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The richest 1% are at war with the rest of the world
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” Warren Buffett – Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/123058-there-s-class-warfare-all-right-but-it-s-my-class-the “Terrorism is the war of the poor. War is the terrorism of the rich.” Ustinov Peter: https://www.grainesdepaix.org/fr/ressources/sinspirer/aphorismes/le-terrorisme-est-la-guerre-des-pauvres-la-guerre-est-le-terrorisme-des-riches What does this war involve? In France, as elsewhere, the role of national education…
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Having the majority of political power without the majority of votes
The voting system in France, whether for the presidential or legislative elections, is not proportional. Only the candidates with the most votes go through to the second round. It favours the big parties with an undisputed leader. The Fifth Republic was created for one man, Charles de Gaulle, who was the undisputed leader of a…
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Drugs
At the end of the 1970s, the neo-liberal idea developed that if you work hard you can succeed, but if you fail it’s because you haven’t given yourself the means. In the 1980s, under the Thatcher/Reagan era, Western countries became deindustrialised and mass unemployment emerged. In the 1990s, the “cool Britannia” left-wingers such as Tony…
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Illegitimate authorities
The European Commission, religious leaders, consultancy firms (Accentur, Mac Kinsey, Ernst and Young, PWC), crowds, senates and social networks are all examples of illegitimate authorities in countries where the people are self-determining as a democracy. Big business like Coca-Cola or Total is powerful; what is illegitimate is the representative of the people who puts the…
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Ecoterrorism
Terrorism is the use of terror for ideological, political or religious ends. The word “terrorisme” was first used in November 1794, when it was used to describe the “doctrine of the partisans of the Terror”, those who, some time earlier, had exercised power by waging an intense and violent struggle against the counter-revolutionaries. It was…
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A helping hand – Call for the pursuit of the fight
Dear promoters of direct democracy, from all countries, First of all, congratulations to those who continue the fight in the field and from their places, each according to their means. A thought also for all the victims of violence, whatever their side. Many good actions such as boycotts, road toll lifts, blockages of the most…
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Le levier économique
Charles Stewart Parnell (Boicote) – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott) Gandhi (Salt march) – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March) Boicot – Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boicot Marcha de la sal – Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcha_de_la_sal Boycott – Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott Marche du sel – Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marche_du_sel Use deepl to translate
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Successful Protesters
Let’s have a quick look back at the first four weeks of Yellow Vests protests and what they have already obtained: · Fuel tax hike abandoned · Pensioner’s tax hike abandoned · Rise of the minimal wage · The government considering…
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Go, Go, Go!
Go, Go, Go! Thank you for opening the town halls for complaints, more than a step before opening them for the referendums. Operation “open town halls” on Saturday, December the 8th: “In this troubled period, mayors can connect citizens and the State”: https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/operation-mairies-ouvertes-samedi-dans-cette-periode-trouble-les-maires-peuvent-relier-les-citoyens-et-letat_3087821.html Kneeling protester: A new symbol of the YellowVests? | RT: https://www.rt.com/news/445965-protesters-kneel-police-students Les GiletsJaunes…
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Trump’s shadows
Elections – The Electoral College Was Designed To Prevent Trump. You Can Make This Happen – The Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/douglas-anthony-cooper/the-electoral-college-was_b_12897066.html Elections – What has happened – Status threat, not economic hardship, explains the 2016 presidential vote – Academy of science: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/04/18/1718155115 Elections – Recounting a day of rage, hate, violence and death – How a rally…