The Price Of Sugar

In the Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. Narrated by…

One down, next … Saudi King ‘Clinically Dead’

Saudi King ‘Clinically Dead’ TEHRAN (FNA)- King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, has been in a state of “clinical death” for the past two days. Medical staff in Saudi Arabia had confirmed that the king’s basic organs were no longer working, reported Albawaba News quoting Arabic newspaper, Asharq Alawsat, on Monday. According to…

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Gilad Atzmon – gilad.co.uk Nov 27, 2012 The Guardian reported today that Britain is prepared to back a key vote recognising Palestinian statehood at the UN but only if Mahmoud Abbas pledges not to pursue Israel for war crimes and to resume peace talks. “On Monday night, the government signalled…

Dutch authority just weeks away from gagging health journalists and restricting free speech

via World Mathaba Source – by Marco Torres The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (nVWA) is set to launch a major offensive endorsing the censorship of online health content, including escalating restrictions in free speech. On December 14, 2012, Codex Alimentarius will shift into overdrive when a European Regulation goes into effect restricting…

Our Resistance: An Interview With Rafael Cancel Miranda

http://nacla.org/news/2012/11/27/our-resistance-interview-rafael-cancel-miranda Juan Antonio Ocasio Rivera Rafael Cancel Miranda is an iconic figure in his beloved Puerto Rico. Part of the nationalist commando attack on the U.S. Congress in 1954, he served 25 years in prison with his comrades until pardoned and released by President Carter in 1979 amid intense international pressure. Coming from a staunch…

In Gaza: “It’s the Occupation, Stupid”

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan “The Palestinian people want to be free of the occupation,” award-winning Israeli journalist Gideon Levy summed up this week. It is that simple. This latest Israeli military assault on the people of Gaza is not an isolated event, but part of a 45-year occupation of the sliver of land…

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