue reeling, driving more protesters into the streets, one shouldn’t mistake their pain for a desire to subject themselves to a totalitarian cult with hardly a fraction of the support enjoyed by the Shia clergy helming the Islamic Republic. by Elliott Gabriel Part 3 - The “Iranian Resistance” wags the dog in Washington In the U.S. capital, the group was enormously successful in its efforts to recruit an auxiliary brigade of highly influential top politicians to its cause. Even the far-right Washington Times, owned at the time by charismatic cult leader Reverend Sun Myung-Moon, issued glossy “special report” inserts hailing the militaristic group as the bringers of “freedom” to Iran. The publication included words of praise from Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the late Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud, and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), among many, many, others.

Last week, rallies in support of Julian Assange were held around the world. We participated in two #AssangeUnity events seeking to #FreeAssange in Washington, DC. This is the beginning of a new phase of the campaign to stop the persecution of Julian Assange and allow him to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London without the threat of being arrested in the UK or facing prosecution by the United States. by Kevin Zeese - Margaret Flowers Part 3 - Assange character assassination and embassy imprisonment Julian Assange made powerful enemies in governments around the world, corporate media, and big business because he burst false narratives with the truth. As a result, governments fought back, including the United States, Great Britain, and Sweden, which has led to Assange being trapped in the embassy of Ecuador in London for six years. The root of the incarceration were allegations in Sweden. Sweden’s charges against Assange were initially dropped by the chief prosecutor,

globinfo freexchange We can now assume that the Greek experiment imposed by Greece's creditors (ECB, European Commission, IMF), has ended. After eight years of uninterrupted destruction, the euroclowns declared Greece a "normal country"! Greece is now "a normal country in the Eurozone" and does not need financial help from Brussels, according to European Finance Commissioner Pierre Moscovici who was in Athens on Tuesday. That's the same country that has been forced to enter the IMF program in 2010 with a national debt at 120% of GDP, and now, is going to exit the program at 180% of GDP, with the unemployment remaining at approximately the same record levels!   Behind this unprecedented parody, we can now assume that Greece's creditors took what they wanted: privatization of public property by brutal imposition for peanuts, destruction of the social state, demolition of the labour rights and complete deregulati

failed evolution Ο τίτλος σε άρθρο του tvxs είναι χαρακτηριστικός: " Ο Μοσκοβισί εκνεύρισε τον Χατζηδάκη για τη μη περικοπή των συντάξεων ". Πρώτον, δεν είναι καθόλου σίγουρο ότι δεν θα υπάρξει νέα περικοπή στις συντάξεις. Όπως αναφέρεται μέσα στο άρθρο, ο Μοσκοβισί δήλωσε ότι " είναι υπό συζήτηση η μη εφαρμογή του μέτρου της περικοπής των συντάξεων. " Αλλά ακόμα και αν ο αρχι-γραφειοφασίστας των Βρυξελλών δήλωνε καθαρά ότι δεν θα γίνει νέα περικοπή συντάξεων, θα τον πιστεύατε; Αλήθεια πιστεύετε ότι η Ελλάδα θα βγει ποτέ από την σκληρή επιτήρηση; Δεύτερον, σύμφωνα πάντα με το άρθρο, ο Χατζηδάκης δήλωσε ότι « Εμείς το πρόγραμμά μας το έχουμε διαμορφώσει με βάση τις διεθνείς συμφωνίες της χώρας. Αν ακυρωθεί η συμφωνία για τις συντάξεις και άλλες διεθνείς συμφωνίες, να το ξέρουμε για να διαμορφώσουμε και εμείς το πρόγραμμα μας ». Δηλαδή, αυτό που απασχολεί τον σκληρό νεοφιλελέ Χατζηδάκη είναι πρωτίστως να τηρούνται οι διεθνείς συ

The Chief Prosecutor's office requested on Tuesday the “preventive detention” of former president Rafael Correa The National Justice Court of Ecuador approved preventive detention for former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa. The Chief Prosecutor's office requested on Tuesday the “preventive detention” of Correa, currently residing in Belgium, and ordered Interpol to be notified for his capture and extradition. The court is accusing the former president, who led a popular progressive political movement called the “Citizens' Revolution” in Ecuador for a decade, of “illicit association” and the kidnapping of Fernando Balda. Evidence has yet to be publicized for these accusations. Correa tweeted that the Chief Prosecutor has breached the National Assembly's mandate by requesting preventive detention without “providing a single piece of evidence.” “ How much success will this farce have at the international level?” Correa said. “

