Freitag, 18. Dezember 2009

Umverteilungsbeschleunigungsgesetz sollte es heißen

18. Dezember 2009

Zur Zustimmung des Bundesrates zum "Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz" erklärt der Bundesgeschäftsführer der Partei DIE LINKE, Dietmar Bartsch:

Die Zustimmung zum sogenannten Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz der Bundesregierung ist erkauft mit Geld, das die Regierung Merkel gar nicht hat. Die Entlastung von Konzernen, Groß-Erben und Besserverdienern sowie von Hotels wird finanziert durch eine massive Belastung der Haushalte von Ländern und Kommunen. Spannend wäre es, zu erfahren, welche Bescherung die Kanzlerin ihren Landesfürsten unter den Baum legt. Wie hoch ist der Kaufpreis von Schleswig-Holstein? Es ist nicht die Zeit für Steuergeschenke an wenige, die von der Allgemeinheit im kommenden Jahr durch Einschnitte ins ohnehin löchrige soziale Netz aufgefangen werden müssen. Der alte Stiefel neoliberaler Politik, wonach Gewinne privatisiert und Verluste sozialisiert werden, wird von Schwarz-Gelb allen Konsequenzen zum Trotz fortgeführt. Mit dem heute beschlossenen Gesetz wird nur eines beschleunigt: Die Umverteilung von unten nach oben. DIE LINKE fordert eine Abkehr vom linke Tasche-rechte Tasche-Prinzip. Dringend geboten wären eine Millionärssteuer, eine gerechte Erbschaftssteuer, ein Spitzensteuersatz, der den Namen verdient und eine Börsenumsatzsteuer. So kann die Verschuldung der öffentlichen Haushalte reduziert werden. Der Bundeshaushalt muss saniert werden, aber nicht zu Lasten der Länder und Kommunen.

https://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/umverteilungsbeschleunigungsgesetz-sollte-es-heissen/



11. März 2010

Schröders Ankündigung zur Familienpolitik verheißt nichts Gutes – eine Reform zu einer sozial gerechten Familienpolitik steht aus

Zur heutigen Ankündigung von Familienministerin Schröder, alle familienpolitischen Leistungen auf den Prüfstand zu stellen, erklärt Caren Lay, Mitglied im Parteivorstand der Partei DIE LINKE:

Die bisherigen staatlichen Familienleistungen begünstigen Besserverdienende und zementieren so Ungleichheit und soziale Spaltung. Sie gehören deshalb tatsächlich auf den Prüfstand. Aus dem Mund von Familienministerin Schröder, die erklärtermaßen konservativen Wertvorstellungen anhängt, verheißt die Ankündigung allerdings nichts Gutes: Den Mut, sich von überholten und wirkungslosen Instrumenten wie dem Ehegattensplitting zu verabschieden, wird eine Konservative wohl nicht aufbringen. Zu befürchten bleibt ein weiterer Kahlschlag auf Kosten der sozial Schwachen.

Mit dem "Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz" hat die Bundesregierung ihre sozial unausgewogene Familienpolitik noch verschärft: Die Kinder von Besserverdienenden profitierten deutlich mehr davon als Kinder aus sozial schwachen Familien. Die Entlastungen für Spitzenverdiener-Familien fallen durch Steuerfreibeträge doppelt so hoch aus wie die für Familien, die Kindergeld beziehen. Arbeitslose mit Kindern gehen komplett leer aus. Vorschläge für eine soziale Familienpolitik, die allen Kindern die gleichen Chancen bietet und insbesondere die Unterprivilegierten und Unterversorgten fördert, hat DIE LINKE genug. Wir fordern die Einführung einer Kindergrundsicherung, die im ersten Schritt mit der Erhöhung des Kindergeldes auf 200 € ausgestaltet werden soll. Bis das geschehen ist, soll das Kindergeld nicht auf Hartz IV angerechnet werden.

Wir wollen einen Rechtsanspruch auf einen Kita-Platz für jedes Kind. Dafür ist ein deutlich ehrgeizigerer Ausbau der Plätze in Kinderkrippen und Kindergärten erforderlich, als es derzeit der Fall ist. Mit der Abschaffung des Ehegattensplittings wäre viel Geld da, das im Interesse einer sozial ausgewogenen Familienpolitik eingesetzt werden könnte. Denn das Ehegattensplitting fördert Trauscheine statt Kinder. Es begünstigt die Hausfrauenehe und damit eine traditionelle Arbeitsteilung zwischen den Geschlechtern, die die LINKE überwinden will. Es kommt Besserverdienenden zudem in einem höheren Maße zu Gute. Wir wollen die Gleichstellung aller Lebensweisen!

https://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/schroeders-ankuendigung-zur-familienpolitik-verheisst-nichts-gutes-eine-reform-zu-einer-sozial-g/

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Selbstbedienung der Besserverdienenden

„Das Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz ist durch, die Probleme bleiben Die Bundesregierung ist am 18. Dezember um eine Schlappe im Bundesrat herumgekommen. In der Länderkammer verhalfen die schwarz-gelb regierten Länder dem Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz zur Mehrheit…“ Artikel von Peter Nowak in telepolis vom 19.12.2009 https://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31764/1.html


Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz: Gaben für die, die schon haben

