EU Military Strategy Paper Leaked: Comments? »
In that context the paper elaborates on “barrier operations shielding the global rich from the tensions and problems of the poor”. It reads that “as the ratio of the world population living in misery and frustration will remain massive, the tensions and spillover between their world and that of the rich will continue to grow. As we are unlikely to have solved this problem at its root by 2020 - i.e. by curing dysfunctional societies we will need to strengthen our barriers.” (via WikiLeaks)
Noam Chomsky: "Crisis and Hope - Theirs and Ours" »
More than 2,000 people packed into Riverside Church in Harlem to hear his address, titled “Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours.” In his talk, Chomsky discussed the global economic crisis, the environment, wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, resistance to American empire and much more.
Von Nokia Siemens geliefert: Deutsche Technik für Irans Zensur - taz.de »
WASHINGTON afp | Der Verband der US-Computerbranche hat sich besorgt über Berichte geäußert, dass die iranische Führung Technik aus Deutschland und anderen Ländern zur Überwachung von Regierungskritikern nutzt. “Das Internet kann ein Mittel sein, um die politische Kommunikation und Beteiligung in einer Demokratie zu fördern”, erklärte der Chef des Branchenverbands CCIA, Ed Black, am Montag (Ortszeit).