globinfo freexchange It sounds unbelievable, but in one of supposedly the most advanced European nations, the government plans to allow the working day to be extended to 12 hours! We are talking about Austria, where t ens of thousands of people in Vienna packed the streets on Saturday to voice their opposition to loosening labor laws to allow for a 12-hour workday and subsequent 60-hour workweek. Police in Vienna said some 80,000 people took part, while the trade unions that organized the protest said some 100,000 people attended. What can someone say about this unimaginably absurd decision? In an age of all this advanced technology, with AI and hyper-automation, people should work less hours, enjoying all the benefits and extra free time for their families and themselves. Yet, in the homeland of Austrian economics that led us to brutal neoliberalism, it seems that the elites push things to the opposite direction. Why? Is it just because human labor can't compete

globinfo freexchange Το όνομα Αλεξάντρια Οκάσιο - Κορτές (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) είναι το πιο πολυσυζητημένο αυτές στις μέρες στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες, όσον αφορά τα πολιτικά δρώμενα. Και αυτό γιατί πρόκειται για την 28χρονη που προκάλεσε πολιτικό σεισμό επικρατώντας επί του αντιπάλου της Τζο Κρόουλι (Joe Crowley), στις προκριματικές εκλογές των Δημοκρατικών της Νέας Υόρκης. Όπως ανέφερε το CNN Greece : Πρόκειται για μία μεγαλειώδη νίκη της αριστερής πτέρυγας του Δημοκρατικού Κόμματος. Ενδεικτικό της σπουδαιότητας αυτού του θριάμβου της 28χρονης – που επικράτησε με 57.5% έναντι 42.5% του Κράουλι – είναι πως ο 56χρονος πολιτικός είναι ο ηγέτης του Δημοκρατικού Κόμματος στην κομητεία του Κουίνς, τέταρτος στην ιεραρχία των Δημοκρατικών στη Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων και, μέχρι χθες, επικρατέστερος διάδοχος της Νάνσι Πελόσι στην προεδρία της Βουλής των Αντιπροσώπων – αν οι Δημοκρατικοί επανακτήσουν την πλειοψηφία, στις ενδιάμεσες εκλογές του Νοεμβρίου. Η Οκάσιο-Κορτές, ωσ

“ That was the last time I saw Hashem, ” recounted Mohammed Al Humran, a local Yemeni journalist, as he told MintPress how his 21-year-old son Hashem was killed in a double-tap airstrike while filming Saudi bombing raids in Dahian, north of Sadaa. Hashem was one of the 180 journalists who have been killed in Yemen by Saudi-coalition forces, according to a report by the Union of Yemeni Journalists. Since the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition’s war on Yemen began on March 26, 2015, journalists have been a preferred target, a fact that Saudi Arabia doesn’t shy away from acknowledging. Former coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri said in a March 2015 press conference that opposition media outlets would be targeted by the coalition and just three weeks ago, at a press conference in Riyadh, the Saudi-led coalition’s spokesman reiterated Saudi Arabia’s willingness to target journalists. MintPress News journalist Ahmed AbdulKareem was injured by a Saudi air

While the hard-hit Iranian economy is likely to continue reeling, driving more protesters into the streets, one shouldn’t mistake their pain for a desire to subject themselves to a totalitarian cult with hardly a fraction of the support enjoyed by the Shia clergy helming the Islamic Republic. by Elliott Gabriel Part 2 - From revolutionary anti-imperialists to bizarre mercenary cult The MEK once enjoyed a decently-sized support base within Iran and even played a role in the 1979 Iranian Revolution that overthrew U.S.-loyal Shah Reza Pahlevi and opened up a new period of national independence for the nation. Following the revolution, the group’s political struggles with the faction led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and failure to secure widespread support led it to deploy its Shah-era “armed struggle,” or terrorist tactics, against officials and clergy loyal to Khomeini, claiming the lives of dozens of key figures in the newly-formed government. The Mojahedin (jihadis

Critics believe that given the current economic state of the cash-strapped NHS, it could run out money this year or the next year. Marking UK's National Health Service's (NHS) 70th anniversary, a national health scheme that has strived to provide universal healthcare for all, tens of thousands of supporters gathered to defend the health scheme in central London Saturday. Thousands of protesters also marched White Hall Saturday to defend the NHS. Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who was also part of the demonstration, said he would " go to the end of the earth and beyond " to defend it. Speaking to the crowds, the Labour leader explained: " We’re here today on this amazing 70th birthday, here in Whitehall, yes to celebrate, but do we have the absolute determination that we will go to the end of the earth and beyond to defend our national health service? " Protesters carried placards and banners reading "Standing