Die dĂ€nische Holship Norge AS hat innerstaatliche Gerichtsprozesse gegen die norwegischen Hafenarbeiter verloren, die ihr Recht auf das Be- und Entladen der FrachtgĂŒter in den landeseigenen HĂ€fen verteidigten.
Daily Archives: 23. April 2016
Thousands rally in Hannover against TTIP trade deal a day before Obamaâs visit
Thousands of protesters have come out onto the streets of Hannover to say ‚No‘ to the controversial TTIP US-EU trade deal. Many in Germany fear it will reduce consumer protection and undermine workersâ protection.
„Free Love – Not Free Trade“: With Obama En Route, 90,000 March Against TTIP
With Obama arriving to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday to push for the deal, the expression of dissent in the city of Hannover matches recent reporting explaining how support for the TTIP has fallen on both sides of the Atlantic.
Meet the Israeli liberals
Veröffentlicht am 20.04.2016
Liberal Zionists are no Arab lovers!
with Isaac Herzog, Zionist Union.
Israelâs center-left leader says his party must stop being seen as âArab-loversâ
(20.4.2016) The leader of Israelâs center-left Zionist Union opposition party said Tuesday that to win over more of the Israeli public it had to stop giving the impression that it is a party of âArab-lovers,â a derogatory term often used by the extreme right to insult those who they perceive as obsessively defending and championing Israeli Arabs or Palestinians, whether in the political or social spheres.
Fighting Oppression, Inequality and Injustice on Passover
(17.4.2016) Protecting allies and partners like Israel is one of the most solemn duties of any Commander-in-Chief. Yet others in this race suggest we must remain âneutralâ in order to negotiate. But Israelâs safety is simply non-negotiable. And it would be a grave mistake for the United States to cede the mantle of leadership in the peace process to anyone else.
Field Report: rebels rocket attacks kill civilians in Syriaâs Aleppo
In response, the Syrian air force conducted several airstrikes against the launching sites in rebel-held districts of Al-Layramoun, Bani Zeid and the Youth Housing, destroying launchers and killing scores of Islamist militants.
6 civilians were killed, 25 others wounded thanks to rebels shelling on west #Aleppo , why no one talk about this ?
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Due to „rebel“ mortar attacks on civilians, #SyAAF carried out air raids on Bani Zayd NOT Sheikh Maqsoud in #Aleppo
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#Syrian Regime is shelling the Kurdish neighbourhood Sheikh Maqsoud, #Aleppo: At least 6 civilians wounded (ANHA)
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âA.F.D.â versucht SouverĂ€nismus zu kapern und baggert den Kreml an
Nach dem vom jahrzehntelangen C.D.U.-Mitglied Alexander Gauland angefĂŒhrten (und bereits zuvor durch die C.D.U. versuchten) verfassungsfeindlichen VorstoĂ der sogenannten âAlternative fĂŒr Deutschlandâ eine ganze Religion auszugrenzen, versucht sich die âA.F.D.â, abermals unter Gaulands FĂŒhrung, nun an einem Kaperversuch am politischen Begriff SouverĂ€nismus, sowie einer halbseidenen AnnĂ€herung an der Gesamtrussischen Nationalen Front bzw der âJungen Garde Russlandsâ.
Briefbote dieses Winkelzugs wĂ€hrend ihres Bosses auf Tour in seiner Deppenkolonie (â..ich habe Angst, Daveâ erste Version, zweite Version): wieder mal das Leib- und Magenblatt von Transatlantikern und PaneuropĂ€ern, der âSpiegelâ.
London Mayor: Obama âDownright Hypocriticalâ For Calling For UK To Remain In EU
âIt is deeply anti-democratic â and much as I admire the United States, and much as I respect the President, I believe he must admit that his country would not dream of embroiling itself in anything of the kind,â the mayor stated. âThe US guards its democracy with more hysterical jealousy than any other country on earth.â
Obamaâs lecture to Brits is absurdly hypocritical
President Obamaâs call for British voters not to pull out of the European Union is an act of hypocrisy so blatant, itâs breathtaking.
