Daily Archives: 30. Dezember 2016


30.12.2016 - 12:51 [ RT ]

There will be no partition of Syria

East Aleppo is liberated, and regime-change has lost its luster. It‘s no surprise Syria’s foes are ready to promote the next big goal: partition. Like most Syrian conflict predictions, of which few have materialized, the ‘partition’ of Syria is not going to happen.

30.12.2016 - 12:29 [ Sputnik ]

„Lüge!“: Moskau dementiert CNN-Bericht über School-Schließung

CNN hatte zuvor gemeldet, die Lehranstalt, an der vor allem Kinder westlicher Diplomaten lernen, sei als Reaktion auf die jüngsten US-Sanktionen dicht gemacht worden.
„Das ist eine Lüge“, kommentierte Sacharowa den CNN-Bericht. „Das Weiße Haus muss völlig den Verstand verloren haben, wenn es schon Sanktionen gegen die eigenen Kinder ausdenkt“, schrieb sie am Freitag via Facebook.

30.12.2016 - 12:16 [ Mashable ]

The Young Turks raise more than $500,000 to fund investigative journalism

The Young Turks team is gearing up for the Trump administration.
The progressive online news program announced Wednesday that it has raised more than $500,000 to help fund four new investigative journalist teams. Their end goal is to raise $2 million.

30.12.2016 - 11:52 [ Bandcamp ]

Fetish Bones by Moor Mother

Fetish Bones is the Don Giovanni Records debut of Philadelphia-based musician, artist, and activist, Camae, who performs under the name Moor Mother.
The album features 13 songs conceived and recorded in Camae’s home studio using a variety of machines, field recordings, and analog noisemakers. The music is often harsh and strange, projecting both the visceral anger of punk and the expansive improvisatory spirit of Sun Ra. It’s an album intended as a form of protest and also as form of time travel — a collection of sounds that are events themselves, telling stories rich in history about the journey that brings us to today and the future we are creating. Fetish Bones is not an album meant to help you forget. It is made so that you will remember the injustices that we bear witness to and participate in.
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released September 16, 2016

30.12.2016 - 11:40 [ Indian Punchline ]

Trump twits Obama’s bogus bear trap

The US and Russia maintain an intense and at times intrusive surveillance regime on each other’s diplomats. The action-reaction syndrome is so finely honed that it is predictable. If either side chooses to make a fuss about it, the intention can only be propagandistic. Therefore, the measures announced on Thursday by the US state department – expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and shutting down 2 Russian compounds (dacha) – stand out as a political decision.

30.12.2016 - 10:58 [ In These Times ]

More U.S. Workers Have Highly Volatile, Unstable Incomes

More Americans than before are part of what’s considered the contingent workforce, working on-call or on-demand, and as independent contractors or self-employed freelancers, often with earnings that vary dramatically month to month.
These workers span the socioeconomic spectrum, from low-wage workers in service, retail, hospitality and restaurant jobs—and temps in industry, construction and manufacturing—to highly educated Americans working job-to-job because their professions lack fulltime employment opportunities given the structure of many information age businesses.

30.12.2016 - 10:53 [ Tech in Asia ]

China’s startups hit by dramatic funding slowdown

“We are concerned about the consequence of massive flooding of capital from some institutions, including local government-backed policy guidance funds and fund-of-funds,” said Jia Hongbo, general secretary at AMAC, a self-regulatory body supervised by China’s securities regulator, speaking at an industry event earlier this month.

30.12.2016 - 10:32 [ malaysiakini ]

MCMC blocked 2,407 websites this year

On fake or false news going viral on social media, Zulkarnain urged the public be more responsible and critical in verifying news.
„The public should play their role and co-regulate with other ministries, departments and agencies. Get an official reply from the related agencies rather than from unofficial groups and start spreading rumours and fake news that may cause chaos,“ he said.

30.12.2016 - 10:10 [ Sputnik ]

„Coming out der Loser“: Sacharowa kommentiert neue US-Sanktionen

Sie nannte die Obama-Regierung ein „schlimmes Theater“. „Die ganze Welt beobachtet den Vernichtungsschlag gegen Amerikas Autorität und gegen seine Führungsrolle, den Barack Obama und sein Halbanalphabeten-Team versetzten“, hieß es.

„Sie haben der ganzen Welt ihr größtes Geheimnis offenbart – die Ausschließlichkeit war nur Tarnung für Hilflosigkeit. Und kein Feind der USA hätte das schlimmer tun können.“

30.12.2016 - 06:29 [ IPS - Inter Press Service ]

More Than 50 Internet Shutdowns in 2016

Governments around the world shut down the internet more than 50 times in 2016 – suppressing elections, slowing economies and limiting free speech.
In the worst cases internet shutdowns have been associated with human rights violations, Deji Olukotun, Senior Global Advocacy Manager at digital rights organisation Access Now told IPS.

30.12.2016 - 06:18 [ Defend Democracy Press ]

Palestine calls to save prisoners on hunger strike

Both Palestinian prisoners, who are now in the Assaf Harofeh Hospital, have even refused to drink water since last week, after an Israeli court rejected an order to release them alleging the need to examine medical reports.