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Protesters try to stop Malaysian rare-earth plant
Up to 3,000 Malaysians staged a protest against a rare-earth refinery yesterday over fears of radioactive contamination. The Australian mining company Lynas has been granted
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Afghanistan demands NATO put Koran-burners on trial
(Reuters) – Afghanistan wants NATO to put on public trial those who burned copies of the Koran at a NATO base, President Hamid Karzai’s office
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Eastern Libya declares autonomy; Libyan leader vows to keep Libya together by force
Eastern Libya declares autonomy Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, has elected a regional congress and declared semi-autonomy from the capital Tripoli. The “blatant call
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Alexandra Kollontai: ‘Women’s Day’ February 1913
The article ‘Women’s Day’ by Alexandra Kollontai was published in the newspaper Pravda one week before the first-ever celebration in Russia of the Day of
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Clara Zetkin on Organizing Women Workers
Clara Zetkin (1857-1933) founded International Women’s Day on the 8th March, 1911. Clara Zetkin was German born: When Adolf Hitler and his fascist National Socialist
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Kony 2012 campaign criticized for dumbing down conflict
In perhaps the most ambitious viral marketing campaign in the history of the internet, Kony 2012 looks to use the web and social media
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On “Kony 2012” and Invisible Children
You must have heard of the viral video created by Invisible Children (IC), a U.S. organization that has launched a one-year campaign (expires December 31,
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Invisible Children called out for its policies and monetary distribution
March 7, 2012 by Bryne Yancey A new blog post from at Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada) sociology and political science student Grant Oyston has
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Charity’s Contras: Invisible Children (Kony 2012)’s Support of Death Squads, Child Soldiers and Genocide
Despite their calls to arrest Joseph Kony, leader of the Ugandan theocratic guerrilla group Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and a wanted war criminal responsible for
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Free Market Health Care: True Stories by Michael Parenti
I recently wrote an article about my personal experiences in dealing with the medical system while undergoing surgery (“Free Market Medicine: A Personal Account”). In
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