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On fête mes 70 ans d’hôpital psychiatrique
▻http://www.dedefensa.org/article/on-fete-mes-70-ans-dhopital-psychiatrique

On fête mes 70 ans d’hôpital psychiatrique

4 avril 2019 – Washington a été secoué d’enthousiasme ces deux derniers jours, accueillant l’élégant et remarquable représentant de l’OTAN sous la forme de la silhouette exaltante du Secrétaire Général courant (il s’agit d’un Norvégien, Jens Stoltenberg). Le discours dégageait un ennui discrètement distingué et bureaucratiquement routinier, et il a déclenché comme c’est logique des ovations absolument enthousiastes (dont 18 dites standing ovation) de la part du Congrès, dont Stoltenberg était l’invité spécial à Washington.

On fête (le 4 avril) les 70 ans de l’alliance la plus intelligente du monde. (En fait, le vice-président Pence a dit “the most successful military alliance in history”, mais on adapte.)

Dans le texte que nous publions ci-dessous, de Bill Van Auken et (...)

Over 700 Yemeni civilians killed and wounded by US-backed Saudi airstrikes in December - World Socialist Web Site

▻https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/12/29/yeme-d29.html

Over 700 Yemeni civilians killed and wounded by US-backed Saudi airstrikes in December
By Bill Van Auken
29 December 2017

The US-backed Saudi monarchy and its allied Gulf oil sheikdoms have dramatically escalated their bombing campaign against Yemen, the poorest nation in the Middle East, killing scores of civilians within the last few days.

In the bloodiest of the airstrikes, Saudi warplanes targeted a crowded marketplace in Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province on Tuesday, killing 54 civilians.

#yémen #arabie_saoudite #700_morts_en_un_mois

Yemen’s cholera outbreak surpasses 600,000 - World Socialist Web Site

▻https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/09/07/yeme-s07.html

Et on en parle pratiquement pas.

Yemen’s cholera outbreak surpasses 600,000
By Bill Van Auken
7 September 2017

The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Yemen—the worst in the world—is an “entirely man-made catastrophe,” the product of a the two-and-a-half-year-old Saudi-led and US-backed war of aggression, the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights stated in a report issued on Tuesday.

The war, which has increasingly assumed near-genocidal proportions, has killed at least 14,000 civilians, maimed many thousands more, displaced 2 million and left at least 7.3 million on the brink of famine.

Meanwhile, the country is confronting the worst cholera epidemic on record, with the World Health Organization and Yemen’s health ministry reporting 612,703 people infected and 2,048 of them dying from the disease since April. While the spread of the epidemic has slowed over the past two months, there are still 3,000 new cases reported daily.

#yémen #choléra #santé

Vault7, mode d’emploi
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Vault7, mode d’emploi

Contrairement à ce que dit le texte reproduit ci-dessous, – non, Vault7, fuitée par WikiLeaks, n’a pas “éclipsé” les affaires en cours à Washington. (« La lutte intense qui fait rage au sein de l’appareil d’État et de l’élite dirigeante aux Etats-Unis [...] a été éclipsée par la publication par WikiLeaks d’une série de documents de la CIA. ») Bill Van Auken, de WSWS.org, est pourtant bien excusable d’écrire cela, car il était raisonnable de le penser ; nous-mêmes, gens raisonnables s’il en est, pensions effectivement que Washington et le monde entier qui l’entoure allaient résonner des bruits et de la fureur engendrés par la révélation de Vault7, comme l’un et l’autre résonnèrent également autour de Snowden, le diable-NSA et son train, en juin 2013, lorsque le transfuge sortit de (...)

US arms Syrian Islamists with surface-to-air missiles - World Socialist Web Site
▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/11/23/syri-n23.html

US arms Syrian Islamists with surface-to-air missiles
By Bill Van Auken
23 November 2016

A US-backed Islamist militia in southern Syria has been armed with portable surface-to-air missiles, so-called manpads. These weapons are capable of shooting down Syrian government aircraft as well as Russian warplanes, which have played a prominent role in providing air support to the Syrian army against the Al Qaeda-linked “rebels.”

The group, the Ansar al-Islam Front, exhibited the weapons, SA-7 Strela-2 missiles, in a video it posted on Sunday, claiming that it had “a good number” of them in its possession. The video, produced by a Dubai-based Syrian opposition propaganda network, shows the Islamists un-crating, assembling and testing the manpads.

