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210914 PUDI Report

Regular reports on the growing Poverty, Unemployment, Debt and Inequality of the neo-capitalist world Europe: “ Social injustice has once again clearly increased in recent years, most obviously in the crisis-battered southern European countries of Greece, Spain and Italy, as well as in Ireland and Hungary. However, a predominantly negative trend is also evident overall: In the majority of EU countries, the reach and scope of social justice has declined in the course of the crisis. Only three countries – Poland, Germany and Luxembourg – have proven able to improve significantly in comparison to the 2008 Social Justice Index.” “ ... the rigid austerity policies pursued during the crisis and the structural reforms aimed at economic and budgetary stabilization have had, in most countries, negative effects with regard to social justice. [...] social security systems have been badly undermined by austerity measures in many countries, as has the ability to invest in critica

Syria Regional Crisis Response 78

Situation in Yarmouk critical “ Of the 17 United Nations staff killed in Syria as a result of the conflict, 13 are UNRWA staff. Twenty-seven UNRWA staff are currently detained or missing. Twenty-six UNRWA staff have been injured. ” “ Out of approximately 540,000 Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA in Syria, over 50 per cent are estimated to have been displaced within Syria or to neighbouring countries. In Lebanon, 42,000 Palestine refugees from Syria have been recorded with UNRWA; in Jordan 14,290 and in Gaza 860 have approached UNRWA for assistance. The Agency also received reports of around 4,000 Palestine refugees in Egypt and smaller numbers in Libya, Turkey and East Asia.” “ During the reporting period, UNRWA was able to distribute 2,088 food parcels to the 18,000 civilians trapped in Yarmouk. Clashes broke out on a few occasions during this period, causing a pause in distributions for 11 days; UNRWA was able to enter Yarmouk on 15 days. Whe

A new attempt to "domesticate" the Left in Greece

The systemic establishment in panic by system failure The well-known representatives of the banking-media dictatorship in Greece have launched recently the propaganda, for one more time, through the propaganda frequencies surrounding the country. ( http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2014/08/a-country-surrounded-by-propaganda.html ) Using the known cliches of the type "there will be no more measures", "we should not disturb the political stability of the country now that walks on the recovery road", etc., they tried again to give false promises and spread the fear to the Greek people, not to vote for an anti-systemic government during possible national elections. There will be no recovery, of course, no improvement because in reality, they don't care about the recovery of the Greek economy. The only thing that current government-puppet has in mind, is to stay in power by any means until 2016 to complete the experiment, applying ever

Η «σιωπηλή επανάσταση» των συνεταιρισμών νερού

“ Οι συνεταιρισμοί νερού δεν είναι ένα μεμονωμένο τοπικό φαινόμενο. Αντίθετα, ευδοκιμούν σε χώρες με διάφορες περιβαλλοντικές και κοινωνικο-πολιτικο-οικονομικές συνθήκες, γεγονός που δείχνει την προσαρμοστικότητα τους. Χιλιάδες παραδείγματα αστικών ή αγροτικών συνεταιρισμών νερού υπάρχουν στις ΗΠΑ, τον Καναδά, τη Λατινική Αμερική (Χιλή, Κολομβία, Βραζιλία, Αργεντινή, Μεξικό και Βολιβία) και την Ευρώπη (Φινλανδία, Δανία, Αυστρία κλπ). Επιπλέον, οι συνεταιρισμοί νερού έχουν κερδίσει υψηλή βαθμολογία για την ικανοποίηση των πελατών και τις λειτουργικές επιδόσεις σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο.” “ Παρά τον σημαντικό αριθμό επιτυχημένων συνεταιρισμών νερού σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο, οι διεθνείς πολιτικές συζητήσεις τους έχουν παρακάμψει σε μεγάλο βαθμό. Επιπλέον, οι συνεταιρισμοί νερού έχουν αγνοηθεί σε μεγάλο βαθμό, τόσο στον τομέα της έρευνας όσο και της πολιτικής. Η συζήτηση έχει επικεντρωθεί στα συστήματα ιδιωτικής και δημόσιας ύδρευσης και αποχέτευσης αγνοώντας επιλογές που βασίζ

One year from the assassination of Pavlos Fyssas by neo-nazis in Greece

globinfo freexchange Anti-fascist musician, Pavlos Fyssas, was stabbed by Georgios Roupakias, member of the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn, at that time. The incident forced the neoliberal government to prosecute Golden Dawn members, while until then, Golden Dawn was doing the "dirty job" hunting migrants under police tolerance. The assassination triggered a dangerous situation in Greece, creating an explosive climate between the far-Right supporters and the Leftist anti-fascists. The incident gave also the opportunity to the systemic establishment to regain control of the neo-nazi party whose power was increasing dangerously and was about to get out of the system's control: “ Within less than a month, all settled as they wanted. They knew Golden Dawn, they expected such a murder. As long as GD was murdering immigrants and doing the "dirty work", was quite useful. Just after this political assassination of a Greek citizen, the "local repre

