Was Pablo Neruda killed by Pinochet?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/was-pablo-neruda-killed-by-pinochet-8641352.html
Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda, described as the “greatest poet of the 20th century” and known for his romantic works, died on 23 September, 1973, after battling prostate cancer. Now prosecutors claim he was murdered on the orders of Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet.
Report raps military propaganda efforts as ineffective
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/23/military-propaganda-operations-poorly-coordinated-often-ineffective/2354235
Pentagon propaganda programs are inadequately tracked, their impact is unclear, and the military doesn’t know if it is targeting the right foreign audiences, according to a government report obtained by USA TODAY.
Since 2005, the Pentagon has spent hundreds of million of dollars on Military Information Support Operations (MISO). These propaganda efforts include websites, leaflets and broadcasts intended to change foreigners’ “attitudes and behaviors in support of U.S. Government” objectives, according to the report by the Government Accountability Office. Some of them disclose the U.S. military as the source; others don’t.
Une propagande qui peut être mensongère, comme celle dont « USA Today » avait été victime en 2012 http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-04-19/vanden-brook-locker-propaganda/54419654/1 pour avoir fait une série sur justement l’efficacité de la propagande du Pentagone.
Google Earth Engine unveils how Earth has altered - CSMonitor.com
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0510/Google-Earth-Engine-unveils-how-Earth-has-altered
Google Earth Engine, a global, zoomable timelapse map that allows you to witness how humans have altered the surface of the Earth since 1984.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZXj1bwjVrp8
Visualizing the Progress of #OpenStreetMap Around the World | MapBox
http://mapbox.com/blog/visualizing-the-progress-of-openstreetmap-around-the-world
The most recent available OSM history file, from February, 2013, shows some recent map growth in New Zealand, and that the map has continued to improve in Canada and Russia. It also highlights, though, how disproportionately well mapped Europe and the United States continue to be compared to the rest of the world, in spite of some recent work in Africa and South America.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8522/8684927462_6fe3b62a1f_z.jpg
Rethinking Informality: Design Tactics/Planning Strategies
City Debates
http://webfea.fea.aub.edu.lb/citydebates/2013
Titled Rethinking Informality: Design Tactics/Planning Strategies, City Debates 2013 will address the theme of informal spatial production as it materializes in different scalar levels and within multiple contexts of the Middle-East and beyond. By bringing together scholars, practicing planners and designers, as well as activists engaged in a reflection about the spatial production of informal settlements, their changing position in ever-growing cities, and their relation to both the agricultural and urban landscapes at the intersection of which they often stand, the event seeks to articulate a critical discourse about planning and design that goes beyond the traditional/professional understandings of these disciplines. Case studies will be taken from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt but also India, Columbia, Germany, France, the United States, and more to draw parallels across national contexts. In light of the centrality of forced population displacement movements in our region, special attention is given in refugee camps in the region.
Remi Brulin on State Secrecy and Targeted Assassinations, from Operation Condor to the Obama Administration | The Drone Fallacy
http://dronefallacy.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/remi-brulin-on-state-secrecy-and-targeted-assassinations-fro
The problem with drones has never been with the technology itself. Certainly, drones have brought the vision of an Orwellian dystopia to the forefront of our minds. And yes, the administration has often tried to justify its use of drone strikes with the explanation that they are “surgical” and “precise” weapons of war. But the true threat to the people of this world lies not with the proliferation of drone warfare, but with the associated policies of states who choose to use them for their own purposes. The prevarication, the secrecy, the outright lies, and the arbitrary killing of individuals with no legal process undermine the very notions of accountability and democratic governance.
In a guest piece for today, Remi Brulin takes a cold hard look at one of the most egregious examples of this secrecy and state-sponsored terrorism in which the US is culpable, Operation Condor – an internationally-coordinated program between several Latin American regimes to actively suppress and “disappear” political opponents under the guise of fighting “terrorism” - while highlighting the secrecy still surrounding the United State’s exact role in this “international terrorist network” and the dangerous historical precedent thus being set.
Brazilian police face trial over prison ’executions’ in 1992’s Carandiru massacre
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brazilian-police-face-trial-over-prison-executions-in-1992s-carandiru
More than 20 years after police in Sao Paulo put down a jail riot by allegedly executing more than 100 prisoners, 26 officers have gone on trial accused of murder.
Noam Chomsky: US control is diminishing, but it still thinks it owns the world. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/04/us-control-diminishing-own-world?CMP=twt_gu
Iraq was an attempt to reinstitute by force something like the old system of control, but it was beaten back. In general, I think, US policies remain constant, going back to the second world war. But the capacity to implement them is declining.
Spanish drug enforcement chief: Africa a preferred route for South America cocaine | Drug War 101
http://www.drugwar101.com/blog/archives/150
http://www.drugwar101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cocaineroute.gif
The operations demonstrate that the drug trafficking organizations have a hold on the African route and are using it to try to get the drug to Europe, Quiros said.
The cartels have forsaken the Mediterranean route, which is much more heavily monitored, mainly across the Strait of Gibraltar, and have ruled out shipping via the North Sea due to the very harsh weather conditions there.
