Source : France culture, Marjolaine Kochn, 08-11-2019

Enquête | Après l’émoi autour de l’incendie, de multiples questions restent en suspens : la sécurité incendie était-elle à la hauteur de l’édifice ? Les pouvoirs publics ont-ils réagi suffisamment vite sur la question du plomb ? Ce chantier peut-il tenir la promesse d’une reconstruction en cinq ans ?

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The outstanding work of our Images Department, which is headed by an artist who goes by the nom de guerre “DonkeyHotey,” is the main reason WhoWhatWhy has such a unique look. 

Et une petite dernière pour 2019 ! Notre appel à articles de l’année écoulée de la semaine dernière n’ayant malheureusement rencontré que très peu de succès, il s’agit là d’une revue de presse classique. Merci à nos contributeurs pour leur travail au long cours durant l’année, voire durant les précédentes…

Source : Arte, Youtube, 19-12-2019

Imperialist spinmeisters are trial-ballooning a new Syria narrative that is so breathtakingly stupid it needs its own article solely for the purpose of mockery.

Source :Le blog de Descartes, 23-12-2019

« Resistance is useless » (Douglas Adams, « The hitchikers guide to the galaxy » ) (1)

Dans le discours sur la réforme des retraites prononcé par le Premier ministre Edouard Philippe le 11 décembre dernier, un paragraphe a frappé mon esprit. Il s’agit du texte suivant :

This is getting really, really, really weird.

A good political cartoonist can make people smile with just a few images. A great political cartoonist will also make them think. In 2019, WhoWhatWhy hired one of the best in the business and we are pleased to serve as a platform for Ted Rall’s unique brand of cartoons. 

Below is a small sampling of his work, which usually runs on Saturdays and quickly has won a loyal following. 

Source : QG TV, François Ruffin, 21-11-2019

Aude Lancelin reçoit François Ruffin, député et fondateur de Fakir. Le réalisateur de « Merci Patron ! » publie « Il est où le Bonheur » aux éditions Les Liens qui Libèrent. Au menu de cet entretien intense: son rapport à la FI, à l’écologie, aux Gilets jaunes, au monde selon Macron.

Source : QG TV, François Ruffin, 21-11-2019

Source : Consortium News, William J. Astore, 31-10-2019

L’ascendant culturel que prennent les forces armées est un réel problème pour la démocratie américaine, écrit William J. Astore.

Source : The Deep State, Jefferson Morley, 25-10-2019

Le lanceur d’alerte de la NSA Edward Snowden

It’s been announced that the FBI is investigating Ghislaine Maxwell and others over their ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

The post Is Epstein’s Pimp Ghislaine Maxwell FINALLY Going Down? appeared first on We Are Change.

Sanctions-happy Washington continues to aid in a slow rapprochement between Russia and Ukraine. Ironically enough, at moment the US is demanding Nord Stream 2 contractors to lay down their tools and wind-down operations “immediately” or face further sanctions, there’s been an unprecedented breakthrough in the standoff between Russian state energy giant Gazprom and Kiev:

Where Rent is $13,500, She Lives Off What’s Left at the Curb (Russ)

From the New York Times: “No one knows how many people in the city make a living returning deposit containers, but this year an environmental consulting firm, Eunomia, estimated the number at 4,000 to 8,000.

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Here are the final five of our curated list of podcasts that we think reflect both what we’ve all been through this past year and where we’re headed in 2020.

This year WhoWhatWhy has been proud to deliver to you 63 podcasts from professors, authors, political activities, entrepreneurs, US senators, investigative journalists, economists, members of the House of Representatives, scientists and thought leaders. 

Source : Les Crises, Éric Juillot, 23-12-2019

En septembre 2017, le quotidien Ouest-France a gratifié ses lecteurs d’un article sidérant [1], qui mérite d’être exhumé aujourd’hui, compte tenu de l’actualité sociale. Cet article dénonçait en effet la réforme des retraites décidée alors par le gouvernement polonais. Qu’on y songe : de 67 ans jusque-là, l’âge de départ à la retraite était abaissé à 65 ans pour les hommes et à 60 pour les femmes.

