Dominican-Haitian Tensions: Wag the Dog or Prelude to Genocide?
A decision that strips citizenship from over 200,000 Black Dominicans was passed by the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court on September 23, 2013. This highly flawed ruling designates at least four generations of DR-born individuals who descended from migrant Haitian laborers between 1929 and 2007, as being the offsprings of transients and therefore unqualified for citizenship. […]
Political Prisoner Hammond: When Entrapment and Abuse of Power Subvert Justice
“Those in power do not want the truth exposed.” Jeremy Hammond, Nov 15, 2013 The hacktivist wars have taken another turn with the sentencing of Jeremy Hammond, an individual who became something of a guerrilla journalist when he attempted to cut the Gordian knot of secrecy. In donning such combat gear, he has paid a […]
Fragmentation of News and Causes: The Urgent Need to Think Globally
By Gilbert Mercier and Dady Chery “When the blind men had each felt a part of the elephant, the king went to each of them and said to each: ‘Well, blind man, have you seen the elephant? Tell me, what sort of thing is an elephant?’” When a typhoon hits the Philippines, an earthquake ravages […]
Typhoon Haiyan-Yolanda Exposes Philippine Government’s Failure and Corruption
After the catastrophic fury of typhoon Yolanda (international code name, Haiyan) that massively destroyed entire provinces and took the precious lives of people in the mid-section of the Philippine archipelago, I know that they, who are physically there — far and near — are grieving, heartbroken, weeping, disconsolate, disgruntled and angry, for I, who am […]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a Corporate Coup in the Making
Trade agreements that emphasize openness should be treated with caution. When the term partnership is used, an even warier eye should be cast at texts, negotiations, and agreements. Where is the pin that underlies the agreement? On November 13, 2013 WikiLeaks released the draft text of the entire Intellectual Property Rights Chapter of the Trans-Pacific […]