„DGB-Vorstandsmitglied Claus Matecki kritisiert das heute vom Bundesrat verabschiedete Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz. Zwar sei es richtig, in der Krise Schulden aufzunehmen und nicht an den beschlossenen Konjunkturprogrammen zu rütteln, sagte Matecki. Es sei jedoch so absurd wie gefährlich, gleichzeitig an der Schuldenbremse festzuhalten und mit dem neuen Gesetz Steuerentlastungen für Unternehmen und Erben zu ermöglichen…“ DGB-Pressemitteilung vom 18.12.2009 https://www.dgb.de/presse/pressemeldungen/pmdb/pressemeldung_single?pmid=3573


Aus: LabourNet, 21. Dezember 2009



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Schwarz-gelbe Bescherung

Die Regierung plant Rekordschulden, verliert aber kein Wort über Pläne der Schuldentilgung.

https://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/146766



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Warum der zurückgetretene BayernLB-Chef eine fürstliche Abfindung erhalten wird

Michael Kemmer soll für die Milliardenverluste 1,5 Millionen Euro Abfindung erhalten, was erneut das in gewissen Kreisen herrschende Prinzip der Verantwortungslosigkeit zeigt.

https://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31748/1.html



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Documents Suggest Bush White House Failed to Search for Libby's "Missing" Emails Subpoenaed in CIA Leak Probe

Jason Leopold, Truthout: "Between late 2005 and January 2006, the Bush administration tried to recover 'lost' emails from staffers who worked in the Office of the Vice President (OVP), an effort that centered on a critical week - October 1 through October 6, 2003 - that coincided with an announcement by the Justice Department that it had launched an investigation into the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson."

https://www.truthout.org/1217092



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Initial Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Increase

More Americans than anticipated filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week, a reminder that the labor market will take time to strengthen and may weigh on the economic recovery.

https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aBMXN4DFRge4


From Information Clearing House

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The Bad Job Numbers and the Secret Second Stimulus

Robert Reich, RobertReich.org: "The Labor Department reports that 85,000 jobs were lost in December. The official rate of unemployment (which measures how many people are looking for jobs) held steady at 10 percent nonetheless. That's because so many more people have stopped looking. Reportedly, 661,000 Americans dropped out of the labor force last month, deciding there was no hope of finding a job. Had they continued to look, the official unemployment rate would have been 10.4 percent."

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Intelligence Improperly Collected on U.S. Citizens

In February, a Department of Homeland Security intelligence official wrote a "threat assessment" for the police in Wisconsin about a demonstration involving local pro- and anti-abortion rights groups.

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/us/17disclose.html


From Information Clearing House



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Obama moves ahead with AFRICOM

Concerned over the supply of oil to the US and a supposed need to continue the global 'War on Terror', President Barack Obama has essentially maintained the militarised approach to Africa that was the hallmark of his immediate predecessors George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, writes Daniel Volman.

https://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/60921



Africom - Latest U.S. Bid to Recolonise Continent

By Tichaona Nhamoyebonde

Towards the end of last year, the US government intensified its efforts to bring a permanent army to settle in Africa, dubbed the African Command (Africom) as a latest tool for the subtle recolonisation of Africa.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24364.htm


From Information Clearing House



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Obama told China: I can't stop Israel strike on Iran indefinitely

U.S. President Barack Obama has warned his Chinese counterpart that the United States would not be able to keep Israel from attacking Iranian nuclear installations for much longer, senior officials in Jerusalem told Haaretz.

https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1135730.html


From Information Clearing House



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Global Warming, the Media, and the Impending Catastrophe

By Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer

Why have protests around global warming been so muted in the U.S. while so intense in Europe? In part, the explanation lies in how the U.S. media has been covering global warming, which has sowed confusion, complacency, and paralysis.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24218.htm

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Getting Sceptical about Global Warming Scepticism
https://www.i-sis.org.uk/GSAGWS.php



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Obama Is Preparing for War in South America

Interview with Eva Golinger

By Mike Whitney

The rise of Barack Obama neutralized a growing sentiment for profound change inside the US. Hopefully, the slowdown in US activism will only be temporary. South of the border, there is tremendous change taking place. New social, political and economic models are being built by popular grassroots movements in Venezuela, Bolivia and other Latin American nations that seek economic and social justice.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24219.htm



The War Trap

By Ernest Partridge

It appears that Einstein was right: everything has changed except our modes of thinking, and thus, as he warned, "we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe."

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24216.htm



Addicted to War: Is there any Cure?

By Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.

The US addiction to war can be brought totally under control only if all of those who feel really concerned and conscientious will try to do something about it.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24212.htm



More and More, Obama Seems a Faux Liberal

By JOHN R. MacARTHUR

Following President Obama's war speeches at West Point and Oslo -- two breathtaking exercises in political cynicism that killed any hope of authentic liberal reform - I've got only one question: Have the liberals who worshipped at the altar of "change you can believe in" had enough?

