and the only thing that makes it a comedy with all the suffering is the absurdity of these maneuvers i mean you have these people like you said who are trying to cultivate our champion capitalism by destroying yet you have people that are trying to create wellbeing in people supposedly to great people by by causing suffering in them what these people are doing in in the nature of championing capitalism is doing the exact opposite as i said in my article what they've done is they've destroyed and in capitalism all claiming to try to save it to make an exception to keep the system from going down but what basically has happened and it really is now the head of some things have been happening for at least a decade which is that the rules of capitalism or the compact the gap was a had middle class of people broadly has been broken in the united states we've had flat of falling wages and skyrocketing productivity we've had record concentration

of wealth and we've seen it as that's exactly opposite of what the market data credit capitalism is supposed to be supposed to be about meritocracy it's about cleaning up corruption and cronyism rather than rewarding it and what we're seeing right now is that that ailments in capitalism has gotten deeper and has been covered up with cheap credit now what it what we've seen zeus is that because we love this globalized financial eyes securitized world the point of least resistance became greece the greek people were the least able to push back against the credit pushers so they are the first to go and for the excesses our committer in wall street and in britain and in the u.k. the greek people they're not the ones who incurred this debt but they're the least prepared to resist the onslaught of the austerity measures being forced upon them that's why. it's happening in greece is that a fair statement it is to

a certain extent it being i would not bet against the greek people if you just took your gloves off and try to push them around a name inward to in terms of resistance fighting states even told me about an example she heard about or she had met this woman who was like stephanie and ready to go back home and take out large. and i believe that about there were people it looks in awkward comments all there is socialized welfare as they are kind of course show over and you know they're just one of their benefits and you can you can put one over on well that may work for a point but when things come out and people are challenged i will side with the good people in this they will push back and of course back bar and they will gain momentum and you will be sorry that you started that fight and this is where the sadism you're talking about in the extra paying lithium of the greek people they all they're just going to take another plunge they're going to be very surprised

because that is not going to be the way it all plays out they're not just going to sit around the being someone's punching bag and i think we're going to have a world with them to the rest of the citizenry in the world is going to realize how they've been ripped off and that great people are that are the people of the world as well and that's going to consolidate rather than disband or distract from things like occupy wall street so i think that's what they thought going in that there was but i think we're going to be learning a very different lesson go for what the propaganda machine is in full swing and the greeks are being portrayed as shiftless they don't pay their taxes they don't work and that's what you hear coming out of the u.k. coming out of the b.b.c. coming out of america this is description of the greek people as they deserve it and you know the scapegoating that they're being scapegoated like we've seen before during other imperial conquest in europe there's always a scapegoat now the greeks are being scapegoated all right so i want to ask you know i want to move on for a second to at one point last november. seventy percent of greece's oil imports are

coming from iran because no greek banks are able to put up a letter of credit upon which all international trade is based what do you make of the june first oil embargo what will this do to greece the effect of that is just going to be putting more and more pressure on the group of people in terms of their energy needs in terms of their economic prosperity and it's going to make things worse everybody knows it so i don't understand why it's being done. i think you alluded to this a little bit that they're trying to make an example out of groups if we can if the big boys can beat up greece and like greece enough then everyone else is going to go to war i don't want that to happen to me but you know it's going to have the opposite effect with our own miles itself to be demonstrated in that brutal and that overt way it almost always backfires you saw it with civil rights i think you're going to see something similar here which is you know you can't just create

misery and things you know are going to make things worse and expect the people to go along with them at a certain point people say we've had enough of if they want to really really get resistance going this will do what they think they can make an example it's going to have the opposite effect while another country less and having austerity imposed on them is the united kingdom and as a result there is huge discord and that ken livingstone is out there saying we should hang the bankers and he's getting a lot of fire storm reaction from the press what about this idea of ken livingstone's applied to the great people they clearly are being subjected to financial terrorism from bankers we know who they are that we don't know the names you know where they live so scant ken livingstone solution to simply hang them i mean is that maybe the media have to at some been some point the call the herd right well i mean i think there are more peaceful ways to do it i mean it it's great to fantasize about that but i mean i think one of the best ways to attack this is a say that repeat the lazy diaries people. is the british people lazy what about

