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Michael Hudson and John Perkins on Icelandic TV
Posted by seumasach on April 7, 2009
Posted in Revolution in Iceland | Tagged: bailout real economy, Defend Iceland!, Destruction of real economy, iceland and IMF, Leave the IMF!, Revolution in Iceland | 2 Comments »
Rockall claim puts Britain on collision course with Iceland
Posted by seumasach on April 7, 2009
Perhaps another chance for the Brits to invoke anti-terror legislation and grab a bit of Iceland’s oil. Measuring the continental shelf from St. Kilda seems to be stretching it a bit. I suppose we can measure out 350 miles from the Malvinas too, and grab the oil that’s known to be there.
1st April, 2009
Britain has lodged an application for thousands of square miles of the seabed around the Atlantic outcrop of Rockall – embarking on what could be a diplomatic collision course with Iceland and the Faroes.
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Caminhando- Geraldo Vandre
Posted by seumasach on April 7, 2009
Caminhando e cantando
E seguindo a canção
Somos todos iguais
Braços dados ou não
Nas escolas, nas ruas
Campos, construções
Caminhando e cantando
E seguindo a canção…
Marching, singing, following the song
We are all equal, arms linked or not,
In school, in the streets,
in campuses, construction sites,
Marching, singing, following the song.
Vem, vamos embora
Que esperar não é saber
Quem sabe faz a hora
Não espera acontecer…(2x)
Come! Follow on!
He who knows doesn’t wait.
He who knows, does what must be done.
Pelos campos há fome
Em grandes plantações
Pelas ruas marchando
Indecisos cordões
Ainda fazem da flor
Seu mais forte refrão
E acreditam nas flores
Vencendo o canhão…
In the country, hunger in the great plantations,
In the cities, indecisive marchers file by.
Still, they make the flower their greatest emblem.
And believe in flowers defeating the gun
Vem, vamos embora
Que esperar não é saber
Quem sabe faz a hora
Não espera acontecer…(2x)
Come! Follow on!
He who knows doesn’t wait.
He who knows, does what must be done.
Há soldados armados
Amados ou não
Quase todos perdidos
De armas na mão
Nos quartéis lhes ensinam
Uma antiga lição:
De morrer pela pátria
E viver sem razão…
Armed soldiers, loved or not,
Almost all lost
with their guns in their hands.
In the barracks they teach an old refrain,
Die for your country, live in vain.
Vem, vamos embora
Que esperar não é saber
Quem sabe faz a hora
Não espera acontecer…(2x)
Come! Follow on!
He who knows doesn’t wait.
He who knows, does what must be done.
Nas escolas, nas ruas
Campos, construções
Somos todos soldados
Armados ou não
Caminhando e cantando
E seguindo a canção
Somos todos iguais
Braços dados ou não…
In schools, in the streets,
in campuses, construction sites,
We are all soldiers, armed or not,
marching, singing, following the song,
We are all equal, arms linked or not.
Os amores na mente
As flores no chão
A certeza na frente
A história na mão
Caminhando e cantando
E seguindo a canção
Aprendendo e ensinando
Uma nova lição…
Our loves in our thoughts,
flowers on the ground,
certainty on our brows,
history on our hands.
Marching, singing, following the song,
learning and teaching a new lesson.
Vem, vamos embora
Que esperar não é saber
Quem sabe faz a hora
Não espera acontecer…(4x)
Come! Follow on!
He who knows doesn’t wait.
He who knows, does what must be done.
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Paris liberation made ‘whites only’
Posted by seumasach on April 7, 2009
By Mike Thomson
Presenter, Document, BBC Radio 4
6th April, 2009
Papers unearthed by the BBC reveal that British and American commanders ensured that the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944 was seen as a “whites only” victory. Many who fought Nazi Germany during World War II did so to defeat the vicious racism that left millions of Jews dead. Yet the BBC’s Document programme has seen evidence that black colonial soldiers – who made up around two-thirds of Free French forces – were deliberately removed from the unit that led the Allied advance into the French capital. By the time France fell in June 1940, 17,000 of its black, mainly West African colonial troops, known as the Tirailleurs Senegalais, lay dead. Many of them were simply shot where they stood soon after surrendering to German troops who often regarded them as sub-human savages. Their chance for revenge came in August 1944 as Allied troops prepared to retake Paris. But despite their overwhelming numbers, they were not to get it. ‘More desirable’ The leader of the Free French forces, Charles de Gaulle, made it clear that he wanted his Frenchmen to lead the liberation of Paris.
