Free Speech and the Corporate Media
If a news station supports an anti-democratic coup against a democratically elected president, does that station have the right to broadcast ultra-right propaganda over public airwaves?
Canada: Takeovers and job losses pile up
Buried in the business pages of your daily paper, you can find staggering figures on the explosive growth of profits and mergers.
Are the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Becoming Irrelevant?
The Wolfowitz scandal has raised some questions about the relevance of the financial institutions set up to stabilize the world economy after W.W.II. It was in 1944, just before the end of the war, at Bretton Woods, N.H. that both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were set up.
Movie Review: Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
The much-anticipated third installment in the swashbuckling extravaganza that is Pirates of the Caribbean is here. Just like the Walt Disney ride which it is based on, it's one hell of a rollercoaster - although it's a neverending one at that.
Venezuela Announces New Programs and Progress in Health and in Education
Unperturbed by increasing criticism about the non-renewal of the broadcast license of one of Venezuela’s main television channels, Venezuela’s President Chavez announced a major new higher education initiative and important progress in expanding the country’s health care system.
The Importance of Being Called an Idiot
A few days ago a gentleman recommended that I read a new book about idiocy. I believe it was called The Return of the Idiot, The Idiot Returns, or something like that. I told him that I had read a similar book ten years ago, titled Manual for the Perfect Latinamerican Idiot.
Bush expects everything to be solved with a bang
A word popped up in my mind. I looked it up in the dictionary and there it was; it’s an onomatopoeic word and its connotation is tragic: bang. I’ve probably never used it in my life.
Last Chance To Save The Planet!
So this is it! No more excuses, no ifs and buts, this is definitive. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Report of its Third Working Group (WG3) on May 4 in Bangkok.
Preliminary Guide to the US Social Forum in Atlanta
At least 10,000 delegates have registered and over 10,000 more are expected from all over the country and world are expected for the five-day event titled “Another World is Possible.”
Green Paper Choices for Magazines
A project of the nonprofit consumer group Co-Op America, the Printing Alternatives Promoting Environmental Responsibility (PAPER) Project educates magazine publishers about the benefits of recycled papers and helps them make the switch from less green paper choices.