Barack Obama causes firestorm with threat against Great Britain
Anglophiles on both sides of the Atlantic were not amused.
Angela Merkel says TTIP deal good for beer
„He who does not have a beer, has nothing to drink,“ the chancellor added, quoting the 16th century German religious reformer Martin Luther after taking a sip of Bavaria‘s famed wheat beer.
Barack Obama wonât threaten Britain… as long as we do as he says
âYou shouldnât be afraid to hear an argument being made,â he said. âItâs not a threat.â
He said it so calmly, so casually â indeed, so charmingly â that you could easily have believed it. And he was speaking just as calmly, casually and charmingly less than a minute later, when he said that if the UK thought it would get a free trade deal with the US after Brexit, it was frankly dreaming.
Mr Obama‘s catchphrase is ‚Yes, you can!‘ – so why is he telling us Brits ‚No, you can‘t‘?
Besides, it is reassuring to know that he is a friend of this country. One of his first acts as president was to remove the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office, so some of us formed the view that he thought the Anglo-American relationship was no longer all that special. Seven years later, we are being proved wrong.
It turns out Mr Obama now thinks it is so special that it authorises him to take part in our electoral process.
Obama löst in GroĂbritannien Sturm der EntrĂŒstung aus
Cameron ist beileibe kein schlechter Redner, aber nun, am spĂ€ten Nachmittag eines Freitags, der sich in schönstem Londoner Niesel prĂ€sentiert hatte, stand er neben einem Mann, der ihm, dem guten Rhetoriker, als Redner weit ĂŒberlegen ist. Der verliebte Blick war vielleicht in erster Linie der Dankbarkeit geschuldet.
New Zealand Government Trying To Streamroller TPP Through Ratification Without Proper Scrutiny Or Public Input
Back in February, we noted that the TPP has been officially signed, and that the focus now moves on to ratification by each of the 12 participating countries. On this score, there‘s been plenty of sound and fury in the US, including bizarre demands to re-negotiate TPP, but less coverage of what is happening elsewhere. As we noted, Canada‘s ratification has ground to a halt as the new government there launches „widespread consultations.“ Japan, too, won‘t be ratifying TPP for a while, for reasons explained by The Mainichi site:
EU-Kommissarin ĂŒber TTIP: „seltsam,… der gröĂte Widerstand ausgerechnet aus Deutschland.“ Tja, das Land der Dichter und Denker. #ttipdemo
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Viel los hier: Polizei spricht von „25000 Teilnehmern aufwĂ€rts“, Veranstalter von mindestens 50000 #ttipdemo
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A â4. Bailoutâ for Greece & Debt Relief âlightâ? Whatever the name, Greeks are burdened with âŹ9bn austerity package for 2016-2018
More austerity, more work and more measures. that was the slogan of Fridayâs Eurogroup on Greece. An agreement between the two sides was not on the agenda. It was just talks to force the Greek government accept the conditions of the International Monetary Fund for an extra package of 3.6 billion euro âcontingency measuresâ â 2% of GDP â for the case the debt-ridden country will not meet the third bailout targets in 2018 by implementing a 5.4 billion euro austerity.
On ne partira pas ! #NuitDebout #instantané #photography #art
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Das Grundgesetz ist nicht Beta, sondern gilt sogar fĂŒr Gammas, @c_lindner. Und fĂŒr ihren Gott „Europa“ gilt höchstens die Religionsfreiheit.
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When Hedge Funds Own Newspapers
My local paper was just purchased by a hedge fund. You know, the people who only care about making money. The paper was never perfectly balanced with conservative and liberal agendas, but on more than a few occasions they would print cartoons that made fun of the conservatives. Since the purchase, the cartoons that tease the right have noticeably decreased in number.
Das Feigenblatt fĂŒr Wahlcomputer ist ja hĂ€ufig, dass man ja nachzĂ€hlen kann.
Also bei manchen Wahlcomputern. Viele hinterlassen keinen nachzÀhlbaren Papierstapel. Aber bei einigen gibt es ein externes Papier-Log, das man nachzÀhlen könnte.
Macht natĂŒrlich in der Praxis so gut wie niemand.
