Lamrani: The Economic Sanctions Against CubaZNet - 8 Oct 2007For 15 consecutive years, the general assembly of the United Nations has voted in favor of lifting the economic sanctions that seriously harm the Cuban people, especially the most vulnerable sectors. The international community is unanimous on this issue, with the majority continually increasing.
Mishra: A Peep into RichistanZNet - 8 Oct 2007People are acquainted with Hindustan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and so on. In the early years of the 1980s, ‘Khalistan’ was hotly discussed in India.
Barker: Corporate Media GreensZNet - 8 Oct 2007It is taken for granted by all political actors that the mass media is an essential resource for communicating (or in most cases, propagandising too) the wider public. Progressive voices, like those of Green politicians however seem to have accepted that they must endure the seemingly never-ending assaults that the corporate media wages on their demands for more participatory forms of democracy.
Munir: Pakistan Needs Scrutiny Not CharityZNet - 8 Oct 2007In October 2005, upon learning of the devastation that had been caused in Northern Pakistan by a massive earthquake, many of my British friends promptly emailed me with offers of help, ranging from money to filling in my duties at Cambridge while I visited the earthquake stricken region. At the time, I suggested to them that what countries like Pakistan need, even in the face of such calamities, is not charity but scrutiny.
The True Cost of Rising Food PricesUKWatch.net - 8 Oct 2007Across the world multinationals? profits and the biofuels industry are hiking up the price of basic foodstuffs. This inflation is hitting the poorest hard, writes Carlo Morelli read more
Sakr: The Struggle For Land That Never EndsZNet - 8 Oct 2007The Egyptian government last month closed down the Association for Human Rights and Legal Aid and, before that, the Centre for Trade Union and Workers Services. This is in response to the greatest wave of industrial action by workers in decades, and protests by small farmers against moves to dismantle Nasser’s agrarian reforms span style=”font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana; m.
Ramonet: SarkozyZNet - 8 Oct 2007Like the pied piper of Hamelin, Nicolas Sarkozy initially enchanted eminent figures on all sides with his verve and brio. The media were equally spellbound and joined in the mass hysteria.
Baker: The Entertainment Industry Police CrackdownZNet - 8 Oct 2007Last week, a jury determined that Jammie Thomas, a single mother living in Minnesota, should pay $222,000 to the recording industry for allowing other people to download 24 songs off her computer on a file-sharing system. That’s a pretty steep fine for passing along a few copies of Britney Spears’ latest hits.
