Archive for May, 2008

UE - Le quadrige des fées

NM - Si j’entends bien les médias il y a unanimité pour aller chercher la croissance qui nous manque, et investir massivement dans la recherche et dans la formation pour rentrer enfin dans la culture de l’innovation et répondre ainsi aux défis de notre temps. - NM

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USA - France’s Bright Shining Lie

NY Times - FORTY years after the French student and worker uprisings of May 1968, we are experiencing a flood: dozens of books, hundreds of articles, special editions of magazines are devoted to the riots and strikes of that month. A day doesn’t pass without the radio and television stations offering a retrospective, a debate or a portrait of the main characters of the era. - NY Times

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UE - Syndicats : La fin ?

Marseille Solidaire - Il ne s’agit pas d’une vision prémonitoire mais de ce que l’on peut tirer de l’expérience des mobilisations sociales novembre 2007 et surtout du fiasco revendicatif absolu de mai 2008 sur fond de fantasme à propos de « « mai 68 ». - Marseille Solidaire

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Voisinage - Peace by the end of 2008?

NM - Two intractable conflicts, distanced only 400 kilometers apart, are targeted for resolution by the end of 2008. On November 27, 2007, US President George W. Bush announced that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to “make every effort to conclude an agreement before the end of 2008” - NM

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Présidence française de l’UE : en fait de bling-bling, vous n’avez rien vu !

Bakchich.info - Alors que Bernard Kouchner promettait récemment une présidence française de l’UE sans arrogance, les préparatifs de celle-ci ne sont pas de tout repos. L’Elysée, Matignon et le ministère des Affaires étrangères se chamaillent et le gouvernement fait la manche auprès des Régions pour couvrir des dépenses qui s’annoncent somptuaires. - Bakchich.info

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UE - Pac n° 034018322: Bienvenue dans le système agricole

RUE89 - Une certaine idée de l’Europe, à la fois généreuse et absurde - Pour moi, la Pac, c’était jusqu’alors exclusivement, une certaine idée de l’Europe, à la fois généreuse et absurde, disant en creux le poids de l’agriculture en France, quelque chose d’abstrait qui s’épelait en milliards d’euros, presque la moitié du budget, dont douze distribués en France. - RUE89

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USA - Carter: 10 minutes to change the world

Guardian - It’s become a Hay tradition, a game played in the biggest tent at the festival and always before a packed house: the game is Fantasy American President. - Guardian

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UE - Mc Creevy veut légaliser les brevets logiciels via un traité US-UE

NM - Le Commissaire européen Charlie McCreevy fait pression pour parvenir à un traité bilatéral sur les brevets entre les Etats-Unis et l’Union Européenne. - NM

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EU - No Bases for Empire: International Activists Organize Against US Foreign Bases in Their Backyards

Democracy Now - The United States maintains over 700 military bases in dozens of countries across the globe. We speak with two international activists who are in the US for a speaking tour as part of a campaign called “No Bases for Empire.” Jan Tamas, from the Czech Republic, - Democracy Now

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EU - City bonuses defy credit crunch and hit new record of £13bn

Telegraph - A Telegraph analysis of government figures shows how bonuses for City workers and other financial services professionals have continued to soar, exceeding previous records by more than £500 million. - Telegraph

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USA - Hillary Clinton Raises the Specter of the Unspeakable

Washington Post - Smart candidates don’t invoke the possibility of their opponents being killed. This seems so obvious it shouldn’t need to be said, but apparently, it needs to be said. - Washington Post

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EU - Food price spike to hit EU farming review

EUobserver - EU farm ministers are meeting in Brussels today (19 May) for an emergency debate on the sharp rise in food and agriculture product prices on global markets, just a day before the European Commission unveils proposals for a review of the bloc’s agrosector. - EUobserver

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Middle-East - ‘Any Solution Will Have to Involve More Creative Thinking’

Spiegel - While Israelis celebrate the 60th anniversary of their state’s founding, Palestinians around the world are mourning the “Nakba” — or “catastrophe” — that drove so many into exile. Scholar Lila Abu-Lughod has taken a close look at the way Palestinians see the past and present - Spiegel

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