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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 1, 2011

  The Egyptian Revolution

As mass protests, factory occupations and calls for an indefinite general strike spread against the dictatorship of President Hosni Mubarak, the working class is emerging as the driving force of the Egyptian revolution. While news is limited, it is clear that strikes and protests are sweeping...... [view]

Posted By:  Ralitsa
Posted On:  Oct 20, 2010

  "It's the economy, stupid"

A fair few people have asked me about what is going on in Europe lately. Often wondering why the USA and Europe both are facing such similar problems and yet, are going about it in completely different ways. First off, one fundamental difference is that the USA does not care so much about...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 12, 2010

  Nobel Peace Prize: Another exercise in political cynicism

Last Friday’s announcement awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was a highly political decision designed to stoke up the issue of “human rights” in China on behalf of the US and European powers. US President Obama immediately seized on the prize to call...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 12, 2010

  Obama press conference on the economy: An exercise in demagogy and lies

By Barry Grey: President Barack Obama used his White House press conference Friday to continue his pre-election efforts to portray his pro-Wall Street economic policies as a boon to ordinary Americans and a radical departure from the policies of the Bush administration. The news...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 8, 2010

  US ruling class prepares attack on Social Security

Prominent figures in the US ruling elite have recently made a series of statements that forewarn of massive cuts in social spending, up to and including Social Security, the bedrock federal insurance entitlement for elderly and disabled workers. These comments reveal that, whatever the precise...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 14, 2010

  Love's Labour's Lost in UK General Election

By Anthony L. Hall: It became a self-fulfilled prophecy last week when voters gave Britain its first hung parliament since 1974. After all, given the polling trends and constant pining (by everyone from pundits to bookies), this result seemed a consummation devoutly to be wished. As...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 10, 2010

  Why didn't anyone see this economic crisis coming?

By Youri Kemp: I had tuned in to one of the local talk shows in The Bahamas, and the host was on about the economic crisis and why hadn't anyone seen it coming -- particularly the economists and business persons. It wasn't the main focus of the show that day -- from what I heard -- but it...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 23, 2010

  America's Tea Party revolutionaries

By Anthony L. Hall: I was amused by a cartoon recently, which depicts the members of the Tea Party, America’s latest political movement, as mostly resentful white folks who have been ginned up with existential fear by right-wing demagogues. The cartoon shows one of them reacting to...... [view]

Posted By:  abc4all
Posted On:  Apr 3, 2010

  Food4All?

Right now Jamie Oliver from England is creating a revolution in food / obesity issues. For this important revolution we have created an iReport on CNN: Health Reform vs. Prevention Burton Danet, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist (retired) Co-Founder, ABC4All Portal4Relief...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 31, 2010

  Two cheers, one jeer for ObamaCare!

By Youri kemp: There was a single frame political cartoon I saw in one of the dailies, just after the United States government passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 2010. It showed a caricature of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a doctor's uniform holding a newborn baby in a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 18, 2010

  Amnesty International says Cuba needs reform

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Amnesty International said Cuba "desperately" needs political and legal reform and called for the communist country to release all political prisoners. The London-based rights group criticized the Cuban government for putting its opponents behind bars for years for...... [view]

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  A Community Concern

Submitted By:   EduDocumentary
Website:  http://www.acommunityconcern.org/
E-mail:  info@acommunityconcern.org
  Vision:   A film giving visibility to the power of organizing as a way to improve urban public schools. Across the United States, graduation rates in most urban districts still remain between 50 and 60 percent. A COMMUNITY CONCERN......
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  The YP Foundation

Submitted By:   IshitaChaudhry
Website:  http://www.theyouthparliament.blogspot.com/
Phone:  +91 11 46792244/43
E-mail:  theypfoundation@gmail.com
  Vision:   Our vision is a world where young people’s human rights are respected, where their leadership skills and ability to access education, services and opportunities are empowered and they are recognized as powerful change......
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