The Turkish Culture of Dissatisfaction
The “Riots” It has been more than three months since the Turkish protests that started as an environmental campaign to stop the Taksim Gezi Park in Istanbul from changing into anything other than a protected green area. It ...
Fourth of July Day of Action: #DreamsNotDebt
Last year, just before the deadline, a bipartisan deal was reached which prevented interest rates from doubling from 3.4% to 6.8% on federally subsidized student loans in the United States. This year however, another extension ...
Daily News Roundup – 19 September 2012
North America Chicago teacher strike ends after union vote School teachers in Chicago, the USA’s third-largest school district, have voted to suspend a strike, ending a seven-day action that affected more than 350,000 ...
Sunshine Strategy Looking Overcast
The tone of the campaign against Scottish independence hit a new low this month. With the polls narrowing recently and voters becoming turned off by the “Better Together” group’s negative campaigning, several senior figur...
Marriage By Abduction
The practice of bride kidnapping is where a man kidnaps the woman he wishes to marry, often assisted by other men. While a very old tradition, bride abduction still exists in certain cultures today. Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous ce...
WATCH: We are all Earthlings
“Three primary forces exist on this planet – nature, animals, and human kind. However, it is the human earthling who tends to dominate the earth, oftentimes treating other fellow earthlings and living beings as mere objects...
