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Part 2 - Pence Finds an Eager Ecuador U.S. Vice President Pence started his third Latin American tour on June 26, which took him to Brazil, Ecuador and Guatemala. As the U.S. announced its new attempt to “restore democracy to Venezuela,” images and videos of Latin American toddlers and children kept in prison-like conditions after being separated from their relatives by U.S. authorities flooded the internet. The world and people of the U.S. responded with outrage. But outrage did not make its way to Ecuador’s presidential palace, Carondelet. During the joint press conference, Moreno failed to denounce Trump’s immigration policy, instead he thanked the U.S. government for “ its commitment to put an end to this humanitarian problem, ” while Pence focused on Venezuela’s economic migrants and then went on to “ respectfully urge Ecuador... to take further steps to isolate the Maduro regime. ” Intentionally or not, the judicial order for preventive prison for former Preside

globinfo freexchange In another interesting interview with Chris Hedges, Richard Wolff explains why the Trump presidency is the last resort of a system that is about to collapse: Finally, if everybody tries to save themselves (protection), we have a historical example: after the Great Depression that happened in Europe. And most people believe that it was a large part of what led to WWII after WWI, rather than a much saner collective effort. But capitalism doesn't go for collective efforts, it tends to destroy itself by its own mechanisms. There has to be a movement from below. Otherwise, there is no counter force that can take us in another direction. So, absent that counter force we are going to see this system spinning out of control and destroying itself in the very way its critics have for so long foreseen it well might. When Trump announced his big tariffs on China, we saw the stock market dropped 700 points in a day. That's

Τo 1930 ο οικονομολόγος Τζον Μέιναρντ Κέινς προέβλεπε ότι μέχρι το τέλος του αιώνα η ανάπτυξη της τεχνολογίας θα επιτρέπει στους πολίτες των καπιταλιστικά αναπτυγμένων κοινωνιών να εργάζονται 15 ώρες την εβδομάδα. Σήμερα, καθώς ακροδεξιά και νεοφιλελεύθερα καθεστώτα της Ε.Ε. προωθούν τη 12ωρη ημερήσια εργασία, κάποιοι αναρωτιούνται: Και τι δουλειά θα κάνουμε 12 ώρες τη μέρα; Άρης Χατζηστεφάνου Στο London School of Economics, όπου εργάζεται ο καθηγητής Ανθρωπολογίας Ντέιβιντ Γκρέμπερ, υπήρχε ένας μαραγκός, που έφτιαχνε τα γραφεία, τις βιβλιοθήκες και άλλες εγκαταστάσεις του κτιρίου. Οι ανάγκες, όμως, των διδασκόντων και του διοικητικού προσωπικού ήταν τόσο μεγάλες ώστε έπρεπε να περιμένουν σε λίστα αναμονής για να εξυπηρετηθούν. Βλέποντας τα παράπονα να αυξάνονται, η διοίκηση του πανεπιστημίου προσέλαβε έναν υπάλληλο με αρμοδιότητα να κατευνάζει την οργή των άλλων υπαλλήλων. Αυτό που κανένας δεν σκέφτηκε ήταν ότι το πρόβλημα θα είχε λυθεί εάν στη θέση του συγκεκριμένου υπα

The Austrian government confirmed that the far-right is an emergency reserve of neoliberalism globinfo freexchange Haven't you yet convinced that the nationalists and the far-right are the most faithful dogs of the big capital? Then, look at what just happened in Austria. In the end, despite the mass protests in Vienna , Austrian employers will be able to introduce 12-hour working day without increasing wages. The relevant law adopted by the Parliament of the country, reports on Friday, July 6. What's the first thing that Emmanuel Macron did after his election in France? He rushed to complete what Francois Hollande - the other puppet of the neoliberal establishment - had started: destroy trade unions, completely deregulate the labor market. Yet, the media in France were promoting him as a 'progressive' (what a joke) who will stop the far-right threat. In reality, big capital’s reserve, Marine Le Pen, is waiting in the 'bench', ready to take a