#syrie #états-unis #armement

Surmonter les divisions interaméricaines pour sauver l’accord avec Moscou - Lina KENNOUCHE - L’Orient-Le Jour
▻http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1008403/surmonter-les-divisions-interamericaines-pour-sauver-laccord-avec-mos

Or la volonté d’établir une coopération militaire avec Moscou et de classer Fateh el-Cham comme organisation terroriste a accentué les divisions avec le Pentagone. L’article « Les détails de l’accord sur la Syrie creusent le fossé entre John Kerry et le Pentagone » (« Details of Syria Pact Widen Rift Between John Kerry and Pentagon »), paru le 13 septembre dans le New York Times, relevait que « l’accord que le secrétaire d’État a annoncé avec la Russie pour réduire le nombre de morts en Syrie a élargi un fossé, connu de tous, entre M. Kerry et le secrétaire à la Défense, Ashton Carter. Ce dernier a émis de profondes réserves au sujet du plan pour cibler les groupes terroristes conjointement par les forces américaines et russes ». Le lendemain, dans un entretien sur Public Radio, John Kerry a rappelé l’intransigeance du département d’État dans la mise en œuvre de l’accord russo-américain, qui serait soutenu par le président Barack Obama. Dans son intervention, M. Kerry s’exprime en affirmant qu’il « pense » que le Pentagone a reçu le message et que les militaires se conformeront au respect de l’engagement américain bien qu’il ne leur soit pas demandé de « renoncer à leurs principes », des propos problématiques selon le politologue socialiste américain Bill Van Auken. Dans sa publication « Le Pentagone défie ouvertement le cessez-le-feu américano-russe en Syrie », il notait que « les remarques de Kerry expriment les relations réelles au sein de l’appareil d’État américain, l’influence prépondérante de l’immense appareil militaire et de renseignement et sa capacité à exercer de fait un droit de veto sur les responsables civils élus du pays ».

US has spent nearly $5 trillion on wars since 9/11 - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/09/14/wars-s14.html

Je me demande juste un truc, c’est « qu’est-ce que c’est exactement que cette somme », si je me souviens bien il y a une différence entre les trillons américains et européens. Donc là ça ferait 5 000 milliards de dollars (5 000 000 000 000) ? qui peut confirmer que wikipedia dit vrai ? ►https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillion

1 - dans les pays utilisant l’échelle longue (c’est-dire tous les pays à l’exception des pays russophones, arabes, anglophones et du Brésil), 1 trillion représente 1 milliard de milliards (1 000 000 000 000 000 000)

2 - Dans les pays utilisant l’échelle courte et notamment dans les publications scientifiques anglo-saxonnes destinées au public (vulgarisation d’articles scientifiques, la précision est importante car elle a fait l’objet d’une loi aux États-Unis), 1 trillion représente mille milliards (1 000 000 000 000). Il est appelé billion dans l’échelle longue (ce qui ajoute à la confusion lors des traductions).

alors :

US has spent nearly $5 trillion on wars since 9/11
By Bill Van Auken

14 September 2016

In another indication of the terrible price paid by working people in the United States and all over the globe for the crimes of US imperialism, a new report from Brown University estimates that Washington has squandered nearly $5 trillion since September 11, 2001 on the wars launched under the pretext of fighting terrorism.

The report coincides with the 15th anniversary of 9/11, with 10,000 US troops still in Afghanistan, 15 years after the US invasion of that country, and an estimated 6,000 in Iraq. Hundreds more special operations forces have been deployed to Syria, where the US is fighting for regime change in a de facto alliance with that country’s affiliates of Al Qaeda—which was supposedly the principal target of the last decade and a half of war.

#beaucoup_d_argent #guerre #états_unis #dépenses_militaires

The New York Times backs anti-refugee drive in Germany - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/01/15/nyti-j15.html

The New York Times backs anti-refugee drive in Germany
By Bill Van Auken
15 January 2016

In a brief editorial published Wednesday, the New York Times solidarizes itself fully with the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel as it exploits the media hysteria whipped up over alleged sexual harassment attributed to immigrants in Cologne, Germany in order to mount a crackdown against refugees fleeing the successive and ongoing imperialist wars in the Middle East.

#réfugiés #europe #nyt

With US air war in 10th month, ISIS advances in Iraq and Syria - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/06/02/iraq-j02.html

With US air war in 10th month, ISIS advances in Iraq and Syria
By Bill Van Auken
2 June 2015

With the US-led air war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) now in its 10th month, the Islamist militia continues to make territorial gains in both countries, inflicting serious losses on the military in Iraq as well as both government forces and rival Islamist “rebels” in Syria.

