By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Based on evidence presented before it, the Tribunal found the defendant agrochemical TNCs “responsible for gross, widespread and systematic violations of the right to health and life, economic, social and cultural rights, as well as of civil and political rights, and women and children’s rights.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Cuban Revolution has dignified its people, ensuring all basic human rights, like the right to food security, free access to health and education services, as well as to the culture, sport and other fundamental rights.” – Cuban Ambassador Juan Carlos Arencibia Corrales
The airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers is just the latest in a series of mistakes that raise doubts about NATO’s credibility By PRATAP CHATTERJEE Commondreams.org Why did NATO forces kill two dozen Pakistani soldiers at a border post in the Mohmand region, some 300 yards across the frontier from Afghanistan early on Saturday morning? [...]
Friday, December 2, 2011It’s time for the US to re-examine the consequences of its dehumanizing, deadly attacks in Pakistan. By JENNIFER ROBINSON Commondreams.org This weekend, Pakistan ordered the closure of the US drone base after a US attack killed 26 Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border. This news will be welcomed by the people of Waziristan, where communities [...]
Monday, November 14, 2011By JUAN COLE TomDispatch From Tunis to Tel Aviv, Madrid to Oakland, a new generation of youth activists is challenging the neoliberal state that has dominated the world ever since the Cold War ended. The massive popular protests that shook the globe this year have much in common, though most of the reporting on them [...]
Friday, October 28, 2011By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – In Cuba, children and adults suffering from malignant bone tumors have not been given functional treatments. Extendable prostheses used to replace bone parts during tumor surgery are sold by US companies. Until now, Cuba cannot use US dollars in its transactions, or freely import or export products, including [...]
Monday, October 17, 2011By ZAID JILANI ThinkProgress Truthout.org As ThinkProgress has previously noted, the 99 Percent Movement has been set off thanks to long-standing economic inequities and and a recession caused primarily by Wall Street’s misdeeds. Wall Street did not engage in reckless financial behavior — which plunged 64 million people worldwide into extreme poverty — in a [...]
Monday, October 17, 2011A ground-breaking investigation examines the most secret aspect of America’s shadowy drone wars and maps out a world of hidden bases dotting the globe. By NICK TURSE AlterNet and TomDispatch They increasingly dot the planet. There’s a facility outside Las Vegas where “pilots” work in climate-controlled trailers, another at a dusty camp in Africa formerly [...]
Monday, October 17, 2011If there’s one thing that American media doesn’t need, it’s another Fox News. The first one is already doing a stellar job of advancing the GOP agenda. By MARK HOWARD Alternet.org In the fiercely competitive world of cable news, the players have been jockeying for position as they battle for viewers and advertisers. Fox News, [...]
Monday, October 17, 2011
Hundreds meet Oakland City Hall, California to join the Occupy Wall Street.
(Click to view larger image. Photos by David Bacon)
By David Bacon TruthOut News Analysis Last week President Obama broke his campaign commitment and put three free trade agreements up for a vote in Congress. Business interests, ecstatic at the prospect, promise they’ll bring us jobs. Experience tells us, however, their promises are worthless. Nineteen years ago, when the North American Free Trade Agreement [...]
UP, artists reiterate call for release of Ericson Acosta (Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea and Fred E. Dabu)
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