Several cities around the world joined Colombia’s vigil Friday to protest the systematic murder of social and community leaders. In Colombia's capital city of Bogota, and in Medellin thousands gathered with lit candles to reject incidents of violence, which seems to have become the norm. “ We scream in silence that we don’t tolerate one more murder, no more violence, no more aggression against our human rights defenders, no more paramilitary structures trying to silence us. #TheyWon’tSilenceUs #TheCpuntryFirst @CountryFirst, ” activist Mafe Carrascal tweeted. The protests and gatherings of solidarity were organized after a particularly deadly week, during which at least seven social leaders, including Ana Maria Cortes, a social leader, and coordinator of Gustavo Petro’s presidential campaign in the city of Caceres, Antioquia. Petro has said that Cortes had denounced the mayor of Caceres and that the head of the local police threatened her and

A shocking new report in the Electronic Intifada reveals that Ukrainian neo-Nazis are using Israeli weapons to fight Russia. Journalist Max Blumenthal discusses the SS-wearing Azov Battalion, a neo-Nazi militia that uses Hitlerian symbols and is embedded in the National Guard of Ukraine, which also receives support from the US and Canada.

Όπλα ισραηλινής κατασκευής στέλνονται σε μία βαριά εξοπλισμένη νεοναζιστική παραστρατιωτική οργάνωση της Ουκρανίας, σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες του Electronic Intifada. Όπως φαίνεται στις ιστοσελίδες της οργάνωσης Azov Battalion, μέλη της κρατούν όπλα Tavor με ειδική άδεια από το Ισραήλ. Ισραηλινοί ακτιβιστές είχαν διαδηλώσει ενάντια στο εμπόριο όπλων στην Ουκρανία, τονίζοντας ότι ενδέχεται να φτάσουν στα χέρια αντισημιτικών οργανώσεων. Μάλιστα, ο δικηγόρος Eitary Mack με ειδικό αίτημα ζητούσε να σταματήσει η στρατιωτική βοήθεια του Ισραήλ προς την Ουκρανία, μιλώντας για το φασιστικό χαρακτήρα της οργάνωσης. Απαντώντας στο αίτημα του Mack, η Υπηρεσία Εξαγωγών Όπλων του ισραηλινού Υπουργείου Άμυνας εξηγεί ότι « με ιδιαίτερη προσοχή » αδειοδοτεί τους εξαγωγείς όπλων και « σε απόλυτη συνεννόηση με το Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών και άλλους δημόσιους φορείς ». Ο Mack και μία ομάδα 35 ακτιβιστών έγραψαν ξανά ότι ένοπλες δυνάμεις της Ουκρανίας χρησιμοποιούν όπλα κατ

Part 1 Progressives in Latin America have witnessed a string of political defeats in the past three years after governing for over a decade and openly challenging United States hegemony within the region. Most recently, in 2015 businessman Mauricio Macri won the presidential elections in Argentina, and a year after Brazilian legislators successfully impeached elected President Dilma Rousseff. The expected shifts in economic and foreign policy took place. Argentina and Brazil embraced neoliberal and diplomatic orthodoxy in the form of financial and economic liberalization, austerity measures, labor reforms rejected by workers, and improved relations with the United States and international financial institutions. Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador remained an obstacle in the U.S.’ quest to regain control in the region. However, since Lenin Moreno was elected president in 2017, his departure from his successor's Citizens Revolution political platform sparked

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 4 - Time To Stop The Persecution Of Julian Assange The smearing of Assange sought to discredit him and undermine the important journalism of WikiLeaks. Caitlin Johnstone writes that they smear him because “ they can kill all sympathy for him and his outlet, it’s as good for their agendas as actually killing him. ” Even with this character assassination many people still support Assange. This was seen during the #Unity4J online vigil, which saw the participation of activists, journalists, whistleblowers andn filmm