A three-year process of adopting a new constitution, violent rhetoric and violent mobs, fears of a dictatorial central government, threats to secede, multiple factions and diverse interests are coming in chaotic conflict. No, I’m not describing Egypt or other countries where the Arab Spring has opened opportunities to make a new beginning; I’m talking about […]
A three-year process of adopting a new constitution, violent rhetoric and violent mobs, fears of a dictatorial central government, threats to secede, multiple factions and diverse interests are coming in chaotic conflict. No, I’m not describing Egypt or other countries where the Arab Spring has opened opportunities to make a new beginning; I’m talking about […]
Update | By Martin Michaels The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a Senate resolution Wednesday calling upon the U.S. to oppose any U.N. efforts to control and regulate the Internet. The resounding 397-0 House vote sends a clear message to 1,900 delegates attending the 11-day conference in Dubai discussing possible Internet regulation by the […]
Update | By Martin Michaels The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a Senate resolution Wednesday calling upon the U.S. to oppose any U.N. efforts to control and regulate the Internet. The resounding 397-0 House vote sends a clear message to 1,900 delegates attending the 11-day conference in Dubai discussing possible Internet regulation by the […]
(MintPress) – There are few rights people take as seriously as their right to privacy. Most people want to live their lives as they wish; unmeasured, unchecked and unexamined. Ultimately, the life a person chooses to live is the only defining measure of him or her; it is expected that that life should not have […]
(MintPress) – There are few rights people take as seriously as their right to privacy. Most people want to live their lives as they wish; unmeasured, unchecked and unexamined. Ultimately, the life a person chooses to live is the only defining measure of him or her; it is expected that that life should not have […]
Each year, more than 1,500 military personnel make their journey to the state of Georgia to attend the School of Americas (SOA) — a U.S. military base, funded by taxpayers, intended to “train” Latin American military members.
Each year, more than 1,500 military personnel make their journey to the state of Georgia to attend the School of Americas (SOA) — a U.S. military base, funded by taxpayers, intended to “train” Latin American military members.
(CHICAGO) — Corporate predators seek cheap labor worldwide. Countries like China, India, Honduras, Jordan, Haiti and Bangladesh provide it. Transnational giants are unaccountable. Global sweatshops supply them. Workers endure horrific conditions. Some work up to 90 or more hours weekly. They’re wage slaves. They earn sub-poverty pay. They’re subjected to punishing harassment, beatings, sexual abuse […]
(CHICAGO) — Corporate predators seek cheap labor worldwide. Countries like China, India, Honduras, Jordan, Haiti and Bangladesh provide it. Transnational giants are unaccountable. Global sweatshops supply them. Workers endure horrific conditions. Some work up to 90 or more hours weekly. They’re wage slaves. They earn sub-poverty pay. They’re subjected to punishing harassment, beatings, sexual abuse […]
President Obama’s candidacy, nomination and election was hailed as some sort of seismic shift in race relations in this nation and represented an epic turning point in how we view ethnicity; a post-racial America, if you will. Nevertheless, this writer contends that Barack Obama’s presidency revealed to us not only how far we have come, […]
President Obama’s candidacy, nomination and election was hailed as some sort of seismic shift in race relations in this nation and represented an epic turning point in how we view ethnicity; a post-racial America, if you will. Nevertheless, this writer contends that Barack Obama’s presidency revealed to us not only how far we have come, […]
(MintPress) – Throughout the world, a new normal is settling in. As the climate shifts and changes on a daily basis, a new world of extreme weather is opening — the massive flooding and landslides in Brazil last January; the wildfires in Chile; the record-breaking cold in Europe and the scorching heat in the United […]
(MintPress) – Throughout the world, a new normal is settling in. As the climate shifts and changes on a daily basis, a new world of extreme weather is opening — the massive flooding and landslides in Brazil last January; the wildfires in Chile; the record-breaking cold in Europe and the scorching heat in the United […]
