Sparking a Helping Hand

Today I read a simply wonderful and inspiring piece from the Jerusalem Post. It was titled "Sparking a Helping Hand". It went on to describe the wonderful life of Prof. Boris Rubinsky in his quest to invent new...

Organizing for the poor Pt.3

Williams: Over the last several years the left has been suffering from demoralization and demobilization

Organizing for the poor Pt.2

Williams: Articulating demands and needs of working class people is what's required from the movement

Organizing for the poor

Williams: For over two decades poor people in the US have been criminalized and vilified

Rebuttal to Obama Healthcare Speech - What does "is" mean?

" Can I ask each of you to take off your respective political party hats for a little while and just ask you to listen to my talking points.  Can I ask you to evaluate them without hitting the "Political Party Loyalty" reset button? For lack of time, I am only going to...

Public Defenders- Scales of justice Tilted and Eyes Wide Open

NPR will be airing a program today on 'All Things Considered' (check your local area for broadcast times) that deals with indigent legal services and the Public Defenders Office in Detroit, MI.  While this...

Brits defend National Health Service against US conservative lies

"FAT, stupid Americans with no health insurance have attacked plans to stop them dying so easily."That's just one of many salvos being fired at U.S. conservatives who have been taking liberties with the truth about the United Kingdom's national health service."Bill McKay, a...

Niger Crisis escalating after EU suspends all aid to the Country.

By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)...

Manmohan changed millions of lives: Time

"Manmohan changed millions of lives: Time" " Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speeches may not be winning him followers but his work does and his actions have "changed tens of millions of lives for the better",...

Vancouver Olympics to feature US-style "free speech zones"

" Vancouver Olympics to feature US-style "free speech zones" Posted by Cory Doctorow, July 8, 2009 5:51 PM | permalink Craig sez, "Looks like Vancouver is getting free speech areas just like the RNC! Yipee! It's so nice of them to set...

Migrant labourers’ 5-yr-old daughter raped

" Last Updated : 06 Jul 2009 09:04:54 AM IST CHENNAI: The five-year old daughter of migrant labourers Mohan (30) and Lalitha (27) from Andhra Pradesh was allegedly raped by an unknown person in the wee hours of...

REPOSSESSION MURDER NEAR AUGUSTA GEORGIA USA

REPOSSESSION BY THE LOWEST BIDDER?"A Vehicle Repossession turned ugly.  Now a Repoman and his wife are on the run and wanted for the murder of an Augusta GA man. NBC Augusta 26 News spoke with the man whose car ws being repossessed and watched his best friend of 20 years...

RAM: Foreign Aid helping American Health Crisis

  This Brit is helping the American health crisis, the "greatest country in the world" at one time. Stan Brock founded the Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corp in 1985, working in the Amazon. It is an...

The Pink Sari Gang: Not gonna take it anymore!

Bandar, Uttar Pradesh, India"They wear pink saris and go after corrupt officials and boorish men with sticks and axes.The several hundred vigilante women of India's northern Uttar Pradesh state's Banda area...

India tops world hunger chart

Despite consistent economic growth over last many years, India is failing to provide proper food to its malnourished population. India's 230 million rural people are undernourished. This is the highest for any...

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