In its latest attack on Monday, ISIS launched a devastating suicide bombing against an army base just north of the Iraqi city of Fallujah, killing at least 45 members of the security forces and wounding scores more.

#is #ISIS #irak #syrie

CIA warned arming Syrian “rebels” unlikely to succeed - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/10/17/arms-o17.html

CIA warned arming Syrian “rebels” unlikely to succeed
By Bill Van Auken
17 October 2014

In a revealing report commissioned by the Obama administration, the US Central Intelligence Agency called into question Washington’s policy of arming Syrian “rebels,” pointing out that such operations in the past had seldom proven successful.

Under mounting political pressure from the factions of the ruling class and as part of a drive by US imperialism to launch another war in the Middle East, the White House and Congress nevertheless approved $500 million last month to fund and arm “moderate” rebels in Syria.

#syrie #is #isis

Mediterranean shipwrecks leave over 700 refugees dead, many fleeing Mideast wars - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/09/16/boat-s16.html

Mediterranean shipwrecks leave over 700 refugees dead, many fleeing Mideast wars
By Bill Van Auken
16 September 2014

Over 700 refugees from the Middle East and Africa are feared dead in a pair of catastrophic shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea over the past week, the world’s main international migration agency reported Monday.

This tragic loss of life is directly bound up with the series of military interventions carried out by US imperialism and its allies, which have plunged the Middle East and much of Africa into chaos, turning millions into homeless refugees.

#asile #migration #méditerranée #mourir_en_mer #naufrage

Fissures dans l’unité du G7 sur de nouvelles sanctions contre la Russie
Par Bill Van Auken
7 juin 2014
▻http://www.wsws.org/fr/articles/2014/jui2014/fiss-j07.shtml

Alors qu’Obama n’a pas cherché à rencontrer Vladimir Poutine, la plupart des autres membres du G7 ont organisé des discussions bilatérales avec le président russe qui avait été invité par Hollande à commémorer le 70e anniversaire du débarquement de Normandie durant le 2e Guerre mondiale.

Hollande a défendu l’invitation disant que les Français savaient ce qu’ils devaient au peuple russe, le peuple soviétique de l’époque et que celui-ci fut héroïque dans sa défense face aux divisions nazies et face aux souffrances. Le président français organisa deux repas séparés jeudi soir : un dîner dans un restaurant parisien avec Obama et un souper avec Poutine à l’Elysée.

La chancelière allemande Merkel, qui a dit lors d’une conférence de presse « il ne s’agit pas de menaces… nous voulons le dialogue » et le premier ministre britannique Cameron ont également organisé des rencontres séparées avec Poutine. Le premier ministre japonais Shizo Abe a dit lors d’une conférence de presse à Bruxelles « j’espère continuer le dialogue avec le président Poutine. » semblant regretter que Poutine n’était pas présent au sommet.

Ben Rhodes, le vice conseiller à la Sécurité nationale de la Maison Blanche a exprimé l’hostilité de Washington à ces réunions bilatérales. « Nous avons toujours dit que nous ne voulions pas que divers pays aient des conversations par-dessus la tête du gouvernement de Kiev sur l’avenir de l’Ukraine. » a-t-il dit à des journalistes.

Pour sa part, Poutine, qui représente les intérêts d’une couche dirigeante d’oligarques milliardaires ayant une richesse substantielle investie à l’Ouest, a signalé qu’il était prêt à un compromis sur l’Ukraine. Il a ordonné aux forces russes de se retirer des frontières de l’Ukraine et a reconnu les élections du 25 mai. On a annoncé le 5 juin que l’ambassadeur russe serait présent à l’investiture de Poroshenko samedi 7 juin.

#G7 #Obama #Poutine #hollande #merkel #Poroshenko #Ukraine

Iraq slides toward civil war - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/03/iraq-j03.html

Iraq slides toward civil war
By Bill Van Auken
3 January 2014

Heavy fighting erupted Thursday between Iraqi government troops and Sunni militants who seized large parts of Fallujah and Ramadi, two cities in Iraq’s western Anbar province that were at the center of the armed resistance to the US occupation a decade ago.

The renewed fighting came as figures released by the United Nations and other agencies indicated that the 2013 death toll in Iraq has risen to its highest level since the US military “surge” of 2007-2008.

