Reproductive violence

Published on DAWN, Pakistan, by Tahir Mehdi, June 7, 2016.

TWO things happened in Islamabad on the same day recently, one pertaining to the Council of Islamic Ideology CII (it’s website) – and the other to Pemra, the electronic media regulator. CII sanctioned ‘lightly beating’ of wives and Pemra banned (and then partially withdrew) advertisements of contraceptives.   Continuer la lecture de « Reproductive violence »

No recognition of ‘One Humanity’ at the World Humanitarian Forum

Published on Share the World Resources STWR, by Rajesh Makwana, June 3, 2016.

In light of the overwhelming moral imperative to share planetary resources more equitably and protect the lives of those facing humanitarian emergencies, the World Humanitarian Summit is yet another reminder of the huge gulf between government priorities and the desperate reality of the world situation … // Continuer la lecture de « No recognition of ‘One Humanity’ at the World Humanitarian Forum »

Result of the Swiss Votation about BIG/RBU/BGE

Result: the Unconditional Basic Income UBI – on SWI swissinfo.ch, June 5, 2016 – 17:18: rejected with 76.9% NO, only 23.1% can imagine in these times such a realization.

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Basic Income BIG – Revenu de Base Universel RBU – Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen BGE, special posts during 2015-2016 on this blog:   Continuer la lecture de « Result of the Swiss Votation about BIG/RBU/BGE »

America’s Corpocracy: Conspiracy Theory or Conspiracy Reality?

Published on Dissident Voice, by Gary Brumback, June 2, 2016.

I was prompted to write this article when a twitter contact of mine wondered whether some of my writings about the corpocracy amounted to a conspiracy theory. Having been a behavioral scientist most of my adult life I know a thing or two about what’s theory and what’s not. I don’t know how anyone, scientist or lay person, could mistake the corpocracy for a theory. Continuer la lecture de « America’s Corpocracy: Conspiracy Theory or Conspiracy Reality? »