Psychopathy is a personality disorder manifested in people who use a mixture of charm, manipulation, intimidation, and occasionally violence to control others, in order to satisfy their own selfish needs. Although the concept of psychopathy has been known for centuries, the FBI leads the world in the research effort to develop a series of assessment tools, […]
In Russia, Who is Restricting the Russian Internet?
Written by Marina Litvinovich, Global Voices On 18 April, 2011, American non-profit organisation Freedom House issued a report on Internet freedom in the world. The report, “Freedom on the Net 2011“ analyses freedom of access to the Internet in 2009-2010 in 37 countries. In the report (authored by Global Voices’ Alexey Sidorenko, editor of RuNet Echo), […]
Understanding democracy from working class perspectives
Workers of the world observe the 1st of May as the global May Day. Although the international day is mainly related to the workers’ labor movement, its rationale works for all the sectors in the human society. The basic of the global May Day is that labor is fundamental to the development of human society […]
Sarkozy: Multiculturalism is ‘a failure’ in France
French President Nicolas Sarkozy claimed recently on French TV that muticulturalism in France "has failed", in a remark which seem to have been made with the 2012 presidential election in mind. Sarkozy made his remark last Thursday on TF1 television during a nationwide broadcast which saw him face-to-face with a panel of nine French citizens. […]
Don’t Vote for Senator Suzi Oppeheimer, the Enemy of New York Families
Suzi Oppenheimer sponsored one of the worst pieces of legislation imaginable for New York families that is deceptively entitled the ‘Divorce Reform Act of 2010’. This bill was written for and by New York divorce attorneys, the New York Bar Association and religious lobbies and does nothing to address the real problems of NY divorce. […]
Vedanta’s India mine slammed in devastating government report
Plans by Vedanta Resources to mine on Dongria Kondh land in eastern India ‘threaten the survival’ of the tribe, according to an official government investigation whose report has just been released. In a devastating report, a committee set up by India’s Environment Minister has ruled that Vedanta has acted illegally and with ‘total contempt for the law’; that […]