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British ruling elite celebrates falling life expectancy as boon for pension fund deficits - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/05/13/life-m13.html

Donc, au Royaume-uni, on se réjouit de la baisse de l’espérance de vie parce que ça va rudement bien aider à la réduction du déficit des caisses de retraites (et des fonds de pensions ?)

#brrr... Quel monde.

British ruling elite celebrates falling life expectancy as boon for pension fund deficits
By Jean Shaoul
13 May 2017

A recent article in the Financial Times, noting that life expectancy had begun to fall, particularly among the elderly, was remarkable for its utter indifference to the possible causes and the adverse implications of what is an unprecedented phenomenon in peacetime, in the absence of epidemics or particularly harsh winters.

It is quite extraordinary. For decades after World War II, it was taken as an article of faith that better health care and improved living conditions would mean a continuing fall in mortality. Now people are dying younger and all the newspaper of the financial elite can do is note the likely benefits to the corporations: a reduction in the pensions deficit!

Theresa May claims selling arms to Saudi Arabia helps ’keep people on the streets of Britain safe’ | The Independent

▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/arms-sales-saudi-arabia-theresa-may-staunch-defence-keep-people-stree

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Theresa May has staunchly defended selling arms to Saudi Arabia despite the country facing accusations of war crimes, insisting close ties “keep people on the streets of Britain safe”.

Jeremy Corbyn called on the Prime Minister to halt those sales because of the “humanitarian devastation” caused by a Saudi-led coalition waging war against rebels in Yemen.

The Labour leader spoke out after the Parliamentary committee charged with scrutinising arms exports said it was likely that British weapons had been used to violate international law. The Saudis stand accused of bombing multiple international hospitals run by the charity Médecins Sans Frontières, as well as schools, wedding parties and food factories.

#armement #arabie_saoudite #embargo #royaume_uni

Netanyahu brands Israel’s Palestinian citizens as criminals - World Socialist Web Site
▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/01/18/isra-j18.html

By Jean Shaoul
18 January 2016

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unleashed a wave of venom against Israel’s Palestinian citizens following a lone attack by a Palestinian Israeli on Jewish Israelis in Tel Aviv. In so doing, he is inciting his right-wing supporters to adopt vigilante tactics, exacerbating tensions and whipping up an atmosphere of fear and intimidation.

#israël #palestine #discrimination #injustice #droitisation

Syria, Russia and Ukraine - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/04/08/sysi-a08.html

Syria, Russia and Ukraine
By Jean Shaoul
8 April 2014

The targeting of Russia by the United States and other NATO powers is an attempt to control the former Soviet Republics in the Caucasian landmass that provide both vital energy resources and transport routes between Asia, Europe and Africa. This may appear as being in conflict with the Obama administration’s declared “pivot to Asia” that is aimed at reducing the role of China and its regional allies, Iran and Russia in the world economy. In reality, it is part of the same strategy for world domination.

#syrie #russie #ukraine

UN report documents Israeli regime’s abuse and torture of Palestinian children - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/25/pale-j25.html

Ce n’est pas nouveau, mais c’est toujours bien de le rappeler.

UN report documents Israeli regime’s abuse and torture of Palestinian children
By Jean Shaoul
25 June 2013

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) published a report last week accusing Israel of committing abuses against Palestinian children, including torture, solitary confinement and threats of death and sexual assault in prisons.

The committee’s 18 independent experts examined Israel’s record of compliance with a 1990 treaty as part of its regular review of a pact signed by all nations except Somalia and the United States. They obtained their evidence, which relates to the 10-year period from 2002, from other UN rights bodies, military sources and Israeli and Palestinian rights groups, including the Israeli soldiers’ group Breaking the Silence.

#israël #palestine #enfance #torture

British imperialism’s return to “East of Suez” - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/08/uaem-m08.html

British imperialism’s return to “East of Suez”
By Jean Shaoul
8 May 2013

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, got the full treatment on his state visit to Britain last week.

He was afforded a ride in a gilded horse-drawn coach to Windsor, complete with guards in bearskins and red tunics, a state banquet at Windsor Castle with Queen Elizabeth, and talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.

#proche-orient #imperialisme #empire_britannique

Israeli election campaign reflects rightward shift - World Socialist Web Site

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Israeli election campaign reflects rightward shift
By Jean Shaoul
9 January 2013

The campaign in Israel for the January 22 parliamentary election is marked by an ever more rightward turn by all the main political parties as economic growth slows and social tensions rise.

Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu of Likud heads the most right-wing coalition government in Israel’s history. He is widely expected to win the election and serve as prime minister for a third term, presiding over an even more right-wing coalition. This is despite the mass social protests in the summer of 2011 over soaring housing costs and social inequality, which his government has done nothing to address.

Israel considering attack on Syria - World Socialist Web Site

►http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/18/syri-d18.html
By Jean Shaoul
18 December 2012

L’Iran, la Syrie, la Palestine, ça commence à faire beaucoup pour un si petit pays.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has twice asked Jordan for its support to bomb Syria’s alleged chemical weapons facilities.

Citing intelligence sources in Israel and Jordan, The Atlantic wrote that, while Israel could attack without Jordanian approval—as it did when it bombed an alleged nuclear installation in September 2007—Tel Aviv was concerned about the repercussions of such an attack for Jordan. One intelligence source said that since “A number of sites are not far from the border, the Jordanians have to be very careful about provoking the regime, and they assume the Syrians would suspect Jordanian complicity in an Israeli attack.”

According to the report, Israeli drones patrol the skies over the Jordan-Syria border, with both American and Israeli drones keeping watch over suspected Syrian chemical weapons sites. Allegations that the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is preparing to use chemical weapons against its opponents is being used as a pretext for a military operation for regime change in Syria by NATO in order to isolate Iran.

Israël : Quand la police essaye de briser le mouvement social

►http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jun2012/isra-j27.shtml

Israeli police arrest social protest movement leader and break up demonstrations

By Jean Shaoul
27 June 2012

On Friday, a few hundred activists attempted to set up a tent city again on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard. Riot police moved in forcefully to prevent them from occupying the boulevard, a sign that the Israeli authorities are determined that there be no mass protests again this year.