Handing over power to the police

Now, as anyone who should read this knows – I am a cynic, and a very big one. And something is beginning to worry me. I fully agree that MPs should be investigated, and, indeed prosecuted if they have done something wrong – after all they are still UK citizens and...

Chaos In Iran

Latest AP report highlighted the chaos in Iran today.Riot police fired tear gas and chased dissidents who gathered in the thousands in Tehran in defiance of Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's warning to...

62 Million Voiceless Americans

Is it still called debate when only one side controls the conversation? That's the question the 62 million Americans who didn't vote for Obama are asking themselves. 62 million Americans now have absolutely no voice in the way our country is being governed. No say in the...

Bring on the BNP - out of the shadows

" I detest fascism and hate racism. But the election for the first time of two members of the British National Party (BNP) to the European Parliament I welcome, rather than oppose for knee jerk emotional reasons. Democracy isn't  always pretty. As chief Times leader...

Thousands attend vigil for Tiananmen's 20th in Hong Kong

Over 150,000 people came to honor the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests in Victoria Park, event organizers said Thursday. Francesca Ayala reports from Hong Kong. " HONG KONG -- Thousands of people...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Tiananmen Pro-Democratic Movement

This year in commemorating 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Students' Democracy Movement, Tibetans in many part of the world joined to show their solidarity with the Chinese people who are seeking justice and freedom. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and...

Tibetans and Burmese refugees in solidarity with Tiananmen

Today, at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, Tibetans and Burmese refugees marked 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre to show solidarity with the Chinese people who are longing for freedom and democracy in China.

Bishop bashes Chinese government and church

Hong Kong's former church leader spoke about the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests and  during a press conference on Monday. " Cardinal Joseph Zen said he wanted an official inquiry into what happened so future generations could tell the...

We are with you, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar for the last couple of decades was blended with trauma under the bloody realm of Military Juntas which makes headline every other day. Rangoon, despite being a member of United Nations plainly nullifies  the international principles on human rights and carries out...

Israel's High Standard of Human Rights

Professor Alan Dershowitz appeared on the Doha Debates, hosted at Georgetown University. The subject of the debates was Should the United States get tough on Israel? Dershowitz argues that Israel's high level of...

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi held in Insein jail

Burma's pro-democracy leader and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been detained at Insein prison in Rangoon and has been charged under section 22 of the State Protection...

Is this the End of Capitalism in Germany?

By, Uwe Paschen. Could this be the beginning of the end for Capitalism?  On Saturday another demonstration took place with an  estimated 100,000 Workers marching through Berlin in protest and anger. Stating on...

Fiji Regime Warns Church to Keep Out of Politics

Fijian strong man, Commodore Frank Bainimarama warned the Methodist Church in Fiji to stay out of politics.  The Methodist Church in Fiji has in the past stood up for democracy.  A senior Methodist minister was arrested and detained while the military investigated...

Citizens for A Constitutional Republic

" The U.S. Constitution was never written for, nor was the U.S. system of government ever intended to be a “democracy”, but rather, a “representative republic”. Many of the founding fathers feared creating...

Building a Culture of Trust in Politics

A culture of trust is vital to solving the big problems of our age.by Joe Brewer, May 2, 2009, Cognitive Policy Works: "I believe that a culture of trust is desperately needed if we are to address the looming...

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