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November 2010
John Reed: The Writer as Revolutionary
John Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17,1920), poet, journalist, revolutionary.
Four Arrested Protesting Regents' Ban on Undocumented Immigrants
Original source: The Atlanta Progressive News
What is Global Dimming
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard of global warming, of course, but what on Earth is “global dimming?” -- Max S., Seattle, WA Global dimming is a less well-known but real phenomenon resulting from atmospheric pollution.
58 organizations call on Commerce Group to drop its $100 million lawsuit against El Salvador
Milwaukee-based firm suing over decision to block its mining operations after evidence of massive water contaminationFirst hearing set for November 15 in Washington, DCMilwaukee, WI, Washington, DC:
Halting a Train and Upsetting Political Scenery
Using ropes, some young people descended halfway from railroad bridges to force the train to stop.
Another Baghdad Massacre: Iraqi Christians Are Already at Home
On Sunday, October 31, when a group of militants seized a church in Baghdad, killing and wounding scores of Iraqi Christians, it signaled yet another episode of unimaginable horror in the country since the US invasion of March 2003.
China Aids Africa in Food Insecurity
Henri Mumba, Malawi’s deputy ambassador to China, had never tried baking a cake by himself before.But he did entertain 20 people with a chocolate cake made in less than 2 minutes on his first trial, by applying a special type of cake flour produced in China.“The instant flour has made life so much easier,” Mumba said when visiting Beijing Grain Group on Wednesday, “and seriously, I am considering introducing the technology to my country”.In a recent tour to two State-owned factories for grain storage and processing in Beijing, diplomats from 10 different African countries have soaked up some Chinese experience to tackle food insecurity.As part of follow-up mechanisms of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, an intergovernmental initiative that aimed at strengthening ties between China and African countries, a series of programs have been launched to improve cooperation on various issues, notably in the area of food and agriculture.The world has marveled at China’s noteworthy achievements in hunger alleviation.
The "Emissions Power" is a Myth
Despite China’s total carbon emission, which shows China is a major CO2 emitter, its per-capita emissions in 2007 were only 4.6 tons, less than 25 percent of the United States and only half of the EU.Additionally, China has done the best job in CO2 emission reduction in the world through its strenuous effort in recent years.
Hugo Chavez: Latin American Peoples Have to Be United to Win
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 8 (acn) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that Latin American peoples have to be united and not to yield to the threats of Imperialism in order to triumph.During an interview in Havana broadcast simultaneously by Cuban and Venezuelan televisions, Chavez celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Cuba-Venezuela Comprehensive Cooperation Program signed in October 2000 by Fidel Castro and the Venezuelan president.Referring to the agreement signed a decade ago, the Venezuelan leader explained that in spite of an initial proposal to send 100,000 barrels of oil per day to Cuba, under favorable payment conditions, Fidel Castro insisted that it should be less taking into account the deplorable social and economic conditions inherited by the Bolivarian Revolution led by Hugo Chavez.As part of this agreement, Cuba began to receive 53,000 barrels of oil per day in exchange for the training of Venezuelan health professionals and providing medical services to the Venezuelan people.Chavez added that Cuba also provided resources and technical assistance in the sugar industry, agriculture, food production, tourism and the production of biological means.Only a month after the accord was signed, thousands of Venezuelan patients began to receive medical treatment in Cuban hospitals and over 23,000 of them have already been treated.The Venezuelan head of state referred to the advances of the Bolivarian process in this past decade in its struggle against poverty and illiteracy.“We have a mutually beneficial, generous and humanistic integrating system that is not based on competitive mechanisms. We are assisting each other to give the best to our peoples,” said Chavez in reference to the current state of relations between Caracas and Havana.“We are proving that we can achieve big goals with few resources but with a lot of willingness and love,” he noted.Chavez also highlighted the role of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA) in the regional integration process.“We have made our modest contribution to create a new and multi-polar world,” he pointed out.He also warned about the danger of a war of incalculable consequences and urged the world to work in favor of peace in accordance with the latest statements by the leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro.“We have to look to the past, to the present and to the future.
The Republican Agenda (or Are White Conservatives Out of Sync with the Universe?)
It seems President Obama shares something in common with the late President Ronald Reagan.
