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Christian Fundamentalists: On God’s Right
An inquest in the Evangelical world of the United States in 2004 by Martin Meissonnier & Roger Trilling. Cinematography by Christophe Petit, edited by Gilles Bovon.
Iceland Shows the Way: Jail the Bankers!
By jailing four top officers of Iceland’s failed Kaupthing Bank, the country showed the world the right way to deal with the people largely responsible for the 2008 financial crisis, said Charlie McGrath, founder of the news website, Wide Awake … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Finance & Economy, Videos & Documentaries
Tagged bankers, financial fraud, Iceland
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Emir Kusturica: Why Does NATO Still Exist? To Fight Terrorism? It’s Laughable!
As Brussels goes into a renewed push to bring more countries into its fold, the divisions between nations in fact go deeper. The call for European integration rings on Kiev squares – and some fear it will turn into western … Continue reading
UN Declares 2014 the ‘Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People’
The UN has named 2014 as the ‘Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.’ The resolution was adopted by the majority of member-states with 110 voting in favor, 7 opposed and 54 abstaining. The year-long observance will entail organizing special … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Democracy & Liberty, Human Rights & Justice
Tagged Palestine, UN, United Nations
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Uruguay Legalizes Sale and Production of Marijuana
Uruguay has become the first country in the world to legalize both the sale and production of marijuana. President Jose Mujica has championed the measure as a way of combatting the illegal drug industry that has decimated parts of Uruguay. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Human Rights & Justice, Psychedelics & Narcotics
Tagged Jose Mujica, marijuana, Uruguay
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Nixing Mandela Funeral as Too Costly, Bibi Shows World What He’s Truly Made of
In his eleventh-hour decision against attending the funeral of Nelson Mandela, Benjamin Netanyahu proved that he is not the smug, petty, vindictive, waffling, in-your-face insulting man he seems. He’s something worse. The problem is not so much that the prime … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Zionism
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John Pilger: Apartheid Did Not Die
“Apartheid Did Not Die” is a 1998 Carlton Television documentary, written and presented by John Pilger, which provides analysis of South Africa’s then new, democratic government. African National Congress (ANC): The Freedom Charter
Mandela in 2002: ‘America is a Threat to World Peace’
Nelson Mandela, 84, may be the world’s most respected statesman. Sentenced to life in prison on desolate Robben Island in 1964 for advocating armed resistance to apartheid in South Africa, the African National Congress leader emerged in 1990 to lead … Continue reading
George Galloway Talks to Syrian Nun, Mother Agnes
Mother Agnes Mariam el-Salib was invited to speak at a Stop the War conference in London on November 30. However after hearing that two other speakers scheduled to speak at the event – Owen Jones and Jeremy Scahill – were … Continue reading
Against the Grain 