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It appears that the Orwellian future is coming faster than anyone could imagine globinfo freexchange It appears that the Orwellian future is coming faster than anyone could imagine. Japan took a step closer to an upgraded authoritarianism, which is necessary for the neoliberal regime, in order to prevent popular uprise against Feudalism 2.0. A 21st century Feudalism that the elites already start to implement in many regions. From Nikkei Asian Review : Japan's parliament enacted early Thursday morning an anti-conspiracy law that significantly expands authorities' surveillance powers, overriding opposition calls for more deliberations. The Diet's upper house approved the legislation after a night of on-and-off debate. The bill had already cleared the lower house. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had pushed hard for this law, calling it necessary to safeguard against terrorism at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics . The lower house, dominated by the ruling coalition,

Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen and its continuing blockade of Yemeni ports has virtually collapsed the country and basic necessities are in dangerously short supply. Now, Yemen finds itself unable to treat a rapidly growing cholera outbreak that claims the life of one civilian every hour. by Whitney Webb In March, the world looked on as the Saudi-led coalition – which has been fighting a deadly war in Yemen since 2015 – moved to expand its naval blockade of Al Hudaydah, Yemen’s largest port. The move drew the consternation of the United Nations, as well as the Russian Foreign Ministry, with the latter warning that the operation “ would not only inevitably lead to a mass exodus of the [local] population but would also de facto cut the [Yemeni] capital of Sanaa from… food and humanitarian aid supplies. ” Those warnings have now come to fruition, as a massive cholera outbreak has already begun to spiral out of control after two weeks. Since it began, 942 choler

Τον Μάρτιο, ο συνασπισμός υπό την ηγεσία της Σαουδικής Αραβίας - ο οποίος έχει διεξάγει έναν θανατηφόρο πόλεμο στην Υεμένη από το 2015 - προχώρησε στην επέκταση του ναυτικού αποκλεισμού του Al Hudaydah, του μεγαλύτερου λιμένα της Υεμένης. Η κίνηση προκάλεσε την ανησυχία των Ηνωμένων Εθνών, καθώς και του Ρωσικού Υπουργείου Εξωτερικών, με το τελευταίο να προειδοποιεί ότι η επιχείρηση δεν θα οδηγούσε αναπόφευκτα μόνο σε μαζική έξοδο του τοπικού πληθυσμού, αλλά θα απόκοβε de facto και την πρωτεύουσα της Υεμένης, Sanaa από προμήθειες τροφίμων και ανθρωπιστική βοήθειας. Αυτές οι προειδοποιήσεις φαίνεται να επαληθεύονται, καθώς μια μαζική επιδημία χολέρας έχει ήδη αρχίσει να ξεφεύγει από τον έλεγχο μετά από δύο εβδομάδες. Από τότε που ξεκίνησε, έχουν επιβεβαιωθεί 942 θάνατοι που σχετίζονται με τη χολέρα και την περασμένη εβδομάδα ο αριθμός των νέων διαγνωσθέντων περιπτώσεων έχει εκτοξευθεί στις 5.470 την ημέρα, σύμφωνα με τη διεθνή ΜΚΟ Save the Children. Πάνω από 300.000

In the bloody terror-fueled conflicts that have been waged by the U.S. and NATO in Libya and Syria, one man has helped to recruit so-called “freedom fighters” and unleash them on those countries’ innocent civilians. But he has yet to be brought to justice. by Steven Sahiounie Part 2 - Al-Harati recruits poor Syrians to join Western-backed “revolution” The al-Qaeda commanders in the employ of the U.S. and NATO in Libya were typically referred to as “rebels” and “insurgents.” But they were no rag-tag Libyans fighting for freedom – they were part of a well-planned U.S.-NATO regime change project that would act as a test run for Syria. The Tripoli Brigade did not consist exclusively of Libyans, with its formation setting the precedent for the use of international terrorists as U.S.-NATO ground troops in Syria. In March 2011, the beginning stages of the Syrian uprising were being fomented in Daraa’a, and Libyan terrorists were again being used as ground forces to ge

Garry Glass discusses how advances in automation are disrupting class relations. Part 5 - Infinite luxury? The question over the legitimacy of fully automated luxury communism is fundamentally one of democracy, specifically of whose brand of luxury we are expected to aspire towards. A post-capitalist project that puts unbridled consumption as a central guiding principle is uncannily similar to the current offering from wage-slave, debt-cycle, eco-catastrophic late-capitalism. The accoutrements of the capitalist spectacle may have less meaning to a culture with different values and incentive structures. With the liberal-left focussed on the inequality discourse little has been made of the need to discuss more thoroughly what material requirements are actually necessary for life satisfaction. It is content under its current rubric to envisage everyone on earth owning a smart device, whilst there is little concern on the left with the actual metrics of material