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24223.htm



U.S. and Colombia Cover Up Atrocities Through Mass Graves

By Dan Kovalik

The biggest human rights scandal in years is developing in Colombia, though you wouldn't notice it from the total lack of media coverage here.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25129.htm

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US plans for Latin America unravel

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

01/05/10

Just eight months ago, President Obama was calling Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ‘my man’ and suggesting that the South American country could become a leading U.S. partner in the region. Since then, Brazil has criticized the U.S. approach to the coup in Honduras and warned the United States over plans to expand its military presence in Colombia...

https://tinyurl.com/yhp3dla



Presidential “peacemaking” in Latin America

In These Times
by Noam Chomsky

01/05/10

Barack Obama, the fourth U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, joins the others in the long tradition of peacemaking so long as it serves U.S. interests. All four presidents left their imprint on ‘our little region over here that has never bothered anybody,’ as U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson characterized the hemisphere in 1945. Given the Obama administration’s stance toward the elections in Honduras in November, it may be worthwhile to examine the record...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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US attacks in Pakistan kill people

Chasing Shadows In Pakistan

By Iftekhar A Khan

The hawks of the military industrial complex and national security advisers who war-game with public lives and resources in alien lands dictate US policies. Would Lockheed Martin, manufacturer of Hellfire missiles and General Atomics, manufacturer of Predator and Reaper drones that fire these missiles want the war to end?

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24213.htm



US attack kills 16 people in Pakistan

Local officials were quoted as saying that around 5:45 p.m., 10 missiles were fired at two compounds in the Dattakhel area of North Waziristan tribal regency.

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US drones hacked by Iraqi insurgents

One of America's most sophisticated weapons in the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the unmanned drone, has been successfully penetrated by insurgents using software available on the internet for $26 (£16).

https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/17/skygrabber-american-drones-hacked



Not Just Drones: Militants Can Snoop on Most U.S. Warplanes

Militants have the ability to see through the eyes of all kinds of combat aircraft - from traditional fighters and bombers to unmanned spy planes. The problem is in the process of being addressed. But for now, an enormous security breach is even larger than previously thought.

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US attacks in Pakistan kill at least 20 people

US drones launched missiles into North Waziristan in Pakistan in a barrage of attacks Thursday and Friday. It was one of the largest such attacks in the controversial program the Obama administration has continued and intensified.

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Pakistan: 10 civilians killed in Orakzai air raids

Ten persons, including women and children, were killed when fighter jets while bombing the militants' hideouts in Orakzai Agency on Friday hit the houses of five tribesmen in the Ferozkhel Mela area.

https://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?222733



Extrajudicial executions: US kills five people in NW Pakistan: officials

At least five people were killed Saturday when missiles from an unmanned US aircraft hit a suspected militant compound in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt, security officials said.

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US kills civilians in Pakistan home

Local security officials told Al Jazeera that those killed in the attack were all civilians.
https://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/12/20091226153246297157.html



US attack kills 13 in Pakistan

According to details, a missile fired by US unmanned aircraft had initially killed four militants in the border village of Saidgai in North Waziristan Agency Saturday.

https://www.pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=7206



US Attack Kils 8 In Pakistan

The attack came hours after a similar strike in Mirali, officials of the local political administration said.

https://www.deccanherald.com/content/44280/8-militants-killed-us-drone.html


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Drone war on Taliban stalls as groups move out of tribal areas into heart of Pakistan
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Stunning Statistics About the War Every American Should Know

By Jeremy Scahill

Contrary to popular belief, the US actually has 189,000 personnel on the ground in Afghanistan right now-and that number is quickly rising.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24220.htm



Up to 56,000 more contractors likely for Afghanistan, congressional agency says

CRS, which provides background information to members of Congress on a bipartisan basis, said it expects an additional 26,000 to 56,000 contractors to be sent to Afghanistan. That would bring the number of contractors in the country to anywhere from 130,000 to 160,000.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/15/AR2009121504850_pf.html



U.S. spends $23 billion on Afghan contracts so far

Currently there is a great deal we do not know about contracting in Afghanistan. We do know, however, that the president's new strategy in Afghanistan will bring a massive increase in the number and value of contracts and contractors in Afghanistan," the Democratic senator said.

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Ten Afghan civilians killed: Karzai

"President Karzai strongly condemns the operation which caused civilian deaths and has appointed a delegation to investigate the incident," it said.

https://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-7Z6L3H?OpenDocument


From Information Clearing House

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'I dont's see any just wars anywhere these days'
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Afghanistan: $57,077.60, Surging by the Minute
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/17-5

But Afghanistan Is More Complicated Than Vietnam
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/23-2

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They Are Afghan; They Decry NATO's War

Pierre Barbancey reports from Kabul for L'Humanite: "The Taliban surf on the population's rejection of a corrupt government sustained by foreign armies that kill civilians. Women make the point that violence against them increases incessantly."

https://www.truthout.org/1218095



A Holiday Season of War

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com: "Excuse the gloom in the holiday season, but I feel like we're all locked inside a malign version of the movie Groundhog Day. You remember, the one in which the characters are forced to relive the same 24 hours endlessly. Put more personally, TomDispatch started in November 2001 as an email to friends in response to the first moments of our latest Afghan War. More than eight years later ... well, you know the story."

https://www.truthout.org/topstories/122209vh4

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Obama’s troop surge

Hawaii Reporter
by Tom Cole

12/18/09

Earlier this month President Obama announced his plans for a new way forward in Afghanistan. He laid out clear objectives for a troop level increase, underscored the importance of strengthening Afghan security forces and outlined the strategic necessity of success in the region. I believe the President made a very compelling case for why it is absolutely critical that America defeat al Qaeda and prevent its capacity to threaten America and our allies...

