CETA: Trading away democracyThe EU’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada could unleash a wave of corporate lawsuits against Canada, the EU and its member states – including through the Canadian subsidiaries of US multinational corporations. This is the result of an in-depth analysis of CETA’s investor rights by Corporate Europe Observatory and 14 other … [Read more...] about Trading away democracy with CETA, Polluters in Peru and six translations of report on TTIP & regulatory cooperation
Lies About Torture
Institute for Public Accuracy980 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045(202) 347-0020 * accuracy.org___________________________________________ Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Lies About TortureRAY McGOVERN McGovern is a former CIA analyst whose responsibilities included chairing National … [Read more...] about Lies About Torture
Occupation Magazine: Voices of Resistance from Israel
2014: The Political Year in ReviewRami G. Khouri - This Week in Palestine - This year may a historic shift away from the two dominant failed legacies - American-mediated peace negotiations and armed-struggle resistance leading to savage Israeli attacks, primarily against Gaza - towards a new and potentially more effective diplomatic strategy. This combines the use of … [Read more...] about Occupation Magazine: Voices of Resistance from Israel
Elderly Henoko activists injured in base relocation protest (Japan Times)
BY DAVID MCNEILLSPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES Two elderly protesters have been hurt trying to block trucks from entering Camp Schwab in Okinawa Prefecture, near the construction site of a bitterly contested American base.Fumiko Shimabukuro, 85, was knocked to the ground during a scuffle with members of the Okinawan Prefectural Police who had been escorting the … [Read more...] about Elderly Henoko activists injured in base relocation protest (Japan Times)
たんぽぽ舎【TMM:No2357】
2014年１２月10日(水)地震と原発事故情報−5つの情報をお知らせします 転送歓迎━━━━━━━★１．=鹿児島薩摩川内(せんだい)原発再稼働反対の声をあげよう= 12月15日（月）九州電力本社（福岡県）へ 青柳行信 （原発いらない！九州実行委員会代表世話人）★２． 民間規制委の設立を提案します 槌田敦（物理学研究者）★３． 加圧水型の問題点（特に川内）について検討—技術的にも原発廃止に 原子力安全の基本となるDBAとは、事故を想定し科学技術により設計することである。 … [Read more...] about たんぽぽ舎【TMM:No2357】