GPJA #441 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 14/9/12
September 14, 2012 1 Comment
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
FEATURES
Middle East Protests at U.S. Embassies Spread in Uproar over Anti-Muslim U.S. Film http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/13/middle_east_protests_at_us_embassies
Islamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan on the Growing Mideast Protests and "Islam & the Arab Awakening" http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/13/islamic_scholar_tariq_ramadan_on_the
John Pilger: Beware of the West’s violent hypocrisy http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/52194
What is to be Done: The Website as an Organizer #RevSoc http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/7237/what-is-to-be-done_the-website-as-an-organizer-
ASSANGE
Assange case: Sweden’s shame in violating human rights http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/20129674125619411.html
LAND, LABOUR AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Stop throwing money at farm millionaires http://www.spectrezine.org/stop-throwing-money-farm-millionaires
Hungary Is In Trouble After Throwing Out Monsanto AND The IMF http://theautomaticearth.com/Finance/hungary-throws-out-monsanto-and-the-imf.html#ixzz267Curyhk
CULTURAL DISSENT
New online magazine on socialism and the arts http://www.redwedgemagazine.com/index.html
REVIEW: The Emperor Has No Clothes But Still He Rules by Michael D. Yates http://monthlyreview.org/2011/06/01/the-emperor-has-no-clothes-but-still-he-rules
Controversy over Red Hot Chili Peppers heats up – Just as a cultural boycott was enforced on apartheid South Africa, so must one be enforced on Israel. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/20129971339654827.html
Immortal Technique Rich Man’s World (1%) Lyrics on screen
Detropia: If you are under the impression that there’s nothing more to be said about the demise of the auto industry and its terrible impact on working people after Michael Moore, you owe it to yourself to see “Detropia”, a documentary that opened yesterday at the IFC Center in New York (screening information for other cities is here). http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/detropia/
AFGHANISTAN
We Are Still at War By Johnny Barber – Kabul: ‘We are at War. Somebody is Going to Pay,’ said George W. Bush on Sept 11th, 2001. Eleven years later, we are still at war. Bullets, mortars and drones are still extracting payment. Thousands, tens of thousands, millions have paid in full. Children and even those yet to be born will continue to pay for decades to come. http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=19558
Occupiers strategy in chaos after killings http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/52195
AUSTRALIA
Australian Aborigines complete Cuban literacy program http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/09/04/australian-aborigines-complete-cuban-literacy-program/print#ixzz25fFULYQI
BOLIVIA
Evo Morales denounces the United States as a "paradise of impunity" and "refuge for criminals" after Washington refuses to extradite Goni http://boliviarising.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/bolivia-evo-morales-denounces-united.html
America’s refusal to extradite Bolivia’s ex-president to face genocide charges http://boliviarising.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/americas-refusal-to-extradite-bolivias.html
Behind Bolivia’s nationalization of Canadian mine http://boliviarising.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/behind-bolivias-nationalization-of.html
CANADA
Watch an informative, ten-minute interview on the The Real News Network with Jérémie Bédard-Wien of CLASSE : http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content
Quebec’s election – an initial balance sheet http://lifeonleft.blogspot.ca/2012/09/quebecs-election-initial-balance-sheet.html
Questions surround attack against Pauline Marois http://www.rogerannis.com/questions-surround-attack-against-pauline-marois/
News from post-election Quebec on Sept 7, 2012 http://www.rogerannis.com/news-from-post-election-quebec-on-sept-7-2012/
CHILE
The Other 9/11 – Chile – Coup d’état – September 11, 1973
Chile’s students want it all: Chile’s student movement is going on the offensive, organizing a full-fledged social struggle to put an end to Chile’s privatized education sector, explains Jason Farbman. http://socialistworker.org/2012/09/10/chiles-students-want-it-all
9/11/73 Coup D’état In Chile
CHINA
China in Revolt http://jacobinmag.com/2012/08/china-in-revolt
COLOMBIA
What prospects for the peace negotiations between FARC and government? http://links.org.au/node/3027
ECUADOR
Fascinating interviews with Christine Assange and Frederico Fuentes about Ecuador’s decision to grant political asylum to Julian Assange. http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/52144
INDIA
India’s Auto Giant Seeks to Crush Independent Union http://labornotes.org/2012/08/indias-auto-giant-seeks-crush-independent-union
An Indian auto plant wracked by violence reopened last week, with almost all 2,500 full-time and casual workers at the plant barred from entering. The union and community allies have organized protests calling on Suzuki to reinstate fired workers and release jailed union activists
IRELAND
Sinn Fein TD visit: ‘Irish workers facing exploitation here’ http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/52160
KOREA
Korean workers reach ground-breaking agreement at Hyundai http://www.industriall-union.org/korean-workers-reach-ground-breaking-agreement-at-hyundai
LIBYA