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Next-up News Nr 1156+1157+1158

- IL SECOLO "Invalidità, per il giudice è colpa del telefonino"
- 17 12 2009 Communicato del Pr. Angelo G. Levis: SENTENZA CORTE D'APPELLO SU RICONOSCIMENTO DI MALATTIA PROFESSIONALE DA USO DI TELEFONI MOBILI

- IL SECOLO: "El Tribunal de apelación ha dictado que el teléfono móvil era el responsable de sus problemas"
- Comunicado del Profesor Angelo G. Levis:
"Sentencia del Tribunal de a referente al reconocimiento de las enfermedades profesionales debidas a la utilización del teléfono móvil."

- Communiqué du Pr. Angelo G. Levis : "Jugement de la Cour d'Appel portant sur la reconnaissance des maladies professionnelles dues à l'utilisation du téléphone mobile."

https://www.next-up.org/pages/Justice.php#1

2010: The Year of Severe Economic Contraction

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Donnerstag, 17. Dezember 2009

Death Of The Internet: Censorship Bills In UK, Australia, U.S. Aim To Block "Undesirable" Websites

Cutting off access altogether, massive fines and even jail time proposed for those who flout new laws

Steve Watson
Prisonplanet.com
Thursday, Dec 17, 2009

Internet censorship bills currently working their way into law in the UK, Australia and the U.S. legislate for government powers to restrict and filter any website that it deems to be undesirable for public consumption.

https://www.prisonplanet.com/death-of-the-internet-censorship-bills-in-uk-australia-u-s-aim-to-block-undesirable-websites.html

Next-up News Nr 1154

- Italie : La Cour d'Appel a jugé que le téléphone mobile était responsable de ses handicaps
https://www.next-up.org/pages/Justice.php#1

Strategic Implications of American Millennialism

https://johnmcternansinsights.blogspot.com/2009/12/emergency-us-army-view-of.html


Informant: Dorothee Krien

impf-report Newsletter Nr. 25/2009

https://www.impf-report.de/jahrgang/2009/25.htm

DGB warnt vor "Verhartzung’" der Gesellschaft

Fünf Jahre Hartz IV: „Alles in allem wirkt die Reform positiv“, zieht das IAB Bilanz

„„Alles in allem wirkt Hartz IV positiv. An einigen Stellen hakt es aber noch“, erklärte der Direktor des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Joachim Möller, im Rahmen einer Bilanz des Forschungsinstituts zu fünf Jahren Hartz IV am Dienstag in Berlin…“ Presseinformation des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung vom 15.12.2009 https://www.iab.de/de/informationsservice/presse/presseinformationen/151209.aspx

Siehe dazu:

Wege aus der Grundsicherung. Befragung von Arbeitslosengeld-II-Beziehern

Die Studie von Juliane Achatz und Mark Trappmann als IAB Kurzbericht
28/2009 (pdf) https://doku.iab.de/kurzber/2009/kb2809.pdf


Der Arbeitsmarkt hat profitiert

Eine zusammenfassende Bilanz zu fünf Jahren Hartz IV von Joachim Möller, Ulrich Walwei, Susanne Koch, Peter Kupka und Joß Steinke als IAB Kurzbericht 29/2009 (pdf) https://doku.iab.de/kurzber/2009/kb2909.pdf


Fünf Jahre Hartz-Gesetzgebung: DGB warnt vor "Verhartzung’" der Gesellschaft

„Mit Hilfe von Hartz IV sollten Langzeitarbeitslose wieder in den Arbeitsmarkt eingegliedert werden. Stattdessen wurden Lohndumping und Niedrigstlöhnen Tür und Tor geöffnet, denn das Gesetz zwingt Arbeitslose, praktisch jeden noch so schlecht bezahlten Job annehmen…“ Kommentar von Annelie Buntenbach beim DGB https://www.dgb.de/2009/12/16_buntenbach_korrektur_hartz_iv/


Fünf Jahre Hartz IV: Forscher ziehen Bilanz. Nur wenigen Arbeitslosen gelingt der Ausstieg

„Das Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) hat Bilanz zu fünf Jahren Hartz IV gezogen. Hartz IV sei besser als sein Ruf, so der Tenor der Nürnberger Arbeitsmarktforscher. Doch immer weniger Arbeitslosen gelingt die Rückkehr in ein normales Berufsleben. Viele ehemalige ALG-II-Bezieher finden nur noch Billigjobs. Immer mehr Arbeitnehmer kommen mit einer Stelle nicht über die Runden…“ Pressemitteilung der IG Metall vom 16.12.2009 https://www.igmetall.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-0A456501-0D406A4B/internet/style.xsl/view_2798.htm


Die Weißwäscher aus Nürnberg

„Eine „grundsätzlich positive Einschätzung“ hat das Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) nach fünf Jahren Hartz IV. Das ist nicht weiter erstaunlich, denn das IAB ist eine Abteilung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit und die BA hat „ihre Aufgaben, im Rahmen des für sie geltenden Rechts“ durchzuführen. Erstaunlich wäre allenfalls, wenn das IAB das geltende Recht der Hartz-Gesetze in Frage stellen würde. Das muss nicht heißen, dass die vorgelegten Zahlen falsch sind, aber bei ihrer Interpretation fungiert das IAB als Weißwäscher einer gescheiterten „Reform“…“ Artikel von Wolfgang Lieb bei den Nachdenkseiten https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=4410


