Coca-Cola Co. has always had a murky human rights record, but recent Pentagon releases prove the company’s (and its bottling partners’) connection to Colombian paramilitary groups whose purpose is to silence those who: are found guilty of “union organizing and recruiting;” pass out “propaganda in favor of workers;” and “sympathize with demonstrators or strikes.”
For the past two decades [...]
Filed under: humanrights, socialjustice, trade unions on January 31st, 2010 | No Comments »
It’s the centrepiece of Obama’s domestic agenda, and there have been months of haggling, deal-cutting and sausage-making in order to push it through. The prospect of a Democratic loss in the Massachusetts special election has further injected a sense of urgency. Given the unwieldy, dysfunctional nature of the Senate, with its seemingly interminable succession of [...]
Filed under: health, uspolitics on January 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Every year for the past 27 years GCSE results have gone up and a quarter of A level passes are now at grade A. One might think this was a chance to congratulate teenagers in their achievements but conversely the better the exam results the more they [...]
Filed under: education on January 13th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Many of us on the left feel jaded by the broken promises of New Labour and betrayed by university fees, private finance initiatives in healthcare and the Iraq War. Yet we are not ready to put our faith in David Cameron who is most politely described as [...]
Filed under: libdems on January 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
As the judicial review of the proposed extradition of Gary McKinnon continues, his ever-growing band of supporters claim that the 43 year old should not be extradited on human rights grounds. Not only are they fighting a losing battle, Mr McKinnon should be extradited.
Mr McKinnon has become something of a cause celebre for the right [...]
Filed under: clarepoliticsnews, democracy, terrorism on January 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
