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  The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) recently announced their intentions to take submissions from the public in a bid to shape editorial policy. The public broadcaster said submissions would, hopefully, form the basis for upgrades in editorial policy. But while he was calling for the public to comment, Dr …

By Nizar Visram 18 January, 2014 Countercurrents.org When the demise of Nelson Mandela was proclaimed to the nation by South African president Jacob Zuma the streets were hushed, and in restaurants, bars and nightclubs, there was pin drop silence as people listened in utter despondency. ANC described him as a …

Oxfam warns Davos of ‘pernicious impact’ of the widening wealth gap         Nigel Morris Monday 20 January 2014     The 85 richest people on the planet have accumulated as much wealth between them as half of the world’s population, political and financial leaders have been warned …

  The day I tried (and failed) to arrest Tony Blair for war crimes over Iraq: An encounter between the former PM and Shoreditch barman Twiggy Garcia         Felicity Morse , Jonathan Owen Monday 20 January 2014     One is an internationally renowned statesman; the other …

  Agencies |  January 2014 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s statements that the Shiite holy city of Karbala must be the Qibla – the direction to which Muslims pray – has stirred controversy among Islamic scholars. “Karbala must be the Qibla of the Islamic world because Imam Hussein [the Prophet …

  Sakeena Suliman – Cii News | 20 January 2014/18 Rabi ul Awwal 1435 Five musallees (masjid attendendees) were arrested and several others “man handled” after about 15 to 20 Metro Police officers stormed Durban’s May Street Masjid during  Friday (Jumuah) prayers on January 17. Two metro police traffic officers …

Sharon led Israel down the path of isolation and apartheid. Last updated: 12 Jan 2014 10:19 In many ways, Ariel Sharon was the most complete Zionist of his generation. He embodied an expansionary, rapacious view of Jewish privilege in Palestine – the essential Zionism – well after many of his …

Political Career Was Unhindered by Massacres Of Civilians | by Philip Weiss (January 11, 2014, Boston, Sri Lanka Guardian) Ariel Sharon, who became prime minister of Israel despite a finding that he bore responsibility for the massacre of hundreds of Palestinian civilians two decades before, has died at 85 after …

    By Timothy Alexander Guzman Silent Crow News   “Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt” –Henrik Ibsen   December 01, 2013 “Information Clearing House –  According to Oxford Dictionary the term Slave is defined as “a person …

The War On Marriage On Christmas By David Swanson 21 December, 2013 Warisacrime.org Very rarely does our government ask us what to have a war on.  The proposal for missile strikes into Syria was a rare occasion when public pressure and other factors compelled Congress to demand a say. Public …