from THE ZEIT GIST (Japan Times) By JOHN SPIRI First in a two-part series World Food Day, celebrated every Oct. 16, was established by the U.N. to highlight issues such as food scarcity, agricultural pollution, and food distribution problems that still plague much of the world. So what does that have to do with Japan? Plenty, says Charles McJilton of Second Harvest Japan … [Read more...] about Japan faces hunger pains as poor slip through net
Oct 6, 2006 Articles
I have a weblog (weblog1) and another (media). Each has several categories. I wanted to make a TOP PAGE that assists in navigation. The original pages were made by someone else and I am trying to work with what was already there. I am therefore not sure what i ahve done wrong with the top page. To make the top page, which is also in weblog1, I created a … [Read more...] about Oct 6, 2006 Articles
From Common Dreams
Jeremy Scahill: The Scandal of Blackwater Christopher Brauchli: A Panglossian View of Success Mark Weisbrot: Threats, Dirty Tricks, Fake Polls: Costa Rica Votes Under Duress on ‘Free Trade’ Ray McGovern: So Who’s Afraid of the Israel Lobby? Bernie Sanders: Fair Trade Johann Hari: The Last Green Taboo: Engineering the Planet Brian Eno: This Ban Will … [Read more...] about From Common Dreams
Tokyo Spring: Supporting the teachers opposing the singing of Kimigayo in schools
Hello Everyone!On Sunday 14th October Spring will be holding an event at 4pm at Heaven's Door Shimokitazawa to help raise awareness of the fight of the teachers who are opposing the singing of Kimigayo in schools.One of the key figures in the campaign, Junko Kawarai, who features in the documentary "Against Coercion: Refusing to Stand for Kimigayo" will be … [Read more...] about Tokyo Spring: Supporting the teachers opposing the singing of Kimigayo in schools
Between the Lines Internet Radio (like Democracy Now)
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM Chevron, Other Oil Firms Back Brutal Burmese Junta with Multi-Million Dollar Investments For story text and audio, Click here! Costa Rican Opponents of CAFTA Rally to Defeat Trade Pact For story text and audio, Click here! Union Dissenters Say No to UAW-GM Agreement For story text and audio, Click here! Underreported … [Read more...] about Between the Lines Internet Radio (like Democracy Now)