Today 219 years ago, the 'martyr of the revolution', Jean Paul Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday, a 24 year old girl. The physician, natural scientists, and political activist was a member of 'the Mountain', a group active during the French Revolution, and author of the radical newspaper 'L'Ami du peuple'.
Doppelrücktritt im Bundesvorstand, Selbstbeschäftigung, Absturz in den Umfragen - mieser als dieser Tage standen die Piraten in ihrer so kurzen wie an Aufregern reichen Geschichte noch nicht da. Doch das ist kein Anlass für klammheimliche Freude, denn es geht um weit mehr als um Interessenspolitik für junge Nerds mit Internetanschluss.
Jeremy Brecher , Dec 2013 "Based on the Justinian Code’s protection of res communes, governments around the world have long served as trustees for rights held in common by the people...
What Then Must We Do? (his latest book and his twelfth since 1965) is a breezy, conversational read filled with somber forecasts, hopeful alternative economic strategies and lots of surprising facts and stats
What Would a Green Industrial Strategy Look Like? Robert Pollin: Shifting spending from the military-industrial complex to a green economy would create more jobs and build a sustainable industrial base
William I. Robinson: "Simply put, the immense structural inequalities of the global political economy can no longer be contained through consensual mechanisms of social control. The ruling classes have lost legitimacy; we are witnessing a breakdown of ruling-class hegemony on a world scale."
"Although Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down in February 2011, the uprisings in Egypt show little sign of retreat. While the uniting rallying cry may have been against dictatorship, the struggle in Egypt that took headlines across the world in early 2011 reflected deeper social, political, and economic problems. The key demands of the revolution have still not been met. The continuation of military rule and the promise of more neoliberal economic policies lead many to believe it will be a long battle. Protestors in Egypt are hopeful, however, as people all over the world revolt against an economic system that benefits the few at the expense of the many."
"Nothing could enhance American democracy more than if Occupy Wall Street helped enact the 28th Constitutional Amendment to end the pretense that corporations are people who speak with money. The 99% can stop the privatization of government." Huffingtodn Post 12/14 2011
GOD'S CENTURY: RESURGENT RELIGION AND GLOBAL POLITICS Timothy Shah, Daniel Philpott, Monica Duffy Toft Reviewed by Joustra. article was originally printed in the September/October 2011 issue of Books and Culture
H. SalahEldeen, and M. Nelson. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, page 125--137. Berlin/Heidelberg, Springer, (2012)