company:le monde diplomatique

Let’s change #Europe from the ground up, by Yanis Varoufakis (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, March 2019)
▻https://mondediplo.com/2019/03/12europe-diem

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The DiEM25 manifesto proposes immediate financial changes within the existing structures of the EU, to end austerity and fund a green, and hopefully post-capitalist, future. It operates across the continent.

France’s class wars, by Serge Halimi & Pierre Rimbert (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, February 2019)
▻https://mondediplo.com/2019/02/02gilets-jaunes-class-war

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In times when social groups crystallise and there is undisguised class struggle, everyone has to choose sides. The centre ground disappears. And even the most liberal, educated and distinguished people drop any pretence of peaceful coexistence. Fear robs them of their composure.

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During the Paris Commune in 1871, there was a similar transformation of thought among intellectuals and artists, some of whom had been fair-weather progressives. The poet Leconte de Lisle was infuriated by ‘this league of all the underclass, all the useless people, all the envious, the murderers, the thieves.’ Gustave #Flaubert thought that ‘the first remedy should be to end universal suffrage, the disgrace of the human mind.’ Émile #Zola, reassured by the punishment that had resulted in 20,000 deaths and almost 40,000 arrests, thought it offered a moral for the working class: ‘The bloodbath they have just experienced was perhaps a horrible necessity to calm some of their fevers’

#peur #gilets_jaunes « #libéral » #France

Lieux de pouvoir à Paris, une carte qui dérange (Le Monde diplomatique, février 2019)
►https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2019/02/A/59572

Il n’y a pas beaucoup d’articles en anglais sur les #Gilets_Jaunes, et celui ci tombe dans certains pièges, mais il est plutôt meilleur que la moyenne :

Popular Uprising in Paris and Left’s Fear of Populism
Ranabir Samaddar, Alternatives international, le 14 décembre 2018
▻https://ici-et-ailleurs.org/contributions/actualite/article/les-gilets-jaunes-vus-d-inde

Ca, par exemple, c’est trop précis pour être vrai :

The Yellow Vests call for : (a) No one be left homeless ; (b) end of the austerity policy ; cancellation of interest on illegitimate debt ; end of taxing the poor to pay back the debt ; recovery of the 85 billion Euros of fiscal fraud ; (c) creation of a true integration policy, with French language, history and civics courses for immigrants ; (d) minimum salary €1500 per month ; (e) giving privilege to city and village centres by stopping building of huge shopping malls and arcades ; (f) more progressive income tax rates ; and finally (g) more taxes on big companies like Mac Donald’s, Google, Amazon and Carrefour, and low taxes on little artisans.

Mais ça c’est pas mal :

The rebels donning yellow breakdown-safety vests required to keep in their cars by the government have spurned political parties. They got organized on social media, and began acting locally. The movement spread in this way on successive Saturdays. Saturdays, because on working days women raising kids with their precarious jobs cannot strike. Thus, women receptionists, hostesses, nurses, teachers have come out in unusually large numbers. It is not the banal strike that the Left engages in, but something more. The Left in France as elsewhere has surrendered before the neo-liberal, pro-business counter-reforms. The union leaders are eager to keep their place at the table. They only go through the motions of carrying out strikes. Workers were fatigued.

#Yellow_Vests #France

Poudre de perlimpinpin, par Jean-Michel Dumay (Le Monde diplomatique, janvier 2019)
▻https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2019/01/DUMAY/59401

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L’essence du #néolibéralisme, par Pierre Bourdieu (Le Monde diplomatique, mars 1998)
►https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/1998/03/BOURDIEU/3609

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Failed dream of political Islam, by Hicham Alaoui (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, November 2018)
▻https://mondediplo.com/2018/11/02arab-world

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Islamism has imitated, or colluded with, the state autocracies it claims to oppose. It has failed to suggest its own answers to economic problems, social justice, education or corruption.

#islam_politique #islamisme #échec #collusion #corruption

Les États-Unis dévoilent la condition de leur retrait de Syrie - Sputnik France
▻https://fr.sputniknews.com/international/201809241038218472-bolton-etats-unis-syrie

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« Les troupes des États-Unis ne quitteront pas la Syrie tant que des troupes iraniennes se trouvent en dehors d’Iran », a-t-il déclaré lors d’une conférence de presse à New York.