jamie diamond what about these guys there eighty thousand dollar toilets what have they been doing for a living and they're getting tax half the rate of working people this photo earned capital that they call capital gains which is nothing more than money real money extracted from completely false and counterfeit instruments out there are these derivatives that doesn't work these guys are the laziest people on the planet and they're so lazy they even buy off the politicians a lot worse that so they don't experience the consequences of their actions so i think we should engage in that rhetorical battle and we should gain some political organizational battles so that these bankers are out of as they are we don't have to react in defense i don't know that we have to go all the way to being a big recipe for a dating them but you know there's i can see why people think that because of the they say these guys have no shame it doesn't matter how much destruction and consequence they cause they're going to put it on somebody else and they need to feel the pain and it's best if they feel physical pain that's what they're thinking

the people that are advocating physical violence against these guys so i mean i understand the fantasy and understand the rationale for it but i'm i'm a nonviolent guy and i think there are much more effective concise ways to go on the off chance then to go after the visit now you make a good point about jamie diamond being too lazy to steal in more traditional means i mean he just asked computers program to steal for him so he just pushes a button and the computer steals for him he should be on the street with a gun in a mask knocking over a liquor store and doing is stealing more honestly now here's one that under the subject of unintended consequences i want your take on this due to financial collapse it was reported that one of the public hospitals in greece slashed their operating cost labor thirty percent almost entirely by just moving to generic drugs now isn't this a danger to the current financial ization cartel of bankers and intellectual property tollbooth operators you say the. intellectual property people have

a stake in this takeover of greece as well but if the country is forced to move to generics their piece of the monopoly pies going to be upset your thoughts well i don't love it it's it's just it's like a tragicomedy what happens when you extract maximum profits from people and you force them through monopoly to buy your life saving drugs like they have here in the united states people end up going to canada to get their drugs already reese they go to generics what he ends up happening is when you want the whole pie you want to start people for the productivity of that and their money and then you want to charge the maximum amount of money i'm sorry the two of those are not compatible but i think what's driving it to be honest is is this relentless and i talked about this in my paper that you referred to as it was relentless maximum growth mean that keeps going and going and going they will cannibalize anything even the medium to long term profits and prospects just to get that short term boost to get that next

shot a bonus adrenalin or crack whatever you want to call it and they don't even think about four months from now we're six months from now i mean this is why it's gotten so bad logical and citizen resistance is becoming more were necessary right well i guess of ten livingston loses they may oriel race boris johnson he can become mayor of athens in a heartbeat so that's a job for him possibly ok zeus' or out of time thanks so much for being on the kaiser report they do appreciate it thank you and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert and i want to thank my guest zeus' yaml yanis you can catch him at of two minds dot com you can send me an e-mail at kaiser report at r t t v dot ru you can follow me on twitter as over twenty two thousand people already do until next time x. guys are saying by our. enemy.

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else you hear sees some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur it was a big. fresh attempt to negotiate a cease fire in syria this time by the red cross as people have high hopes that in a referendum on a new constitution will help end the violence. russia's upcoming presidential election causes an outburst of civil activity with people from all walks of life speaking out to promote their political views both pro and anti-government. euro zone strikes a long awaited deal on the second greek bailout after they demanded harsh austerity measures of athens to secure the package sparking riots in the debt support its debt stricken country.

noon in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story the red cross says it's in talks with the syrian government and rebels to stop fighting in the country so it can to lever vital aid this is some activists claim regime troops have been gathering around the city of homes while authorities say they're crushing terrorist groups arm from abroad and with deadly violence threatening to get even worse many in the country hope the upcoming referendum on a new constitution could help reduce the bloodshed artie's marie if an ocean or reports from damascus. ballots instead of bullets mess demonstrations and violent protests have been rolling across syria for almost a year. the syrian government is are calling for the people to shape their future

together by taking part in a referendum on the country's new cost to sion fulfill its pledge to reform. a boss who is very excited that soon he'll be able to decide his own tomorrow because it's a completely new era is good for everybody even opposition can take part it's for all the amendments to the country's number one law have been among the key demands of the opposition since the uprising began and the draft seems to cover the most pressing issues it starts with eliminating baath party supremacy which have ruled the country for the last fifty years introduces a multi-party system and sets a two term limit on any future president however even these reforms a cause in controversy. jihad that his friend odin flower shop in damascus he says this new document draws a line between him and his muslim business partner just

a shout there is a big contradiction article thirty three says all equal or a number that he says can be a president so what about the other ten percent that were not here temporarily have been living together for ages who want to be counted. now maybe ten ten percent of the people they speak about this ok but maybe if we was removing this article from the new constitution the ninety percent would said well why you take this article out. public debates on the draft constitution have been organized to bring the people and the authors of the new documents together they don't trust me they don't see the sailors the students you work for the fire if you leave your city as governor says become a god but some say the reste a long way to go to that new syria and they don't believe the government will