Conspiracy theorist and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has been called out by Washington Post columnist Erik Wemple for breathlessly peddling the Steele Dossier – becoming a “clearinghouse” for the largely debunked opposition research funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC in 2016 (and fed to the MSM six weeks be

Source : Thinkerview, Youtube, 21-11-2019

Source : Thinkerview, Youtube, 21-11-2019

Source : QG TV, Youtube, 15-12-2019

Les vrais privilégiés, on sait qui c’est. Un montage d’Adrien AdcaZz pour QG, afin de se préparer à la grande manif du 17 décembre.

Source : QG TV, Youtube, 15-12-2019

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5 Major Trump Climate Rollbacks You Might Have Missed in 2019 (Mili) 

From CNBC: “Major actions in 2019 include loosening regulation on methane emissions, repealing the Obama-era clean water rule, weakening the Endangered Species Act and rolling back offshore drilling safety regulations.”

WhoWhatWhy has been a leader in covering election integrity for years — and 2019 was no exception. Below you will find a sampling of our stories that shows how vulnerable US elections are and what is and isn’t being done about it.

Source : Arte, Youtube, 19-12-2019

Un retour sur l’histoire contemporaine de la Grèce. Entre périodes de dictature et démocratie, une analyse historique et sociologique fouillée afin de comprendre pourquoi le pays a succombé à une crise abyssale. Cette seconde partie couvre la période qui va de 1956 à 2008.

Source : Lobe Log, Paul R. Pillar, 04-11-2019

Donald Trump (Gage Skidmore via Flickr)

Source : Global Climat, Johan Lorck, 22-12-2019

D’après le Met Office, l’année 2020 devrait confirmer la tendance récente en étant l’une des années les plus chaudes depuis le début des mesures en 1850.

L’année 2015 a été la première où la température moyenne globale a dépassé 1,0°C au-dessus de la période préindustrielle (1850-1900), d’après les chiffres du Met Office (agence météo britannique).

The impact of climate change is impossible to overstate. It is humanity’s gravest threat — one that we are responsible for ourselves and are not doing enough to stop.

Surprise a loved one with a unique life-changing gift: a job resumé done by a super headhunter. Or, one lesson — guitar, surfing, photography, whatever — with a real pro. Or spooky gadgets from the Spy Store, toys for regressing adults — and more!

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People around the world continue to fight for Palestinian rights.

Colleges Are Turning Students’ Phones Into Surveillance Machines (Chris)

The author writes, “Short-range phone sensors and campuswide WiFi networks are empowering colleges across the United States to track hundreds of thousands of students more precisely than ever before.

As experts representing nearly all of the world’s countries came together in Madrid to stave off a climate catastrophe, a new report revealed that the oil and gas industry will make sure that goal cannot possibly be achieved. 

Source : Le Monde diplomatique, Fédéric Lordon, Joseph Andras, 22-11-2019

Ce texte est la version augmentée d’un entretien réalisé avec Joseph Andras pour « L’Humanité » sous le titre : « On ne demandera pas au capital d’envisager gentiment de rendre les clés » (9 novembre 2019), autour de l’ouvrage « Vivre sans ? Institutions, police, travail, argent… » (La Fabrique).

Source : Le Point, Nicolas Bastuck, 20-12-2019

En conflit avec sa hiérarchie, Éric Dabène avait été interné huit jours en unité psychiatrique, sur ordre du préfet des Alpes-Maritimes… son employeur.

Source : Lobe Log, Paul R. Pillar, 24-10-2019

Mark Esper (Ministère de la Défense via Wikimedia Commons)

Automatic Voter Registration Efforts Face Setbacks: The Massachusetts state legislature passed a bill in 2018 that would automatically register eligible voters once they interacted with the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV). But once voting rights advocates learned that the RMV was working to implement a more confusing version of what the legislature passed, they urged lawmakers to reinforce the language of its automatic voter registration bill.

UNC Campus Police Used Geofencing Tech to Monitor Antiracism Protesters (Chris)

The author writes, “State investigators and college police used a controversial tracking technology called ‘geofencing’ to collect personal information from the cellphones of antiracism protestors at the University of North Carolina after being tipped off by

Can ordinary citizens use the courts to force their leaders to fight climate change? In the most revolutionary climate ruling to date, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands delivered an emphatic “yes” on December 20, upholding a court order forcing the Dutch government to cut national carbon emissions. 

According to Israeli academic Guy Bechor the fate of American Jewry is sealed.

