DESPITE the announcement of various stimulus packages intended to reboot the World Economy, the saga of boom and bust continues, spurred on by growing awareness of the structural inequalities that have been built into the so-called free-market. There is rising anger at the "pork-barrel" spending...
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This is why I am damn well complaining…
Heavens, for the life of me, it would appear that the Independent Group and Media24 have deleted every article I have ever written for these two mainstream publishers, and the same goes for all of my writing done during the Struggle, under force majeur force majeure, in a State of Emergency and s...
Michael Phelps bong saga blows over
Fresh Intelligence reports that US food company Subway announced it still supports Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps, in spite of the growing fallout over Bong-Gate.In a statement, Subway says "Like most Americans, and like Michael Phelps himself, we were disappointed in his behavior. Also like most...
OLPC giving 5,000 laptops to Gaza children
Just two weeks after announcing layoffs and salary reductions, One Laptop per Child is donating 5,000 of its XO laptops to the United Nations Relief and Workers Agency (UNRWA) to give to Palestinian children in the Gaza strip. UNRWA operates 800 schools for Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Labanon...
Department of Peace legislation introduced
The Department of Peace (DOP) legislation will be introduced TODAY into the House of Representatives by REP. DENNIS KUCINICH. Please call your Congressional office in D.C. at 9am EST THIS MORNING to encourage your Representative to co-sponsor the DOP legislation. For more info about your Congress...
“Zionist sound bites can’t hide Palestine suffering”, Sunday Times 18-01-2009 refers.
Dear Medialternatives, AS a signatory to a statement by 300 members of the South African community condemning the disproportionate use of force by the Israeli military in Gaza, and in particular the recent statements made by the JBD and Chief Rabbi, I feel emboldened to demand that Ebrahim I Bham...