Soziale Sicherung bei Arbeitslosigkeit - insgesamt unzureichend. Plädoyer für eine neue Arbeitslosenhilfe

„Die Abschaffung der Arbeitslosenhilfe im Zusammenhang mit der »Hartz-IV«-Gesetzgebung war falsch. Der Beitrag plädiert für eine neue Arbeitslosenhilfe, die als hybrides Sicherungselement zwischen den Entgeltersatzleistungen des Versicherungssystems und den Fürsorgeleistungen der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende anzusiedeln ist. Die Notwendigkeit sozialer Absicherung von Langzeiterwerbslosen lässt sich nicht auf Armutsvermeidung – gemessen am aktuellen Fürsorgeniveau – reduzieren. Das Sozialstaatsprinzip verlangt bei Eintritt sozialer Risiken weit mehr als lediglich Armutsprävention…“ Dokument von Johannes Steffen bei der Arbeitnehmerkammer (pdf) https://www.arbeitnehmerkammer.de/sozialpolitik/dukumente/2009-12-01%20Soziale%20Sicherung%20bei%20Arbeitslosigkeit.pdf


... mehr als drei Jahrzehnte. Sozialpolitische Chronik

Die Sozialpolitische Chronik bietet einen Überblick über die gesetzlichen Änderungen in der Arbeitslosen-, Renten-, Kranken- und Pflegeversicherung sowie bei der Sozialhilfe (HLU) und der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende über die vergangenen Jahrzehnte. Die Neuauflage berücksichtigt die bis Ende der schwarz-roten Koalition verabschiedeten Neuregelungen. Sozialpolitische Chronik bei der Arbeitnehmerkammer (pdf) https://www.arbeitnehmerkammer.de/sozialpolitik/doku/02_politik/chronik/chronik_gesamt.pdf


Soziale Ungleichheit macht die Menschen glücklich. Die Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft hat sich von Wissenschaftlern einen passenden Indikator für Glück und Zufriedenheit erstellen lassen

„Die Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft, bekannt dafür, den Menschen im Auftrag der Industrie neoliberale Vorstellungen schmackhaft zu machen, hat eine neue Idee gehabt und einen Wissenschaftler, der als Kurator und Berater der Stiftung kaum unabhängig zu bezeichnen ist, beauftragt, einen ökonomisch ausgerichteten, aber über das BIP hinaus erweiterten "Lebenszufriedensindikator" (Glücks-BIP) zu erstellen. Wohl wenig überraschend kam er mit seinem [extern] Ergebnis den neoliberalen Vorstellungen des Auftraggebers zur "marktwirtschaftlichen Erneuerung unseres Wirtschafts- und Sozialsystems" nahe, was wohl auch der Sinn der Veranstaltung war…“ Artikel von Florian Rötzer in telepolis vom 16.12.2009 https://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31739/1.html

Siehe dazu die Anmerkung Martin Betzwieser zu den Hinweisen des Tages 17. Dezember 2009 bei den Nachdenkseiten: „Was für ein plumper Versuch, niedrige Arbeitskosten und die Privatisierung der Sozialversicherung zu rechtfertigen. Der Leiter der „Studie“ ist nicht nur Direktor des Instituts für Siedlungs- und Wohnungswesen an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster sondern auch Aktivist der Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft; die Zusammenarbeit ist so reibungslos, dass sogar das identische Foto mit leicht verändertem Hintergrund verwendet wird.“ https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=4413#h21

Aus: LabourNet, 17. Dezember 2009

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IAB zieht positive Hartz IV Bilanz

Das Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) zieht eine positive Bilanz der Arbeitsmarktreform Hartz IV. In Berlin stellte der IAB-Direktor, Joachim Möller, die Ergebnisse vor. Möller konstatierte eine "verhalten positive Hartz-IV-Bilanz". In der Tendenz, so Möller, würden die gesteckten Ziele von Hartz IV erreicht. Doch was ist erreicht? Eine Kritische Bestandsaufnahme Lesen Sie weiter:

https://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/iab-zieht-positive-hartz-iv-bilanz06612.php



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Hungerlöhne und in Folge auch keine auskömmliche Altersrente

ver.di legt Branchenanalyse Leiharbeit vor

„Eingebettet in die Kampagne "UNGLEICH KORRIGIEREN" hat ver.di eine Branchenanalyse Leiharbeit für ihren Organisationsbereich in Auftrag gegeben. Sie besteht aus einer Auswertung der einschlägigen Statistiken der von ver.di vertretenen Branchen und betrieblichen Fallstudien in den Bereichen Gesundheit und Pflege sowie Abfallwirtschaft. Im Kern lässt sich den statistischen Sonderauswertungen entnehmen, dass sich die Praxis im Dienstleistungssektor in vielerlei Hinsicht von der Gesamtwirtschaft unterscheidet. Sie verläuft etwa weit unabhängiger von konjunkturellen oder saisonalen Einflüssen. Anders ausgedrückt: Sie ersetzt in einem höheren Maße reguläre Beschäftigung. Autorin der Branchenanalyse: Dr. Sandra Saeed.“ Siehe dazu:

