Egyptian authorities are already holding a record number of journalists behind bars, and a draconian new anti-terror law signed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday will further broaden the crackdown on dissent, press freedom groups warn.
Daily Archives: 22. August 2015
Boston Public Broadcaster WGBH Files Bogus DMCA Notice On Public Domain Video Uploaded By Carl Malamud
The video had nothing to do with WGBH at all. It‘s called „Energy — The American Experience“ and was created by the US Dept. of Energy in 1974 and is quite clearly in the public domain as a government creation (and in case you‘re doubting it, the federal government itself lists the video as „cleared for TV.“
WGBH, on the other hand, has nothing whatsoever to do with that video. It appears that some clueless individual at WGBH went hunting for any videos having to do with the PBS show WGBH produces, called American Experience and just assumed that based on the title, the public domain video that Malamud uploaded, was infringing. Because that‘s the level of „investigation“ that apparently the censorious folks at WGBH do when looking to issue takedown notices.
PLO executive committee denies Abbas‘ resignation
The Executive Committee decided on Saturday night to start preparations for convening the Palestinian National Council as part of Abbasâs efforts to bring new faces to the leadership.
At the meeting on Saturday night, the Executive Committee voted in favor of the appointment of Erekat as PLO Secretary-General.
Mahmoud Abbas resigns as executive chairman of PLO – reports
„The resignation of the president of the executive committee Mahmud Abbas and more than half of its members has created a legal vacuum, and therefore the Palestine National Council (PNC) has been asked to meet in one month to elect a new executive committee,“ committee member Wassel Abu Yussef.
Forex scandal: White collar criminals must face jail not fines, say UK experts
RBS, Barclays, HSBC and Goldman Sachs were among nine global banks that agreed to the ÂŁ1.3 billion (US$2 billion) settlement with irate investors who had been affected by the market manipulation.
Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil: US Dark Forces Stoke Violence and Instability in Latin America
US orchestrated plans to topple Ecuadorâs Rafael Correa continue. On August 17, Telesur reported disruptive elements attacked Ecuadorian soldiers and police with live fire. Eleven injuries were reported.
Last week, violence rocked Quito. Dozens of police and several journalists were injured. Correa blasted opposition elements trying to destabilize Ecuador. âIâve never seen them so violent, so aggressive,â he said. âThose who used violence will be punished with the full vigor of the law.â Ecuarunari (movement of Ecuadorian indigenous people of Kichwa nationality) leader Carlos Perez was videotaped encouraging violence. Attacks on police followed.
The Age of Imperial Wars
2015 has become a year of living dangerously. Wars are spreading across the globe. Wars are escalating as new countries are bombed and the old are ravaged with ever greater intensity. Countries, where relatively peaceful changes had taken place through recent elections, are now on the verge of civil wars. These are wars without victors, but plenty of losers; wars that donât end; wars where imperial occupations are faced with prolonged resistance.
Aussichtslose Situation fĂŒr Journalisten in Mexiko
FĂŒr kritische Journalisten bedeuten Politiker hĂ€ufig die gröĂte Gefahr. Trotz guter Schutzrechte fĂŒr Reporter existieren Meinungs- und Informationsfreiheit schon lange nicht mehr
ErzĂ€hlungen der Shipibo fĂŒr die nĂ€chste Generation â mit ein wenig Hilfe von den digitalen Medien
Aus diesem Grund wurde in den Gemeinden der Ucayali-Region des peruanischen Amazonas das Projekt Chariboan Joi ins Leben gerufen. Das Projekt â was ĂŒbrigens in der Shipibo-Sprache soviel wie âFliegende Stimmen als Maracana-Papageiâ ĂŒbersetzt heiĂt â ermutigt junge Leute, die alten Geschichten wertzuschĂ€tzen und ihre Muttersprache somit zu bewahren und durch die digitalen Medien bekannt zu machen.
