African Civil Society Rejects Foreign Investment*

African Civil Society Rejects Foreign Investment*   This letter from African civil society critical of foreign investment in African Agriculture was presented at the G8 Summit.   15 May 2012 Mr. President (of the African Union), Please allow a West African peasant to share with you his preoccupations in the run-up to the G8 Symposium [...]

BBC and Syria Massacre Hoax!*

BBC and Syria Massacre Hoax!* The British media has been caught yet again “with its pants down” in the effort to sell a NATO-led attack on Syria, with the revelation that BBC News used a years-old photo of dead Iraqi children to depict victims of an alleged government assault on the town of Houla. In [...]

Half the Size of Europe ‘Grabbed’ from Africa!

Half the Size of Europe ‘Grabbed’ from Africa!   The global financial elite through their coporate network have been really busy “unearthing” all the possible means by which they can sustain their wealth. From fracking to racism, and ingenious means of producing malnourishing food sources, all means have been employed to ensure that the earth [...]

UAE Take Big Brother Steps Towards Surveilling Society*

UAE Take Big Brother Steps Towards Surveilling Society* The United Arab Emirates signed a deal with telecommunications company, Etisalat, to embed citizens’ national ID information into mobile phones. They will now be exploring a system that would utilize an NFC or Near Field Communication application, which allows cell phones to communicate data via radio frequency [...]

The Hopi Call for Water Rights

The Hopi Call for Water Rights Arizona: Hopi Call To Action To Protect Water Rights – Video   The Hopi are facing a water crisis and they are calling to action the world to support and stop bill 2109 from passing the Senate Floor vote. “What happens in Hopi happens to the rest of the [...]

Occupy World: From Fracking to Questionable Renewable Energy!

Occupy World: From Fracking to Questionable Renewable Energy!   If you find yourself unemployed, and your level of pessimism percieved your reality to be long term, you do what you can to survive. You first cut your budget as fine as you can, sell/pawn all the things that you never ever really needed, but you [...]

Egypt: Activism Denied

Egypt: Activism Denied Courtesy of FPA Two years sentence and a fine for 8 activists A painful blow to the right of peaceful protest ANHRI denounces the Misdemeanors Court of Rod El Farag’s judge sentencing two years and a fine against 8 activists participated in a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with the Copts of Egypt [...]

Somalia: Thieves in the Night

Somalia: Thieves in the Night   By Hwaa Irfan Sometimes, just sometimes, humanity sinks to its lowest depths, debunks the human spirit to succumb to the human animal instinct, though animals are much more honourable than what is about to be described. It was in September 2011 that I received a communiqué, one in deep [...]