Aber hey, was wĂ€re denn, wenn es mal jemand machen wĂŒrde?
Dann passiert das hier:
FISA Court Rejects Arguments By First Public Advocate To Argue NSA PRISM Backdoor Searches Are Unconstitutional
One of the big complaints in the past, is that the FISA Court is no court at all. Only one side — the government — gets to present its case, and then the judges decide.
The USA Freedom Act, however, added the ability of the FISC to appoint a public advocate. Many have been quite reasonably skeptical about this — in terms of how often it would be used, who would be appointed and how seriously the FISC would take the public advocate. In this case, we see that the public advocate did, in fact, argue that parts of the PRISM program were unconstitutional… and the FISC then rejected that.
Greek Journalist Unions Extend Strike Till April 27
Greek journalists have decided to extend its strike protesting the government-proposed pension reforms for four days more.
Berliner Piratenchef Bruno Gerd Kramm bei Demo vor der tĂŒrkischen Botschaft verhaftet
(22.4.2016) Der Vorsitzende der PIRATEN Berlin und Spitzenkandidat fĂŒr die Wahl zum Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus Bruno Kramm wurde heute Abend wĂ€hrend der Demonstration fĂŒr Meinungs- und Pressefreiheit vor der TĂŒrkischen Botschaft verhaftet.
Die Polizei löste die Demonstration auf, weil Bruno Kramm das fragliche Gedicht von Jan Böhmermann zitierte, wegen dem es zu diplomatischen Spannungen zwischen der Bundesrepublik und dem tĂŒrkischen PrĂ€sidenten gekommen war.
In other news,Egyptian police sued @Reuters for reporting from 6 police sources that murdered Italian student #Regini was detained by police
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1 Million Menschen nutzen Facebook ĂŒber Tor
Doch die IP-Adresse der Nutzer kann mit der Technik verschleiert werden. Nutzer können so ihren Standort sowohl vor Facebook als auch vor mit Facebook verbundenen Werbeanbietern verbergen. Vor allem politische Aktivisten, die Facebook zur Organisation nutzen, dĂŒrften dieses Feature nutzen.
Auch Nutzerdatenabfragen durch Regierungsstellen, die Facebook in einem Transparenzbericht dokumentiert, laufen damit ins Leere. AuĂerdem kann der Zugang ĂŒber Tor natĂŒrlich genutzt werden, um ZensurmaĂnahmen gegen Facebook zu umgehen.
CPJ concerned by reports of Egyptian accusations against Reuters
The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by reports in the Egyptian media that authorities have accused Reuters of „spreading false news“ in a report on the death of an Italian student. The press reports could not be verified and Reuters said it had not received notification of legal action.
Press reports citing security officials said that the Legal Affairs Department of the Ministry of Interior filed a criminal complaint with central Cairo‘s Qasr al-Nil police station against Reuters and its Cairo bureau chief, Michael Georgy, accusing them of „spreading false news aimed at disturbing public order,“ and „spreading rumors to harm Egypt‘s reputation.“
Obama schwĂ€rmt von Merkel – „Stolz darauf, dass Angela meine Freundin istâ
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Court Says National Security Letters Are Now Constitutional Under USA Freedom Act
We‘ve written quite a lot about National Security Letters (NSLs) over the years. This widely abused tool allowed the Justice Department/FBI to issue simple letters (technically administrative subpoenas) demanding information from companies with no prior judicial review — and frequently with a perpetual gag order, so that a company can‘t even say that it had received an NSL.
Negativpreis fĂŒr Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe und Change.org
Eigentlich Gutes hat das Portal Change.org im Sinn – sollte man meinen. Das sehen die Jury-Mitglieder des Big Brother Awards allerdings anders und verleihen ausgerechnet in der Kategorie Wirtschaft und nicht etwa in Politik ihren Antipreis. Denn Change.org sei als Kampagnenplattform ein Wirtschaftsunternehmen und vermarkte personenbezogene Daten der Unterzeichnenden in Verbindung mit deren politischer Einstellung, so der Vorwurf. Kritisch sieht die Jury zudem, dass die Daten der politisch und gesellschaftlich Aktiven in den USA gespeichert werden.