It was the economic deprivation of the 30s that allowed totalitarianism to flourish and shatter the fragile peace that followed World War I.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 6: The Things We Fight For
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Human Rights
Poets Stand Up
In Paris, poets staged a flash mob outside the Louvre Museum. In North Carolina, they sent poems to their state legislators, calling on them to restore arts education funding to the decimated state budget. In Vancouver, BC, poets cleaned up a beach before their reading. There was a reading in solidarity with the people of Tibet in Pasadena, California, events throughout Mexico City demanding an end to violence, and “an exorcism of fear and helplessness” in Norman, Oklahoma. Poets gathered in Fez, Morocco, and Jalalabad, Afghanistan and Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
War on Roaches
Set up the four cuts
cut support cut food cut water cut communications
still see stray guerilla roaches, though all food including edible trash
carefully removed or wrapped
in plastic.
An Alternative Eulogy for Steve Jobs
Jobs may have been an exceptional designer, but when it comes to the multifaceted corporate malfeasance that has come to characterize the global electronics industry, Apple is exceptional for its profit margins alone.
Mexican Constitution Now Recognizes Right to Food
On April 29, 2011 the Chamber of Deputies approved the constitutional reform that establishes the right to food in Mexico. On August 17, the Senate received reports that the required majority of the states in the country had approved the reform and ordered its publication in the official federal record.
One Step Closer: Lieberman Calls for No-Fly Zone Over Syria
Sen. Joseph Lieberman stated that he favored a no-fly zone over Syria.
U.S. Obama Waives Aid Curbs on Militaries Using Child Soldiers
The four countries that will continue to receive military assistance despite the use of child soldiers in their armed forces include Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Yemen and the newly independent nation of South Sudan, according to a memo released by the White House late Tuesday.
Spanish Court Won’t Let Cameraman Couso’s Killing at Hands of Americans Die
Once again, a Spanish judge has indicted three American soldiers for the killing of Spanish cameraman José Couso at the Palestine Hotel in the 2003.
CIA’s Drone Wars Blur Distinction Between Military and Civilian Combatants
If the United States reaches a point where there is nothing to distinguish our military institutions from our civilian, then all of us are fair game.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 5: Sharpening the Teeth of Peace
After World War II, for the first time, nations not only agreed upon liability for war crimes, but for the principle of attacking the international peace.