Die ver.di-Branchenanalyse zur Leiharbeit (pdf) https://www.hundertprozentich.de/images/stories/einhundertprozentich/pdfs/verdi_bro_branchenanalyse.pdf

ver.di-Newsletter zur Leiharbeit, Ausgabe vom Dezember 2009 (pdf) https://www.hundertprozentich.de/images/stories/Newsletter/newsletter_leiharbeit_12-09.pdf


Aspekte zur Zeitarbeit und Leiharbeit - Wanderarbeiter des Kapitals: Hungerlöhne - und in Folge auch keine auskömmliche Altersrente!

Artikel von Reinhold Schramm vom 4.12.09 bei scharf links https://www.scharf-links.de/48.0.html?&tx_ttnews[cat]=24&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=7859&cHash=20ca8c138c


Aktion runtime

„Ca 30 Aktivisten des Bremer Erwerbslosenverbandes und aus dem Mayday Bündnis führten heute eine halbstündige Aktion vor der Niederlassung Bremen von runtime services durch. Ziel war die Skandalisierung der häufig angewendeten Methode von runtime, im Raum Bremen Menschen nach dem Osttarif (6 bzw. 6,15 Euro Brutto Stundenlohn) des mit dem christlichen Gewerkschaftsbund abgeschlossenen Tarifwerks zu bezahlen. Beim Besuch innerhalb der runtime Geschäftsstelle sah sich die anwesende Mitarbeiterin nicht in der Lage Auskünfte zu erteilen. Vor der runtime Anwerbestelle für billige Arbeitskräfte wurden Transparente aufgestellt und zahlreiche Flugblätter verteilt…“ Pressemitteilung des Bremer ErwerbslosenVerbandes vom 09.12.2009 – dort auch Hintergründe https://www.bev-bremen.de/


Aus: LabourNet, 17. Dezember 2009

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Formen von Unfreiheit

Interview mit dem Althistoriker Egon Flaig über alte und neue Sklaverei.
https://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31712/1.html



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How Bush redefined American freedom

CounterPunch
by James Bovard

12/16/09

George W. Bush is gone from Washington but his legacy, like an abandoned toxic waste dump, lingers on. Like President Franklin Roosevelt before him, President Bush helped redefine American freedom. And like Roosevelt’s, Bush’s changes were perversions of the clear vision the Founding Fathers bequeathed to us...

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Ein "notwendiger" Krieg: Fragwürdige Begründungen für den Afghanistan-Krieg

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Weihnachtsanzeige: Frieden - auch für Afghanistan
https://tinyurl.com/ye2j554

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Legal, illegal ... Deutsche Kriegspolitik in Afghanistan

IMI-Analyse 2009/046 von Claudia Haydt vom 16.12.2009. Dieser Text wird in der Graswurzelrevolution, Ausgabe Januar 2010 erscheinen. https://www.imi-online.de/2009.php?id=2058


Afghanistan-Krieg im neunten Jahr: Welche Chancen auf Frieden gibt es am Hindukusch?

Referat von Lühr Henken beim 16. Kasseler Friedensratschlag an der Universität Kassel am 5./6. Dezember 2009 (unkorr. Manuskript) https://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/rat/2009/henken.html


Aus: LabourNet, 23. Dezember 2009



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Are We Moving from Nanotechnology to Nanotoxicity?

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/12/16-14



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Healthcare: First They Came for the Banksters

https://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/16-3

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Corporate Greed Vs American's Health

By Cesar Chelala

An article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reveals that, even using a conservative definition, 62.1% of all bankruptcies in the U.S. in 2007 were due to medical reasons. Most medical debtors were well educated, were homeowners and had good jobs. Three quarters among them had health insurance. In spite of that, in 92% of cases high medical bills contributed to their bankruptcy.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24215.htm



Obama Double-Crossed Progressives on Health Care

By Matthew Rothschild

If you're a good progressive, and you wanted single-payer health care for all, or, second best, Medicare for All Who Want It, or third best, a robust public option, or fourth best, a paltry public option, now you've got nothing, nada, zippo.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24254.htm



Are the Democrats Fighting the Banks?

By Shamus Cooke

How pathetic. President Obama sat at a table surrounded by super rich bankers, pleading with them to lend money to small businesses and workers. The media mislabeled Obama's groveling as "encouraging," "imploring," and "pressing," but a man who refuses to take action is powerless; and powerless people can only beg.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24217.htm



Foreclose on the Banks

How to Give America Its Best Christmas Ever

By Ted Rall

Citibank is suspending foreclosures and evictions for 30 days, until after the holidays. Mighty white of them.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24228.htm



US banks failures hit 140

Seven more US banks have been shut down by regulators, bringing to 140 the number of failed American banks this year.

https://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114118&sectionid=3510213


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Happy Holidays from America's Banks

Michael Winship, Truthout: "Never mind Barack Obama's Audacity of Hope. It's the audacity of the banks that takes your breath away. Mean old Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life seems like Father Christmas by comparison."

https://www.truthout.org/1219092

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Dropping the Bomb on Health Care
https://www.lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff64.1.html



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"They're Wasted": The Price of Pushing Our Troops Too Far

William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com: "When I was on active duty in the military, an Army friend used to remind me: 'Any day you're not being shot at is a good Army day.' Today's troops, especially if they're 'boots on the ground' in Iraq and Afghanistan, don't have enough good Army days. Many of them are on their fourth or fifth deployments to a combat zone. They're stressed out and tired; they miss their spouses and families. And often they've seen things they wish they'd never seen."

