The internet is about to get a lot less free, as British and Australian governments rush to impose laws punishing private media platforms for not acting âquickly enoughâ to remove âabhorrentâ or âharmfulâ content. These reactionary moves follow last monthâs live-streamed New Zealand mosque attacks that killed 50 people â but they will do nothing to combat terrorists or violence, all while hurting free speech online.
Daily Archives: 18. April 2019
Alan Dershowitz on Pentagon Papers in 1971 and WikiLeaks releases in 2010. „… there is no constitutional difference between WikiLeaks and the New York Times.“
TYT Army Lays Out Its Strategy
There are bad people in the world, but we can‘t be the worldâs policeman. Regime change wars cost millions of lives, strengthen terrorist orgs, undermine our national security & waste precious money that should be used to improve the lives of the American people. #Tulsi2020
Some politicians still say a $15 minimum wage is „too radical.“ Here‘s what‘s radical: in the wealthiest country in the world 40 million people live in poverty and 40% of our people can‘t afford basic needs. That‘s unacceptable, and it‘s why we must guarantee a living wage.
The Paradox of the Democratic âStop Bernieâ Campaign
But the Democrats who donât want to see him win the pennantâa collection of donors, operatives, and national officials who find Sandersâ politics too far left for their personal taste, and presumably the electorateâsâfeel boxed in as to how they should respond. If they do nothing to stop Sanders, then they will have done nothing to stop Sanders. But if they put together some coordinated effort to stop him, then Sanders will channel those efforts into his âanti-establishmentâ messaging.
Can the US Democratic party revive the left in Europe?
In the 1990s developments within the Democratic party would lead to the ideological decline, and then electoral decline of European social democracy. Now, almost three decades later, could recent developments within that same party be the start of an ideological and electoral rejuvenation of European social democracy?
‚Excited‘ Nigel Farage revels in the ‚very good start‘ his Brexit Party has enjoyed as it tops the polls AGAIN ahead of the EU elections
In a further boost, a ComRes poll suggests Mr Farage‘s party is third when voters are asked about a general election – on 14 per cent, with Labour leading on 33 per and the Tories sinking fast on 23 per cent.
Boyle Sports made the Brexit Party the 4/1 favourites to win the EU elections, slashing the odds as the polls rolled in.
The EU is an imperialist shithole
Important viewing! Lexiteers making their case.
How to fight the new fascism
Moreover, identitarians on both the left and the right see human beings only through the prism of race, gender or sexuality, and fail to account for the primacy of the individual. As such, they are in direct opposition to the principles of Martin Luther King, who valued the content of oneâs character over the colour of oneâs skin. While collectivist rhetoric from the racist far right is easy enough to dismiss, it is far more difficult when it comes from those who claim to be advancing a progressive agenda.
Julian Assanges Victory
Throughout history, dark and reactionary forces have always attempted to control the world; by violence, by deceit, by kidnapping and perverting the mainstream narrative, or by spreading fear among the masses. Consistently, brave and honest individuals have been standing up, exposing lies, confronting the brutality and depravity…
To resist is to dream of a better world. And to dream is to live.
Seymour Hersh – Kein PrĂ€sidentenfreund
In seiner Karriere sei ihm immer bewusst gewesen, »wie wichtig es ist, groĂe und unbequeme Wahrheiten zu enthĂŒllen und Amerika zu mehr Wissen zu verhelfen«. Ohne Zweifel hat Seymour Hersh das erreicht, und er hat nicht nur den USA zu mehr Wissen verholfen, sondern den Menschen weltweit.
Macri Unrolls Measures to Manage Economic Crisis He Created
The „short-term“ policies are expected to provide relief while the IMF policy „does its job.“
Ex-PrÀsident von Peru begeht vor Festnahme Suizid
Die Staatsanwaltschaft warf dem Politiker vor, in den weitreichenden Korruptionsskandals um den brasilianischen Baukonzern Odebrecht verwickelt zu sein.
French MEP Asks EU Council for Position on Lula‘s Situation
Emmanuel Maurel seeks to break the European Parliament‘s silence on the persecution against former President Lula Da Silva.