The drone story

Conducting “remote-controlled” wars globinfo freexchange “ The Predator drone, though best known as the CIA's primary weapon in the war against Al Qaeda, was merely an unarmed, remote-control intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft when the Defense Department first bought it in 1994.” “ Many pilots in the Air Force disdained unmanned aerial vehicles, but the fighter pilot who was that service's chief of staff from 1994-97, General Ronald Fogleman, set out to wrest control of the Predator away from the Army and Navy and secure it for the Air Force.” “ On September 2, 1996, the Air Force's 11th Reconnaissance Squadron took over Predator operations from the Army, which had been flying the drone over Bosnia by remote control from Taszar, Hungary, since March 14 of that year.” “ In September 2000, an Air Force unit began flying an unarmed Predator over Afghanistan for the CIA in an attempt to locate Osama bin Laden, who had been in h

The end of nuclear waste?

While exporting gas, Russia proceeds in the next generation full-cycle nuclear reactors “ Russia’s ‘Breakthrough’ energy project enables closed a nuclear fuel cycle and a future without radioactive waste. The first batch of MOX nuclear fuel has been manufactured for the world’s only NPP industrially power generating breeder reactors.” “ A world first, tablets of the fuel of the future have been put on serial production and are destined for Russia’s next generation BN-800 breeder reactor (880 megawatts), currently undergoing tests at the Beloyarskaya nuclear power plant. The production line, now undergoing start-up and adjustment, was assembled in a mine 200 meters underground and will become fully operational by the end of 2014.” “ Fast fission reactors solve the problem of depleted uranium nuclear fuel on the planet. They can ‘burn’ not only ‘classic’ uranium-235, (scarce and already coming to an end), but also uranium-238, which is abundant, and expan

Ένας χρόνος από την δολοφονία του Παύλου Φύσσα από τους νεο-ναζί

http://tvxs.gr/news/ellada/antifasistikes-sygkentroseis-gia-ton-ena-xrono-apo-ti-dolofonia-fyssa http://tvxs.gr/news/ellada/mitera-fyssa-o-pateras-moy-polemise-toys-fasistes-poy-skotosan-gio-moy http://www.enallaktikos.gr/ar7555el_ixitiko-ntokoymento-xrysaygites-dyo-meres-meta-ti-dolofonia-fyssa-tragoyda-twra-psti-apo-ekei-poy-eisai.html http://tvxs.gr/news/ellada/dolofonia-antifasista-sto-keratsini-apo-xrysaygiti http://adiritos.blogspot.gr/2014/09/blog-post.html

Further info about the "Cuban Five" case

“ The three documents — two cables and a diplomatic note — all relate to the 1997 Havana hotel bombing campaign, which was masterminded by Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles and financed by members of the powerful Cuban American National Foundation.” “ There is nothing especially new in any of the documents, except the claim the US Government asked the Cubans in diplomatic notes on at least five occasions that summer (July 13, August 7 and 21, and September 5 and 11) to 'furnish all information it may have in its possession that concretely links US persons or organizations to any of the explosions.'” “ The first document is an unclassified cable from the US Interest Section in Havana to the State Department, the White House and more than a dozen American embassies. The subject heading: 'FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS U.S. RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSEQUENCES OF RECENT HAVANA BOMBINGS.'” “ The note focused on statements Cuban Foreign Minister Robert

Μια νέα απόπειρα "εξημέρωσης" της Αριστεράς εν μέσω πανικού

του system failure Το συστημικό κατεστημένο βρίσκεται ξανά σε πανικό εν όψει πιθανών εθνικών εκλογών. Οι γνωστοί και μη εξαιρετέοι εκπρόσωποι της τραπεζομιντιακής δικτατορίας στην Ελλάδα, άρχισαν πάλι τη γνωστή προπαγάνδα μέσα από τις συχνότητες της διαπλοκής που κατακλύζουν την Ελληνική επικράτεια ( http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2014/08/blog-post_25.html ), με τα γνωστά κλισέ του τύπου "δεν θα υπάρξουν άλλα μέτρα", "να μην ρίξουμε την καρδάρα με το γάλα τώρα που η χώρα ανακάμπτει", "που θα βρει τα λεφτά ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ" και άλλα τέτοια γραφικά. Δεν υπάρχει βεβαίως πουθενά καμία ανάκαμψη, καμία προοπτική βελτίωσης στον ορίζοντα και στην πραγματικότητα δεν τους ενδιαφέρει κάτι τέτοιο. Το μόνο που ενδιαφέρει την τωρινή κυβέρνηση-μαριονέτα, είναι να παραμείνει με κάθε τρόπο στην εξουσία μέχρι το 2016 για να ολοκληρώσει το πείραμα, εφαρμόζοντας κατά γράμμα την νεοφιλελεύθερη ατζέντα των δανειστών. Το γεγονός της ωμής κυβερνητικής παρέμβασης ώ