Overcoming the Global Order of Oppression, Fear and Paranoia
In 1946, George Orwell officially started on the journey to create his masterpiece: Nineteen Eighty Four. As tuberculosis made Orwell’s life a living hell, it was a desperate race against time to write what Orwell called “a utopia in the form of a novel.” Nineteen Eighty Four was published in June 1949, and Orwell died [...]
Big Sister Theresa May and the Rise of Anti-Islam in the UK
Never before in my lifetime has Britain had such an odious Home Secretary as Theresa May. In her racist policies, she surpasses even Jack Straw’s rendition to torture and his support for Tony Blair’s illegal war in Iraq. As if things were not bad enough, May has pushed the boundaries beyond what would be acceptable even [...]
Should the US Constitution’s Domestic Violence Clause Be Applied to Environmental Issues?
Michael Diamond was a general practice lawyer in Union County, New Jersey, before a brief career change in 1981 when the newly-created Division of Water Resources in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) was looking for an Enforcement Administrator and Chief Regulatory Officer. Diamond accepted the position and was effective at applying his [...]
Valentine’s Day: Love in the Time of Money, Lust and Moral Decay
Long gone are the days when Valentine’s Day celebrated true romantic love. Today, like most holidays, Valentine’s Day is a celebration of commerce rather than love. It is just like Christmas: another holiday for the benefit of the merchants. If some love is in the air, as every February 14, a lot more money than [...]
Pressure Australia to Act on Behalf of Wikileaks’ Assange
By John Goss, Rafik Saley and Okoth Osowe When the complicity of Sweden’s Ambassador to Australia Sven-Olof Petersson in illegal rendition and torture, plus Sweden’s obsequiousness towards CIA demands of extraordinary rendition, were exposed in News Junkie Post in December 2012, it seemed unthinkable that the Australian government would knowingly entertain an ambassador of such [...]
