UK: Buses may not be sexy, but they are a lifeline for our poorest citizens
Published on Left Foot Forward, by MARTIN ABRAMS, Sept 26, 2013. … On Tuesday the Office of National Statistics published statistics showing this is precisely what happened to bus services last year....
View ArticleMilitary Tatoos
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2013: Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo 2013 Full Vision, 86.58 min, uploaded by gare2016, August 22, 2013; Tattoo Parade Basel 2013, Freie Strasse (full) Switzerland,...
View Articlein german: EUPOLY
Film in german: Ein europäischer Alptraum, Offizielle Version, 142.23 min, von Jens B am 17. September 2013 hochgeladen; Trailer: EUPOLY – Ein europäischer Alptraum, 5.19 min, von Jens B am 28. April...
View ArticleEgypt: The right gamble
The interim government is trying hard not to alienate the poor … but more daring actions are needed to revive the economy – Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Sherine Abdel-Razek, Sept 25, 2013....
View ArticleThe USA and Saudi Arabia: a monstrous relationship
Published on Intrepid Report, by John Stanton, Sept 27, 2013. According to Dave Ottoway, writing for the Foreign Policy Research Institute, “There is practically no civil society in Saudi Arabia. The...
View ArticleIndex September 2013
2013-09-01: Snowden leaks: NSA conducted 231 offensive cyber-ops in 2011, hailed as active defense; 2013-09-02: Syria: If Britain is unwilling to help the rebels, it should open its doors to Syrian...
View ArticleWall Street to Planet Earth: We Don’t Mind and You Don’t Matter
Published on Dissident Voice, by Chris Williams, Sept 27, 2013. … As the entire planet is an interlinked set of ecosystems which together form the biosphere, changes in the composition of the earth’s...
View ArticleMs. Kalashnikov: The Women Rebels of Congo
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Johannes Korge, Sept 30, 2013 (16 Photos in the Gallery: Women in Africa’s Militias). They murder, rob and kidnap, just like their male comrades. Some...
View ArticleWest may fail to bring Syrian opposition to Geneva talks in time – Lavrov
Published on Russia Today RT, October 1, 2013. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed doubts that the West will be successful in getting the Syrian opposition to take part in the...
View ArticleChaos in Rome: Berlusconi Tricks Spark Fear in Europe
Published on Spiegel Online International, by Gregor-Peter Schmitz in Brussels, September 30, 2013. Silvio Berlusconi has plunged Italy into another political crisis. It’s a wake-up call for Europe and...
View ArticleThe resource curse, or the paradox of poverty from plenty
Published on openDemocracy (first on Tax Justice Focus, the newsletter of the Tax Justice Network), by Nicholas Shaxson, Sept 23, 2013. Is finance like crude oil? Countries rich in minerals are often...
View ArticleDiplomatic Meddling? President Maduro takes action against the U.S. State...
Published on Council of Hemispheric Affairs COHA.org, by COHA staff, October 3, 2013. U.S.-Venezuela relations continue to skid at a precipitous pace; Venezuela is likely to replace Cuba as...
View Articlefarmlandgrab.org’s weekly newsletter
excerpts – published on Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab, by different organizations, Oct 2, 2013: Video: Seeds of discontent, 22.32 min, by Transnational Institute, Oct 2, 2013: A powerful new...
View ArticleAmerican exceptionalism as exemplified by US international lawlessness
Interview with UK MP George Galloway – Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 5, 2013. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa equated US ideas of its own exceptionalism to Nazi ideals of a superior race this...
View ArticleFrom Pension Fund Socialism to Pension Fund Capitalism?
Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies, session 1 (Toronto) – Watch the video, 31.20 min, published on Socialist Project, Sept 27, 2013. Peter Drucker’s famous 1976 warning that the growth...
View ArticleDemokratischer Kapitalismus?
Wortmeldung von Rico Albrecht auf Demonstration, 57.40 min, von WissensmanufakturNET am 15. Mai 2012 hochgeladen. Webseite: Wissenschafts Manufaktur.net.
View ArticleUnited Nation’s calendar of all conferences and meetings
Published on UN’s Calendar of Conferences and Meetings. View Meetings: by Date, by Venue, by Year. The calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations is prepared by the Meetings Management...
View ArticleSudanese women: you can beat us but you cannot break us
Published on Pambazuka News, by Hala Alkarib, Oct 03, 2013. Political Islam in Sudan remains very strong and manifests itself in floggings of Sudanese women that are justified by the constitution in...
View ArticleOn Shutdown, Waning US Influence, Syrian Showdown
Interview with Noam Chomsky, published on truthout, by Harrison Samphir, Oct 8, 2013 (also on ZNet). Noam Chomsky gives his perspective on the US government shutdown, the Syrian civil war, capitalist...
View ArticleMA in Human Rights Education
Published on USF/School of Education, not dated. The Master of Arts in Human Rights Education (HRE) Program provides a unique opportunity to understand and address deep-rooted social and educational...
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