Politics Faded Out the Constitutional Offensiveness of Trade Agreements (tags)
The arbitration jurisdiction with the ISDS mechanism is the most controversial point of the two trade agreements. US corporations could file lawsuits against the German prohibition of gas production through fracking. Public interest laws could be stylized as "indirect expropriation."
Arms fair in Abu Dhabi/Action of ''War on your doorstep''/Statement of solidarity (tags)
Arms trade is a crime, causing bloody wars and thousands of civilian victims. Therefore I express my solidarity with ''Wars on your doorstep'' for taking action against a Dutch company for planning to attend the arms fair in Abu Dhabi
Art Walkers Occupy Free Speech (tags)
When people at the downtown Art Walk joined with Occupy Los Angeles to assert their right to speak, LAPD answered with guns.
Honduran government hires fiction writer to hawk coup regime (tags)
"On this morning, three months later, it was déjà vu all over again, as those same military troops reenacted the battle of June 28, busting down the doors of both broadcasters and this time removing their transmitters and equipment. And soldiers have surrounded both houses of media to prevent the people from retaking them. The coup regime is now clinging to power illegitimately, threatened on every front by truth and justice, which means it must create an illusion of democratic sanction, and so, it has inked a $292,000 contract with CLSA, calling on the PR firm to “diseñar una campaña de persuasión” [build a campaign of persuasion]."
THE COMMUNIST LEADER IBRAHIM KAYPAKKAYA (tags)
THE COMMUNIST LEADER IBRAHIM KAYPAKKAYA IS 60 YEARS OLD THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF TURKEY/MARKSIST-LENINIST IS 37 YEARS OLD BECAUSE THE 36th DEATH YEAR OF THE COMMUNIST LEADER IBRAHIM KAYPAKKAYA
A Magic So Strong: The South Central Farm Must Live (tags)
This weekend the LA Times issued a deadly editorial attack on the South Central Farm, justifying the destruction of the land and the community, overtly using the theme of "property rights" to do so. Such assessments cannot be allowed to hold sway. Too much is at stake, for all of us.