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Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Oct 3, 2008

  Understatement by Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Reps

"... I don't think we've invested well... in the last few years..." - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (daughter of late mayor of Baltimore, Maryland; multimillionaire; Democratic congresswoman, 8th Congressional district, California - San Francisco) on the current state of U.S....... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Sep 26, 2008

  Brazil: Afrodescendant Land Claims go to ILO

With assistance from Australia-based COHRE, Afrobrazilians being evicted from their ancestral lands are taking their case to the International Labour Organisation (ILO). More later...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Sep 21, 2008

  Global crisis: Congress was warned in 2000 of predatory loans

Thanks to my sister for sharing news of veteran U.S. legal aid attorney William Brennan and his testimony in Congress on 24 May 2000. So Congress had first-hand knowledge of what was going on from an attorney helping elderly, often...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Jul 30, 2008

  Global warming and our collective meat-eating ways

Have you heard about Gidon Eschel and Pamela Martin's report on meat-eating and global warming? It's online here as a PDF file. Happy reading!... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Jun 11, 2008

  $200/barrel Oil? Choosing sustainability

My cab driver, transplanted from Ethiopia, told me first. That was weeks ago. But I couldn't believe it till I read the headline of today's Independent (London): "Price of oil will double." Folks, we have now reached 'put up or...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Apr 18, 2008

  Zimbabwe Independence Day 2008: Where are the election results?

What is there to say about Zimbabwe? 18 April marks the 28th anniversary of Zimbabwe's freedom from colonialism and state-sponsored apartheid. Some of us, like me, marched and protested to help put an end to Rhodesia. Most people acknowledge something's...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Apr 17, 2008

  Aime Cesaire, 1913-2008 - Negritude, gender, diaspora

Aime Cesaire est mort aujourd'hui. Aime Cesaire has died today. We awoke to this news, 17 April 2008. He made it to age 94. The Martiniquan poet, novelist, playwright and former mayor of Fort de France and member of French...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Apr 10, 2008

  Food: from fuel to riots as Reuters covers agflation

The current global food crisis makes me remember being in Jamaica in the last quarter of 1977. Michael Manley was prime minister. For some reason, the U.S. government did not consider Mr. Manley a friend. Somehow I sensed that perhaps...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Mar 23, 2008

  Washington's Slavery Emancipation, April 1862

Spring in Washington means a lot more than cherry blossoms. Throughout April Washington, DC -- or at least some of us -- will recognise the 146th anniversary of the abolition of Black enslavement in the District of Columbia which took...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Mar 20, 2008

  Genuine Progress Indicator? Measuring economies as if society mattered

As so many consumer and exchange economies teeter on the brink, here's a fascinating index that could prove more useful to more people. Many of us are in the same time familiar with, yet put off by, words and terms...... [view]

Posted By:  MarianD
Posted On:  Mar 16, 2008

  Africa: Kenyan truce, and Chinese and Indian colonialism

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga and putatively re-elected second-term president Mwai Kibaki finally reached an accomodation for the country's political divide and the death and violence it wrought. I was excited to see BBC live coverage of the opening of...... [view]

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