By David McReynolds (former Chair, War Resisters International, Socialist Party candidate for President 1980, 2000. He visited Baghdad in 1991, just before the start of the first Gulf War as part of a team from the Fellowship of Reconciliation) // this article can be used in whole or part without permission. April 22, 2004Note from Paul. As David says," The actions of the … [Read more...] about -Iraq: A Deepening Tragedy
-Wheat Biopiracy: WILL “GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD” BECOME A PRAYER TO MONSANTO?
by Vandana Shiva (Dr. Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist, activist, editor, and author of many books. In India she has established Navdanya, a movement for biodiversity conservation and farmers' rights. She directs the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy. Her most recent books are Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge and Stolen … [Read more...] about -Wheat Biopiracy: WILL “GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD” BECOME A PRAYER TO MONSANTO?
Translators United for Peace Appeal
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-Chinese Slave Laborers Win Redress in Landmark Ruling
Niigata. The Niigata District Court ordered the state and a Japanese company Friday to pay 88 million yen ($760,000) in compensation to Chinese who served as slave-laborers in Japan during World War II.It is the first time for a Japanese court to order both the state and a firm to pay compensation for wartime slave labor. A Fukuoka District Court ruling in 2002 did uphold a … [Read more...] about -Chinese Slave Laborers Win Redress in Landmark Ruling
-Independent Reporting from Iraq: Correspondent Dahr Jamail
Last December/January, while most news coming out of Iraq was gleaned from official press conferences and the conservative and liberal press alike were seeking out interviews with US-appointed administrators and council members, an independent journalist operating in Iraq got the other side of the story from the people living under occupation. On dozens of websites, Dahr … [Read more...] about -Independent Reporting from Iraq: Correspondent Dahr Jamail