by James Parks Here’s one more reason that the Bush administration’s refusal to push China to respect workers’ rights is wrong. This week, Chinese police rescued 167 village children sold to work as slave laborers in a city in the booming southern province of Guangdong in the Pearl River Delta. The children all came from poor families who lived […]
Monopolyland: the Fragile Virtual World of Big Business
It’s one thing to suggest that Corporate True Believers are disinclined to live in the real world with the rest of us — but quite another to get such folks to at long last admit that everyone, but everyone, around them is the enemy by Donald Croft Brickner So — we’re not economists. […]
Morocco: Bloggers Rally Behind Fouad Mourtada
by Lydia Beyoud Moroccan media and bloggers have rallied behind Fouad Mourtada sincethe 26 year-old’s arrest earlier this month. Some media sources have called Mourtada “a Martyr of the Net” and othershave described the case as a “media lynching” pushed by “les SAR et consorts” [all those bearing the title “Son Altesse Royale” (His/Her Royal Highness) and consorts]. […]
Quality laughter improves health
As Nigerians grapple with the continuing menace posed by fake drugs, and particularly considering the high prices of genuine drugs, a medical practitioner, Dr. Uchendu Alaefule, counsels that people should increasingly take advantage of the health benefits of humour. Alaefule, who styles himself as the humour director of Alams Therapeutic Humour Clinic, a specialized section […]
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a cooperative military prison and detention camp under the leadership of Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002. The prison, established at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, holds people accused by the United States government of being terrorist operatives, as well as those no longer considered suspects who are being held pending […]
A Little Crime Story, Recounted in the First Person
A Little Crime Story, Recounted in the First Person By Marciano Paroy Jr. # 32-B Quezon St., Pob. West The approach was friendly. Two young men, who were obviously on their way home, passed by the front gate of # 32-B Quezon St., Poblacion West where I was standing. I was waiting […]
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