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  • Cook cookies

    Cook cookies

    The better the quality of the ingredients, the better the cookies will taste and the healthier they will be. Preheat oven to 160°C fan-assisted (traditional heat: 180°C). Mix 100g of melted butter, 50g of wholemeal sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add one egg and mix. Mix 100g of wheat and/or spelt and/or rye flour and…

  • Restricting individual wealth

    Restricting individual wealth

    The Gracchi brothers brothers, Gaius and Tiberius, were tribunes, the equivalent of our deputies, and they wanted to tackle the problems of the time. The rich were few in number but owned almost all the land. As they produced all the cereals, they agreed among themselves to set a high price and brought in foreigners…

  • Working class racism

    Working class racism

    The working class has existed since the mid-18th century, with the Industrial Revolution in the UK. It consisted of a population of peasant origin uprooted geographically to the centers of production, with no control over the use of their time. The wages of this working class only enabled them to survive and reproduce. This class…

  • Useful Ecology

    Useful Ecology

    We’re hearing about a whole range of ecological measures. We need to buy eco-friendly cleaning products, insulate our homes, change our boilers and have a Canadian well, buy less plastic, sort our waste, drive eco-friendly cars, limit our speed on the roads, do not fly, limit our water consumption when we shower or flush the…

  • The workers

    The workers

    “Saluez, riches heureux,  /“Salute, you happy rich, Ces pauvres en haillons / These poor in rags Saluez, ce sont eux, / Salute them, they’re the ones Qui gagnent vos millions” / Who earn your millions” Song by the Penn Sardin of Douarnenez, 1905. Wealth in Europe and America has been and continues to be built…

  • The richest 1% are at war with the rest of the world

    The richest 1% are at war with the rest of the world

    “There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” Warren Buffett – Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/123058-there-s-class-warfare-all-right-but-it-s-my-class-the “Terrorism is the war of the poor. War is the terrorism of the rich.” Ustinov Peter: https://www.grainesdepaix.org/fr/ressources/sinspirer/aphorismes/le-terrorisme-est-la-guerre-des-pauvres-la-guerre-est-le-terrorisme-des-riches What does this war involve? In France, as elsewhere, the role of national education…

  • The Modern “chiffon rouge”

    The Modern “chiffon rouge”

    – Le Chiffon Rouge, Chanson de lutte et d’espoir, a 36 ans – CGT Dieppe: http://www.cgt-dieppe.fr/article-le-chiffon-rouge-chanson-de-lutte-et-d-espoir-a-36-ans-119359772.html – Le chiffon rouge – Michel FUGAIN : https://youtu.be/Yl3A19HxhwM?si=qwTjI5Jde-b89YqT – Grievance handling – ILO: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_protect/—protrav/—travail/documents/publication/wcms_622209.pdf – The Global Deal: http://www.theglobaldeal.com – Digital trade unions will empower tomorrow’s sharing economy employees – Wired: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gig-economy-digital-unions – Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations:Global…

  • The Rust Belt

    The Rust Belt

    The Rust Belt made the eastern USA rich and prosperous. From 1850 to 1980, the largest American companies were located near the Great Lakes: US Steel, Ford, General Motors, etc. Millions of Americans worked in these factories, at first in difficult conditions, then these conditions improved thanks to the organization of workers into unions. These…

  • Who backs the US military?

    Who backs the US military?

    Donald Trump has no respect for the U.S. military. He has publicly disavowed the C.I.A., admitting that he believes Putin more than the C.I.A. He puts Putin’s interests and his own personal interests before those of the United States. Trump sides with Putin over US intelligence  – CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/donald-trump-putin-helsinki-summit/index.html He called those who died in combat…

  • Arizona, Nevada and California Dream

    Arizona, Nevada and California Dream

    Californians are leaving California because housing is terribly expensive, and beggary and poverty are everywhere on the streets. Inequality is toxic: the state has the most billionaires and the most homeless people in the US. Tens of thousands of residents of Nevada and Arizona are seeing their housing prices soar as a result of the…