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 ‘quickly enough’ to remove ‘abhorrent’ or ‘harmful’ content. These reactionary moves follow last month’s live-streamed New Zealand mosque attacks that killed 50 people – 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 world’s 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 “Stop Bernie” Campaign
But the Democrats who don’t want to see him win the pennant—a collection of donors, operatives, and national officials who find Sanders’ politics too far left for their personal taste, and presumably the electorate’s—feel 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 “anti-establishment” 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 one’s character over the colour of one’s 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 Präsidentenfreund
In seiner Karriere sei ihm immer bewusst gewesen, »wie wichtig es ist, große und unbequeme Wahrheiten zu enthüllen 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-Präsident 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 – 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 wäre das erste russisch-nordkoreanische Spitzentreffen seit acht Jahren. Geplant seien offenbar breit angelegte Gespräche über die bilateralen Beziehungen. Hierzu zählten auch Maßnahmen für 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 für Verteidigungswissenschaft am Mittwoch überwacht, 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 — and 40 intrepid mice — to the International Space Station.
Paul Badura-Skoda et Jörg Demus, pianos | Fantaisie en fa mineur, D.940 de Franz Schubert
Soirée anniversaire à la salle Gaveau – Paris
Pianist Jörg Demus ist tot
Demus: „Musik vermittelt uns etwas Göttliches“
Australian political establishment rejects calls for defence of Julian Assange
Despite outraged protests in Australia and internationally over last Thursday’s 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.
Assange’s 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 “should in a nuanced way do something.”
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 administration’s request that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be extradited to the US in the wake of his illegal expulsion from Ecuador’s 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 Austeritätspolitik betreiben. Das heißt, die Infrastruktur wird weiter verfallen, das Soziale weiter beschnitten, für Umwelt und Bildung ist weiter kein Geld da, und an den Arbeitsmärkten wird es weiter einen riesigen Niedriglohnsektor und prekäre Beschäftigungsverhältnisse geben.
EU-Parlament für Ausbau von Frontex
Zum »Kampf gegen illegale Einwanderung« soll die EU-»Grenzschutzbehörde« Frontex bis 2027 von derzeit 1.500 auf 10.000 Einsatzkräfte aufgestockt werden. Neben dem personellen Ausbau sehen die Pläne vor, dass Frontex künftig eigene Ausrüstung 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 Vorschlägen, die den Straßenverkehr künftig sicherer machen sollen. Das EU-Parlament beschloss das Gesetz heute mit breiter Mehrheit.
EU-Parlament unterstützt einstündige Löschfrist für „terroristische“ Inhalte
Im Gesetzentwurf verblieben sind jedoch schwammige Terrorismus-Definitionen. Je nach Auslegung könnten dies dazu führen, dass Aufrufe zu bestimmten Protestformen, etwa Straßenblockaden bei Öko-Protesten, als „terroristische“ Aktionen gewertet und künftig geblockt werden. Und weiterhin drohen Unternehmen hohe Geldstrafen – 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 “the enemy of the people,” 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 oligarch’s total grip on power, will not only expand, but will no longer be part of public debate. First Assange. Then us.
Tehran to Pompeo: It’s US, not Iran, that should change in nature
… He said officials in the current US administration have been revealing the country’s true intentions, “but the one who needs to change in nature is the US itself, not Iran.”
“The global community’s 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,” 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 für insgesamt rund 380 Millionen Franken versteigert worden. Erste Endnutzer-Geräte werden in den kommenden Monaten in den Läden erwartet.