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THE MOST interesting question President Obama fielded in China came over the Internet, via the U.S. Embassy, from a Chinese citizen who asked, "Do you know of the firewall? Should we be able to use Twitter freely?" In response,...
How America’s Wars Are Systematically Destroying Our Liberties CBS | Nov 12, 2009 by Alfred W. McCoy In his approach to National Security Agency surveillance, as well as CIA renditions, drone assassinations, and military...
Weren't the American people, on the whole, ecstatic! Here was proof, solid proof, demonstrated by actual behaviors, of democracy in action, democracy in progress, democracy as it was expected to perform! We had elected an...
boggis writes "Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times journalist, is calling for a boycott of Microsoft's Bing. They have censored search requests at the request of the Chinese Government (like certain others). The difference is...
So much for the terms of the Lisbon Treaty on democratic checks and balances The Irish people have always had a disposition towards the condition of slavery as part of the government of its people. Despite the reverence for...
If a demonstration against 'the Islamisation of Europe' takes place next month, our peaceful protest will be there to meet it Ever since our successful demonstration against al-Muhajiroun (under the name of Islam4UK) on the 31...
Updated at 3:57pm on 21 November 2009 About 1,000 protesters called on the Government to make referendums binding at a march in central Auckland on Saturday afternoon. Radio New Zealand's reporter says protesters marched down...
Between 4000 and 5000 people marched through central Auckland this afternoon, urging the Government to act on referenda.One person was arrested for being drunk and disorderly and attempting to leap onto the makeshift stage...
Ranga Sirilal Colombo Nov. 20: Sri Lanka’s top general, who quit amid speculation he could run for President, pledged on Friday to fight for democracy and human rights after the end of a 25-year separatist war, suggesting he...
Published: Saturday, 21 November, 2009 @ 5:50 AM in Beirut By Ghassan Karam Special to Ya Libnan The whole world has been celebrating one of the most momentous events of the later half of the tweentieth century, the fall of the...
