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More elderly dying of starvation
Note: New Government figures have revealed the grim toll of elderly men and women who have died from the effects of malnutrition and hunger in the UK.
Posted by terratech, at 12:51PM 11/18/07 :
Our children are raping each other
Note: Experts and child abuse activists have warned that sexual abuse at schools is on the increase and this extreme form of bullying in South Africa is “out of control”.
Posted by terratech, at 05:22PM 11/15/07 :
Depth of child poverty in Britain exposed by report
Note: The true hardships of the one in three children in Britain who live in poverty are exposed in a new report revealing that a quarter of the country's poorest households cannot afford to put a daily hot meal on the table for every family member.
Posted by terratech, at 05:16PM 11/15/07 :
Child poverty on the rise amid buoyant German economy
Note: Child poverty in Germany is increasing in spite of a buoyant economy and falling unemployment. Since the introduction three years ago of the Hartz reforms of the social security system the number of boys and girls dependent on social security has doubled to over 2.5 million.
Posted by terratech, at 05:13PM 11/15/07 and by 1 others:
Westminster 'scrooges' forced to back-down
Note: Controversial proposals to ban charities and voluntary organisations from giving out free food to homeless men, women and children in the run-up to Christmas have been dropped.
Posted by terratech, at 04:45PM 09/26/07 :
The carbon offset child labourers - Times Online
Note: Pumping furiously on a foot treadle in the afternoon heat, six-year-old Sarju Ram is irrigating her impoverished family’s field, without knowing that it is supposidly helping environmentally sensitive holiday-makers assuage their guilt over long-haul flights to dream destinations
Posted by terratech, at 04:39PM 09/26/07 :
RAW-RAP: Government Wants American Internet to Work as A Microphone, Willing to Mislead to Get There
Note: The Bush Administration is pushing Congress hard to give the intelligence community the authority to order domestic communication companies - your ISP, a phone company, Skype or any email provider based in the United States to turn on surveillance or turn over the content of communications to the Intelligence community without a warrant.
Posted by terratech, at 04:35PM 09/26/07 :
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Manchester | Ex-minister 'shocked' at protest
Note: Former children's minister Margaret Hodge has told a jury she was "shocked and distressed" after being handcuffed by two fathers' rights protesters.
Posted by terratech, at 04:32PM 09/26/07 :
Jewish community in Iran slams US protest against Ahmadinejad's visit - Israel News, Ynetnews
Note: Heads of Iran's Jewish community 'outraged by the disrespect' shown to the Iranian president during Columbia visit
Posted by terratech, at 05:12PM 09/24/07 :
RAW-RAP: Young Israelis dodge the draft, some in protest
Note: There is a growing group of young Israelis who are refusing to sign up for mandatory military service, often in protest over the Jewish state's occupation of Palestinian territory or because of last year's unpopular war in Lebanon.
Posted by terratech, at 05:08PM 09/24/07 :
RAW-RAP: Letter bomb campaign waged against surveillance obsessed society
Note: A primary school caretaker waged a letter bombing campaign which targeted organisations across Britain in protest at a "surveillance-obsessed society", a court heard today.
Posted by terratech, at 05:04PM 09/24/07 :
RAW-RAP: Israel ranks low for welfare spending
Note: Welfare spending in Israel as a proportion of GDP fell from 18.7% in 2003 to 16% in 2006. Which means Israel has fallen close to the bottom in the OECD rankings for welfare spending, including health, nursing, and pensions.
Posted by terratech, at 09:50AM 09/24/07 :
BBC NEWS | Business | Inequality remains in prosperous Chile
Note: The distribution of wealth in Chile is one of the worst in the region and unless that problem is resolved, sooner rather than later, the demonstrations are only likely to grow - in numbers and intensity.
Posted by terratech, at 09:45AM 09/24/07 :
RAW-RAP: Massive Surveillance Net Keeps Track of Americans Travel -- Even the Size of Hotel Beds
Note: The Bush Administration has been collecting detailed records on the travel habits of Americans headed overseas, whether you fly, drive or take cruises abroad. Big Brother is watching every move you make.