En vo : “We’re not going to leave as long as Iranian troops are outside Iranian borders and that includes Iranian proxies and militias,” White House national security adviser John Bolton said while traveling in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, according to the Associated Press." (▻https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/john-bolton-us-will-stay-in-syria-until-iran-leaves)

Et moi qui croyais qu’ils étaient là pour défendre la révolution syrienne ! Comme j’étais naïf !

#syrie #grand_jeu

Our lives in a scored society, by Frank Pasquale (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, May 2018)
▻https://mondediplo.com/2018/05/05data

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Every aspect of #Big_Data needs clear governmental regulation — its collection, its use with analysis to classify people, and its exploitation. We shouldn’t be expected to fight it alone.

#données #intrusion #violation #agression

Attaques contre #Jeremy_Corbyn (et accusations d’antisémitisme) :

Dans le #Guardian :
►https://seenthis.net/messages/606127

I’m ashamed at the way my party is offending Jews, says Labour MP
Peter Walker, The Guardian, le 29 juillet 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/711737

Remarks about Zionists draw official complaint against Jeremy Corbyn
Michael Savage, The Guardian, le 26 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/717315

Israël se cache-t-il derrière les attaques contre Jeremy Corbyn ?
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, le 30 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/716567

Dans #Le_Monde :

Antisémitisme : le leader travailliste britannique Jeremy Corbyn à nouveau dans la tourmente
Eric Albert, Le Monde, le 14 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/715022

Dans #Médiapart :

Au Royaume-Uni, la décomposition du paysage politique se poursuit
Ludovic Lamant, Médiapart, le 21 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/716567
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Comment un diplomate israélien a travaillé au cœur du Parti travailliste pour mettre à mal Corbyn
Alex MacDonald et Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye, le 9 janvier 2017
►https://seenthis.net/messages/715022

Jeremy Corbyn appelle à une révision de la question des ventes d’armes du Royaume Uni à Israël après les morts sur la frontière de Gaza
Jeremy Corbyn, le 10 avril 2018
▻https://www.aurdip.org/jeremy-corbyn-appelle-a-une.html

Antisémitisme. Offensive orchestrée contre Jeremy Corbyn au Royaume-Uni
Jonathan Cook, Orient XXI, le 8 mai 2018
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/692587

The Jewish establishment’s ‘War Against Corbyn’ risks bringing real antisemitism to Britain
Robert A. H. Cohen, Patheos, le 28 juillet 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/711737

Who’s guilty of antisemitism ? Questioning Labour’s Definition Bind
Peter Hallward, Verso, le 6 août 2018
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/714306

How Israel lobby attacked an Auschwitz survivor to smear Corbyn
Adri Nieuwhof, Electronic Intifada, le 7 août 2018
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/713760

Jeremy Corbyn, le futur premier ministre du Royaume-Uni ?
Gidéon Lévy, Haaretz, le 9 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/716567

Israel Is The Real Problem
Media Lens, le 9 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/715022

La vérité sur la relation spéciale du Royaume-Uni avec Israël
Mark Curtis, Middle East Eye, le 10 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/715335

No, this Netanyahu row won’t destroy Corbyn – it will only make him stronger
Richard Seymour, The Independent, le 14 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/715078

Grande-Bretagne : le leader travailliste Jeremy Corbyn attaqué par Benyamin Netanyahou
Middle East Eye, le 14 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/715022

Anti-Semitism and Labour : Jeremy Corbyn must stop apologising and start fighting back
Ghada Karmi, Middle East Eye, le 14 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/715022

Netanyahu Falsely Attacks Corbyn for Laying Wreath on Palestinian Terrorist’s Grave
Richard Silverstein, le 15 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/715022

Jeremy Corbyn, les Palestiniens et l’antisémitisme
Alain Gresh, Orient XXI, le 16 août 2018
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/715399

Israël se cache-t-il derrière les attaques contre Jeremy Corbyn ?
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, le 30 août 2018
►https://seenthis.net/messages/716567

It’s time to stand up and be counted - what defending Corbyn really means
Chris Nineham, Counterfire, le 30 août 2018
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/719141

Ken Loach appelle les Travaillistes à ne pas ‘trahir la Palestine’ en cédant aux ennemis de Corbyn
Ben Chacko, The Morning Star, le 3 septembre 2018
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/719511