Die Zerstörung eines Berges: Der mexikanische PrĂ€sident befiehlt Enteignung fĂŒr Autobahnprojekt
âEs ist klar, dass das Agrargesetz nur dazu gedient hat, die Vertreibung der einheimischen und indigenen Gruppen zu legalisieren, nicht nur in Xochicuautla. Es gibt auch Gegenwehr gegen den La Parota Damm im Bundesstaat Guerrero und gegen den Bau eines AquĂ€dukts im Gebiet unserer Freunde, dem Yaqui Stamm,â sagt Fernandez, Sprecher und Mitglied der Gemeinschaft von Xochicuautla. âDas selbe passiert ĂŒberall in ganz Mexiko,â fĂŒgt er hinzu.
Israeli War Jet Shot Down Over Syria – Media
The Israeli fighter jet was targeted over the city of Al-Quneitra on Friday, Iranâs Fars news agency reported on Saturday.
7 dead reported as plane crashes at Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex
The plane that crashed was a Hawker Hunter, a British fighter aircraft. It hit several cars on the nearby A27 highway, before ending up in a bush, police said in a statement. Roads near the site were closed after the incident.
Wormhole Created in Lab Makes Invisible Magnetic Field
The inner cylinder was made of a ferromagnetic mu-metal. Ferromagnetic materials exhibit the strongest form of magnetism, while mu-metals are highly permeable and are often used for shielding electronic devices.
A thin shell made up of a high-temperature superconducting material called yttrium barium copper oxide lined the inner cylinder, bending the magnetic field that traveled through the interior.
RA Podcast: RA.479 Cassegrain
Surrealistic techno from the Berlin-based duo.
Die OBS-Studie zum Thema âQuerfrontâ und das Potential zur Instrumentalisierung
(20.August) Kommt eine Zeit, in der mehr und mehr Menschen empirisch tragfĂ€hige Vorstellungen von Welt und Gesellschaft erlangen, so dass sie sich emanzipieren von ânotwendigen Illusionenâ (Chomsky), die nicht selten andere doch fĂŒr sie vorgesehen haben? Oder verschieben sich lediglich die Auslassungen und Einseitigkeiten, so dass erneut nicht im Sinne der AufklĂ€rungsidee die beobachtbare Welt Grundlage des eigenen Urteilens wird, sondern eine grobfahrlĂ€ssig vereinfachte, die in erster Linie wiederum dem Wunsch dient, sich mit der bisherigen Meinung wohl zu fĂŒhlen?
Freiheit statt Angst! Demo gegen Ăberwachung, gegen Vorratsdatenspeicherung in #Freiburg #fsa #fsa15 #stopwatchingus
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#Geheimdienst-AffÀre in MV bringt Ministerium in BedrÀngnis
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Tarifabschluss bei der DB â und nunâŠ?
Die GDL wird mit ihren Mitgliedern der VB/UBB auch weiterhin gegen diese MissstĂ€nde angehen! Das gilt fĂŒr LokomotivfĂŒhrer und Zugbegleiter gleichermaĂen. FĂŒr die Kollegen gilt: Lasst euch nicht verunsichern, gebt dem Druck nicht nach und verkauft euch nicht unter Wert. Niemand kann euch zwingen aus einer Gewerkschaft auszutreten, eure Rechte sind im Grundgesetz verankert!
The West Spreads Intellectual Idiocy
The victory can only arrive accompanied with knowledge, with independent thought, with rational humanism, with compassion and solidarity, and human warmth.
Aktuelles aus der Heimat: Streifenpolizisten stoppen Verfassungsschutz-Aktion
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Transparenzoffensive: BND-Mitarbeiter sollen auf Decknamen verzichten
„Wir werden uns dort, wo es möglich ist, öffnen“, heiĂt es in einem internen Papier. Der VorstoĂ ist Teil der „Transparenzoffensive“ Schindlers.
Der Zauberlehrling
Ein weiterer verborgener Riss ist die Kluft zwischen Israel und einem groĂen Teil der Juden in aller Welt, besonders denen in den USA. Israel erhebt den Anspruch, der âNationalstaat des jĂŒdischen Volkesâ zu sein. Alle Juden in der Welt schulden ihm bedingungslosen Gehorsam. Ein mĂ€chtiger Apparat âjĂŒdischer Organisationenâ ĂŒberwacht die Vasallen. Wehe dem Juden, der es wagt, EinwĂ€nde gegen ihn zu erheben.
