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The Politics of Videogames: Reality and Overreaction

Laura Flanders, Grit TV October 14, 2010 Laura Flanders, Grit TV

Source: Grit TV

‘Medal of Honor’ is a video game out this week set in modern day, war-torn Afghanistan. The controversy? As a player you can choose to play on the opposing force– as the Taliban.  This has led to the game being banned at US Army base stores.

Another game causing a stir is called ‘Hey Baby,’ a simulation of street harassment that allows women to fight back.  So is everything fair game when it comes to virtual gaming?  To discuss this and more, we’re joined by two video gamer experts, Kieron Gillen, director of Rock Paper Shotgun and Lucas Siegel, site editor of Newsarama and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. read more

Cindy Sheehan speaks at an antiwar demonstration

US: Spying and lying about the left

Brian Lenzo October 13, 2010 Brian Lenzo

Source: Socialist Worker

Cindy Sheehan speaks at an antiwar demonstration

THE U.S. peace group “Peace of the Action” has discovered documents showing that it and many other organizations have been under surveillance for many months by a private agency called the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR).

Founded by antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan, Peace of the Action has focused on opposing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by pressuring legislators and organizing demonstrations and civil disobedience actions at visible places around Washington, D.C. read more

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India: Commonwealth games brings homelessness and debt

Tim Dobson October 12, 2010 Tim Dobson

Source: Green Left Weekly

The October 3-14 Commonwealth Games being held in Delhi have proven a disaster for India’s poor — economically and socially. Even before the games opened, 47 workers had died working on sites linked to the games, MSNBC.com said on September 23.

The September 23 Financial Times said working conditions were so bad that the People’s Union for Democratic Rights and other labour rights’ activists “filed a lawsuit in Delhi high court this year, claiming that workers on games sites faced unsafe conditions and rampant violation of a wide range of labour laws and standards. read more