Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, 30 May 2014


29 May 2014
Le Monde diplomatique

June 2014

... Ukraine, behind the barricades; Israel/Palestine, talks fail, can sanctions work? Latin America, all eyes to the left; Hungary's turn to the Orient; Japan, islanders against nuclear; TTIP 7-page special report; World Cup, forgetting the fans; counting the cost of sleep; it ain't what you say... and more...
  • Who are the separatists and what do they want?

    Back in the USSR - Avedis Hadjian

    It has looked like civil war in Ukraine, yet most Ukrainians don't want any such thing, as shown by the 25 May election results. And pro-Russian separatists in the east mostly want to return to their old Soviet life.A saying usually misattributed to Trotsky, "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you," describes the Ukrainian conflict, which now has almost all the elements needed for a civil war: well-armed rival sides, opposing views of national history and destiny, and a (...)
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  • Israel-Palestine talks were set up to fail

    What's mine is mine; what's yours is negotiable - Alain Gresh

    The US, chief guarantor for the Israeli-Palestinian talks for decades, is so habitually and instinctually pro-Israel that it can't understand that the Palestinians even have a viewpoint, let alone what it is.
    Translated by Charles Goulden

  • The power to shun* - Julien Salingue

    The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign is, after a decade, persuading major economic forces and public figures to withdraw from investments or appearances in Israel as long as it denies Palestinian rights.
    Translated by Charles Goulden
  • Latin America's rightwing parties fall apart

    All that's left* - Grace Livingstone

    Rightwing parties in Latin America give themselves populist names, keep the manifesto rhetoric modest and talk of appealing to the street. But they aren't winning many votes. Meanwhile business has learned to work with governments of the left.
    Original text in English
  • Japanese villagers block nuclear plant for 30 years

    The stubborn little island* - Rafaële Brillaud

    The islanders of Iwaishima have protested against, and so far prevented, the construction of a new nuclear power station for three decades. And they're still fighting, while Japan's 54 existing reactors await their re-start after Fukushima.
    Translated by Charles Goulden
  • Past Budapest the Orient begins

    Hungary's far right looks to the east* - Corentin Léotard

    Following Hungary's April election, prime minister Viktor Orbán is in power for another term. The nationalist positions of his Fidesz party are compatible with those of the growing far-right party, Jobbik, which won 20% of the vote. And which dreams of the Orient.
    Translated by George Miller
  • Transatlantic trade and investment partnership

    A world run for shareholders - Serge Halimi

    Translated by George Miller

  • The rules of the game* - Raoul-Marc Jennar

    The European Commission has sole responsibility for negotiating the common trade policy, but members of national parliaments and the European Parliament could oppose the TTIP project.
    Translated by Charles Goulden

  • What's in a name?* - Raoul-Marc Jennar and Renaud Lambert

    Translated by George Miller

  • Ten threats to Americans - Lori M Wallach

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  • Ten threats to Europeans - Wolf Jäcklein

    Translated by George Miller

  • The injustice industry* - Benoît Bréville and Martine Bulard

    There is a major legal business in corporate lawsuits against governments, seeking either a change in proposed legislation to suit corporate demands, or compensation. Under TTIP, European governments could face the same claims.
    Translated by Charles Goulden

  • Keeping us in the dark* - Martin Pigeon

    The TIPP negotiations are being conducted almost in secret, with governments and the European Parliament deliberately denied essential information. However, business lobbyists can access all areas, and do.
    Translated by Charles Goulden

  • TTIP timeline*

  • World Cup: supporters locked out of a rich man's game

    Football isn't for the fans* - David Garcia

    Gentrifying and commercialising soccer, partly to deal with the hooliganism of the 1980s, partly as an investment opportunity for oligarchs, has taken the game away from the supporters.
    Translated by George Miller

  • 'All cops are bastards'* - David Garcia

  • Sleep is revolution in an insomniac world

    What dreams may come* - Jonathan Crary

    Capitalism doesn't sleep. And it doesn't like you sleeping either. You're not producing or consuming, and you're not on call.
    Original text in English

  • The difference engine* - George Miller

    You can lose or gain in translation, when a whole history marches invisibly to every word. The nuances make the world of thought even bigger.
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Posted by Roberto Abraham Scaruffi at 09:25