The smuggling vessels can sail along the African coast without making stops, blending in among the fishing boats that operate there along the route between Africa and Europe, or even using African countries such as Guinea-Bissau and Guinea as transit zones where they temporarily stash the merchandise before transferring it to other boats in smaller quantities, Quiros said.
Interpol in 2007 warned that the west coast of Africa was beginning to rival the Caribbean Sea route as maritime entry conduits for introducing cocaine to Europe and the United States, respectively, and five years later the African route is well-established.
Indigenous rights in South America (1): Cowboys and Indians | The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21559653
DEEP in the rainforest, the village of Sarayaku is two days by river from the nearest town. But its 1,200 Kichwa Indians are now in the spotlight. On July 25th the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that Ecuador’s government had ignored the rights of Sarayaku’s residents when granting permission for an energy project—putting governments in the Americas on notice that big physical investments are not legal until the indigenous people they affect have had their say.
The dispute began in 1996 when Petroecuador, the state oil firm, signed a prospecting deal with a consortium led by Argentina’s Compañía General de Combustibles (CGC). Much of the area it covered was the ancestral land of Sarayaku’s residents, who were not consulted. CGC later offered locals medical aid for their consent. Some villages signed up, but Sarayaku held out.
des cowboys, où ça ?
Assassination Nation : Fifty Years of US Targeted ‘Kill Lists’: From the Phoenix Program to Predator Drones | Doug Noble (CounterPunch)
►http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/07/19/assassination-nation/print
In fact, US assassination and targeted killing, with presidential approval, has been going on covertly for at least half a century. Ironically, all this drone killing now offers us a new opportunity: to pry open the Pandora’s box hiding long-held secrets of covert US assassination and targeted killing, and to expose them to the light of day. What we would find is that the only things new in the latest, more publicized revelations about kill lists and assassinations are the use of drones, the president’s hands-on approach in vetting targets, and the global scope of the drone killing. Those of us in the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones, Code Pink and other groups protesting US drones for years have correctly focused on the use of drones as illegal, immoral and strategically counterproductive. We have abhorred the schizophrenic ease of remote killing, the uniquely frightening horror of a drone strike, and the unavoidable (even intentional) killing of countless civilian “terrorist suspects” in “signature strikes.” We have also warned of the proliferation of drones in countries around the globe and of their procurement by US police forces and border patrols, for surveillance and “non-lethal” targeting. (...) Source: (...)
À lire absolument dans Counterpunch : les « assassinats ciblés » tels que le scandale des drones et de la « kill list » les révèlent, ça dure depuis au moins 50 ans, et cet article nous plonge dans cette histoire occulte et sordide.
►http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/07/19/assassination-nation/print
In fact, US assassination and targeted killing, with presidential approval, has been going on covertly for at least half a century. Ironically, all this drone killing now offers us a new opportunity: to pry open the Pandora’s box hiding long-held secrets of covert US assassination and targeted killing, and to expose them to the light of day. What we would find is that the only things new in the latest, more publicized revelations about kill lists and assassinations are the use of drones, the president’s hands-on approach in vetting targets, and the global scope of the drone killing.
Those of us in the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones, Code Pink and other groups protesting US drones for years have correctly focused on the use of drones as illegal, immoral and strategically counterproductive. We have abhorred the schizophrenic ease of remote killing, the uniquely frightening horror of a drone strike, and the unavoidable (even intentional) killing of countless civilian “terrorist suspects” in “signature strikes.” We have also warned of the proliferation of drones in countries around the globe and of their procurement by US police forces and border patrols, for surveillance and “non-lethal” targeting.
But drones are not the only, or even the most important, concern. It’s the targeted killing itself, past and present. In this article I start to unravel what the latest demands for transparency should lead us to investigate fully: the fifty year history of US assassination and targeted killing that has resulted, quite directly, in the present moment. Those who are mortified by the latest revelations of Obama’s kill list have much to learn from a more comprehensive, historical perspective on US killing around the globe.
Israeli students to get $2,000 to spread state propaganda on Facebook | The Electronic Intifada
http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah/israeli-students-get-2000-spread-state-propaganda-facebook
The National Union of Israeli Students (NUIS) … has launched a program to pay Israeli university students $2,000 to spread pro-Israel propaganda online for 5 hours per week from the “comfort of home.”
The union is also partnering with Israel’s Jewish Agency to send Israeli students as missionaries to spread propaganda in other countries, for which they will also receive a stipend.
#israel #palestine #internet #propagande via @opironet
C’est affligeant ! À l’âge ou tu te dois d’être punk, d’être rebelle, ils font de toi le larbin d’un état facho.
Le pire, c’est qu’ils doivent y croire et le faire en pensant être de gôche et combattre le fascisme.
Je vais devenir de plus en plus parano maintenant sur seenthis.
#nakba
Il est désormais clair que nous sommes à l’aube d’une véritab le guerre de l’information numérique.
