The Chagos Islanders: Britain’s Historic Injustice
Britain's treatment of the inhabitants of a small island territory in the Indian Ocean is a political, legal and national disgrace that must be redressed.
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Leopold Sedar Senghor: “Who will teach rhythm to the world laid low by machines and cannons?”
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leopold Sedar Senghor, poet, cultural thinker, and first President of independent Senegal. At a time when the dialogue among civilizations as well as a possible clash among civilizations is on the world political agenda, it is useful to look at the lasting contribution of Senghor in an article devoted to Senghor as a poet and cultural thinker.
The New Civil Service
I watched two men enter the lobby of the Hotel Mowafaq.
Most Afghans seemed to glide up the center of the lobby staircase with their shawls trailing behind them like Venetian cloaks. But these men wore Western jackets, walked quietly, and stayed close to the banister. I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was the hotel manager.
Their New Democracy Leaves Iraqis Speechless
The Bush Administration's final verdict is that the United States attacked Iraq to help spread democracy and freedom to the Iraqi people. Throughout the length of the conflict and the slow process to select a government, the idea of democracy has been increasingly questioned.
Protesters Arrested After Disrupting Negroponte in Vermont
National Intelligence Director John Negroponte's Commencement Address to the graduating class of private St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont was disrupted twice by protesters inside the auditorium where the ceremony was being held.
Letter From Prison: Support the Independent Press!
Dear Toward Freedom Friends:
If you've visited the website recently you know that I am writing you from a federal prison camp in Danbury, Connecticut. No, I did not abscond with TF funds, or get caught trafficking drugs. I'm here, along with 31 other protesters who self reported to federal prisons across the country on April 11, for trespassing at a military base in Colombus, Georgia, where the School of Americas is located; the school that trains Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency and state terrorism.