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Obama: election promises fulfilled?
Posted by smeddum on June 22, 2009
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“Hidden agenda” in talk about economic recovery
Posted by smeddum on June 17, 2009
“Hidden agenda” in talk about economic recovery
15 June 2009
A UNION leader will today warn of a “hidden agenda” in talk of recovery from the recession, warning it could hit efforts to save jobs and crack down on tax havens.
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber will say that even though some commentators and finance experts were saying the recession was over, many banks, businesses and consumers were still riddled with debt, and the price of oil had shot up, ready to choke off growth.
Mr Barber will tell a meeting of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva: “Of course we should welcome any green shoots, but a few statistics that may or may not turn out to be blips, do not make for a recovery.
“Nor will a technical end to recession mean much, if it just means that we bump along the bottom without creating jobs.
“With unemployment set to grow for months to come – not just in the UK but across many of the world’s economies – it does not look like much of a recovery to the millions who fear for their jobs.
“While of course statisticians must do their job, I see a hidden agenda in much talk of recovery. If the economy is on the mend they argue, then we can go back to business as usual.
“There is no need for further action on jobs, no need for proper regulation, no need to crack down on the tax havens. The neoliberal model is not bust, and we don’t need to build another kind of economy.”
The economic crisis will only be over when people were back in work, in good jobs that paid decent wages, Mr Barber will argue, adding: “And unless we build a green economy out of the rubble of the greed economy, the next global crisis will surely be even worse.”
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Silvio Rodriguez- Cancion en harapos
Posted by seumasach on June 17, 2009
This tirade by Rodriguez against the “petit-bourgeois” may seem a bit dated now. Yet the treacherous role of the intellectuals,” la trahison des clercs”, is the perhaps the most glaring fact of our contemporary reality.
Cancion en harapos- Song in Rags
Que fácil es agitar un pañuelo a la tropa solar
del manifiesto marxista y la historia del hambre.
Que fácil es suspirar
ante el gesto del hombre que cumple un deber
y regalarle ropitas
a la pobrecita
hija del chófer.
Que fácil de enmascarar sale la oportunidad.
[How easy it is to wave a handkerchief at the luminaries
of the Marxist manifesto and the history of hunger.
How easy to sigh before the gesture of he who completes his duty
and give a few clothes to the poor, little daughter of the chauffer.
How easy to pose given the opportunity.]
Que fácil es engañar al que no sabe leer.
Cuántos colores, cuántas facetas
tiene el pequeño burgués.
Que fácil es trascender con fama de original,
pero se sabe que entre los ciegos el tuerto suele mandar.
Que fácil de apuntalar sale la vieja moral,
que se disfraza de barricada
de los que nunca tuvieron nada.
Qué bien prepara su máscara el pequeño burgués.
[How easy to deceive he who doesn’t know how to read.
How many colours and facets the petit-bourgeois has.
How easy to overcome with the reputation of an original,
but we know that amongst the blind the one-eyed rule.
How easy to reinforce the old order,
mascarading as a barricade
of those who never had anything.
How well the petit-bourgeois prepares his disguise]
Viva el harapo, señor,
y la mesa sin mantel.
Viva el que huela
a callejuela,
a palabrota y taller. *
[Long live rags
and the table without a cloth.
Long live that which smells of
the backstreet,
the swearword and the workshop.]
Desde una mesa repleta cualquiera decide aplaudir
la caravana en harapos de todos los pobres.
Desde un mantel importado y un vino añejado
se lucha muy bien.
Desde una mesa gigante y un auto elegante
se sufre también.
En un amable festín se suele ver “combatir”.
[From a full table any can applaud
the ragged procession of the poor.
From an imported tablecloth and a vintage wine
you can fight very well.
From a gigantic table and an elegant limousine
you can suffer as well.
At a jolly little gathering you can see the “struggle”]
Si fácil es abusar, más fácil es condenar,
y hacer papeles para la historia, para que te haga un lugar.
Que fácil es protestar por la bomba que cayó
a mil kilómetros del ropero y del refrigerador.
Que fácil es escribir algo que invite a la acción
contra tiranos, contra asesinos,
contra la cruz o el poder divino,
siempre al alcance de la vidriera y el comedor.
[How easy to abuse, even more to condemn,
and make historic roles where you have your place.
How easy to protest about the bomb that fell
a thousand kilometers from your wardrobe and refrigerator.
How easy to call for action against tyrants and assasins,
against the cross or divine power
always beside the dining table and the drinks cabinet].
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CIA, Iran and the Election Riots – June 14, 2009
Posted by smeddum on June 17, 2009
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Russian President Congratulates Ahmadinejad
Posted by seumasach on June 16, 2009
15th June, 2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his re-election in the June 12 presidential vote.
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Chinese National Anthem (English subtitles)
Posted by smeddum on June 16, 2009
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“The Enemy is Humanity Itself”
Posted by seumasach on June 13, 2009
Crisis Creation – The Club of Rome – Think Tanks and the big connect-up – Making humanity the problem.
Click on this link to hear audio:
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Obama’s “prolonged detention” shocks civil libertarians
Posted by smeddum on June 12, 2009
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Alarm bells ring for the sparrow
Posted by smeddum on June 12, 2009
Don Sebastian / DNA Friday,
June 12, 2009
Thiruvananthapuram: The house sparrow might become an endangered species, thanks to microwave radiation from mobile phone towers. A study by a Kerala-based ecological group has shown that the eggs of sparrows nesting on mobile phone towers fail to hatch even after a month, though the normal incubation period lasts from 10 days to a fortnight. Read the rest of this entry »
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Fear Rules
Posted by seumasach on June 11, 2009
Paul Craig Roberts
10th June, 2009
The power of irrational fear in the US is extraordinary. It ranks up there with the Israel Lobby, the military/security complex, and the financial gangsters. Indeed, fear might be the most powerful force in America.
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Ivan Lins:Antes Que Seja Tarde- Before it’s Too Late
Posted by seumasach on June 9, 2009
Fantastic song by Ivan Lins- written thirty years ago- it’s about today, now. Wake up! For the love of God- Wake up!
Antes Que Seja Tarde!-Before it’s too late!
Click on link to hear song
Antes-Que-Seja-Tarde?trackId=891891&m=0
Com força e com vontade
A felicidade há de se espalhar
Com toda intensidade
[With force and will
happiness must be spread
with great intensity]
Há de molhar o seco
De enxugar os olhos
De iluminar os becos
Antes que seja tarde
Há de assaltar os bares
E retomar as ruas
E visitar os lares
Antes que seja tarde
[We must rain on drought,
we must dry our eyes
illuminate the dead -ends
before it is too late.
we must invade the bars
and retake the streets
and visit the people
before its too late]
Há de rasgar as trevas
E abençoar o dia
E de guardar as pedras
Antes que seja tarde
[We must tear up the darkness
and bless the light
and treasure the stones
before it’s too late]
Há de deixar sementes
No mais bendito fruto
Na terra e no ventre
Antes que seja tarde
[We must leave seeds
of the most blessed fruit
in the earth and the womb
before it’s too late]
Há de fazer alarde
E libertar os sonhos
Da nossa mocidade
Antes que seja tarde
[We must sing the praises
and liberate the dreams
of our youth
before it’s too late]
Há de mudar os homens
Antes que a chama apague
Antes que a fé se acabe
Antes que seja tarde.
[We must change ourselves
before the flame goes out
before our faith is exhausted
before it’s too late]
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