As a luxury item, foregoing the purchase of diamonds is a painless gesture, especially when many are brutally produced by forced labor in horrific conditions. But blood diamonds, as these…
read moreIn light of the colossal failure of the world war on drugs, one might think the United Nations would step forward to end the human rights abuses and official violence…
read moreThe oceans that feed and nurture life the world over are increasingly poisoned by human activity with the result that the oceans are “experiencing severe declines in many species to…
read moreThe UN Food and Agriculture Organization authorized the establishment of the Committee on World Food Security which in turn asked it High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and…
read moreAs noted in this article at Indian Country Today, the Obama Administration’s endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples comprises a facade of understanding, while largely…
read moreThe success of the rule of law depends on who is making the law, or breaking it. The failure of the rule of law occurs when those people are one…
read moreSteven T. Newcomb recalls a conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia.
read moreScott Thill examines the privatization of the United Nations.
read moreThe Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have an interesting website.
read moreXenophobia and lack of compassion characterize the Canadian government stance toward Tamil and other refugees. The aggressive detention proposed by the Conservative Party, where refugees would automatically be held in…
read moreThe library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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