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The Dirty Little Financial Secret
Posted by smeddum on April 7, 2009
The Dirty Little Financial Secret
The Reality no one Wants to Address
by Gilles d’Aymery
(Swans – April 6, 2009) Last week, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled the administration’s latest plan to deal with the financial tsunami, the Public-Private Investment Partnership (PPIP). The stock market soared. Meanwhile, President Obama flew to London to attend the two-day G-20 summit, which, at its conclusion, issued an optimistic communiqué that emphasized the commitment of the respective governments to stabilize the global economy, get back on the road to growth, and create jobs. The market responded with mitigated zeal. The pundits claimed that at long last the bottom had been reached and the worst of times was finally behind us. Time to invest again, they trumpeted. Never mind that the real economy lost over 600,000 jobs in March and that it keeps deteriorating at a fast pace. Hope springs eternal. However, in light of the sheer magnitude of numbers involved in this worldwide financial crisis, the chances that the PPIP plan and the decisions taken by the G-20 will succeed are unfortunately close to nil. The numbers speak for themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Financial War Against Iceland- Being defeated by debt is as deadly as outright military warfare.
Posted by seumasach on April 5, 2009
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Prof. Michael Hudson 5th April, 2009 See also: The European Revolution Begins
Iceland is under attack – not militarily but financially. It owes more than it can pay. This threatens debtors with forfeiture of what remains of their homes and other assets. The government is being told to sell off the nation’s public domain, its natural resources and public enterprises to pay the financial gambling debts run up irresponsibly by a new banking class. This class is seeking to increase its wealth and power despite the fact that its debt-leveraging strategy already has plunged the economy into bankruptcy. On top of this, creditors are seeking to enact permanent taxes and sell off public assets to pay for bailouts to themselves. |
Posted in Financial crisis, Revolution in Iceland | Tagged: Financial crisis, iceland and IMF, Revolution in Iceland | 2 Comments »
Peace Flag Protest in German Parliament Berlin
Posted by seumasach on April 5, 2009
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Globocop versus the TermiNATO
Posted by seumasach on April 5, 2009
Pepe Escobar
4th April, 2009
The people of Strasbourg have voted in their apartment balconies for the French-German co-production of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 60th birthday this Saturday. Thousands of “No to NATO” banners, alongside “Peace” banners, sprung up all around town until forcibly removed by French police.
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French Judge Exposes Fraud of G20 Tax Haven Regulation
Posted by seumasach on April 5, 2009
April 3, 2009 (LPAC)–(Paris) The triumphant announcement of Sarkozy saying that “the time of banking secrets is over,” was sharply ripped into pieces by the French judge Jean de Maillard, a specialist of financial crime in today’s Liberation.
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Salbuchi – Global Financial Collapse – Part 2
Posted by seumasach on April 5, 2009
Mr Salbuchi draws on Argentina’s experience over the last thirty or forty years to provide invaluable insight into the current crisis. However, the model cannot be applied mechanically to this global crisis. Salbuchi assumes the point at issue , namely, the continued ability of the USA to manipulate the situation to its own advantage. In doing so he ignores the entire counter-globalisation movement at both state and non-state level. Yes, the struggle for a new world order has begun, but it’s outcome can be based on multipolarity as well as US hegemony. Specifically, Salbuchi ignores the fact that the process of creating an alternative to the dollar as a global currency has already begun. A great video, with a salutary warning, but unduly pessimistic.
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Salbuchi – Global Financial Collapse – Part 1
Posted by seumasach on April 5, 2009
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In These New Times 