Plus item missed from “What’s On” below. UN FAILURE IN SRI LANKA DURING THE WAR (2008/2009) – UN SG’S PANEL REPORT We have decided to hold a seminar on the above report with a view to pressuring the SG to move straightaway into a full fledged inquiry into the causes and how it could now be compensated for and how such a Himalayan neglect could … Continue reading GPJA #447 (Part 3/3): International news & Analysis – 6/12/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK STATS OF THE WEEK   FEATURES General Strike Sweeps Europe as Millions Reject Austerity as Solution to Economic Crisis http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/14/general_strike_sweeps_europe_as_millions The War On Women Is a Class War http://www.alternet.org/economy/war-women-class-war Dronestagram – The Website Exposing the US’s Secret Drone War http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcuts/2012/nov/12/dronestagram-website-us-drone-war 14 November – Day of Action and Solidarity against austerity http://www.industriall-union.org/14-november-day-of-action-and-solidarity-against-austerity The Strike in Southern Europe by Sahra Wagenknecht http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/728.php The … Continue reading GPJA #446 (Part 3/3): International news & Analysis – 29/11/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK   FEATURES Jeffrey D. Sachs: The Lost Generations http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/education–nutrition–and-health-care-are-the-best-investments-by-jeffrey-d–sachs Who Owns the World? Noam Chomsky on U.S.-Fueled Dangers, from Climate Change to Nuclear Weapons http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/26/who_owns_the_world_noam_chomsky Monopoly Is Theft: The antimonopolist history of the world’s most popular board game http://harpers.org/blog/2012/10/monopoly-is-theft/ The case for legalizing pot http://www.salon.com/2012/11/05/the_case_for_legalizing_pot/ From Mexico to Moscow, the World Turns On to U.S. Marijuana Legalization http://world.time.com/2012/11/08/from-mexico-to-moscow-the-world-turns-on-to-u-s-marijuana-legalization/#ixzz2BibhiloS The Real Reason … Continue reading GPJA #445 (Part 3/3): International news & Analysis – 14/11/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Participation of marginalised groups has precedence over the preservation of a system which excludes them.” Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand STATS OF THE WEEK French assembly votes 75% tax rate on highest earnings http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n290403 Only 3 percent of America’s families have net worths over $1 million, but millionaires make up a clear majority of Congress. Since the 1980s, adds new … Continue reading GPJA #444 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 25/10/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK     FEATURES Joining Forces for Another Europe http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/707.php George Monbiot: Colonised and coloniser, empire’s poison infects us all – Ideas that underpinned Britain’s imperial project led not only to torture in Kenya, but war and catastrophe in Europe http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/08/empire-torture-kenya-catastrophe-europe LAND, LABOUR AND THE ENVIRONMENT ‘The greatest environmentalist of the 20th century’ http://climateandcapitalism.com/2012/10/03/the-greatest-environmentalist-of-the-20th-century/ Arctic ice melt, psychopathic capitalism, and the corporate … Continue reading GPJA #443 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 12/10/12