Grande-Bretagne : le Labour adopte la définition complète de l’antisémitisme
Sonia Delesalle-Stolper, Libération, le 4 septembre 2018
▻https://seenthis.net/messages/719685

#Royaume-Uni #Grande-Bretagne #UK #Labour #Parti_Travailliste #antisémitisme #antisionisme #Palestine #censure #IHRA #recension

US foreign policy as bellicose as ever, by Serge Halimi (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, September 2017)
▻https://mondediplo.com/2017/09/01trump-foreignpolicy

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Trump is not solely responsible for this increased tension: Republican neoconservatives, Democrats and the media all applauded him this spring when he ordered military manoeuvres in Asia and the launch of 59 missiles towards an air base in Syria (1). At the same time, he was prevented from acting when he broached a possible rapprochement with Moscow, and was even forced to sign off on new US sanctions against Russia. US foreign policy’s point of equilibrium is effectively being determined by Republican phobias (Iran, Cuba, Venezuela) often shared by Democrats, and by Democrat hatreds (Russia, Syria) endorsed by most Republicans. If there is a peace party in Washington, it’s currently well hidden.

#Etats-Unis

Pendant que la Commission européenne met #Google à l’amende…Alphabet prépare l’après-Google, par Evgeny Morozov
►https://blog.mondediplo.net/2017-07-07-Alphabet-prepare-l-apres-Google #st

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Le problème lorsqu’on veut légiférer en matière de nouvelles technologies, c’est que les entreprises concernées finissent en général par se débrouiller pour échapper aux nouvelles législations, à grands renforts d’innovations encore non réglementées. Parce qu’elle sont essentiellement motivées par des principes économiques classiques, ces lois alimentent finalement la perpétuelle soif de changement de ces entreprises : lesquelles préfèrent délaisser leurs vieux modèles d’affaires plutôt que de capituler face aux législateurs.

▻http://zinc.mondediplo.net/messages/73949 via Le Monde diplomatique

Agustin Edwards: A Declassified Obituary
▻http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB587-Agustin-Edwards-left-legacy-of-collaboration-with-CIA-in-Ch

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Declassified CIA, White House Documents Reveal Collaboration between Chilean Media Mogul and Highest Level of Nixon Administration
Kissinger Set up Secret Meetings for Edwards with Nixon and CIA Director Richard Helms
Documents Record Edwards Covert Coup Plotting to Overthrow Allende in Chile

Operation Condor Targeted Amnesty International for Assassination
▻http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB572-Declassified-files-show-Operation-Condor-targets-for-assass

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Repression in Argentina : Obama Administration Declassifies Top Secret Intelligence Files
New Documents Shed Light on OPERATION CONDOR, planned missions in Europe

The Hidden Meanings of Maps (1/2) | Pick-Me-Up Tonic

▻https://pickmeuptonic.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/the-hidden-meanings-of-maps

Intéressante analyse, j’ai eu la surprise d’y trouver une de mes production de 1993 - 25 ans tout de même... - en exemple dans le corps du texte

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2. Scale matters

Once you’ve picked up a projection, you have to choose what scale is the best to illustrate the trend or phenomena you want to show. More than a zoom level, picking up the right scale is a tricky & meaningful process similar to building a photograph composition.

The scale choice reveals the very interpretation the cartographer is making of the represented phenomena. People and places that do not appear on the map are considered not relevant to the topic. Then, the edges of the map define a time & space frame containing both the issue & its solution/explanation.

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On this map from Le Monde Diplomatique, for instance, the political situation in Belgium is the topic. The map was illustrating an article about the 1993 agreement of Saint Michel that made Belgium a federal state by unifying the two main regions as well as smaller german regions under the same government. This is a very specific debate concerning Belgium and Belgium only, not depending on external forces. The issue (political unity of Belgium) contains its solution (its a national debate that no one else can solve but Belgians).

On the example below, a map illustrating the Falklands War of 1982 between United Kingdom and Argentina over Falklands Islands sovereignty, the playground is the Atlantic Ocean, North to South.

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The map focuses on the two protagonists to show how & when they moved strategically to an actual open conflict over the Falklands. There is clearly no other country involved in this, nor other political influences. The map is focusing on strategy, events timeline and show very well the obvious handicap of distance United Kingdom had. That tells us a lot about how UK’s empire last bite was escaping from its yoke and how they desperately fought for it, more as a symbol than as an essential land possession.