The Whole World Was Watching
by Laura S. Washington, In These Times, USA - In August 1968, the most wrongheaded war in American history was being executed badly and brutally in distant Southeast Asia.
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September 2, 2008
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Children Under the Sun
by Rupi Mangat, Mail & Guardian, South Africa - Not many people would give a street kid banging an empty drum a second glance. But...
To Turn the Tide on Piracy in Somalia, Bring Justice to its Fisheries
by Katie Stuhldreher, Christian Science Monitor, USA - Piracy will not be eradicated from the region until Somalia becomes a stable, functioning state with a...
Healing & Redefining Our World
by Wahleah Johns, Melinda Yazzie, Lilian Hill, Black Mesa Water Coalition, USA - "Our way of life is at jeopardy. The majority of the people...
Closing Gitmo Is Just the Beginning
by Suzanne Nossel, Guardian, UK - During his first television interview after winning the White House, president-elect Barack Obama reiterated his long-standing promise to shut...
Muslim Woman Defies Male Dominance
by Farah El Alfy, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Amal Soliman, a 32-year-old Egyptian woman, has endured intimidation and ridicule in the year since she applied...
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Comments (1)
Unfortunately, the whole world is not watching as police use pepper spray and force on protesters at the RNC right now. The traditional media are not covering the brutality.
Thanks to the WIP for linking excellent stories about the abridgment of civil rights and liberties by the federal and local police in Minneapolis-Saint Paul.
Posted by Nancy Vining Van Ness | September 2, 2008 8:19 AM