The French Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Emmanuel Maurel asked the Council of the European Union for a written position on the political and judicial persecution which led Lula Da Silva to prison.
Israel Begins Demolishing Palestinian Homes in East Jerusalem Neighborhood
According to a district court decision from three weeks ago and a Supreme Court decision earlier this week, the municipality was granted the right to demolish all the houses in the neighborhood â amounting to some 60 buildings, home to 500 families.
Supreme Court Justice Yosef Elron rejected the residents‘ appeal of the demolition order at the beginning of this week.
Russische Tageszeitung rechnet mit Kim-Putin-Gipfel in der kommenden Woche
Es wĂ€re das erste russisch-nordkoreanische Spitzentreffen seit acht Jahren. Geplant seien offenbar breit angelegte GesprĂ€che ĂŒber die bilateralen Beziehungen. Hierzu zĂ€hlten auch MaĂnahmen fĂŒr den Ausbau der wirtschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit angesichts fortbestehender internationaler Sanktionen gegen Nordkorea.
(3rd LD) N.K. leader supervises test-fire of new tactical guided weapon: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised a test-firing of a new tactical guided weapon, calling its development an „event of very weighty significance“ in beefing up its military power, state media reported Thursday.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the test happened Wednesday but did not specify what the newly developed weapon was.
Nordkoreas Machthaber wohnt Test von neuer taktischer Lenkwaffe bei
Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-un hat dem Test einer neuen taktischen Lenkwaffe beigewohnt.
Kim habe den Test der Waffe durch die Akademie fĂŒr Verteidigungswissenschaft am Mittwoch ĂŒberwacht, berichtete Nordkoreas staatliche Nachrichtenagentur KCNA am Donnerstag.
Antares Rocket Launches Cygnus Cargo Ship on Marathon Mission for NASA
An Antares rocket soared into the afternoon sky over Virginia on Wednesday (April 17) carrying tons of NASA supplies â and 40 intrepid mice â to the International Space Station.
Paul Badura-Skoda et Jörg Demus, pianos | Fantaisie en fa mineur, D.940 de Franz Schubert
SoirĂ©e anniversaire Ă la salle Gaveau – Paris
Pianist Jörg Demus ist tot
Demus: âMusik vermittelt uns etwas Göttlichesâ
Australian political establishment rejects calls for defence of Julian Assange
Despite outraged protests in Australia and internationally over last Thursdayâs arrest of Julian Assange, and the immediate laying of US extradition charges against him, the Australian political establishment is still adamantly refusing to come to the aid of the WikiLeaks founder, an Australian citizen.
Assangeâs father, John Shipton, last weekend appealed to the government to intervene to bring his son home. Shipton said Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade âshould in a nuanced way do something.â
Unsealed affidavit demonstrates US seeking to prosecute Assange for his journalism
An affidavit unsealed by US prosecutors on Monday has underscored the unlawful character of the Trump administrationâs request that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be extradited to the US in the wake of his illegal expulsion from Ecuadorâs London embassy and arrest by the British police last Thursday.
The affidavit was made by Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) special agent Megan Brown on December 21, 2017, in support of two charges which had been secretly filed against Assange, under her name.
Fake Economics
Die Steuereinnahmen werden aber nicht mehr so sprudeln und vor dem Hintergrund der Schuldenbremse werden neoliberale Wirtschaftspolitiker AusteritĂ€tspolitik betreiben. Das heiĂt, die Infrastruktur wird weiter verfallen, das Soziale weiter beschnitten, fĂŒr Umwelt und Bildung ist weiter kein Geld da, und an den ArbeitsmĂ€rkten wird es weiter einen riesigen Niedriglohnsektor und prekĂ€re BeschĂ€ftigungsverhĂ€ltnisse geben.
