Posted By:  kurshauna Posted On:  Jun 29, 2008	Surviving genocide
THIS IS MY MEMORY OF REGINA GELB By: Sheridy Leslie I remember…I remember Chopin’s Nocturne playing in the background while my two older sisters and I danced in the center of our cottage in Central Poland. I remember…I remember my beautifully kind mother and her musings about the...... [view]

Posted By:  Standtall Posted On:  Jun 25, 2008	When will the violence stop?
She was pregnant and the beating went on. She was always weak and tired but she could not tell anyone what her loving husband does to her. He beat her up at every chance he got. Even the fact that she was carrying their second child did not alter the pattern. One day, after the delivery of...... [view]

Posted By:  kurshauna Posted On:  Jun 22, 2008	March of Remembrance and Hope: An experience where past, present, and hope collides
March of Remembrance and Hope: An experience where past, present, and hope collides By: Sheridy Leslie If you had not experienced injustice in your life, well some might say you’re pretty lucky; but if you had not experienced genocide in your life, many would agree that you are...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 7, 2008	The empire’s hypocritical politics
Reflections of Fidel: IT would be dishonest of me to remain silent after hearing the speech Obama delivered on the afternoon of May 23 at the Cuban American National Foundation created by Ronald Reagan. I listened to his speech, as I did McCain’s and Bush’s. I feel no resentment towards...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 16, 2008	The Situation of The Bahamian Youth in The Bahamas
A State of Crisis: Growing Problems Facing Youth: By Sasha L. Lightbourne - Nassau, Bahamas: The country is in a state of crisis due to the situation of its youth, Chairman of the Juvenile Panel Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans asserted Wednesday night. "The future is at risk and so we...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Feb 23, 2008	Reflections of President Fidel Castro: The Republican Candidate - (Part Four)
When in the previous reflection I asked McCain what he thought of the Five antiterrorist Cuban Heroes, I did so because I remembered what he had published on page 206 of his book Faith of My Fathers, co-written with his assistant Mark Salter: “It’s an awful thing, solitary. It crushes...... [view]

Posted By:  satisshroff Posted On:  Jan 3, 2008	Lyrics On War From the Himalayas (Satis Shroff)
(Sketch© by Satis Shroff) (A Gurkha in tears after the senseless battles in the foothills of the Himalayas) Nepalese metaphors: Satis Shroff writes political poetry: about the war in Nepal, the sad fate of the Nepalese people, the emergence of neo-fascism in...... [view]

Posted By:  onetruthseeker Posted On:  May 4, 2007	Six Resentenced to Death in Libyan AIDS Case
Five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor have been charged with the death sentence on claims of infecting 426 Libyan children with the AIDS virus, though independent researchers have stated the infection probably occured before their arrival due to poor hygiene in the hospitals. check...... [view]

Posted By:  onetruthseeker Posted On:  May 4, 2007	HIV/AIDS in India
Did you know that families in India "often disown their HIV-positive family members"? Or that children with AIDS could be kicked out of schools and/or orphanages? Or that people may be denied housing by landlords if they have AIDS? "India has the world's highest national HIV/AIDS caseload with...... [view]