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globinfo freexchange Signs show an extremely explosive situation now in the America of Donald Trump.  Starting with the murder of George Floyd, we witness almost in daily basis some very disturbing incidents, which unveil a deeply divided society that was hiding for decades behind the "American dream" facade. As the facade now rapidly collapses, due to a major financial crisis and a pandemic, in less than fifteen years, the reality looks terrifying. In a latest incident, Common Dreams reported that members of a far right militia group were arrested Monday evening in Albuquerque after a standoff at a statue of a notoriously brutal conquistador in the New Mexico city turned violent with a demonstrator advocating for the removal of the monument shot and sent to the hospital. As dusk fell, demonstrators began attempting to pull the monument down from its pedestal on the Albuquerque Museum grounds. At that point, members of the New Mexico Civil Guard militia gro

Ever since the PSOE and Unidas Podemos formed a governing coalition in January, Spain’s right-wing opposition has denied its democratic legitimacy. Calls for police mutiny and resistance against the COVID-19 lockdown show how the Spanish right is imitating its Latin American counterparts, seeking to create a climate of chaos that can bring down the government. by Iker Itoiz Ciáurriz  Part 4 - Spain Post-COVID-19 These two strategies of anti-lockdown resistance and the legal assault on the government have gone hand in hand. But more importantly, the PP-Vox offensive has tapped into strong opposition to the government’s plans coming from the IBEX 35 — the alliance of Spain’s thirty-five biggest companies. In particular, the IBEX 35 oppose plans to replace the current Labor Law, a document approved in 2012 amid the last economic crisis. This law represented not only a symbol of the austerity imposed on Spain by the European Union, but also accelerated the precaritization

της Μαρίνας Αλεξανδρή Οι «νόμιμοι ιδιοκτήτες της χώρας» συνελήφθησαν – για δεύτερη φορά μετά τα vouchers του Βρούτση – με την γίδα στην πλάτη: Ο κυβερνητικός εκπρόσωπος Στέλιος Πέτσας, στο πλαίσιο της επικοινωνιακής εκστρατείας για τον κορονοϊό, διένειμε 20 εκατομμύρια ευρώ σε περίπου 1.200 μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης που περιλαμβάνουν  από τα κανάλια εθνικής εμβέλειας και τις μεγαλύτερες εφημερίδες έως τα sites του… Φουρθιώτη, ανύπαρκτες και ανενεργές ιστοσελίδες και τοπικά media πολιτευτών και «φίλων της ΝΔ. Εως εδώ η υπόθεση κινείται στα όρια της αδιαφάνειας, της (μη) πολιτικής ηθικής και του παλαιοκομματισμού. Από την στιγμή όμως που επίσης ο κ. Πέτσας, παρά τα επαναλαμβανόμενα αιτήματα σύσσωμης της αντιπολίτευσης, αρνείται να δώσει στην δημοσιότητα τα ποσά και τα κριτήρια με τα οποία μοιράστηκε σε κάθε μέσο το δημόσιο χρήμα, η υπόθεση μπορεί να άπτεται πια και των ορίων του νόμου. Το ερώτημα, δηλαδή, δεν είναι μόνον εάν τα χρήματα των ελλήνων φορολογουμένων διατέθηκαν με όρου

Πόρισμα υπηρεσίας του ΕΟΠΥΥ σύμφωνα με το οποίο ο γιατρός σύζυγος της εισαγγελέως Ελένης Ράικου φέρεται να προέβη σε κατευθυνόμενη συνταγογράφηση, ζημιώνοντας το δημόσιο κατά 1,5 εκατομμύρια ευρώ, εστάλη στην προανακριτική επιτροπή της βουλής για να συσχετισθεί με την έρευνα που διενεργεί για την υπόθεση Novartis. Σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες ,το πόρισμα που εστάλη ήδη από την επικεφαλής της Εισαγγελίας κατά της Διαφθοράς Ελένη Τουλουπάκη, στην προανακριτική, συνέταξε η ΥΠΕΔΥΦΚΑ (Υπηρεσία Ελέγχου Δαπανών Υγείας Φορέων Κοινωνικής Ασφάλισης) του ΕΟΠΥΥ, και –σύμφωνα με τις ίδιες πηγές– στο πλαίσιο ελέγχων διαπίστωσε ότι υπήρξε εκ μέρους του συγκεκριμένου γιατρού κατευθυνόμενη συνταγογράφηση προσδιορίζοντας το ύψος της εκτιμώμενης ζημίας για το δημόσιο σε περίπου 1,7 εκατ. ευρώ. Κατά τις ίδιες πληροφορίες, οι ελεγκτές διαπιστώνουν ότι ο συγκεκριμένος γιατρός από τους 1.033 ασθενείς για τους οποίους εξέδωσε σχετικές συνταγές, είχε εξετάσει μόνο τους 5 από αυτούς. [...] Σημειώνεται

