Understanding South Sudan’s Independence
Complexity is a term which is true for all Sudanese life — political, economic, and geographic. The failure to deal creatively with complexity has led to fighting for nearly all of its history.
India’s food security emergency
Source: Al Jazeera
Corporate influence on food production and large, chemical monoculture farms is causing a severe food insecurity crisis.
The proposed introduction of the Food Security Act by the UPA Government is a welcome and much needed step towards securing the right to food for all of India’s citizens. The right to food is the basis of the right to life, and Article 21 of the Constitution guarantees the right to life of all Indian citizens.
India has emerged as the capital of hunger, illustrated by the fact that per capita consumption has dropped from 178 kg in 1991 – the beginning of the period of economic reforms – to 155 kg in 200-2003.
The National Education Association Flunks a Crucial Test
Organized labor has the resources to pursue its own political agenda where it defends the interests of all working people in the face of this current historic corporate attack.
War Without Humans: The Increasing Use of Drones
Source: Tom Dispatch
For a book about the all-too-human “passions of war,” my 1997 work Blood Rites ended on a strangely inhuman note: I suggested that, whatever distinctly human qualities war calls upon — honor, courage, solidarity, cruelty, and so forth — it might be useful to stop thinking of war in exclusively human terms. After all, certain species of ants wage war and computers can simulate “wars” that play themselves out on-screen without any human involvement.
Toward a Post-Growth Society
It’s business as usual that’s the utopian fantasy, while creating something very new and different is the pragmatic way forward.
Welcome Back to the Egyptian Revolution
Source: Truthdig
Enough, doubters.
“One hand” still holds.
This morning before dawn, the tents and blockades were up: The people had been gathering since the previous night, preparing for a long stay. As the sun rose, there was a moment when the Muslim Brotherhood arrived with a truck of materials to build their stage—a big crowd blocked them and put up obstacles to prevent their access. We were worried, saying “the people want no religious agendas,” but after long discussions between several groups the Muslim Brotherhood was allowed in and put up their stage. It is the biggest of the four big platforms in the square, but it is not a problem. They are keeping their promise to not rally for their own agenda, and the people are not particularly reacting to their presence. So far, there is only a good feeling around them. They are only urging unity and peaceful construction.