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Torture in Afghanistan: UK Court Orders Release of Evidence

Andy Worthington, Truthout: "Reprieve, the legal action charity, the lawyers of which represent dozens of prisoners still held at Guantanamo, won a court victory in the case of British resident Shaker Aamer, which appears to draw on the organization's success in securing a judicial review in the case of another of their clients, Binyam Mohamed. Initiated in May 2008, this led, eventually, to a fast-track review of Mohamed's case by the Obama administration, and his return to the UK in February of this year."

https://www.truthout.org/1216091



The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison, Outside the Law

Stephen Rohde, Truthout: "At once shocking, frustrating and inspiring, the book [The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison, Outside the Law] chronicles the courageous and hard-working lawyers who took time from law firms, small and large, human rights organizations and military assignments to step up and provide legal aid to people whom the Bush administration was calling 'the worst of the worst' after 9/11."

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UK: Ministers in U-turn over torture documents for Guantanamo Briton
Independent [UK]

12/20/09

Ministers have agreed to the release of secret documents that could prove MI5 agents were present during the torture of a British resident held by the US government for eight years. Shaker Aamer, the last detainee at Guantanamo Bay to be recognised by the UK Government, claims he was tortured during his detention in Afghanistan. He also alleges that Britain colluded in that torture by sending agents to interview him. Lawyers for Mr Aamer went to the High Court to force the release of documents which they believe will help prove his case against the UK Government. In an important development last week the Government agreed to surrender the documents to Mr Aamer’s lawyers in the US...

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Britain posts details on US abuse of detainee

Winston-Salem Journal

02/11/10

The British government lost a protracted court battle yesterday to protect secret U.S. intelligence information about the treatment of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, and immediately published details of what it called the ‘cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment’ administered to the prisoner by U.S. officials. The seven paragraphs published on the Foreign Office Web site summarized secret information provided by U.S. intelligence officials to Britain’s security service, MI5, on the treatment of Ethiopian Binyam Mohamed, 31. ...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Binyam Mohamed Torture Evidence Must be Revealed, Judges Rule

By Richard Norton-Taylor

Three of Britain's most senior judges have ordered the government to reveal evidence of MI5 complicity in the torture of British resident Binyam Mohamed - unanimously dismissing objections by David Miliband, the foreign secretary.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24637.htm



Binyam Mohamed: Read the Secret Torture Evidence

By The Guardian

The government has published the seven paragraphs about the treatment of Binyam Mohamed after a ruling in the court of appeal.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24638.htm



Binyam Mohamed: text of letter which reveals court's criticism of 'deliberately misleading' security service

Here we publish a lawyer's letter detailing how the Master of the Rolls condemned MI5 for withholding intelligence from the foreign secretary and the courts over complicity in torture.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/10/binyam-mohamed-torture-letter



Britain 'complicit in mistreatment and possible torture' says UN

Human rights report indicates clear evidence of UK role in secret detention of British Muslims.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/27/britain-complicit-possible-torture-un



Top judge: Binyam Mohamed case shows MI5 to be devious, dishonest and complicit in torture

Legal defeat plunges Security Service into crisis over torture evidence, and it is revealed that judge removed damning verdict after Foreign Office QC's plea.

https://snipurl.com/uc8vs



UK details US torture of Ethiopian-born detainee

"Although it is not necessary for us to categorize the treatment reported, it could readily be contended to be at the very least cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by the United States authorities," the text said.

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US: British disclosure may affect intelligence sharing

The White House warned Wednesday that a British court's order releasing once-secret details of the harsh interrogation of a terrorism suspect could affect US-British intelligence sharing.

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Pennsylvania: Student of Arabic Sues Over Detention

A Pennsylvania man sued the federal government Wednesday, alleging that he was abusively interrogated, handcuffed and detained for five hours at Philadelphia's airport in August because he carried a set of English-Arabic flashcards as part of his college language studies.

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One Small Soldier in a Big War

Rick Cabral, Truthout: "Richard Lee rolls down the street in his wheelchair, popping in on any number of his businesses located in the "Oaksterdam district" of downtown Oakland, California. Once known for the wild finishes of its roughhouse Raiders, the city has quietly evolved into the Amsterdam of America. And Mr. Lee is spearheading the charge."

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Creating a 'Gitmo North' an Alarming Step, Says ACLU

The creation of a 'Gitmo North' in Illinois is hardly a meaningful step forward. Shutting down Guantánamo will be nothing more than a symbolic gesture if we continue its lawless policies onshore.

https://www.aclu.org/national-security/creating-gitmo-north-alarming-step-says-aclu



Torture suit too hot to be heard, U.S. says

A lawsuit accusing a Bay Area flight-planning company of aiding an alleged CIA program of kidnapping and torturing terror suspects threatens national security and is too sensitive to discuss fully in a public courtroom, an Obama administration attorney argued Tuesday.