Με μισή καρδιά τα γνωστά «ellinika hoaxes» αναγκάστηκαν να παραδεχθούν πως υπέπεσαν σε λάθος και χαρακτήρισαν ως fake news κάτι αληθές. Με απλά λόγια πως διέδωσαν fake news μέσω της ιστοσελίδας τους και μέσω του facebook. Οι ειδησεογραφικές σελίδες που είχαν γράψει για την κατάργηση των καλλιτεχνικών μαθημάτων και της μουσικής στην Δευτεροβάθμια Εκπαίδευση από την Νίκη Κεραμέως έλαβαν το μήνυμα πως διαδίδουν ψεύδη. [...] Η σπουδή όμως των «ellinika hoaxes» να υπερασπιστούν την κυβέρνηση ήταν πολύ βραχύβια καθώς οι αντιδράσεις ήταν έντονες.  Πέραν της λεπτομέρειας πως δεν υπήρξε κατάργηση στο Γυμνάσιο αλλά στο Λύκειο, οι ιστοσελίδες αντέδρασαν έντονα, ζητήθηκε επίσημη τοποθέτηση και από την ΕΣΗΕΑ, ενώ υπήρξε μεγάλη αντίδραση από τους χρήστες του διαδικτύου και ιδιαίτερα από την εκπαιδευτική κοινότητα. Δεν είχαν άλλη επιλογή τα «ellinika hoaxes» από το να πάρουν πίσω τον χαρακτηρισμό, δεν έγινε ωστόσο καμία ειδοποίηση προς τους χρήστες που είχαν λάβει τον προηγούμενο

As the country reopens its borders, a series of opaque government contracts is beginning to ring alarm bells by Apostolis Fotiadis To the outside world, Greece has had a relatively successful experience with the Covid-19 pandemic. In early March, the prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis – of the rightwing New Democracy party – and his administration grasped the risks the virus posed to a country with a decimated public health system. They imposed a tough lockdown early, which saved lives. Greece has counted 3,121 cases and 183 deaths. And, after more than three months of relative isolation, the country has just opened its borders to tourists. But there is another side to this apparent success story. It has also become increasingly clear that the Mitsotakis government is using the emergency as a pretext to rush through highly opaque and questionable public-finance deals. A series of revelations have dented the government’s reputation. And while the economy teeters on a kn

As a Hong Kong protest leader promotes far-right condemnations of US anti-racism demonstrations and activists shut down a Black Lives Matter rally in the city, Hong Kong organizers forge close ties with hardline Republicans in Washington. by Ajit Singh Part 2 - Hong Kong “pro-democracy” leader denounces George Floyd protests As Dan Cohen reported for The Grayzone , Jimmy Lai is a billionaire media tycoon widely referred to as “ the Rupert Murdoch of Asia ” who is a major financial and media backer of Hong Kong’s protest movement. In addition to pouring millions of dollars into Hong Kong’s opposition in recent years, the self-described “ head of opposition media ” and founder of the anti-government Apple Daily tabloid has provided protesters with “ unswervingly favorable coverage, ” according to The New York Times . Lai has received glowing coverage in the US and Western media, with the oligarch often being praised as a “ ‘troublemaker’ with a clean conscience ” wh

Twitter’s decision came after close collaboration with a deeply controversial U.S. and Australian government-funded think tank that has been denounced by Australia’s former ambassador in Beijing as “the architect of the China threat theory in Australia.” by Alan Macleod  Part 2 - Pushing “a new Cold War with China” Twitter worked closely with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in making yesterday’s decision. ASPI is a deeply controversial U.S. and Australian government-funded think tank based in Canberra, and was denounced by Australia’s former ambassador in Beijing as “ the architect of the China threat theory in Australia. ” Senator Kim Carr claimed ASPI was working hand-in-hand with Washington, trying to push “ a new Cold War with China. ” Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr (no relation), agreed, saying it pushed a “ one-sided, pro-American view of the world. ” This certainly seems to be the case, judging by their website, which appears unif

A group of right-wing Venezuelans has managed to ban the use of a range of alternative media outlets covering Venezuela, including MintPress News. by Alan Macleod  Part 2 - Policing the narrative Wikipedia suggests using corporate-funded mainstream sources who they feel are “generally reliable.” However, on Venezuela, these same outlets closely resemble and parrot U.S. regime change propaganda. For example, CNN, the BBC, and the Daily Telegraph all reported the blatant falsehood that the Venezuelan government burned aid trucks trying to enter the country last year. In reality, it was the opposition themselves that burned their own trucks, as immediately reported by The Grayzone , MintPress News , and other outlets who were actually there. Multiple well-circulated live streams also showed the event in real-time. However, that was all ignored. The New York Times , a site recommended by Wikipedia for citation, currently employs a journalist covering Venezuela who openly ad

Wikipedia has become a bulletin board for corporate and imperial interests under the watch of its Randian founder, Jimmy Wales, and the veteran US regime-change operative who heads the Wikimedia Foundation, Katherine Maher. by Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal Part 2 - Jimmy Wales’ Randian philosophy, corporate and national security ties come to the surface Born from seemingly humble beginnings, the Wikimedia Foundation is today swimming in cash and invested in many of the powerful interests that benefit from its lax editorial policy. The foundation’s largest donors include corporate tech giants Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Craigslist. With more than $145 million in assets in 2018, nearly $105 million in annual revenue, and a massive headquarters in San Francisco, Wikimedia has carved out a space for itself next to these Big Tech oligarchs in the Silicon Valley bubble. It is also impossible to separate Wikipedia as a project from the ideology of its creator. When he co