por Luis Paulino Vargas Solís 13 de julio, 2009 El golpe de Estado en Honduras ha reeditado, de formas nuevas, una realidad siniestra que se creía superada –la del golpismo y la barbarie militar- como también ha traído de vuelta un fantasma que suponíamos desaparecido de forma definitiva: el de la guerra fría.

by Joe Emersberger July 13, 2009 Jack Wilson, a reporter for the Scottish edition of the Daily Telegraph, uncovered opinion polls that found 60% of US citizens (40% of Canadians) did not know that Wovokia was an independent country or that the US and Canada had made traveling to Wovokia illegal. (Wovokia had previously been known as [...]

Nota del editor: Sin sustento, no hay libertad, no hay vida, no hay forma de resistir las injusticias diarias que vienen a oprimirlo a uno cada vez más. No hay libertad. El hambre es una de las injusticias más grandes de nuestros tiempos porque el alimento es un derecho humano que se le esta negando [...]

The largest banking chains are going out of their way to stiff us. by Jim Hightower July 10, 2009 Have you received your thank-you note? I’m still waiting for mine. More than a year into the Wall Street bailout, I’ve yet to get any sort of “thank you” from even a single one of the big banks that [...]

Pueblos originarios y comunidades campesinas conminan a frenar las operaciones mineras y petroleras que no cuentan con su expreso consentimiento y que destruyen el medio ambiente. El Presidente cuestiona a los líderes de la protesta y dice que están manipulados por las ONGs ambientalistas

Guard members’ claims against KBR raise questions about war zone contractors. by Sharon Cohen July 12, 2009 Larry Roberta’s every breath is a painful reminder of his time in Iraq. He can’t walk a block without gasping for air. His chest hurts, his migraines sometimes persist for days and he needs pills to help him sleep.

by Annie Gowen July 11, 2009 A growing number of American children are living in poverty and with unemployed parents, and are facing the threat of hunger, according to a federal report released yesterday. According to the report, “America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being,” 18 percent of all children 17 and younger were living in poverty in [...]

The Hiroshima of the chemical industry is still claiming victims – babies born 25 years later with serious birth defects by Billy Briggs July 12, 2009 BHOPAL – Unable to steer safely in the mud, the driver of our rickshaw pulls into the side of the road to allow us to take shelter from torrential rain. There, [...]

To make people care, craft a ‘politics of meaning’. by Murray Dobbin July 9, 2009 “We hunger for communities of meaning that can transcend the individualism and selfishness that we see around us and that will provide an ethical and spiritual framework that gives our lives some higher purpose.” – Michael Lerner, The Politics of Meaning

by Kia Mistilis July 9, 2009 Behind fighter-planes and gunboats, Nigerian forces launched a full-scale offensive in the Niger Delta on May 13, displacing 30,000 people and sparking a humanitarian crisis. Thousands of civilians fleeing destroyed villages are now trapped between armed resistance groups and the Nigerian military. These civilians are hiding in the bush without food, [...]