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Those Who Are Tasked to Police This Democracy Are Blinded by Confetti

By Gary Younge
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20661.htm



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What's Past is Prologue

By C. G. ESTABROOK

In the late summer of 2008, as the American political parties convene to produce a new president, it seems clear that Americans will continue to kill and die -- and suffer and inflict terrible injuries -- in the U.S. war in the Middle East, regardless of who is elected president, well into the next administration and beyond.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20666.htm



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https://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/01-5



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Informant: Kev Hall



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Der politische Streik. Materialien zu einem Tabu

Das kürzlich erschienene Buch von Veit Wilhelmy (Fachhochschulverlag Frankfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-940087-17-1, 16 Euro) behandelt eines unserer Lieblingsthemen. Siehe dazu:

Infos beim Verlag https://www.fhverlag.de/index_haupt2.php?c=b&p=&UID=Fhad7FKYty

Inhaltsverzeichnis (pdf) https://www.fhverlag.de/leseprobe/143_Inhalt.pdf

Vorwort (pdf) https://www.fhverlag.de/leseprobe/143_Vorwort.pdf


Der politische Streik: berechtigtes Kampfmittel gegen Raubtierkapitalismus? oder illegale Vision für neue Formen der politischen Auseinandersetzung? Leseprobe (pdf) https://www.fhverlag.de/leseprobe/143_Leseprobe.pdf


»Tabu politischer Streik?«, eine Materialsammlung zur Diskussion eines »Verbots«

Rezension von Joachim John, ver.di Wiesbaden, in: express 4/2008 https://afa-wiesbaden-rheingau-taunus.de/media/John-Wilhelmy-Rezension.pdf


Das Tabu in der Praxis überwinden. Veit Wilhelmys Buch erörtert das Instrument des politischen Streiks

IG-BAU-Sekretär Veit Wilhelmy hat ein Buch herausgegeben, das eine breitere Debatte um das Instrument des politischen Streiks anstoßen will. Rezension von Hans-Gerd Öfinger im ND vom 29.08.2008 https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/134584.das-tabu-in-der-praxis-ueberwinden.html


Aus: LabourNet, 1. September 2008

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Rebellion ist berechtigt

Politischer Streik als »kalkulierte Regelverletzung«: Früherer IG-Medien-Vorsitzender sieht »Zeitfenster« für Offensivaktionen zur Ausweitung von Beschäftigtenrechten. Business Crime Control dokumentiert einen Bericht von Jörn Boewe über die Rede von Detlef Hensche bei der Konferenz “Arbeits-Unrecht in Deutschland” https://businesscrime.de/?p=249#more-249


Aus: LabourNet, 24. März 2009

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Bananenrepublik Deutschland: Vordemokratisches Streikrecht

„Verwaiste Baustellen, menschenleere Fabriken, zunehmende Arbeitslosigkeit. Doch wenn in Deutschland gestreikt wird, dann geht es um Tariflöhne und -gehälter, um Arbeitszeiten und Beschäftigungsbedingungen. Dagegen wird das Thema „Politischer Streik“ in den Parteien, Institutionen, Medien und in der Öffentlichkeit tabuisiert und auch bei den Gewerkschaften unter der Decke gehalten…“ Artikel von Veit Wilhelmy in NRhZ-Online - Neue Rheinische Zeitung - Online-Flyer vom 24.06.2009 https://www.nrhz.de/flyer/beitrag.php?id=13950


Aus: LabourNet, 29. Juni 2009



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AntiWar.Com
by Ivan Eland

08/01/08

Politicians regularly turn public fear into votes. President Bush proved a master at this in his 2004 reelection success. Most presidents who don’t win the popular vote the first time don’t get a second term, but fear pushed Bush over the top in 2004. In the 2008 election, oil prices are high, and the presidential candidates from both parties are trying to get into the White House by fear mongering about U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Barack Obama and John McCain both seem to think such dependence is a bad thing, and the American public wholeheartedly agrees. Because almost everyone concurs (except many economists) on this questionable proposition, the debate on high oil prices and what to do about them degenerates from there...