Source : Thinkerview, Youtube, 18-12-2019

Source : Thinkerview, Youtube, 18-12-2019

Source : The Intercept, Jeremy Scahill & Murtaza Hussain, 18-11-2019

C’est sur les décombres de la guerre des États-Unis en Irak que l’Iran a bâti un nouvel ordre.

Un marine américain regarde une affiche en feu de Saddam Hussein à Bagdad le 10 avril 2003. Photo : Alex Majoli/Magnum Photos

Source : Vu du droit, Régis de Castelnau, 20-12-2019

In the UK’s general election, the Conservative party, led by right-wing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, won a landslide victory. His mantra of “get Brexit done” cut through with voters. The Labour party, led by veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn, running on a platform of socio-economic transformation and increased public spending, imploded and recorded its worst national defeat in 86 years.

By Gilad atzmon

Will ICC investigation lead to justice for Palestinians?

The Founding Fathers devised a political system with the goal of preventing a man of low morals and shady character from leading the United States. Knowing that it might always be possible for somebody to slip through the cracks — or be corrupted by the office — they also devised a mechanism that would allow Congress to remove such a president from power.

The Spin, Oxford…

Oxford Times

Source : Consortium News, Ray McGovern, 22-11-2019

Comme tant d’autres « experts de la Russie » jacassiers ayant accès aux médias de l’establishment, Fiona Hill, qui a témoigné jeudi dans l’enquête de destitution, semble en retard de trois décennies.

Source : Proche & Moyen-Orient, Richard Labévière, 02-12-2019

Do you know what techniques I use as a journalist to determine if a politician is lying?

Well, with politicians maybe it’s not so difficult.

Because they lie so often.

But nonetheless, I have three steps that enable you to determine if a person is lying.

This applies to all aspects of life.

In this walk and talk through snowy Coney Island, I reveal to you how I have learned the hard way.

Reading Time: < 1minute Whenever the curtain is pulled back on how the FISA process works, as it was in the recent DOJ inspector general’s report, Americans are appalled. Yet anti-privacy advocates are worried that spying on US citizens may only become easier in the future.

This has been an intense year, we ar

Infrastructure. The very word is as gray and crumbly as concrete. Though it means many things to many people, it often conjures images of torn-up sidewalks, bumpy roads with potholes, twitchy railroad tracks, and aging bridges on the verge of collapse that tremble when you blink. And beneath this aging surface, the hidden menace of ancient pipes carrying steam, raw sewage, natural gas and other hazardous liquids just waiting for a chance to explode. 

Source : QG TV, Youtube, 28-11-2019

Du Chili au Liban, en passant par les Gilets jaunes français, le monde est gagné par de grands mouvements insurrectionnels. Quelle est la dimension constituante de ces soulèvements ? Invité : Christophe Ventura, directeur de recherche à l’IRIS, spécialiste de l’Amérique latine et des mouvements sociaux.

Tens of thousands of people in at least 15 cities across India Thursday defied a government ban on protests after violent demonstrations last week sent the country into chaos following the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), reported Bloomberg.

Source : The Intercept, Elise Swain, 15-11-2019

Des partisans de l’ancien président bolivien en exil Evo Morales manifestent à La Paz, en Bolivie, le 14 novembre 2019. Photo : Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Source : Proche & Moyen-Orient, Guillaume Berlat, 09-12-2019

As the historic impeachment of President Donald Trump and the approaching 2020 election convulsed the US political debate, WhoWhatWhy’s weekly series surveys world opinion and its impression of the far-reaching developments.

Exclusive interview with Max Igan!

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The Arctic Is a Ticking Time Bomb That’s Close to Going Off (Mili)

The author writes, “Though the permafrost has been thawing in recent years, the carbon it releases is usually taken up by plant life growing in the summer, so the Arctic has not been a contributor to climate change — until now, that is.”

A long strongly partisan lines, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on two articles, by a total of 230-197-1 on abuse of power and 229-198-1 on obstruction of Congress. The first stems from his alleged pressuring of the Ukranian government to announce investigations into his political rival, Joe Biden. The second is because of his alleged refusal to cooperate with the investigation, withholding evidence and barring aides from testifying.

Podcasts have become the conversations that shape our perception of the world… more than television ever could. The intimacy of voices in your car, in your earbuds, in the dark of night brings us a special connection with the issues that we care about.