Bulletin #729
Subject
:
FALSE HOPES AND DELUSIONS UNTIL THE BITTER END : WHAT IS TO BE DONE ?
Christmas Eve 2016
Grenoble, France
Dear Colleagues and Friends of CEIMSA,
We from CEIMSA wish you SEASON’S GREETINGS, on this the eve of
one of the worst crises in human history.
http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon
Human Extinction: A Must-See Documentary - World
Documentaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KKLXqw8dBY&app=desktop
The 9 items below will inform
CEIMSA readers of the very real threats we are facing at the end of this year.
The neo-liberal ideal that consumerism in a ubiquitous Free Market Economy might
solve all problems (see the ‘Rational Choice’ theory for more on this subject) has been discredited by
all but the most sectarian exponents of this dogma. Most of us exist as little more than possible
‘collateral damage’ in the eyes of the international ruling classes, who are prepared
to sacrifice everything for a paltry increase in their own miserable immediate gains. What
options are available to stop this madness?
Sincerely,
Francis Feeley
Professor emeritus of
American Studies
University
Grenoble-Alpes
Director of Research
University of
Paris-Nanterre
Center for the Advanced Study
of American Institutions and Social Movements
The University of
California-San Diego
a.
No Major Defections:
Electoral College Affirms Trump Victory
Despite Loss of
Popular Vote
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=17972
The Electoral College
serves to exclude progressive ideals - and has done it again, says historian
Gerald Horne
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b.
The Bad Losers (And What They Fear Losing)
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/19/the-bad-losers-and-what-they-fear-losing/
by Diana Johnstone
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c.
Greg Palast on Why Clinton
Won't Push for Michigan Recount
PartS 1 & 2
&
Greg Palast tells Paul Jay that there are 75,000 uncounted
Clinton votes, but she won't push for a recount because the elite will
defend the fake monstrosity called the US
electoral system even when their personal interests are at stake
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d.
We Are All
Deplorables
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/we_are_all_deplorables_20161120
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e.
IMF Board
Response to Lagarde Conviction Reaffirms
Institutional Indifference to Corruption
Former
financial regulator Bill Black says the case reveals how power and money
protect the elite
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f.
Russophobia and Sinophobia
https://sputniknews.com/columnists/201612181048708675-russophobia-sinophobia/
by Pepe Escobar
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g.
Washington's
America-First Commandos in Africa
by
Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt
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h.
‘On
Contact’ Discussion: ‘Israeli Weapons Are Tested on Palestinians, Then Sold to
the World’
In a discussion with independent
journalist Rania Khalek on
his show “On Contact,” the Truthdig columnist and his
guest analyze the Israeli arms industry, which signed global contracts last
year for $5.7 billion.
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i.
Canadian PM
Trudeau Signals He'll Work with Trump to Restart Keystone XL
DeSmog Blog's Steve Horn says the move would be an environmental
and ecological disaster