Religion cannot be separated from politics; what did the Buddha say about Pol...

By Ashin MettacaraAllow me to discuss with the reader the subject of the Buddha and His views on politics. Being a Buddhist monk, I will try to illuminate you on the right way of life and the best kind of political...

Democracy in Iraq Boomerangs on Bush, McCain As Obama Earns World Leader Meri...

Spreading It's Sovereign Wings, al-Maliki Chutzpah Flies in Face of Bush, McCain Policy that Winning Means Staying OhioNewsBureau Op-Editude By John Michael Spinelli COLUMBUS, OHIO: The long hard slough to...

Nicaraguan Pro-Democracy Rally Slated for Tomorrow

Under the banner of "Dictadura No!" thousands of Nicaraguans are expected to attend a rally Friday afternoon, July 11, 2008, in front of the residence of President Daniel Ortega.  Demonstrators plan to peacefully march all around the President's very large property to...

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY 2

You can kiss your privacy goodbye buba !BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY 2 (VIDEO)Double Cheese with Fearhttp://www.gregpalast.com/armedmadhouse/Excerpts/DoubleCheeseWithFear.pdf IT'S NOT EVEN A FIG LEAVE; IT'S A JOKE....

Ohio Elections – Past and Future – Spawn Speculation, Special Concern

Voting Experts, Democracy Watchers Pinpoint Problems with Past, Future Ohio Elections OhioNewsBureau By John Michael Spinelli COLUMBUS, OHIO: Ohio earned a reputation for conducting a questionable presidential...

The Peace Test - An Opinion

"The Peace Test Bush offered Palestinians a state; they said no deal. By Clifford D. May The anniversary passed with scarcely a mention. Six years ago, on June 24, 2002, President Bush turned American policy in the Middle East in a new direction. In a ground-breaking speech,...

Global Disruption” More Accurately Describes Climate Change, Not “Global ...

This is a great interview with John Holdren, a professor of environmental policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and lawyer Stephen Susman who is representing Kivalina islanders, Native Alaskan people who have to be moved, because of global warming, to the...

Iran Is No Threat, Unless Bush Makes It One

" ........Comparing Iran with the 1939 Nazi Germany is ridiculous. Germany was a powerful, industrialized nation that had been defeated in World War I. It had grievances against the victors who had humiliated it. Germany's culture was such that many Germans blindly...

India lorry driver's mass strike could force out government

" As many as five million Indian lorry drivers went on strike today to protest against a surge in fuel prices, dealing what may prove a fatal blow to the country's beleaguered Government. Congress, the biggest...

TOTALLY OFF COURSE

TOTALLY OFF COURSE (VIDEO) "Private interests have looted the treasury, and the administration has sanctioned unrestrained fraud and corruption. We have watched Congress and the press become weak and willing...

'Public Intellectuals 2.0': Democratizing Free Speech?

OpenDemocracy has a great post today by Evgeny Morozov on the recent Citizen Media Summit (organized by our citizen-media internet neighbours Global Voices), which was held this past weekend in Budapest. The post and...

Five hundred lawmakers call for world parliament

Little more than a year after its launch, an international campaign to bring democracy to the United Nations has achieved a landmark. “Over 500 members of parliament from over 80 countries have now joined the international Campaign for the Establishment of a...

Top 25 Censored Stories for 2008... SO FAR !

“They call it the 'American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it.” - George Carlin And what best way to keep the people docile than to keep them in the dark. We are back to Plato’s cave.  ...

Blast hits pro-junta office in Myanmar

Offices of  the pro Junta activists have been bombed today early morning. The group helps Burmese militia with its social welfare programme. " An explosion at dawn Tuesday rocked the office of a government-backed social welfare group whose members have been...

Rafe Mair is trying to save your rivers

Raif Mair is lending his voice to a group that is opposed to the privatization of BC power and ultimately water.   Listening to the debate I can't help think he's right to be steamed.  This seems like an extremely dumb idea.  You can hear more about it on...

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