(video)It’s that time of the year again. And if it does not comes back quicker that Christmas, it certainly comes earlier… The ‘Festive Season’ public decorations have been switched on in Paris and are popping everywhere around the world.
In the northern hemisphere, far from the glitter of the Xmas lights, the winter season is actually [...]
You remember that fellow trader Alessio Rastani, whose interview on the BBC went viral because he was claiming that “The Collapse is Coming and Goldman Sachs Rules The World”?
And before that, you remember the origin of the financial crisis? The call for public money to save the private financial institutions? The privatisation of profits and [...]
A blaze ravaged the premises of French satirical weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo’ on November 2, 2011. Witnesses immediately reported two men running away from the scene as the fire began.
The suspicion of a criminal act was soon confirmed by Molotov cocktails found by the firemen among the ashes.
This arson follows a massive campaign of hatred comments [...]
In Australia, the Qantas shutdown of Sat 29/10/11 has put scrutiny back on Industrial Disputes. In the last week the argument has moved from Qantas’ specific case to broad generalisations about the supposedly ‘unhealthy’ state of Australia’s workplace relations. We are even hearing that tensions between unions and stevedoring (docker) companies seem to be mounting [...]
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