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Which Corporations Control The World?

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By International Business Guide

June 13, 2016 “Information Clearing House” –  A surprisingly small number of corporations control massive global market shares. How many of the brands below do you use?
Source: InternationalBusinessGuide.org

It’s a Small World at the Top:

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Largest banks hold a total of $25.1 trillion:[1]
1.) ICBC, China, $2.95 trillion in assets, over 18,000 outlets, 108 branches globally
2.) HSBC holdings, UK, $2.68 trillion in assets, 6,600 offices in 80 countries, 55 million customers
3.) Deutsche Bank, Germany, $2.6 trillion in assets, 2,963 branches, 70 countries, 46 million customers
4.) Credit Agricole Group, France, $2.58 trillion in assets, 60 countries, over 21 million clients
5.) BNP Paribas, France, $2.51 trillion in assets
6.) Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan, $2.49 trillion in assets
7.) Barclays PLC, United Kingdom, $2.41 trillion in assets
8.) JPMorgan Chase & Co., U.S., $2.39 trillion in assets
9.) China Construction…

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Kids Magician Waves her Wand..and Occupies Youth Learning Centre!

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The occupation is of the former HQ of the Botanical Institute and the action is the starting point of a conference on alternative pedagogies and self-management organized by Co-maternity and shared parenting Collective Babàlia and the Ateneo Cooperative Base.  (‘comaternitat i criança compartida Babàlia i l’Ateneu Cooperatiu La Base’)   by David Bouactividades-en-babalia_1

The building is located on Paseo de Jean Forestier at the foot of Montjuïc, it was mass occupied around 2 pm, after a magician and a graffiti tried unsuccessfully to open the wall doing various street theatre  tricks .

An action was announced days had been via the Conference for Live Learning in Poble Sec barrio, promoted by the ‘La Base’ and their educational revolution section form Babàlia.

The ‘Fountain Square’ was the venue chosen to give the starting signal for a weekend full of activities such as lectures, concerts, workshops and a space for small children. According to the organizers, the aim of the conference is “to boost community building in the neighborhood, both among people and between generations for projects and spaces.”

 Batucada Drum Band encouraged squatting before the parade, which was followed by sixty people, including many children / David Bou
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Brazil Coup: Indians protest Law to “Undo” Land rights Progress by

As the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff moves forward, interim President Michel Temer and his newly appointed ministers are attempting to put a stop to the protection of indigenous lands. Continue reading “Brazil Coup: Indians protest Law to “Undo” Land rights Progress by”

Lady Beetles make ‘Anti-Aphrodisiac’ to Keep Dude Beetles Focused on Raising the Kids

by Aimée Lutkin  from Jezebel  with thanks

Burying beetles mate by choosing a decaying animal carcass to fornicate next to, then laying their larvae in its rotting flesh. Hot!

After the passion dies away, beetles are much like humans: it’s time to take care of the kids, and inevitably, the sex life tapers off. Scientists at the University of Ulm in Germany have been studying how these co-parents make it work., and behavioral ecologist Sandra Steige says, “It is quite surprising… and somehow intriguing.” Continue reading “Lady Beetles make ‘Anti-Aphrodisiac’ to Keep Dude Beetles Focused on Raising the Kids”

Israel Intends to Keep Bodies of Victims.. and Do Whatever with Them

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Lieberman Says Giving Bodies Back to Families Sends the “Wrong Message”

from Ma’an News by

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Newly-appointed Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman Thursday issued an order to suspend the return of all Palestinian bodies killed during suspected attacks in response to a shooting in Tel Aviv on Wednesday that left four Israelis killed and an additional six injured.

Israel extends detention of Palestinian clown   Circus performer set to be held for another six months without trial or charge under administrative detention.

According to Israeli news agency Haaretz, the ultra-right defense minister issued the order following a security cabinet meeting to discuss government responses to Wednesday’s attack. Continue reading “Israel Intends to Keep Bodies of Victims.. and Do Whatever with Them”

Russian anarchist Svetlana Tsvetkova gets one year ‘corrective labor’ for leaflet about police

 
Svetlana Tsvetkova.

Judge Georgy Serebryanikov sentenced 31-year-old local resident Elizaveta Tsvetkova to a year of corrective labor for disseminating leaflets criticizing the police, reports Caucasian Knot. As published on the court’s website, the verdict stipulates that fifteen percent of Tsvetkova’s wages will be docked by the state for a year. The activist has also been charged 6,000 rubles in court costs.

Serebryanikov found the defendant guilty under Criminal Code Article 281.2 (incitement of hatred or enmity toward the social group “police officers”), which stipulates a maximum punishment of four years in a penal colony.

During closing arguments on May 16, Taganrog Deputy Chief Prosecutor Vadim Dikaryov asked that Tsetkova be sentenced to one year in a work-release colony. Serebryanikov thus imposed a lighter sentence than was requested by the prosecution.

The activist, however, pleaded not guilty. During her closing statement, on May 27, she stressed she had protested the illegal actions of law enforcement officers. She reminded Judge Serebryanikov of high-profile criminal cases against policemen, including the cases of Major Denis Yevsyukov and the Dalny police station in Kazan. Continue reading “Russian anarchist Svetlana Tsvetkova gets one year ‘corrective labor’ for leaflet about police”

New Painting and Message from Marius

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Leonard Peltier 6-16

“Leonard Peltier is making an appeal for executive clemency to the Obama administration having already served 40 years of his sentence and being in poor health. He is a great asset rather than a threat to society. I urge people to join me in petitioning President Obama for clemency before the end of his term. I hope so much that this elder statesman for the Earth will be allowed to return home to his loved ones.”

-Marius Mason

For more info: International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

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