The United Nations put the number of Iraqi civilian lives lost to violence last year at 7,818, with another 1,050 members of the security forces killed over the same period. Another estimate by the British-based group Iraq Body Count (IBC) put the civilian death toll at 9,475.

#irak #guerre_civile #violence

Mexican government accelerates drive to privatize state oil industry - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/05/mexi-d05.html

Mexican government accelerates drive to privatize state oil industry
By Bill Van Auken
5 December 2013

Encircled by thousands of police and nine-foot-high metal security fences, Mexico’s congress is expected to soon enact constitutional amendments allowing the partial privatization of the state energy firm, Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX).

Tuesday brought the legislature one step closer to the historic scrapping of what has long been seen as a key gain of the Mexican revolution—the nationalization of petroleum resources and expulsion of the foreign oil companies, which had rode roughshod over the country’s economic and political life.

#mexique #pétrole #énergie #privatisation

Turkish police round up young protesters for use of social media - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/06/turk-j06.html

Turkish police round up young protesters for use of social media
By Bill Van Auken
6 June 2013

Turkish police have rounded up dozens of young protesters in the western port city of Izmir on charges of “encouraging rebellion,” “inciting public hatred” and spreading “misleading and libelous information” for their use of Twitter and other social media during the mass demonstrations that have swept the country over the past week.

#turquie

Brazil’s economy beset by inflation, lagging production - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/11/braz-a11.html

Brazil’s economy beset by inflation, lagging production
By Bill Van Auken
11 April 2013

Brazil’s statistics agency, IBGE, announced Wednesday that the country’s inflation rate has broken through the government’s target ceiling last month, hitting 6.59 percent over the previous 12 months. It marked the first time since November 2011 that the rate has exceeded the upper limit of the government’s targeting band.

#brésil #économie

Tens of thousands rally in Washington for immigrant rights - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/12/migr-a12.html

Tens of thousands rally in Washington for immigrant rights
By Bill Van Auken
12 April 2013

Tens of thousands of immigrant workers and their supporters marched in Washington, DC on Wednesday to demand legislation legalizing the status of some 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States and offering them full citizenship.

Significant demonstrations also took place in Atlanta, Los Angeles and several other cities amid reports that the so-called Gang of Eight Democratic and Republican US senators is preparing to unveil an immigration package by early next week.

#migrations #asile #états-unis

Israel bombs Gaza, shoots down West Bank youth - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/05/gaza-a05.html

Israel bombs Gaza, shoots down West Bank youth
By Bill Van Auken
5 April 2013

Israel announced that it has placed its military on “high alert” Thursday as popular anger erupted following the deaths of a prominent Palestinian prisoner and two young protesters in the occupied West Bank.

Thousands joined funeral processions Thursday for Maysara Abuhamdia, a 64-year-old Palestine Liberation Organization veteran who died Tuesday in Israeli custody, and for two teenage cousins, Amer Nassar, 17, and Naki Belbisi, 18, who were shot down Wednesday night by Israeli troops using live ammunition against protests over Abuhamdia’s death.

#gaza #palestine #cisjordanie #israël

Costs of Iraq, Afghanistan wars could rise to $6 trillion - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/02/iraq-a02.html

Costs of Iraq, Afghanistan wars could rise to $6 trillion
By Bill Van Auken
2 April 2013

Over a decade of US wars of aggression in Afghanistan and Iraq will in the end cost as much as $6 trillion, the equivalent of $75,000 for every American household.

#afghanistan #irak #etats-unis

Texas police helicopter fires on immigrants, killing two

►http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/oct2012/texa-o27.shtml

By Bill Van Auken
27 October 2012

A Texas state police helicopter opened fire on a truckload of fleeing immigrants Thursday, killing two and wounding at least one other.

The deadly incident took place near La Joya, Texas, about 70 miles northwest of Brownsville. State authorities reported that it began when Texas Parks and Wildlife police began pursuing a red pickup truck packed with immigrant workers, who were suspected of having crossed the border from Mexico.

When the pickup failed to stop for the game wardens, they called in the Texas Department of Public Safety, which sent the helicopter. DPS helicopters patrolling the border area carry snipers armed with high-powered rifles.

A spokesperson for the DPS, also known as the Texas Rangers, initially called the shooting an “enforcement action,” but declined to comment further on the killings. On Friday, the agency issued a statement claiming that the police had fired on the vehicle in an attempt to disable it.

#états-unis #migrations #asile #meurtres