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Category Archives: INTERNATIONAL
300 Chinese Workers at Apple/ Sony / Microsoft Global Partner Foxconn ‘Threaten Mass Suicide’ At XBox Plant
By Michael Rundle HUFFINGTON POST Around 300 Chinese workers who manufacture XBox consoles took to a factory roof and threatened bosses with mass suicide over a dispute about pay, unconfirmed reports have claimed. The workers were employed at the Foxconn … Continue reading
Occupying a New Reality
One of the things I’ve loved the most about the Occupy movement is the position that we just don’t give a fuck what political analysts, pundits, and “experts” think or project about the “strategies” and tactics that this global revolution … Continue reading
Economic Hit Man Speaking Freely: John Perkins (1 of 4)
This is one of the best analyses of corporatocracy I’ve heard – I highly recommend! For many years John Perkins was an “economic hit man” in the world of international finance; a function he performed by persuading Third World … Continue reading
Economic Hit Man Speaking Freely: John Perkins (3 of 4)
This is one of the best analyses of corporatocracy I’ve heard – I highly recommend! For many years John Perkins was an “economic hit man” in the world of international finance; a function he performed by persuading Third World … Continue reading
Economic Hit Man Speaking Freely: John Perkins (4 of 4)
This is one of the best analyses of corporatocracy I’ve heard – I highly recommend! For many years John Perkins was an “economic hit man” in the world of international finance; a function he performed by persuading Third World countries … Continue reading
The Death of Kim Jong-il and the Future of U.S. Relations with the Two Koreas
Christine Ahn from the Korea Policy Institute and the Global Fund for Women weighs in on how the United States has impacted and shaped the ongoing war between North and South Korea through it’s heavy military presence (the Korean peninsula … Continue reading
A new democracy in Iraq? Activist Yanar Mohammed Challenges U.S. Claims
12/16/11 www.democracynow.org Now that remaining U.S. troops are leaving Iraq, how has this long and drawn-out war affected Iraqi citizens and, in particular, the women of Iraq? Activist Yanar Mohammed, president of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, addresses … Continue reading
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Occupy APEC with Aloha
By Christine Ahn Foreign Policy In Focus E iho ana o luna, E pi’i ana o lalo, E hui ana na moku, E ku ana ka paia. “That which is above shall be brought down, that which is below shall … Continue reading
OECD Figures Indicate Economy’s Future Continues To Darken
More reasons to support the movement to OCCUPY! throughout the world: REUTERS (Vicky Buffery) – The outlook for the world’s major economies is continuing to darken according to the latest data from the OECD published on Monday, which showed sharp … Continue reading
Protests Surge Around Globe
By Nicholas Kulish The New York Times MADRID — Hundreds of thousands of disillusioned Indians cheer a rural activist on a hunger strike. Israel reels before the largest street demonstrations in its history. Enraged young people in Spain and Greece … Continue reading
Investors Fear Collapse Of Major European Bank
By Landon Thomas Jr. and Nelson D. Schwartz The New York Times Remember the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Europeans certainly do. As Europe struggles to contain its government debt crisis, the greatest fear is that one of the Continent’s major … Continue reading
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U.S. Economy Tumbles Down Down Down … Global Ranking Of Competitive Economies
U.S. in Fifth Place: The World Economic Forum cited the U.S. for “a number of escalating weaknesses” including declining public faith in political leaders and corporate ethics. By John Heilprin HUFFINGTON POST GENEVA — The U.S. has tumbled further down … Continue reading
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Workers Producing Clothing for Walmart, Target, Macy’s, Kohl’s and Hanes Have Allegedly Been Routinely Beaten, Underpaid and Forced To Work Excessive Hours
One manager repeatedly raped female Sri Lankan workers, prompting a strike late last year … By Janell Ross HUFFINGTON POST A month after a prominent human rights group accused major American brands of purchasing clothing from a factory in Jordan … Continue reading
Posted in CAPITALISM, COLONIALISM, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GLOBALIZATION, GREED, INTERNATIONAL
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IMPACT OF WAR & CONFLICT SPENDING ON WOMEN & POVERTY
Panel on Women-Poverty-Crises-Human Rights United Nations Human Rights Council 17 3 June 2011 IMPACT OF WAR & CONFLICT SPENDING ON WOMEN & POVERTY Beatrice Fihn, Reaching Critical Will – WILPF www.reachingcriticalwill.org According to the new report released by Stockholm International … Continue reading
“We are not commodities in the hands of bankers and politicians”: Protests Grow in Greece Over Austerity Measures
“You got the disease, we got the solution — revolution,” read one banner. “We are not commodities in the hands of bankers and politicians.” By George Georgiopoulos REUTERS ATHENS, June 5 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands Greeks rallied in central … Continue reading
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Amazon Deforestation In Brazil Increases Six-Fold, Crisis Center Created To Combat Huge Rise
By MARCO SIBAJA HUFFINGTON POST BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil has set up a crisis center to combat increased deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, the nation’s environmental minister said Wednesday. Minister Izabella Teixeira said officials had to take action after satellite … Continue reading
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The True Cost of Chevron: Teach-In & Protest
Teach-In 5/23, Protest at Chevron AGM 5/25! Teach-In on the True Cost of Chevron Monday, May 23 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm David Brower Center, Tamalpais Room 2150 Allston Way Berkeley, CA Join JINN, Emem Okon from the Niger Delta and … Continue reading
Organ trafficking: ‘Her heart was missing’
By Chris Arsenault Al Jazeera “The common denominator [with theft and "consensual" sales] is profiteering,” he told Al Jazeera. The stories are grim and often impossible to confirm: illicit clinics, corrupt doctors and global networks dealing in human flesh. International organ … Continue reading
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Thousands have joined the “I Won’t Pay” movement in Greece
By Anthony Faiola Washington Post Athens — Already struggling to avoid a debt default that could seal Greece’s fate as a financial pariah, this Mediterranean nation is also scrambling to contain another threat — a breakdown in the rule of … Continue reading
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