follow through with the reforms i'm afraid if i were a goes the constitution somebody will in the world will shoot me clashes and protests almost every day but some hope that the referendum will not only breed and you constitution it might even be able to stop the bloodshed. grown people who want to improve and develop but also those who want to divide syria we shouldn't help them but we should go and vote for a future when. the draft of syria's new constitution has been made public ten days before the national referendum fourteen forty seven amended article a roll here with comments and details to base are also on t.v. and the internet neven the country's modern history for its residents so close to full the sea making its many here on the ground fear that the ongoing violence could marry any hope for a full refund altie damascus syria. russia says

it won't take part in a meeting of the so-called friends of syria group scheduled for friday saying the coalition aims to take sides in the civil conflict the group consisting of the u.s. and its allies will gather in tunisia to discuss how to apply further pressure on president assad over violence in the country and support the opposition syrian rebels have been invited to take part in the gathering moscow says the meeting doesn't take into account the interests of a large part of the syrian people supporting the current regime earlier china accuse the west of stirring a civil war in the country with its pro opposition rhetoric and international politics professor john young the dean says beijing wouldn't like to see the libya scenario repeated elsewhere. simply warding the possibility of these three eventually becoming part of the policy by the west i mean there is a very interesting parallel between d.c. area situation and libya situation with the british army for example the opposition

there was a lot of rhetoric and that eventually became part of the official policy of regional and france do some kind of encouragement for the opposition well to accept any kind of political solution and keep fighting and this call for assad to step down we've agee's various concerns over the sea. of these kind of possibility of peaceful resolution of the syrians are changing is undermined by any such rhetoric and also causing destruction. at the bottom of the hour we'll be speaking with a former u.s. senior u.s. presidential advisor who thinks america should think twice before pushing for assad to be ousted here's a preview i. think i did states. american strategists would have to be fools not to see what al qaeda is doing online not to ask the question if it's good for al qaeda can it be good for us not to look at him say he may be

a ruthless dictator and what he's doing and what comes after him when he fall so we've got to ask ourselves is the devil we know preferable to the devil we don't know. u.n. nuclear inspectors back in iran for the second time in less than a month the i.a.e.a. team is expected to hold key talks over tehran's nuclear program with the islamic state hoping to dispel allegations of its military use despite growing international pressure triggered by iran's atomic development some experts think the west's war rhetoric may be misguided. there is no evidence that iran is developing a nuclear weapons program there is only evidence that iran has a nuclear energy program which it iran's says it does there is no evidence that iran is violating the nuclear nonproliferation treaty all of these facts are in

contrast with israel in the united states by the way which if these were justifications for war there would be justification for war against us but of course they are not and this crazy media madness leads us down the same path where we all begin to assume that if iran does have a nuclear weapons program then we need to nuke it and nobody can prove it doesn't the president himself claims not to want war with iran but suggests that it's up to iran to cease its probably not existant nuclear weapons program or the blame is on iran and we should have a war whereas of course there is no such thing as a justification for a war based on what weapons a country has. played of us are we look at a standoff involving another country facing international pressure over its nuclear program in north korea this time the threat of military confrontation coming from a different source is pyongyang southern neighbor holds military exercises we're a disputed sea border in spite of warnings from the north we are what experts make

of the war games timing. but first with russia's election campaign and full swing it's not just the candidates attracting voters' attention ahead of the ballot next month people from very different walks of life have stepped up to try and make their mark in shaping the country's future artie's diary a pushover reports on the unprecedented rise in civil activity in russia recently. russia's counsel to paris hilton t.v. host sirius up champ has a reputation to match up claiming to earn two million dollars a year chilean unmindful glamour blood putin was once very close to her father and is still a family friend if rumors are true he could even be such a good father hence the shock when she became a vocal part of the new energized opposition which i laughed putin as a man who saved my father but i don't respect his politics right now he

is a free person to think whatever he wants he can think of anything as a betrayal it's his choice i can't agree with his politics and it's not of the trail at all i just don't agree with this in december subject for the first time in her life joint thousands of history trial is triggered by leaking with falsifications during final three elections. it all started with videos like this one showing eleggua relations at polling stations your post but i immediately understood i had to make this video available for everyone i felt it was my civic duty to report what i believed to be a breach of electoral law when you hear legations led to an outburst of civility between russia encouraging people to get involved in the political process tens of thousands willing to brave subzero temperatures in support of fair elections is that why we don't do anything nothing will change we have no guarantees but it