Posted by terratech, at 02:14PM 09/18/07 :
Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | It is unjust and absurd to apply economics to this hell
Note: The government must acknowledge the present catastrophe in Palestine is a direct consequence of Israeli intransigence
Posted by terratech, at 03:20PM 09/16/07 and by 1 others:
RAW-RAP: World`s Poor Die in Agony!
Note: Though opium is cheap and could be made readily available, millions of the world's poor are dying in excruciating pain. Citizens of rich nations suffer less, six countries - the US, Canada, France, Germany, Britain, and Australia - consume 79% percent of the world's morphine, according to a 2005 estimate. The poor and middle-income countries where 80 percent of the world's people live consumed only about 6% percent.
Posted by terratech, at 04:45PM 09/15/07 :
RAW-RAP: The Reality of Disposable Kids
Note: There is an urgent need to adopt a new social philosophy centered on human needs and projects, where the freedom of human beings must have priority over the free market and human rights are protected more than property rights, in fact, a society that is concerned with reality and is not indifferent of the gross crimes that it silently participates in.
Posted by terratech, at 04:39PM 09/15/07 and by 1 others:
Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | No wonder men treat us as sex objects if we act like this
Note: It is too easy to blame lad culture for today's brand of sexism. Women have to stop lying about their own complicity
Posted by terratech, at 04:37PM 09/15/07 :
RAW-RAP: UK has become a surveillance society, say most Britons
Note: More than half of Britain's 60 million population believes that the UK has become a 'surveillance society" since the advent of the so-called war on terrorism, according to a new poll.
Posted by terratech, at 04:34PM 09/15/07 :
canada.com | Article
Note: Canadian aboriginal groups staged protests across the country on Friday to bring attention to poverty, health and social problems facing Indians living on and off the country's reserves.
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Posted by terratech, at 12:54PM 11/18/07 :More elderly dying of starvation
Note: New Government figures have revealed the grim toll of elderly men and women who have died from the effects of malnutrition and hunger in the UK.
Posted by terratech, at 12:51PM 11/18/07 :Our children are raping each other
Note: Experts and child abuse activists have warned that sexual abuse at schools is on the increase and this extreme form of bullying in South Africa is “out of control”.
Posted by terratech, at 05:22PM 11/15/07 :Depth of child poverty in Britain exposed by report
Note: The true hardships of the one in three children in Britain who live in poverty are exposed in a new report revealing that a quarter of the country's poorest households cannot afford to put a daily hot meal on the table for every family member.
Posted by terratech, at 05:16PM 11/15/07 :Child poverty on the rise amid buoyant German economy
Note: Child poverty in Germany is increasing in spite of a buoyant economy and falling unemployment. Since the introduction three years ago of the Hartz reforms of the social security system the number of boys and girls dependent on social security has doubled to over 2.5 million.
Posted by terratech, at 05:13PM 11/15/07 and by 1 others:Westminster 'scrooges' forced to back-down
Note: Controversial proposals to ban charities and voluntary organisations from giving out free food to homeless men, women and children in the run-up to Christmas have been dropped.
Posted by terratech, at 04:45PM 09/26/07 :The carbon offset child labourers - Times Online
Note: Pumping furiously on a foot treadle in the afternoon heat, six-year-old Sarju Ram is irrigating her impoverished family’s field, without knowing that it is supposidly helping environmentally sensitive holiday-makers assuage their guilt over long-haul flights to dream destinations
Posted by terratech, at 04:39PM 09/26/07 :RAW-RAP: Government Wants American Internet to Work as A Microphone, Willing to Mislead to Get There
Note: The Bush Administration is pushing Congress hard to give the intelligence community the authority to order domestic communication companies - your ISP, a phone company, Skype or any email provider based in the United States to turn on surveillance or turn over the content of communications to the Intelligence community without a warrant.
