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Pakistan Refugees Say Government is Corrupt - Democracy NOW!
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HITLER & THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION or THE THEOCRATIC STATE
HITLER & THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION or The Theocratic State By: Douglas William Krieger To understand the appeal, the absolute, mesmerizing, and intoxicating drive behind Hitler's success, one must go beyond the inequities of the Versailles Treaty and delve into the mysterious association that Herr Hitler placed upon the Christian religion. Don't think that Adolf was way off into some cultic, overtly demonic world of fantasy and influence. True, the occult most assuredly was deeply engaged in his ...Read more »
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Mayor Bloomberg Suzannah B. Troy getting naked to protest democracy compromised again 2010!
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Me and Mao Tse-Tung!
My first political experience was with Mao Tse-Tung on 1968-69. That political experience occured in Sudan not in China! I could possibly see right now some surprises on the faces of my valued readers. That was exactly before the second Sudanese military dictator Ga'far Numeri took over power through his coup d'etat in May 25, 1969. I was at the final level of my intermediate school and about to receive the results of the high secondary school examination that time. I read a lot of Mao's Red ...Read more »
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Kyrgyzstan's Revolution
Kyrgyzstan's swift and sudden revolution happened almost before one could have managed to pronounce this obscure country's name. The chaos in the country where activists chased away their ruling leaders show a country coming to terms with a colonial past and on a quest to find a new identity. Despite the looting and the ' tempered- violence, the initial reading of this revolution is that the catharsis might preclude a positive outcome. Not so much only for this tiny country, but ...Read more »
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Just how democratic is the Middle East getting?
If democracy is any more up for a redefinition anywhere, now would be the time and the Middle East would be the place. Events in Iraq and the elections of the Palestians had a contageous effect in other Middle Eastern countries too. For the first time in at least 50 years, we see grassroots demand for updated versions of democracy in countries that have long been dominated by authoritarian regimes; Egyptians have been demanding to be allowed a multi party system, in Lebanon the fall of a ...Read more »
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The Democratic Ideal and New Colonialism
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful concerned individuals can precipitate change in the world ... indeed, it is the only thing that ever has" (Margaret Meade) "Democracy" is not the rule of the people. It is government by periodically vetted representatives of the people. Democracy is not tantamount to a continuous expression of the popular will as it pertains to a range of issues. Functioning and fair democracy is representative and not participatory. Participatory "people power" is ...Read more »