• The world economy 2013: Illusions and reality - World Socialist Web Site

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    The world economy 2013: Illusions and reality
    8 January 2013

    When the economic history of the recent period is written, it may well be that the year 2012 is regarded as having been almost as important as 2008.

    The collapse of Lehman Brothers four-and-a-half years ago was the trigger that set in motion the breakdown of the global capitalist system. But the past year has made its own mark. It has seen the destruction of a series of fictions assiduously promoted by the spokesmen of the ruling elites in the wake of the onset of the global financial crisis.

    #économie #crise-économique #crise-financière

  • Obama names head of drone assassination program to lead CIA - World Socialist Web Site

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    http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/08/bren-j08.html

    Obama names head of drone assassination program to lead CIA
    By Barry Grey
    8 January 2013

    President Barack Obama on Monday named his counterterrorism chief, John Brennan, to head the Central Intelligence Agency in his second term. In choosing Brennan to lead the spy agency, Obama gave a clear signal that he intends to expand the illegal program of drone assassinations that has already killed thousands of innocent civilians—men, women and children—and mutilated thousands more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

    #drone #états-unis #cIA

    Among those murdered on the say-so of the president, without any charges or judicial process, are at least three US citizens, including the New Mexico-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and his 16-year old son, obliterated by drone-fired missiles in Yemen.

  • Obama names head of drone assassination program to lead CIA - World Socialist Web Site

    le “head of drone asassination program” prend du grade "
    http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/08/bren-j08.html

    Obama names head of drone assassination program to lead CIA
    By Barry Grey
    8 January 2013

    President Barack Obama on Monday named his counterterrorism chief, John Brennan, to head the Central Intelligence Agency in his second term. In choosing Brennan to lead the spy agency, Obama gave a clear signal that he intends to expand the illegal program of drone assassinations that has already killed thousands of innocent civilians—men, women and children—and mutilated thousands more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

    #drone #états-unis #cIA

    Among those murdered on the say-so of the president, without any charges or judicial process, are at least three US citizens, including the New Mexico-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and his 16-year old son, obliterated by drone-fired missiles in Yemen.

  • Island dispute continues to fuel China-Japan tensions - World Socialist Web Site

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    Island dispute continues to fuel China-Japan tensions
    By Peter Symonds
    8 January 2013

    Two incidents near the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea have underscored the danger of simmering tensions between China and Japan erupting into a major confrontation.

    The Japanese coastguard reported yesterday that four Chinese marine surveillance ships sailed within 12 nautical miles of the Japanese-controlled islands, known in Japan as Senkaku and in China as Diaoyu. The Japanese foreign ministry issued a formal protest to the Chinese embassy in Tokyo. The alleged intrusion was the first this year and the 21st since Tokyo “nationalised” the islands in September, provoking sharp protests from China.

    #chine #japon #senkaku