We live in an Orwellian world in which there is a massive suspension of reason, the gross abuse of language (“war is peace, ignorance is strength, slavery is freedom”) and a huge gulf between reality and perception. Our Mainstream media tell us endlessly that it is OK to invade,..
Communist China has Acquired some of the Worst of Capitalistic Traits
I turned on the TV tonight and saw what I thought was a jumbled mess. I heard the word China, and assumed it was a picture from the recent earthquake there.
Once upon a time when governments no longer served most of their citizens it was the most economically disadvantaged that could be counted on to rebel against tyranny and injustice. Times have changed, for the worse, despite the spread of democracy.
A video purportedly from an armed group based in western China has released a video threatening an attack on the Olympic games in Beijing, according to a US internet-monitoring group.
Syrian authorities have released Aref Dalila, a dissident who was jailed seven years ago after calling for greater public freedoms and democracy in the single party country, according to his lawyer.