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Written by Ramzy Baroud
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Tuesday, 11 August 2009 |
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When seen from a distance, kites in Gaza may look quite ordinary. But while Gazan children, in many respects, are just children, their kites are hardly ordinary. Often adorned by the red, black, green and white of the Palestinian flag, Gazan children’s kites are expressions of defiance, hope and the longing for freedom. This is hardly a cliché. People living under oppressive rules take every opportunity to express defiance, even through such symbolic ways. |
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Written by Benjamin Dangl
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Monday, 10 August 2009 |
When Obama sat down for a beer in the White House Rose Garden with Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley, they all turned their backs on the smaller, craft brewers of the country. Obama chose Bud Light, Gates asked for Red Stripe, and Crowley drank Blue Moon. This encounter provides a perfect time to reflect on why we should boycott the beer monopolies of the world. |
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Written by Frank Joseph Smecker
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Wednesday, 05 August 2009 |
After six years in the making, Robert Kenner’s Food Inc. made it onto the silver screen just in time for this summer’s harvest. Directed and produced by Kenner himself, and co-produced by the author who brought us Fast Food Nation, investigative journalist, Eric Schlosser, Food Inc. explores the modern diet alongside the agriculture-industrial-complex responsible for the sugary/salty/fatty provender manufactured to mollify modern dieters. |
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Written by Stefan Simanowitz
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Tuesday, 04 August 2009 |
 Photo: David Bollero Nineteen-year-old Ibrahim Hussein Leibeit shifts his weight in obvious discomfort. The stump of his leg, blown off below the knee by a landmine on 10 April, just three weeks ago, is yet to heal. ‘The pain is horrible,’ he tells me. ‘But today it is possible for me to think about other things.’ Leibeit is a refugee. He was born and raised in the isolated camps in south western Algeria, where an estimated 165,000 Saharawi people who fled their native Western Sahara have lived for over three decades. |
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Written by Raúl Zibechi
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Monday, 03 August 2009 |
Six months have passed since Barack Obama was installed in the White House. Not much time, but enough to observe changes and continuities in the United States relationship with Latin America. Prominent analysts have emphasized the changes. In his Le Monde Diplomatique column entitled "Positive Balance", Ignacio Ramonet argues that Obama has not made serious mistakes, maintains a high level of popularity and has fulfilled his main promises, including beginning a new era in relations with Latin America. |
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