Ted Kaczynski, aka " The Unabomber," exemplified more characteristics of a terrorist than a serial killer. According to the FBI (2007), a serial killer is a person that fantasizes over the personal power and control they possess over another person and then killing them in a personal style such as strangulation, stabbing or shooting. According to […]
Migrant Workers Protest ‘Modern-Day Slavery’ in Saudi Arabia
Posted by Ayesha Saldanha to Global Voices Online Two weeks ago there were strikes and violent demonstrations by Bangladeshi workers in Kuwait, protesting low pay and poor working conditions. Following the demonstrations, more than 200 workers were deported. In this post, two Saudi bloggers tell us what they think of modern-day ‘slavery’ in Saudi Arabia […]
L.A. City Council Joins Car Washers’ Fight For Justice
by James Parks, Jul 31, 2008 The campaign by car wash employees for fair wages and decent work in the Los Angeles area gained a major boost yesterday when the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a resolution strongly endorsing efforts of car wash workers to secure just wages, safe working conditions and the freedom […]
Use Your Knowledge of Environmental Studies to Influence Society
Do these real stories on disastrous effects of manmade environmental degradation activities move you? Do you wish to contribute your mite? If you do, it’s time you get to understand various environmental perspectives in totality. You can influence your social circle with your knowledge about environment, water pollution, air pollution, ground pollution, global warming, harmful […]
Liquid Assets: Bloggers on World Water Day
by Georgia Popplewell It’s known as the universal solvent, Adam’s Ale, government juice, council pop, H2O, dihydrogen monoxide, hydrogen hydroxide, has a ton of different names in Arabic and yesterday (March 22) the world was called upon to pay it special attention. World Water Day 2008 marked the start of the fourth year of the […]
US Economy-Recession, Depression, or Collapse?
“For Consumers, the Hits Keep Coming” a recent banner headline in a New York Times-owned daily newspaper here in Northern California reports. The article misses the main points. If we continue to understand ourselves as primarily passive consumers, rather than as active citizens, the US economy will enter at least a recession, probably a depression, […]