Posted by terratech, at 04:35PM 09/26/07 :BBC NEWS | UK | England | Manchester | Ex-minister 'shocked' at protest
Note: Former children's minister Margaret Hodge has told a jury she was "shocked and distressed" after being handcuffed by two fathers' rights protesters.
Posted by terratech, at 04:32PM 09/26/07 :Jewish community in Iran slams US protest against Ahmadinejad's visit - Israel News, Ynetnews
Note: Heads of Iran's Jewish community 'outraged by the disrespect' shown to the Iranian president during Columbia visit
Posted by terratech, at 05:12PM 09/24/07 :RAW-RAP: Young Israelis dodge the draft, some in protest
Note: There is a growing group of young Israelis who are refusing to sign up for mandatory military service, often in protest over the Jewish state's occupation of Palestinian territory or because of last year's unpopular war in Lebanon.
Posted by terratech, at 05:08PM 09/24/07 :RAW-RAP: Letter bomb campaign waged against surveillance obsessed society
Note: A primary school caretaker waged a letter bombing campaign which targeted organisations across Britain in protest at a "surveillance-obsessed society", a court heard today.
Posted by terratech, at 05:04PM 09/24/07 :RAW-RAP: Israel ranks low for welfare spending
Note: Welfare spending in Israel as a proportion of GDP fell from 18.7% in 2003 to 16% in 2006. Which means Israel has fallen close to the bottom in the OECD rankings for welfare spending, including health, nursing, and pensions.
Posted by terratech, at 09:50AM 09/24/07 :BBC NEWS | Business | Inequality remains in prosperous Chile
Note: The distribution of wealth in Chile is one of the worst in the region and unless that problem is resolved, sooner rather than later, the demonstrations are only likely to grow - in numbers and intensity.
Posted by terratech, at 09:45AM 09/24/07 :RAW-RAP: Massive Surveillance Net Keeps Track of Americans Travel -- Even the Size of Hotel Beds
Note: The Bush Administration has been collecting detailed records on the travel habits of Americans headed overseas, whether you fly, drive or take cruises abroad. Big Brother is watching every move you make.
Posted by terratech, at 02:14PM 09/18/07 :Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | It is unjust and absurd to apply economics to this hell
Note: The government must acknowledge the present catastrophe in Palestine is a direct consequence of Israeli intransigence
Posted by terratech, at 03:20PM 09/16/07 and by 1 others:RAW-RAP: World`s Poor Die in Agony!
Note: Though opium is cheap and could be made readily available, millions of the world's poor are dying in excruciating pain. Citizens of rich nations suffer less, six countries - the US, Canada, France, Germany, Britain, and Australia - consume 79% percent of the world's morphine, according to a 2005 estimate. The poor and middle-income countries where 80 percent of the world's people live consumed only about 6% percent.
Posted by terratech, at 04:45PM 09/15/07 :RAW-RAP: The Reality of Disposable Kids
Note: There is an urgent need to adopt a new social philosophy centered on human needs and projects, where the freedom of human beings must have priority over the free market and human rights are protected more than property rights, in fact, a society that is concerned with reality and is not indifferent of the gross crimes that it silently participates in.
Posted by terratech, at 04:39PM 09/15/07 and by 1 others:Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | No wonder men treat us as sex objects if we act like this
Note: It is too easy to blame lad culture for today's brand of sexism. Women have to stop lying about their own complicity
Posted by terratech, at 04:37PM 09/15/07 :RAW-RAP: UK has become a surveillance society, say most Britons
Note: More than half of Britain's 60 million population believes that the UK has become a 'surveillance society" since the advent of the so-called war on terrorism, according to a new poll.
Posted by terratech, at 04:34PM 09/15/07 :canada.com | Article
Note: Canadian aboriginal groups staged protests across the country on Friday to bring attention to poverty, health and social problems facing Indians living on and off the country's reserves.
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