Add To Watchlist

HUMANITARIANISM

The Vine
Huffington Post - Hunger Is A Winnable Battle
Source: The Huffington Post

Hunger Is A Winnable Battle Great explanation with examples, for why hunger should not be killing 25 000 people every day!

Abraham Lincoln Brigade reunion to celebrate humanitarian legacy
Source: People's Weekly World

The Lincoln Vets represent a life-long commitment to international humanitarianism.

Sen. Cornyn's (R-TX) gross hypocrisy regarding possible objection to SoS-designate Clinton on her husband's ties to global humanitarian donors
Source: burntorangereport.com

Globetrotter Payne ensured that he greased the wheels of Big John's Senate Re-Election campaign this past fall to the tune of thousands of dollars.  Apparently Big John wasn't at all troubled that America's foreign policy or any diplomatic missions might be encumbered by Mr.

Somalia nearing a 'total famine'
Source: BBC News

Somalia is in danger of descending into famine while the world's attention is focused on the problem of piracy off its coast, the Red Cross has warned.

Continuing Crisis In Haiti Needs Your Attention and Your Help » BlackPerspective.net
Source: blackperspective.net

The second disaster to what is transpiring in Haiti, is the disaster that is, again, America's major media giving little attention to this developing humanitarian crisis that is just 700 miles off of our own shores.

Anti-Zionism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Source: en.wikipedia.org

Wikipedia's definition of Anti-Zionism... Hmmm, I'm perplexed. There seems to be a lot of disagreement on whether or not Anti-Zionism should be synonymous to Antisemitism.

Bush to Veto Bill Banning Waterboarding
Source: Examiner

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The White House says President Bush will veto legislation on Saturday that would have barred the CIA from using waterboarding - a technique that simulates drowning - and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects.

Tasered man sues WPD
Source: Daily Democrat

A Woodland man has filed a lawsuit against the Woodland Police Department, accusing officers of unlawfully shooting him multiple times with a Taser during an arrest in November.

Report: Tasering protesters was undue
Source: RutlandHerald.com

Brattleboro police officers used excessive force last year when they Tasered two peaceful protesters, who were protesting the possible development of a vacant lot into a truck stop, according to a report prepared by an independent consultant hired by the town.

First Muscle Powered Circumnavigation Completed
Source: TreeHugger

Do you ever feel like walking out the front door and not stopping? Seeing the world for yourself, helping people along the way see that the world can be lived at a human-powered speed? On 6 October, Jason Lewis, the first man ever to circumnavigate the globe entirely by muscle po …

Global Warming, God's Gift to Humanity

Thank God I can get rid of my Goretex, insulated, winter coat! No more hats, my hair can fly free! No more long underwear (is any of it comfortable?) No more frost delays, that prevent me from playing the Game of all Games, or cause me to not see my family on the weekends, exc …

The Painful Death of Humanitarian Intervention
Source: AntiWar.com

Iraq was about many things, supporters of the war intone. The fact that no WMD were discovered is irrelevant. President George W.

Op-Ed: 'Progressive realism': In search of a foreign policy
Source: International Herald Tribune

It's now possible to build a foreign policy paradigm that comes close to reconciling the humanitarian aims of idealists with the powerful logic of realists. Every paradigm needs a name, and the best name for this one is progressive realism.

N.G.O.'s: Who Else Will Do the Work?
Source: World Press Review

The unprecedented popularity and leverage of global civil society organizations is being challenged by claims that they lack legitimacy, accountability, and transparency.

it's time to scrap our government... but how?

I have a perennial problem with petitions, boycotts, and demonstrations. They simply don't seem to have any effect on the burgeoning United States Government.

This area needs news. Click here to seed the vine