Widespread CIA torture along with Gaddafi’s Libya: report http://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/widespread-cia-torture-along-with-gaddafis-libya-report/
PACIFIC
UN presses US to increase Marshalls nuclear compensation http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/UN_presses_US_to_increase_Marshalls_nuclear_compensation_999.html
UN report: Nuclear testing + human rights impact http://tinyurl.com/8psx8rp
Fiji self-censorship claims spark furious media freedom debate http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2012/09/fiji-self-censorship-claims-spark-furious-media-freedom-debate/
PAKISTAN
Horror in Pakistan after 300 workers die http://www.industriall-union.org/horror-in-pakistan-after-300-workers-die
PALESTINE
‘Palestinian Spring has begun’ says Palestinian president http://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/palestinian-spring-has-begun-says-palestinian-president/
Israel treats refugees as a ‘cancer’, exposing racist state http://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/israel-treats-refugees-as-a-cancer-exposing-racist-state/
West Bank’s ‘leave, leave’ chants echo Arab Spring http://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/west-banks-leave-leave-chnts-echo-arab-spring/
Nassar Ibrahim on social unrest in the Palestinian Authority
No Palestinian Spring while West Bank occupied by Israel http://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/no-palestinian-spring-while-west-bank-occupied-by-israel/
BREAKING THE SILENCE: How are Palestinians living under the Occupation in the West Bank and Gaza? Academic, writer and commentator Peter Slezak took a tour of the Palestinian Occupied Territories earlier this year and met with a range of Palestinians and Israelis including members of the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence, who take tours around hotspots in the West Bank and Gaza. His journey, as the son of holocaust survivors, was confronting and harrowing as he witnessed what this Occupation means in terms of the human rights abuses that occur routinely, and the annexation of Palestinian lands to large Israeli settlements and to the 700 km long Separation Wall. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/new-document/4240142
Siege leaves 80 percent of Gaza’s factories shut http://electronicintifada.net/content/siege-leaves-80-percent-gazas-factories-shut/11655
The politics behind economic nightmare of Palestine http://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/the-politics-behind-economic-nightmare-of-palestine/
PHILIPPINES
After Sit-Down Strike, Philippine Airline Union Battles Outsourcing http://labornotes.org/2012/08/after-sit-down-strike-philippine-airline-union-battles-outsourcing
SOUTH AFRICA
Dying for growth — World Bank’s role in Marikana massacre mine, carbon pollution by Patrick Bond http://links.org.au/node/3014
‘The SACP has become a vanguard of ANC power factionalism’ http://links.org.au/node/3022
Jay Naidoo: An open letter to Cosatu http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-09-04-an-open-letter-to-cosatu
SRI LANKA
Presentation by Brian Senewiratne, Sri Lankan of Sinhalese origin, longtime activist in Australia for human rights in Sri Lanka, at Fremantle Town Hall, Australia. The forum was organised by a new network called "Human Rights in Sri Lanka and Tamil Eelam". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL2nNjDuPnQ
THAILAND
Thailand’s ‘parallel war’: Thaksin and the Red Shirts http://links.org.au/node/3021
USA
"Effective Evil" or Progressives’ Best Hope? Glen Ford vs. Michael Eric Dyson on Obama Presidency http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/7/effective_evil_or_progressives_best_hope
Protecting Torturers, Prosecuting Whistleblowers – Here is what military briefers like to call BLUF, the Bottom Line Up Front: no one except John Kiriakou is being held accountable for America’s torture policy. And John Kiriakou didn’t torture anyone, he just blew the whistle on it. http://www.thenation.com/article/169860/protecting-torturers-prosecuting-whistleblowers
Bold Civil Disobedience Actions Blockade Entrance to Site of TPP Negotiations in VA http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bold-Civil-Disobedience-Ac-by-Press-Release-120911-894.html
Thousands Rally in Chicago Teachers’ Strike, Pushing Back Against Corporatized Education Reform http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/11/thousands_rally_in_chicago_teachers_strike
On strike for all teachers – Alan Maass rounds up reports on the first day of the Chicago teachers’ strike–as CTU members set an example for how to resist the bipartisan attack on our schools. http://socialistworker.org/2012/09/11/on-strike-for-all-teachers
Restaurant Union Workers Win Historic Victory in New York City http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/restaurant-union-workers-win-historic-victory-new-york-city
America would be better off with more strikes By Chris Rhomberg, Special to CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/10/opinion/rhomberg-unions-strikes
The Lost Decade of the Middle Class – Fewer, Poorer, Gloomier http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/08/22/the-lost-decade-of-the-middle-class/
VENEZUELA
The Chávez Election by Steve Ellner http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/694.php
Chavez: Venezuelan Opposition ‘Aggression Against the People’ http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/7236
YEMEN
Who is held to account for deaths by drone in Yemen? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/06/drone-deaths-yemen
Fascinating post about Hungary, Mike. Keep that info coming. Thanks, Jim Bennett