EU-Parlament fĂŒr Ausbau von Frontex
Zum »Kampf gegen illegale Einwanderung« soll die EU-»Grenzschutzbehörde« Frontex bis 2027 von derzeit 1.500 auf 10.000 EinsatzkrĂ€fte aufgestockt werden. Neben dem personellen Ausbau sehen die PlĂ€ne vor, dass Frontex kĂŒnftig eigene AusrĂŒstung wie Schiffe oder Flugzeuge anschaffen kann. Bislang ist die Agentur auf Ressourcen der EU-Staaten angewiesen.
Fahrzeug-Blackbox: Wenn dein Auto gegen dich aussagt
Die Vorschrift ist Teil eines Pakets von VorschlĂ€gen, die den StraĂenverkehr kĂŒnftig sicherer machen sollen. Das EU-Parlament beschloss das Gesetz heute mit breiter Mehrheit.
EU-Parlament unterstĂŒtzt einstĂŒndige Löschfrist fĂŒr „terroristische“ Inhalte
Im Gesetzentwurf verblieben sind jedoch schwammige Terrorismus-Definitionen. Je nach Auslegung könnten dies dazu fĂŒhren, dass Aufrufe zu bestimmten Protestformen, etwa StraĂenblockaden bei Ăko-Protesten, als âterroristischeâ Aktionen gewertet und kĂŒnftig geblockt werden. Und weiterhin drohen Unternehmen hohe Geldstrafen â aber nur dann, wenn sie sich systematisch und dauerhaft nicht an das Gesetz halten.
First Julian Assange, Then Us
We must now all resist. We must in every way possible put pressure on the British government to halt the judicial lynching of Julian Assange. If Assange is extradited and tried, it will create a legal precedent that will terminate the ability of the press, which Trump repeatedly has called âthe enemy of the people,â to hold power accountable. The crimes of war and finance, the persecution of dissidents, minorities and immigrants, the pillaging by corporations of the nation and the ecosystem, and the ruthless impoverishment of working men and women to swell the bank accounts of the rich, and consolidate the global oligarchâs total grip on power, will not only expand, but will no longer be part of public debate. First Assange. Then us.
Tehran to Pompeo: Itâs US, not Iran, that should change in nature
… He said officials in the current US administration have been revealing the countryâs true intentions, âbut the one who needs to change in nature is the US itself, not Iran.â
âThe global communityâs growing opposition to [the US] behavior and the actions it takes in violation of international law has triggered a global demand for the US regime nature to undergo change,â he added.
Trump administration targets so-called ‚troika of tyranny‘ with wave of new sanctions
Pompeo said Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, also known as the Libertad Act, would be implemented in full effective May 2. He had already informed Congress of the decision, he said…
The decision by the Trump administration to fully implement Title III is likely to be met with opposition from European nations and Canada, whose businesses have billions of dollars of investments in Cuba.
Neues Netz – Swisscom schaltet ihr 5G-Netz live
Die 5G-Frequenzen waren im Februar fĂŒr insgesamt rund 380 Millionen Franken versteigert worden. Erste Endnutzer-GerĂ€te werden in den kommenden Monaten in den LĂ€den erwartet.
Nach Trump-Veto: Kein Ende der militĂ€rischen UnterstĂŒtzung Saudi-Arabiens im Jemen
Die Resolution des US-Kongresses sah vor, innerhalb der nĂ€chsten 30 Tage die unterstĂŒtzenden KrĂ€fte aus dem Jemen abzuziehen. Flugzeuge der saudisch gefĂŒhrten Koalition sollten nicht mehr betankt und Geheimdienstinformationen nicht mehr weitergegeben werden, um Zieldaten zu ermitteln. Die Abstimmung war eine Niederlage fĂŒr Trump, gegen die er nun Gebrauch von seinem Veto-Recht machte. Die Betankung von nicht US-amerikanischen Flugzeugen wurde bereits eingestellt.
Trump Vetoes Congressional Resolution to End Yemen War
The bill, SJ Res 7, was a straightforward bill under the War Powers Act of 1973. The bill noted that Congress never authorized the US war in Yemen, and demanded an end to it. The US Constitution grants sole power to declare wars to the Congress, and by extension the power to order an end to illegal wars.