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Thomson Correctional Center to House Guantanamo Bay Detainees

Mary Susan Littlepage, Truthout: "President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois, to house Guantanamo Bay terrorist detainees. News of the arrangement leaked out last week in a confidential memo obtained by the web site Big Government, and it became official on Tuesday."

https://www.truthout.org/1216093

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Relocating Gitmo

CounterPunch
by Paul Craig Roberts

12/22/09

Obama’s dwindling band of true believers has taken heart that their man has finally delivered on one of his many promises–the closing of the Guantanamo prison. But the prison is not being closed. It is being moved to Illinois, if the Republicans permit. In truth, Obama has handed his supporters another defeat. Closing Guantanamo meant ceasing to hold people in violation of our legal principles of habeas corpus and due process and ceasing to torture them in violation of US and international laws. All Obama would be doing would be moving 100 people, against whom the US government is unable to bring a case, from the prison in Guantanamo to a prison in Thomson, Illinois...

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Serious problems with Obama’s plan to move Guantanamo to Illinois

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Andy Worthington

12/21/09

Last Tuesday, in a letter to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, five senior Obama administration officials — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano — announced that ‘the president has directed, with our unanimous support, that the federal government proceed with the acquisition’ of Thomson Correctional Center, a maximum-security prison about 150 miles north-west of Chicago, to house prisoners from Guantanamo...

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Guantanamo prison may “have” to stay open until 2011

Houston Chronicle

12/23/09

President Barack Obama’s commitment to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by next month may be delayed until 2011 because it will take months for the government to buy an Illinois prison and upgrade it to hold suspected terrorists. The drawn-out construction timetable shows the political risk of Obama’s pledge, a delay that could even be extended by congressional opposition to funding the purchase and upgrades for the Thomson Correctional Center, an underused state facility about 150 miles west of Chicago...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Obama Could Solve The Gitmo Closure Problem; Try Suspects In Civilian Court, Or Release
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/23-5



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US House approves USD 636 bln spending bill for wars in Iraq, Afghanistan

The defense spending bill covers Pentagon operations through September 2010 for the passed by a vote of 395 to 34. It allots USD 128.3 billion directly to military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Roll Call: How the House voted on a $636 billion defense bill

The 395-34 roll call Wednesday by which the House passed a $636 billion defense bill that includes funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and provides a 3.4 percent pay hike for military personnel.

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US Needs Plan to Tame Debt Soon, Experts Say

By Andy Sullivan

The U.S. government must craft a plan next year to get its ballooning debt under control or face possible panic in financial markets, a bipartisan panel of budget experts said.

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How Banks Fleece the Unemployed

By Barbara Koeppel

December 16, 2009 "Consortiumnews" -- While posting breathtaking profits in the last two quarters - Wells Fargo's $3.2 billion, Citigroup's $3 billion and Chase's $2.7 billion - U.S. banks have figured out a way to squeeze some extra dollars from those who can least afford it, the unemployed.

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US House Passes Pro-Wall Street Banking Bill

By Barry Grey

Wall Street lawyers have helped draft the details of the House bill in closed-door meetings, while Obama and his top economic advisers have conferred repeatedly with the CEOs of the most powerful firms.

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Congress set to raise borrowing limit by $2 trillion to $14 trillion

With the economy growing only sluggishly and Congress spending heavily on economic stimulus, two wars and extended unemployment benefits, the nation is running a deficit that hit a record $1.4 trillion in the latest fiscal year, adding to the national debt.

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34420565/ns/business-personal_finance/



U.S. gave up billions in tax money in deal for Citigroup's bailout repayment

The federal government quietly agreed to forgo billions of dollars in potential tax payments from Citigroup as part of the deal announced this week to wean the company from the massive taxpayer bailout that helped it survive the financial crisis.

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Obama holds stage-managed meeting with Wall Street bankers

The true nature of the event was not lost on its attendees. "It's a PR [public relations] stunt," an unnamed CEO flatly told Time magazine prior to the meeting.

https://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/bank-d15.shtml



Growing Up Empty: The Hunger Epidemic in America

Most Americans may find it hard to accept that millions in this nation are suffering from hunger -- an affliction most often associated with war-torn Africa or flood-ravaged Bengal.

https://motherjones.com/media/2002/11/growing-empty-hunger-epidemic-america


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More than one out of every five children are dead by the time they are five.
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Another Significant Step Toward A US War On Iran

Statement Opposing the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act

By Ron Paul

Mr. Speaker, I am concerned that many of my colleagues opposing war on Iran will vote in favor of this legislation, seeing it as a step short of war to bring Iran into line with US demands. I would remind them that sanctions and the blockades that are required to enforce them are themselves acts of war according to international law.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24198.htm

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Leaking of dubious document spurs new wave of anti-Iran propaganda
https://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9223/



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How Journals Can Twist and Manipulate Vaccine Research

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A Tough Year Ahead for the U.S. Economy?

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Gulf Petro-Powers to Launch Currency in Latest Threat to Dollar Hegemony
https://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/evans-pritchard15.html

Moody's Warns of 'Social Unrest’ as Sovereign Debt Spirals
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