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Michel Bauwens: Global Noise takes on austerity: ‘We are not going to be silent’

Global Noise takes on austerity: ‘We are not going to be silent’ Demonstrators across the world are calling for an end to austerity as Global Noise protests kick off in more than 30 countries, including many in the Nobel Peace laureate European Union. ­The worldwide demonstrations on Saturday passed without incident, and Caleb Maupin from …

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Mike Lofgren: The Austerity Trap – Is Past Prologue? – Should Germany Grant Debt Relief as It Was Granted Debt Relief?

The Austerity Trap: Is Past Prologue? Mike Lofgren, Huffington Post, 10/11/2012 9:42 pm A German chancellor touts austerity as the sovereign remedy for the worst global economic crisis in most people’s memory. Why? The great inflation of 1923 is still so seared into the consciousness of the German political class that keeping the stability of …

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Paul Craig Roberts: A Skeptical Look at Claimed Gains in Employment

October 5. Today’s employment report fOrom the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 114,000 new jobs in September and a drop in the rate of unemployment from 8.1% to 7.8%. As 114,000 new jobs are not sufficient to stay even with population growth, the drop in the unemployment rate is the result of not counting discouraged …

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Berto Jongman: Kosovo – Crime without Punishment, Power without Responsibility

Crime without punishment, power without responsibility – Kosovo, international policy and the rule of law Unless the international community demonstrates it is serious abouthuman rights, restitution and disrupting organised crime and criminality, its current policy of stability in place of justice can only continue to fuel both injustice and instability. Learn more about the principles …

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Berto Jongman: Johan Galtung Keynote to UN Human Rights Council – Twelve Theses for Creating a New Equitable World That Works for All

Peace, human rights and development in multi-polar and evolving world Johan Galtung TMS, 2 October 2012 Keynote Speech at the UN Human Rights Council SOCIAL FORUM – Oct 1, 2012 Your Excellencies! The title for this Sixth Social Forum – in the context of the 10 Articles of the UN Declaration on the Right to …

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