https://www.antiwar.com/eland/?articleid=13388


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Joe Garofoli, The San Francisco Chronicle: "Activists planning protests around the Republican National Convention say they are being targeted in a heavy-handed attempt to chill dissent after police arrested five people, detained dozens of others, and seized computers and protest guides in raids Friday night and Saturday on private homes and the major meeting center."

https://www.truthout.org/article/five-arrested-dozens-detained-pre-rnc-raids

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Pre-Emptive Strikes Against Protest at RNC

Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: "In the months leading up to the Republican National Convention, the FBI-led Minneapolis Joint Terrorist Task Force actively recruited people to infiltrate vegan groups and other leftist organizations and report back about their activities. On May 21, the Minneapolis City Pages ran a recruiting story called 'Moles Wanted.' Law enforcement sought to pre-empt lawful protest against the policies of the Bush administration during the convention."

https://www.truthout.org/article/pre-emptive-strikes-against-protest-rnc



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Wer mit Sanktionen drohen will, darf nicht abhängig sein

Die Energie- und Klimawochenschau: Am russischen Gashahn hängen und wegen des Kaukasuskrieges mit Sanktionen zu drohen, passt offensichtlich nicht zusammen. Steigende Energiepreise spornen die Politik zu neuem Aktivismus an. Sozialtarife versus ökologische Steuerreform sind im Angebot.

https://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/28/28628/1.html



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Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens is about to make a killing by selling water he doesn't own. As he does it, it will be praised as a planet-friendly wind project.

https://tinyurl.com/3usm2p


From Information Clearing House



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UK: Economy at 60-year low. And it will get worse

In a candid interview in today's Guardian Weekend magazine, Darling warns that the economic times faced by Britain and the rest of the world "are arguably the worst they've been in 60 years". To deepen the sense of gloom, he adds: "And I think it's going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought."

https://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/30/economy.alistairdarling


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An Israeli government committee is preparing a contingency plan to attack Iran, should diplomatic efforts fail to derail Iran's nuclear program, Israel's daily Ma'ariv reports.

https://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=67937&sectionid=351020202



Iran warns any attack would start 'world war'
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History of CIA Involvement in Drug Trafficking

By William Blum

"In my 30­year history in the Drug Enforcement Administration and related agencies, the major targets of my investigations almost invariably turned out to be working for the CIA." -- Dennis Dayle, former chief of an elite DEA enforcement unit.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20653.htm



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By Bernd Debusmann

In the Great Power game in the region, the score so far is Russia 1, US nil. Does all this mean that the oft-predicted end of America's role as the world's only superpower is near? Depends on the definition of "near". Political power grows from the barrel of a gun, as China's Mao Tse Tung observed, and the United States spends more on its armed forces than the rest of the world combined. There are more than 700 US military bases in some 130 countries.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20658.htm



Stars, Stripes, War and Shame

By MISSY COMLEY BEATTIE

In the wake of the barbarity in Afghanistan and the continued suicide bombings in Iraq, the revelry and flag waving in Colorado seemed inappropriate. Sure, I understand that hope was and is in the air, but I reached for the remote and powered off.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20655.htm



The Dark Side Of The "Free World"

By Rob Gowland

A society that bases itself on force and brutality, on state terrorism, while simultaneously indulging in the most hypocritical lip-service to the ideals of humaneness and justice, cannot but find excuses for torture.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20652.htm



The Democrats Endorse the "Global War on Terrorism": Obama "goes after" Osama

By Michel Chossudovsky
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20654.htm



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By John Byrne

As the nation focuses on Sen. John McCain's choice of running mate, President Bush has quietly moved to expand the reach of presidential power by ensuring that America remains in a state of permanent war.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20656.htm



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Relief agencies decry US military role in Georgia

Non-governmental relief agencies working in Georgia are furious that President Bush has put the Pentagon in charge of the operation, charging that the "militarization" of the humanitarian operation puts them at risk.

https://tinyurl.com/6ol7nd



Putin warns against US influence on EU

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned European countries against following the US policies in the Moscow-Tbilisi conflict.

https://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=67961&sectionid=351020602



Albright slams US handling of Georgia crisis

Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright has blasted the current US administration's handling of the Georgia crisis, saying her first move would have been to travel to Russia for talks.

https://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jKGyvl-wPdH2pItbNf_eGOGEWdkw


From Information Clearing House



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Informant: Neo Mulder



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