Wrestling ninjas – why sabre-toothed predators have massive arms | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/01/04/wrestling-ninjas-%e2%80%93-why-sabre-toothed-predators-have-
The study confirmed the idea that Smilodon used its huge teeth in a very different way to its modern relatives. Living cats use their jaws to close the throat or nose of their prey, choking them to death. Their conical canines are well-suited to the task, able to withstand forces in all directions. Sabre-teeth, while they look formidable, were actually quite fragile. They were long and flattened, rather than short and conical. If the cat’s prey struggled, its teeth would have shattered. If the teeth hit bone during a bite, they would have shattered.
15th october 2011: birth of a global anti-capitalist movement?
http://libcom.org/library/15th-october-2011-birth-global-anti-capitalist-movement
Adam Ford argues that the #Occupy movement represents a historic moment in the fight against austerity.
In my opinion, it is very likely that the historians of the future will look upon yesterday as the day a truly global anti-capitalist movement was born. Following the example of Occupy Wall Street, Los Angeles, Boston, and hundreds of US towns and cities, a huge number of small and large occupations began on every continent except Antarctica (see Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth ? - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74mhQyuyELQ&feature=player_embedded
A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite (55sec) and the stars of our galaxy.
The Chilean revolution: What it’s not, what it is, what it means for your copper | Setty’s notebook
http://settysoutham.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/notes-from-the-chilean-revolution-2011
As Chile plunges into its first general strike in eight years, outside observers can be excused if they are a bit surprised. Chile is supposed to be the stodgy, conservative, institutionality-respecting corner of South America, where nothing ever happens. But this is changing as the public runs out of patience after centuries of being told that if they wait and work hard, someday their children will be better off than they are
It’s not about education, either. The demands from the student groups mostly have to do with education. But at heart, the demands for educational reform are a means to an end. People really want a chance to get ahead. In Canada or Australia, rich fathers pass on “less than 20% of [their] wage advantage … to their sons,” according to a 2010 OECD report. In the USA, that is more than 40%, according to the same study. According to University of Chile economist Dante Contreras, the figure in Chile is 65%. For a perspective, let’s turn to the raging communards at the World Bank:
Despite substantial improvements in living standards and a GNP per capita of US$10,108 at 2008, some 13.7 percent of Chileans live below the poverty line, with many millions precariously just above it. Indeed, annual income for most Chileans remains very low. The distribution of income is among the most unequal of any country in the world, and upward social mobility is scarce.
What is behind the “responsible” soy label? Detective Pig finds out.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4hshc0U-fU
#Multinationales
Oxi: Twice as powerful as crack cocaine at just a fraction of the price | Society | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/30/oxi-crack-cocaine-south-america
A highly addictive hallucinogenic has exploded on to South America’s drug scene, with devastating consequences
“The majority of first-time users become addicted on their first contact with the drug. Most of them go seven to 10 days without sleeping, without eating. They start to go into a process of degeneration. After months of use … they go into a state where they look like zombies, wandering … in search of pleasure.”
il faut commencer à faire des réserves, après le peak oil voici le :
Peak coffee : A cup of trouble - The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/latin-american/peak-coffee-a-cup-of-trouble/article2038050
Brazil and Colombia are the top two producers of Arabica, but experts say the crops are not keeping up with skyrocketing demand in emerging markets like China, India and South America, as well as among consumers in Europe and North America.
In the face of strong demand, coffee inventories have fallen to their lowest levels on record.
The Coworking Magazine
Coworking’s steady growth: 820 spaces now active worldwide
http://www.deskmag.com/en/820-coworking-spaces-worldwide-statistics
Coworking’s steady growth: 820 spaces now active worldwide
Article by Carsten Foertsch
Published 05/31/2011
Read all results of the 1st Global Coworking Survey
When we aren’t writing about coworking spaces, we at Deskmag are counting them. The number of coworking spaces worldwide increased by 17 percent between February and May, Deskmag’s latest analysis shows. That’s the same growth rate experienced in the preceding four months, showing that interest in coworking is expanding at a steady pace. South America and Oceania are still the regions experiencing the biggest boom. Worldwide there are now 820 coworking spaces
GM food toxins found in the blood of 93% of unborn babies | Mail Online
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1388888/GM-food-toxins-blood-93-unborn-babies.html
je ne sais pas ce que ça vaut sur le plan scientifique, mais en termes de comm’ ça va devenir plus dur pour Monsanto & co. s’ils commencent à alerter les bébés
Toxins implanted into GM food crops to kill pests are reaching the bloodstreams of women and unborn babies, alarming research has revealed. (...) it is now clear the toxins designed to kill crop pests are reaching humans and babies in the womb – apparently through food.
And This Is What History Looks Like in Mexico (The Field)
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/4372/and-what-history-looks-mexico
Yesterday, multitudes took to the streets in more than 40 Mexican cities - and in protests by Mexicans and their friends at consulates and embassies in Europe, North America and South America - to demand an end to the violence wrought by the US-imposed “war on drugs.”
What? You haven’t heard about this? Or if you have heard something about it, did you know that it is the biggest news story in the Mexican media, on the front page of virtually every daily newspaper in the country?
What? You haven’t heard about this? Or if you have heard something about it, did you know that it is the biggest news story in the Mexican media, on the front page of virtually every daily newspaper in the country?