Rio de Janeiro, the Cidade Maravilhosa, the home of Christ the Redeemer, is the birthplace of the United Nations Earth Summit. So it seems appropriate that the giant beast of sustainable development negotiations should come here to die. And where New World Vultures smell the wounded and circle overhead. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, known […]
Rio de Janeiro, the Cidade Maravilhosa, the home of Christ the Redeemer, is the birthplace of the United Nations Earth Summit. So it seems appropriate that the giant beast of sustainable development negotiations should come here to die. And where New World Vultures smell the wounded and circle overhead. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, known […]
(MintPress) – An independent report released this week shows a marked increase in the murder of environmental activists worldwide. Over the past decade, the numbers of environmental activists killed globally rose to 711, around 1 per day. As national representatives meet in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil this week for the United Nations Conference for Sustainable […]
(MintPress) – An independent report released this week shows a marked increase in the murder of environmental activists worldwide. Over the past decade, the numbers of environmental activists killed globally rose to 711, around 1 per day. As national representatives meet in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil this week for the United Nations Conference for Sustainable […]
Revelations that President Barack Obama presides over key aspects of secret kill-list machinery that has sentenced thousands to death by drone have disturbed many. Torture and extraordinary rendition under Bush, it turns out, have been replaced with industrial-scale extrajudicial execution by his successor. Today, CIA and Pentagon armed drones range at will over Pakistan, Yemen […]
Revelations that President Barack Obama presides over key aspects of secret kill-list machinery that has sentenced thousands to death by drone have disturbed many. Torture and extraordinary rendition under Bush, it turns out, have been replaced with industrial-scale extrajudicial execution by his successor. Today, CIA and Pentagon armed drones range at will over Pakistan, Yemen […]
(CHICAGO) – Olympism is more about profiteering, exploitation and cynicism than sport. For more than a century, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hypocritically advanced notions of peace, unity, friendship and sport the way it’s meant to be. The Olympic Movement’s Charter states that the IOC’s mission “is to promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead […]
(CHICAGO) – Olympism is more about profiteering, exploitation and cynicism than sport. For more than a century, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hypocritically advanced notions of peace, unity, friendship and sport the way it’s meant to be. The Olympic Movement’s Charter states that the IOC’s mission “is to promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead […]
(Mint Press)– Ben and Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen, an outspoken supporter of the Occupy Movement, recently announced his support for a stamp U.S. currency initiative. The stamps are part of a part of a growing American democracy movement which seeks to purge electoral politics of money coming from corporations and special interests, attracting activist groups […]
(Mint Press)– Ben and Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen, an outspoken supporter of the Occupy Movement, recently announced his support for a stamp U.S. currency initiative. The stamps are part of a part of a growing American democracy movement which seeks to purge electoral politics of money coming from corporations and special interests, attracting activist groups […]
(CONNECTICUT) – The truth hurts, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may feel the pain more than most. He watched his dad’s 1968 presidential bid flame out after George Romney told the truth about the Vietnam War: “I had just had the greatest brainwashing that anyone could get when you go over to Vietnam,” he said. […]
(CONNECTICUT) – The truth hurts, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may feel the pain more than most. He watched his dad’s 1968 presidential bid flame out after George Romney told the truth about the Vietnam War: “I had just had the greatest brainwashing that anyone could get when you go over to Vietnam,” he said. […]
CIA drones are reportedly reviving the use of highly-controversial tactics that target rescuers and funeral-goers. On Monday US drones attacked rescuers in Waziristan in western Pakistan minutes after an initial strike, killing 16 people in total according to the BBC. On May 28, drones were also reported to have returned to the attack in Khassokhel near Mir Ali. […]
CIA drones are reportedly reviving the use of highly-controversial tactics that target rescuers and funeral-goers. On Monday US drones attacked rescuers in Waziristan in western Pakistan minutes after an initial strike, killing 16 people in total according to the BBC. On May 28, drones were also reported to have returned to the attack in Khassokhel near Mir Ali. […]
