Daily Archives: May 8, 2008 »
Peak Food: Blaming the Victims
By Nafeez Ahmed | I’ve already written about this in previous posts under the ‘hidden holocaust’ theme, but am prompted to re-address this issue given the way it’s been dealt with by mainstream media
Read More »The Challenge Of Modern Slavery
By Loretta Napoleoni | Slavery is in our refrigerators. From fruit to beef, from sugar to coffee, slave labor brings food to our tables. “Miguel,” a Mexican slave freed by the Coalition of Immokalee
Read More »Ex-MI5 chief warns over detention
BBC News | MPs should work together to agree a detention limit for terror suspects and ensure the matter is not a political football, a former MI5 chief has said. Ministers want to be
Read More »Abuse Claims Mount Against Pentagon, Contractors
By William Fisher | As human rights groups demanded the release of a report on a long-running investigation of the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the unlawful interrogations of detainees
Read More »Britain throws away £10bn of food every year
By Martin Hickman | Global food shortages, soaring prices and alarm over the environment. But every day, Britain throws away 220,000 loaves of bread, 1.6m bananas, 550,000 chickens, 5.1m potatoes, 660,000 eggs, 1.2m sausages
Read More »Does Organic Really Mean Organic?
By David Gutierrez | The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has renewed its approval for 46 non-organically produced substances to be used in foods and beverages that are labeled “organic.” At the same time,
Read More »The New Whopper: Burger with a Side of Spies
PR Watch | Author Eric Schlosser editorializes about “the growing threat to civil liberties posed by corporate spying,” citing Burger King Corporation’s spying on the Student/Farmworker Alliance and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, through
Read More »US/IRAQ: Pressure to Cut Costs, Troops Strains “Surge”
By Jim Lobe | Growing impatience in Congress over the enormous costs being racked up by the Iraq war, as well as the Pentagon’s belief that it needs more troops in Afghanistan to fight
Read More »Under U.S. Law Torture is Always Illegal
By Marjorie Cohn | What does torture have in common with genocide, slavery, and wars of aggression? They are all jus cogens. Jus cogens is Latin for “higher law” or “compelling law.” This means
Read More »Suicide bomber was in Guantánamo, says US
By Ewen MacAskill | The Pentagon confirmed yesterday that a Kuwaiti released from the US detention camp at Guantánamo Bay three years ago carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq last month. The involvement
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