Archive for September, 2002
Marching off to peace
Ken Loach:
“The scale of next Saturday’s anti-war demonstration in London may take some by surprise. Organised by the Stop the War Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain, it is endorsed by major trade unions, human rights campaigners, community groups, artists and intellectuals.
In its diversity, it will probably exceed that of today’s Countryside march, although [...]
Community forestry takes root in Bolivia
“The Yuquis traditionally lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers. Then five years ago they, and five communities of Mojeno, Mobima, Trinitario and Uracare were given the 300,000-acre Yuqui indigenous territory (TCO).
Now, they are using sustainable-forestry practices to conserve the forests and ensure their own survival.
That these communities reached this position is down to organisations including the Worldwide [...]
Taking Rights Seriously in Beijing
This is a very interesting article if you have access to the NY Review of Books (subscription required).
“Last May I was invited to China for two weeks, first to take part in a two-day conference at the law school of Tsinghua University in Beijing, and then to give several public lectures there and in other [...]
ChickenHawks (courtesy of Cursor.org)
“Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura tells “Hardball’s” Chris Matthews that “it
G.O.P. Gains From War Talk but Does Not Talk About It
“Senior Republican Party officials say the prospect of at least two more weeks of Congressional debate on Iraq is allowing their party to run out the clock on the fall election, blocking Democrats as they try to seize on the faltering economy and other domestic concerns as campaign issues.”
NY Times
55% of 1999 Quake Victims are Ineligable for Housing
“But even so the Lius are categorized by the Cabinet-level 921 Earthquake Post-Disaster Recovery Commission’s regulations as "ineligible" for housing because — under ad hoc regulations introduced to address post-quake homelessness — only those owning the title to damaged property are entitled to live in temporary housing. The regulations were made after the government had [...]
Pro-Israel Web Site To Monitor Views Of US Academia
“A pro-Israel think tank plans to start an Internet site Wednesday to monitor the attitudes of American professors and universities toward Islamic fundamentalism and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
To be launched by the Philadelphia-based Middle East Forum, www.campus-watch.org will maintain what it calls "dossiers" on professors and academic institutions and collect information from students regarding their teachers’ [...]
Harvard President Equates Criticism with Anti-Semitism
Read this quote by Harvard’s President. It clearly amounts to an equation of anti-Israeli criticism to anti-Semitism. This is no way to encourage free an open debate in academia…
“"Serious and thoughtful people are advocating and taking actions that are anti-Semitic in their effect if not their intent," said Mr. Summers, referring both to the push [...]
US allies take cash to free Taliban
“Since the early months of the war, stories have been circulating that Al Qaeda is paying locals tens of thousands of dollars to spirit its people out of Afghanistan. Now, some in the US military say this cash trade is flourishing with the help of Afghan Militia Forces (AMF)
Smart alarm clock lets you lie in
Now this is truly “smart” - I wish they would have something similar for the NY subway …
“A smart alarm clock that will allow you a lie-in or wake you up early depending on traffic conditions has been invented by researchers at Brunel University in southern England.
The Rise alarm clock has in-built internet access and [...]
An anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, 
