‘essays’ Archives
The Bridge of Beauty and Understanding By Rene Waldow
Only the bridge of Beauty will be strong enough for crossing from the bank of Darkness to the side of Light - Nicholas Roerich The United Nations General Assembly in resolution A/RES.62/90 has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures “to promote universal respect for, and observation and protection [...]
Haiti needs solidarity, not charity
Source: International Journal of Socialist Renewal Marilyn Langlois, board member of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, interviewed by Amanda Zivcic, for Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal and Green Left Weekly. Appeared on March 1, 2010 How was the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund formed, and how connected is the HERF to [...]
Avatar: Addressing the Attending Confusion Written by Frederick Alexander Meade
After having viewed the latest box office hit Avatar, themes which seemingly resonate timelessly, find their expression once again. The story takes place on the distant planet of Pandora. This planet is bountiful in its natural resources and in particular “Unobtainium.” This precious mineral is highly coveted universally, as a business [...]
Two Hundred Years on and Still Fighting for Complete and Total Emancipation By Jacques Depelchin
source: Ota benga Alliance Unfortunately, ever since the first slave revolt by Haitians in 1791, the country has been beset by abuses caused from within and without. It has never been able to fulfill its potential as a nation. In the above quote, one gets a clear sense of how and where the troubles of Haiti began and how they were [...]
What happened at the summit
Cuba's view of COP15 By Fidel Castro Source: pambazuka Until very recently, the discussion revolved around the kind of society we would have. Today, the discussion centres on whether human society will survive. These are not dramatic phrases. We must get used to the true facts. Hope is the last thing human beings can relinquish. With [...]
BELGIAN PARATROOPERS TO CRUSH RISING CONGO REBELLION? Rwandan Defense Forces Flown into Western Congo Defeated; Kabila Regime Under Siege on Multiple Fronts
appearded on the net, 5 December 2009 By keith harmon snow www.allthingspass.com With the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) engulfed in bloodshed and terrorism due to the secretive occupation and expansion by the Rwandan regime of Paul Kagame, Congo’s President Joseph Kabila has reportedly requested an immediate emergency [...]
Land grabs: Africa’s new ‘resource curse’? By Khadija Sharife
sources pambazuka.org It has been called the next golden commodity by investment firms, and ‘neocolonialism’ by the now repentant director general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jacques Diouf. The phenomenon better known as ‘land grabbing’ i.e.: Large-scale purchase or lease of farmland (often packaged as [...]
The Africans who fought in WWII
Jagama Kello, middle, left home at just 15 to fight Italian invaders By Martin Plaut BBC Africa analyst The 70th anniversary of World War II is being commemorated around the world, but the contribution of one group of soldiers is almost universally ignored. How many now recall the role of more than one million African troops? Yet they [...]
In solidarity with Abahlalibase Mjondolo (AbM) 4
By Jacques Depelchin Dearest Friends, Like many people in South Africa and around the world, I am still stunned by what has been done to the people living at the Kennedy Road Settlement in Durban. From 2005, AbM seems to have managed to overcome many obstacles, but, or so it seems, it has not been able (yet) to overcome the biggest one, [...]
