Community Justice Thrives in Villages of Eastern Congo

August 6, 2009, Luvungi, Democratic Republic of Congo: Amid the chaos and lawlessness of Eastern Congo, a local organization has developed an innovative approach to settling disputes and promoting justice, one community at a time.Arche d'Alliance, a partner of The Advocacy...

Market Growth is not the Solution

We need to take a few reflective pauses, as we go about our lives in the industrialized world. That will allow us to consider from whence came the outputs on which we draw. Take, for example, when we get up in the morning. It is unlikely that we will normally give a second...

Is Socialist Socialite Obama Acting Hypocritically?

The Washington Times reported Friday that, while publicly identifying with the nation's have-nots, the Obama administration has been cultivating the Beltway social elite behind the scenes. As My Personal Litmus points out so well in his editorial cartoon above, such...

Pelosi Comes Home To SF -Serves 35 Millionth Meal @St. Anthony's

Sunday, February 8, 2009 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Comes Home To Serve 35 Millionth Meal at St. Anthony's Dining Room -San Francisco Daily Lunch for our City's homeless, poor and hungry was served a little late...

" My Report for Black History Month is on ....

I can see it now .... all across the United States of America and around the world, where Black History Month is celebrated in February, teachers informing their students that not everyone can do a report on...

US Bail out further demonstrates capitalism as all about capital

The American people and the rest of the world continues to be deceived in the face of the prevailing economic crisis. What America needs towards its economic rejuvenation is not a bailout, but instead a total breakaway from capitalism. That is not to say that America and...

Muslim insight: Poor Persecuted Women

Human history is full of bitter experiences in which women suffered physical torture, mental torment, social constraints, economic exploitation and political marginalization in all avenues of life. Women have always been considered inferior on the basis of gender in several...

Avoiding Societal Economic Disaster requires new way of thinking

Government have sought to convince "the masses" that bailing out the very elites that spawned the world wide 'economic crises' is vital. However, the book entitled Quality-of-Living and Human Development by Horace Carby-Samuels, suggests that what is needed is a new way of...

Neo-capitalism, social control and Pyramid Power

I remember when this was all the rage in the 1980's. The government moved to outlaw this phenomena. Maybe because it exposed the system of control that all governments use to this day? When you have all of society arranged in pyramids, you just need to control the top of...

Environmental Activists Expose Dangers of E-Waste

November 14, 2008, Delhi, India: In the streets of Mustaffabad, a poor quarter of Delhi, children in sandals sit on top of piles of broken glass and twisted metal, smashing computer monitors. Men with blowtorches...

How San Francisco Really Treats Its Homeless - Police & DPW Assault Them

These photos and video clips look like something out of a Nazi Concentration Camp.  Bright lights, physical kicking and water canons used against people who are suffering and in need of a safe place to...

Blogging Connects Women Across the World

Advocacy Project (AP) have launched a blog group to connect professional women in the Washington area with young American women volunteering for human rights overseas.    This innovative use of information technology was developed during the summer, when eight...

Elderly Homeless Man Attacked By Thugs -Polk Street/Frank Norris Alley-San Fr...

A Local San Franciscan Homeless Elder Was Attacked By Two Thugs On Polk & Frank Norris Alley ( between Bush and Pine Streets ).This kind, elderly San Franciscan was attacked about a month ago, in an alley next to the Funky Door Yoga and H20 Cafe, in the 1300 Block of Polk...

Israelis and Palestinians Condemn Israeli Crackdown in Ni'lin

***** AdvocacyNet News Bulletin 151 August 6, 2008 *****   Israelis and Palestinians Condemn Israeli Crackdown in Ni'lin   August 6, 2008, Ni'lin, West Bank: Human rights advocates in Israel and the...

Living as Existential Masonry: A Rejection of the Capitalist Focus on Quality...

This essay is addressed to those persons who aim to fulfill their responsibilities in living. It is therefore not addressed to those persons who have voluntarily either “sold”, or “rented” out their...

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