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Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis.

andrew — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:54:32 +0000

With the Copenhagen climate summit two weeks away, best-selling journalist Naomi Klein examines the grass-roots movement behind the climate debate proposal that argues all the costs associated with adapting to a more hostile ecology?everything from building stronger sea walls to switching to cleaner, more expensive technologies?are the responsibility of the countries that created the crisis. Klein also discusses the 10th anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests and the 10th anniversary of her first book, ?No Logo.?

For More Read: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/23/naomi_klein_on_climate_debt_why

Breaking the Australian silence – Sydney Peace Prize awarded to John Pilger

andrew — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:34:07 +0000

In a speech at the Sydney Opera House to mark his award of Australia’s human rights prize, the Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger describes the “unique features” of a political silence in Australia: how it affects the national life of his homeland and the way Australians see the world and are manipulated by great power “which speaks through an invisible government of propaganda that subdues and limits our political imagination and ensures we are always at war — against our own first people and those seeking refuge, or in someone else’s country”.

His speech – Breaking the Australian Silence – has been published in full at Sydney Indymedia, Information Clearing House and Project Safecom

Neoliberalism as Hegemonic Ideology in the Philippines: Rise, Apogee, and Crisis

andrew — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:25:15 +0000

By Walden Bello*(This paper was delivered at the plenary session of the 2009 National Conference of the Philippine Sociological Society held at the PSSC Building, on Oct. 16, 2009.)

Israeli use of white phosphorus ‘undeniable’: Amnesty

andrew — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:54:12 +0000

The Age

21 January 2008

AMNESTY International has said that Israel’s use during the Gaza offensive of white phosphorus ? banned under international law for use near civilians ? was “clear and undeniable”.

Tension eased in Gaza early yesterday as a fragile ceasefire entered its third day. There were no reports of shooting or rockets for the first time since Israel launched its massive assault on the besieged territory on December 27.

“Amnesty International delegates visiting the Gaza Strip found indisputable evidence of widespread use of white phosphorus in densely-populated residential areas in Gaza City and in the north,” the rights group said.