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  • US to quit UN Human Rights Council
    7 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    The United States will not seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, senior officials said Tuesday, asserting the body had lost its credibility with repeated attacks on Israel and a failure to confront other rights abusers.
    – http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_ref...
    Considering that Israel is the biggest violator of UN Resolutions on the planet, perhaps the UNHRC’s concerns are warranted. On issues of credibility, the US might be well advised to ceeck it’s own since it has illegally (…)

  • Ideas: The Hatred Within Democracy Unmasked by Adorno
    5 March 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Grégoire Chamayou
    In the United States during the 1950s, Adorno was exploring the mental and social landscape favorable to implanting antidemocratic ideas.
    The Authoritarian Personality, by Theodore Wiesengrund Adorno, translated from the English by Hélène Frappat. Éditions Allia, 2007, 440 pages, 25 euros.
    Why do people of the same social background adopt different and even opposite political opinions? A seemingly banal answer would be saying that it is because they do not have the (…)

  • Google Snubs King
    15 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    First they re-name road, then Martin Luther King Day fails to make the cut
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — (OfficialWire) — 01/15/07 — Online Reservation System Despite the company’s quaint habit of commemorating holidays and ’important’ events with a ’holiday logo’ and despite having twice previously recognized Martin Luther King Day (), Google, Inc.—the world most popular search engine—has given the famous leader of the American civil rights movement the cold shoulder on his birthday.
    On January (…)

  • Dr. Suzan D. Johnson Cook Honors MLK Jr.’s Memory
    15 January 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    “The ultimate measure of a man is...where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
    Baltimore, MD - On Saturday, January 13, 2007, Dr. Suzan D. Johnson Cook gave the annual Enoch Pratt Library’s Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative lecture. It was held in the Wheeler Auditorium, at the Central Library, 400 Cathedral Street. She touched on three main themes in recalling the impressive legacy of the slain Civil Rights hero. Dr. Cook said: “The ‘spirit of (…)

  • Is Capital Punishment a Solution?
    30 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Is Capital Punishment a Solution?
    "Capital punishment, the death sentence, is a frequent topic of discussion. Judges, psychiatrists and sociologists give us the statistics and talk about their observations and conclusions on radio and television programmes, and public opinion remains divided. Some think that the worst criminals should be executed so as to deter those who are tempted to imitate them; others retort that the fear of death has never deterred a criminal and, above all, that no (…)

  • FREE SPEECH IS OUR HUMAN RIGHT
    21 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    To support Bellaciao sign here
    by Matt Norman Victoria, Australia
    Dear Roberto,
    I have read with much disgust the plight who have yourself in, with regard to comments made by you or your webpage relating to “Shipyards of St Nazaire”
    I would like you to keep me fully informed of what your government or judicial system does to you about this matter. I will bring the full force of public opinion onto the French Government and Justice system if you are not able to speak your mind and (…)

  • Can any impeachment of Bush stand up to the rule of law with a changed Constitution?
    11 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Can any impeachment of Bush stand up to the rule of law with a changed Constitution? By Mary MacElveen November 11, 2006
    While some polls are beginning to ask Americans how they feel concerning the impeachment of President Bush as evident in this MSNBC poll, much should be taken into account before we even think of said proceedings. I will get to that in a bit.
    I was heartened to see that 87% felt in relation to this question “Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to (…)

  • The New Democratic majority must restore the U.S. Constitution
    9 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The New Democratic majority must restore the U.S. Constitution By Mary MacElveen November 9, 2006
    In going through all 517 photos showing the reactions to many different races either won or lost, the ones showing Senator-elect Jon Tester were the ones that especially hit home. After all it was our test to see whether or not a common man can go on to represent the people he grew up amongst. He was the ‘tester’ to see anyone of us can run and go on to win a senate seat.
    We all think (…)

  • READ THE FACT OF -HOW- THE CONTROLING WORLD FAMILIES ARE SETTING UP THE WORLD CAST SYSTEM
    7 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://360.yahoo.com/profile-ap1P4RwyfKHPKBuW0Pag69fRWtY3
    THE ABOVE ADDRESS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE ARTICLES THAT MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOUR WORLD AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR CHILDREN OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS IN THIS WORLD.
    THE MEANS THAT THE NAMED PERSONS ARE USING TO SET UP THIS ACTUAL WORLD-ECONOMIC-CASTE-SYSTEM ARE COVERED IN THESE FOUR ARTICLES.
    ****DON’T BE PUT OFF BY THE FIRST ARTICLE -GO TO THE SECOND, 3RD, AND 4TH ARTICLE. ***** (…)

  • Mary Robinson Spotlights Human Rights Abuses in Darfur
    3 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “Where...do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.” - Eleanor Roosevelt (1)
    Adelphi, MD - On the evening of Nov. 1, 2006, Mary Robinson, the first female President of Ireland (1990-97), and a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002), gave a lecture. It was sponsored by the U. of Maryland University College (UMUC), an institution with "3,300 faculty members and 90,000 students worldwide." (2) Robinson’s talk was entitled, “Human Rights and (…)