Damit ist es aus. Eine Kluft innerhalb des Weltjudentums hat sich aufgetan, die wahrscheinlich nicht ĂŒberbrĂŒckt werden kann. Wenn die amerikanischen Juden zwischen ihrem PrĂ€sidenten und Israel wĂ€hlen mĂŒssten, wĂŒrden viele lieber zu ihrem PrĂ€sidenten halten oder sie wĂŒrden sich einfach ausklinken.
Popular Unity Leader Lafazanis: âWeâll Play a Significant Role after the Electionsâ
When asked if his partyâs goal is to return to the drachma, Lafazanis said that one of their proposals will be the exit from the Eurozone and the formation of a progressive development plan. Furthermore, he said that he had discussed with all SYRIZA MPs, especially those who did not follow the government policy. âWe plan on making contact with all political forces and social organizations,â he added, stressing that this did not include the neonazi party Golden Dawn.
Syriza MPs who vote no/abstained/were absent
Abstimmungsliste 14.August 2015
Bin gespannt, wem @GregorGysi und die @dieLinke jetzt die Daumen bei Neuwahl in Athen drĂŒcken: Tsipras oder der neuen Popular Unity (LAE)
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Syriza split as elections loom
Alexis Tsipras has become another austerity politician. Once the expression of the hopes of workers across Europe- Syriza have now joined the austerity consensus. Therefore the announcement that the left of Syriza are splitting to form a new party, Popular Unity, is to be welcomed…Itâs vital those who have broken from Tsipras organisationally also make a break with ideas that tie the radical left to a strategy of running capitalism. We have to replace this rotten system- not run it.
Introducing Popular Unity
This is a major development in Greek politics but also for the radical left, in Greece and at an international level.
Popular Unity‘s Lafazanis meets parl speaker Constantopoulou now. Says he will use mandate to form gov‘t „to its full extent“. #Greece
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In a Twist, Europe May Find Itself Relying on Success of Alexis Tsipras of Greece
âIâm sure that he has talked to European leaders, and they are O.K. with what he is doing now,â said Harry Papasotiriou, a professor of international relations at Panteion University in Athens, adding that Mr. Tsipras was staking his political life on a bailout deal that includes the kind of taxes and pension cuts he once opposed. âHeâs taking ownership of it.â
Wer ist das: die »Volkseinheit«?
Die Abgeordneten-Gruppe der »Volkseinheit« wird von Ex-Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis gefĂŒhrt â einer der prominentesten Vertreter der Linken Plattform in SYRIZA. Der Mathematiker war frĂŒher in der Kommunistischen Partei und im Widerstand gegen die MilitĂ€rdiktatur bis 1974 engagiert. Er hatte bereits in der vergangenen Woche gemeinsam mit weiteren Linkspolitikern aus oder aus dem Umfeld von SYRIZA zur Bildung einer Bewegung gegen die umstrittenen Auflagen der GlĂ€ubiger aufgerufen.
Rutsch in die Mitte: Wird #Syriza zur Schwesterpartei der #SPD? via @ntvde
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3 weeks from tonight, in this magnificent theater in Toronto, the world premiere of my new film WHERE TO INVADE NEXT.
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Donald Trump says he would scare Pope Francis over capitalism views: âISIS wants to get youâ
âIâm gonna have to scare the Pope because itâs the only thing,â Trump said. âThe Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God. But the truth is â you know, if you look at whatâs going on â they better hope that capitalism works, because itâs the only thing we have right now. And itâs a great thing when it works properly.â
North Korea officialâs disappearance tied to memoir
Won Tong-yon, a senior North Korean official with years of experience in inter-Korean relations, has disappeared from public view since last December, around the time of the publication of a memoir by former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak that mentioned a mission he was on. (…)
Won, who also led a delegation for high-level talks with South Korea in Kaesong in February 2014, is known for his dovish stance with Seoul.