would be stupid not to use this opportunity for change i'm happy the country has woken up at that hasn't happened for many years but with the fact that all of us who are so remote from politics gathered for this rally it is a sign the country is in life new civic organizations are noting they are all the time the old ones are getting a second wind before no one even talked about the civil society people didn't have this feeling they had their own business and this was most important for them. russia wouldn't be the same. now and this is for sure not everyone is unhappy with the current state of affairs b.b. how muscular a factory worker from russia's euros region has been absolutely indifferent to politics until recently the veggie are people who don't want revolution or against rocking the boat and want stability and for us stability means little use for the much promise he made headlines after his televised q. and a session with the prime minister where he offered to come to moscow center helpfully street protests shoes they need their own stuff these days you can find

signs of civil activity almost anywhere in russia for example this campaign has decided to hold their own presidential election unofficial of course anyone can cast their vote simply by choosing their coffee with an image of a relevant candidate on its phone this is new ground for russia where shaping the country's future has become everyone's business. r.t. asking. you can explore all our stories in depth by logging on to our website r t dot com where there's plenty more in store but away including cash ambassador stockpile of weapons belonging to the former libyan regime on earth in algeria find out more at our web site. top rank politicians and nuclear sites just a few of the possible targets chosen by norwegian anders breivik who confessed to killing seventy seven people and wounding more than one hundred fifty others last

year discover the full hit list. euro zone ministers have reached a deal on a second ballot for greece talks in brussels on the one hundred thirty billion euro cash injection went late into the night the greek parliament went through a storm of public outrage in several internal conflicts to approve the staring measures demanded by international creditors the player acquires drastic cuts in civil service jobs minimum wages and pensions for astri she's been growing among politicians over athens failure to meet the necessary demands on times now there are calls for the e.u. european central bank and i.m.f. to maintain a permanent presence in greece christopher green of green wave t.v. says the outcome of the debt crisis may already be set in stone. the greek people

do not have any sovereignty over their nation anymore it's been taken over by technocrats so this is a complete the talents here and take over which the people have no say in again it's the reason that we have riots in the streets right now and i've got to give it to the greek people for actually standing up to the plea other dealing with the norm his problems were looking upwards of forty percent unemployment rates fifty percent in some european countries among the youth and that is catastrophic. there is no bailout measure or quantitative easing or stimulus program that would prevent the collapse of europe in this is extended in pertaining to economics this is the land of chocolate colored lollipops and dandelions it doesn't exist this is fantasy so this will not end well i don't have a time frame on it i just know it's a mathematical certainty again you cannot solve the deaf problem with more debt and that is what our leadership around the world on the merkel sarkozy double duo

better known as more cozy is trying to sell the public. despite a grim outlook for some there are still in you members waiting for a euro take it latvia planning to join the monetary union by two thousand and fourteen but as artie's alexei airships he reports many in the country think membership will only bring more pain for an already struggling economy. as the eurozone continues to combat the painful debt crisis witnessing blood shed on its streets and the euro sees less support across the continent. this project is doomed to failure it was always too soon to fail some of the more recent members are still keen to make a leap of faith while poland recently rejected the idea of having the euro by twenty fourteen the latvian government still firmly believes that the single currency will make its problems go away. very.

strong intention to adopt the euro in twenty four. consistent with that or any other country. to say good solutions to that but at the same time still using its time. for your adoption and the problems are massive to say the least lot of a has only just now started to recuperate from the recession which made it one of the most economically affected e.u. countries it still has the highest poverty risk rate in europe alarming unemployment and a vast gap between rich and the poor one of the country's leading euro skeptics says joining the euro zone by twenty fourteen would be nothing short of economic suicide for riga. latvia will then have to participate in the bailout fund and that's a four billion euro contribution with their g.d.p.

at only fourteen billion i think it's like we're being invaded on the titanic the ship is sinking and we're being asked to be laid all the water. no doubt lots of it will also be looking at the experience of their baltic neighbor in two thousand and nine is still sterrett emerges to meet euro zone accession criteria in twenty eleven it converted to the euro but now the country's chancellor of justice reports of low wages and poor social welfare not to mention sixty thousand children living below the poverty line plus continuing emigration. something this father to a big. family fears will also happen in law. i'm a father of four and we're expecting a fifth child soon and many call me a madman because of that it's almost impossible to get a new financial aid from our government for a large family like mine but if they play the euro game then we'll be doomed to completely economists say that lottie can meet the euro dollar.