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  • I, European citizen, won’t let refugees be rejected in my name
    10 March 2016 par (Open-Publishing)

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    I, European citizen, won’t let refugees be rejected in my name
    THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM IS A RIGHT
    In the phrase « right to asylum », every word matters. Under the law, every person who is persecuted because of his or her political opinions or because of his or her identity, every person that is endangered by violence, war or misery has a RIGHT to seek asylum in another country
    The aim of this petition is to collect (…)

  • Neo-Nazis and far-right protesters in Ukraine 3 live-stream
    24 January 2014 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The far-right in Ukraine are acting as the vanguard of a protest movement that is being reported as pro-democracy. The situation on the ground is not as simple as pro-EU and trade versus pro-Putin and Russian hegemony in the region.
    When US Senator John McCain dined with Ukraine’s opposition leaders in December, he shared a table and later a stage with the leader of the extreme far-right Svoboda party Oleh Tyahnybok.
    This is Oleh Tyahnybok, he has claimed a "Moscow-Jewish mafia" rule (…)

  • Hugo Chavez is dead (video live)
    6 March 2013 par Collective BELLACIAO (Open-Publishing)
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    President Hugo Chavez companeros venezueliano died after a long battle with cancer.

  • International initiative to stop the war in Syria Yes to democracy, no to foreign intervention!
    13 December 2012 par (Open-Publishing)

    Your support here: http://www.peaceinsyria.org/support.php
    We, the undersigned, who are part of an international civil society increasingly worried about the awful bloodshed of the Syrian people, are supporting a political initiative based on the results of a fact-finding mission which some of our colleagues undertook to Beirut and Damascus in September 2012. This initiative consists in calling for a delegation of highranking personalities and public figures to go to Syria in order to (…)

  • THE KU KLUX KLAN ONCE AGAIN CONTROLS INDIANA
    12 November 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)
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    At first glance, the results of America’s 2012 election appear to be a triumph for social, racial, and economic justice and progress in the United States: California voters passed a proposition requiring the rich to shoulder their fair share of the tax burden; Two states, Colorado and Washington, legalized the recreational use of marijuana, while Massachusetts approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes; Washington and two other states, Maine and Maryland, legalized same-sex (…)

  • I’VE DECIDED TO "WASTE" MY VOTE
    28 October 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)

    In a 2004 episode of Comedy Central’s animated series South Park, an election was held to determine whether the new mascot for the town’s elementary school would be a “giant douche” or a “turd sandwich.” Confronted with these two equally unpalatable choices, one child, Stan Marsh, refused to vote at all, which resulted in his ostracization and subsequent banishment from the town.
    Although this satirical vulgarity was intended as a commentary on the two candidates running for president of (…)

  • HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA: DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? PART IV
    28 September 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)

    PART I
    PART II
    PART III
    If there is one major inconsistency in life, it is that young people who know little more than family, friends and school are suddenly, at the age of eighteen, supposed to decide what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, because of their limited life experiences, the illusions they have about certain occupations do not always comport to the realities.
    I discovered this the first time I went to college. About a year into my studies, I (…)

  • HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA: DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? PART III
    28 September 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)

    PART I
    PART II
    PART IV
    Disillusioned with the machinations of so-called “traditional” colleges, I became an adjunct instructor at several “for-profit” colleges.
    Thanks largely to the power and pervasiveness of the Internet, “for-profit” colleges (hereinafter for-profits) have become a growing phenomenon in America. They have also been the subject of much political debate and the focus of a Frontline special entitled College Inc.
    Unlike traditional colleges, for-profits are owned (…)

  • HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA: DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? PART II
    28 September 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)

    PART I
    PART III
    PART IV
    Several years ago, a young lady came into the college where I was teaching to inquire about a full-time instructor’s position in the sociology department. She was advised that only adjunct positions were available. Her response was, “No thanks. Once an adjunct, always an adjunct.”
    Her words still echo in my mind.
    Even as colleges and universities raise their tuition costs, they are relying more and more on adjunct instructors. Adjuncts are part-time (…)

  • HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA: DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? PART I
    28 September 2012 par David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru (Open-Publishing)

    PART II
    PART III
    PART IV
    When The Bill of Rights was added to the United States Constitution over two hundred years ago, Americans were blessed with many rights considered to be “fundamental.” One conspicuously missing, however, was the right to an education.
    This was not surprising given the tenor of the times. America was primarily an agrarian culture, and education, especially higher education, was viewed as a privilege reserved for the children of the rich and powerful.
    But (…)