World considers US, Israel threat not Iran: Chomsky American scholar Noam Chomsky says the world does not accept the US portrayal of Iran as an “imminent threat” to global peace, and that Washington and Tel Aviv are instead seen as greater evils. “There is little credible discussion of just what constitutes the Iranian threat, though we do have an authoritative answer, provided by US military and intelligence. Their presentations to Congress make it clear that Iran doesn’t pose a military threat,” Chomsky wrote in his latest article titled “What Are Iran’s Intensions?” published Friday. Chomsky added that even "the majority of Americans" recognized Iran’s right to its nuclear energy program before Washington officials and media launched a “massive propaganda onslaught” against the Islamic Republic over the past two years. He added that presently powerful countries like Russia, China, India, and 120 member nations of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) oppose the US policy on Iran.
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Kevin Gaspar - Google+ - I've been arguing for sometime that technology leads to… I've been arguing for sometime that technology leads to efficiency over growth and that that will have profound impact on society we can only begin to grasp. Michel Bauwens now furthers the argument, asking whether capitalism can continue. I don't think I'll go that far yet. But his arguments are fascinating. Where there is no tension between supply and demand, there can be no market and no capital accumulation. This cannot be directly translated into market value, because it is not at all scarce - it's over-abundant. Indeed, without a core reliance on capital, commodities and labour, it is hard to imagine a continuation of the capitalist system. The problem is this: internet collaboration has enabled the creation of use value in a way that totally bypasses the normal functioning of our economic system. But this is no longer happening.
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Peaceful protest is much more effective than violence for toppling dictators Political scientist Erica Chenoweth used to believe, as many do, that violence is the most reliable way to get rid of a dictator. History is filled, after all, with coups, rebellions and civil wars. She didn't take public protests or other forms of peaceful resistance very seriously; how could they possible upend a powerful, authoritarian regime? Then, as Chenoweth recounts in a Ted Talk posted online Monday, she put together some data and was surprised by what she found. Here's her chart, which pretty clearly suggests that nonviolent movements are much likelier to work: (Erica Chenoweth/YouTube) And that trend is actually "increasing over time," Chenoweth adds. "Researchers used to say that no government could survive if just 5 percent of the population rose up against it," Chenoweth says. Of course, 3.5 percent is a lot of people. I did my master's thesis on government crackdowns on popular uprisings, which involved a lot of looking at these same phenomena.