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MAKING THE WORLD’S POOR PAY: THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH
Adam Hanieh,
24 Nov 2008
The IMF Returns to Center Stage The current global economic crisis has all the earmarks of an epoch-defining event. Mainstream economists — not usually known for their exaggerated language — now openly employ phrases like ‘systemic meltdown’ and ‘peering into the abyss.’ On October 29, for example, Martin Wolf, one of the top financial commentators […]
→ read full articleBREAKING INVESTIGATION REVEALS HOLIDAY HORRORS FOR TURKEYS
PETA-People for Ethical Treatment of Animals,
19 Nov 2008
Violence, Torture and Cruelty Against Animals Killed for “Food”The solution? Don’t eat the cadavers they produce. The holiday season is upon us, but for turkeys on factory farms, there is nothing to be thankful for. We have just released footage from an undercover investigation that reveals a rarely seen side of the turkey industry. I […]
→ read full articleOFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA: ‘WE’RE NOT PIRATES. THESE ARE OUR WATERS, NOT THEIRS’
Daniel Howden and Abdinasir Mohamed Guled,
14 Nov 2008
When Bile Wadani is not counting his money, he counts his wives. So far he has three – but he promises there will be more to come. "I didn’t ever dream I would marry three wives but I have that dream now because I can get as much money as I want." As he speaks, […]
→ read full articleAMERICA?S MILITARY ATTACK IN SYRIA-POSSIBLE REASONS AND LIKELY COSTS
Daniel Levy,
30 Oct 2008
Prospects for Peace Details are finally emerging of the American military operation inside Syria in Abu Kamal on Sunday afternoon. While there still has been no official on-record briefing from the Pentagon, unnamed DoD sources have filled in some of the gaps and reports on the operation appear in today’s press. The target was apparently […]
→ read full articleWOMEN RUN THE SHOW IN A RECOVERING RWANDA
Stephanie McCrummen,
29 Oct 2008
On a continent that has been dominated by the rule of men, this tiny East African nation is trying something new. Here, women are not only driving the economy — working on construction sites, in factories and as truck and taxi drivers — they are also filling the ranks of government. Women hold a third […]
→ read full articleVegetarianism against Global Hunger
EVANA-Swiss Union for Vegetarianism - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Oct 2008
On 7-8 October 2008, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the United Nations marked the anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights which assures everyone’s entitlement ‘to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food’. Sixty years after signing that declaration of good will, […]
→ read full articleTHERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS
Daniel Levy, Haaretz,
16 Sep 2008
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→ read full articleSHATTERING A ‘NATIONAL MYTHOLOGY’
Ofri Ilani, Haaretz,
16 Sep 2008
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→ read full articleLANGUAGE, THE FIRST CASUALTY OF WAR
Daniel Larison,
14 Sep 2008
Missing from most of the commentary on the brief war in Georgia was anymention of the contorted use language in Western news coverage andopinion writing. While there have been some reasonable observers discussing the conflict in Georgia, most mainstream reporting and commentary have persistently described the conflict as the “rape" of Georgia in which its […]
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