The New York Times visits my neighborhood
I briefly interrupt my regular “weekend away from the computer to do other necessary stuff” to bring you an item that made my blood, if …
It’s all in the marketing!
Today, Al Jazeera ponders: From the Arab Spring to Liverpool? Will Davies, a spokesperson for Avaaz, an international organisation that works for social justice and …
Dutch Labour MP speaks ignorant
via DutchNews.nl – English riots couldn’t happen here, says Labour MP Labour MP Ahmed Marcouch is not afraid the British riots will be repeated on …
What Argentina’s economic crisis could teach the West
What Argentina’s economic crisis could teach the West Look! I am now writing at Global Comment! I wrote this piece hours before last night’s events …
What is this? WHAT WHAT?
What is this? WHAT WHAT? I can’t even. *Concerned Citizens* take to social media?
August 9, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (9 August) was first proclaimed by the General Assembly in December 1994, to be celebrated every year …
More about North African migrants in Europe
Following up on my previous posts about the plight of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe (see here, here, here and from today, here for …
Chile hit by violent anti-government protests
via Chile hit by violent anti-government protests | World news | guardian.co.uk Protesters have clashed violently with police in Chile’s capital to decry President Sebastián …