GlobalPundit.Org & 2009

admin @ January 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet

And if you thought we did bring you some breaking and original stories during our very short lifespan so far, wait until we have a look back at 2009.

In the meantime, if there is anyone out there that would like to:

~ contribute material (audio, video, print, photographic)

~ notify friends who might be looking to engage or gain some experience

~ assist with research

~ assist with garnering potential grants/funds

~ donate to help our shoestring / non existent budget

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Op Ed:President-Elect Obama, You Must NOT Be Silent

admin @ January 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet

The fact is, while Mr. Bush, Mr. Olmert, Ms. Livni, Mr. Netanyahu, Ms. Rice, Mr. Cheney, Mr. al-Masri and the rest orchestrate their brutal murders, we will never advance as a species until we accept that ALL WARS ARE FAILURES. When you orchestrate a war that incinerates a child, the death of that child, the blood of that child, the loss of that child, will tarnish you forever. All situations are failures when innocents are harmed. If one child injures another in a sandbox, their play date was a failure. If a police car kills innocents during a pursuit, the pursuit was a failure. If a father burns his house down while attempting to warm it, the attempt was a failure. If children die in war, the war was a failure. Of this, I have not doubt.

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BRINKS or BLACKWATER: My Frightening Encounter With A Combat-Mode Guard & His Gun

admin @ December 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet

For years since the United States invaded Iraq, I’ve witnessed countless photo and video images of innocent civilians - men, women, teens and children - being rudely and aggressively
threatened by hired uniformed militants (mostly men), wielding guns. I’ve seen these images from Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Haiti, Palestine, and more. Whether they be armed American military threatening Iraqis, armed Israeli soldiers threatening Palestinians, or armed Ethiopian troops threatening Somalis, the images have always disturbed me. There’s an inherent injustice to such blatant imbalance of power. An injustice I suffered recently myself.

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editorial: Abolition Now!

admin @ December 20, 2008 # 2 Comments

I’d never noticed that slavery hadn’t been abolished. I’m 68, born and raised right here in the U.S. of A., and until a few weeks ago I thought that slavery had been abolished. Except, of course, as punishment for a crime, but what’s wrong with that? I’m a law-abiding citizen, and criminals do need to be punished, right? But with slavery? Shouldn’t hard labor (involuntary servitude) or even the death penalty be sufficient?

Then I tried to imagine the death penalty being abolished except as punishment for a crime.

Doesn’t make sense does it?

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UPDATE: The New School In Exile; Citizen - Student Action

admin @ December 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The New School In Exile; Citizen Student Action
At this vert moment student of the New School are engaging in an “occupa(c)tion” directed by a specific and immediate mandate which they feel is in keeping with the progressive tradition of the institution.

The have posted a frequently updated blog to inform people on what is occuring, as well as their demands and the events that lead up to the events. The title of the blog / information post is ‘The New School in Exile’

The event’s catalyst, some would say, is former Nebraska Gov. and school president Bob Kerrey’s vote of no-confidence (kind of what like Prime Minister Stephen Harper has engaged to prevent here in Canada to protect his non-democratic mandate).

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Nominate GlobalPundit.Org for Twitter’s Shorty Awards!

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Spot Report:Montreal Pro-Coaltion Rally, Sat., Dec.6

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“Montreal, PQ, Canada - The Montreal rally was attended by over one thousand people. There was a mix of labor leaders who support the coalition, members of Quebec’s Union des Artistes which is the French language equivalent of SAG and Gilles Duceppe the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, the federal separatist party. Prime Minister Harper’s has used fear to suggest that the coalition is not legitimate because Canadians didn’t vote for a coalition during the last election which took place on October 14, 2008. However, since Harper’s party only won a minority and by the rules of Canadian democracy a minority government must receive the support of the majority of parliament to continue to exist, the coalition is in fact legally and democratically valid.”

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Revisiting Some of the Best Things TV *Can* Offer (expanded post soon)

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Revisiting Some of the Best Things TV *Can* Offer

There has always been some debate as to when and why television failed us in the face of it’s fantastic potential. Considering Youtube.com didn’t even register on the radar less that 4 years ago, it’s amazing to think in context that radio wasn’t even a major presence until the mind 1920’s - let alone that computers in the average home wasn’t a reality until the mid 1990’s.

I’ll expand on ALL of this more later but want to do a quickie - post ( until I can attend to this again when time allows), but in the meantime please enjoy a great easonal special offered by presenter-journalist Louis Theroux of the BBC.

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US Citizen Diplomats Arrive In Iran, Invited By Ahmadinejad

admin @ November 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet

In an effort to establish peaceful diplomacy with the government and people of Iran, and to model for the new Obama administration the power of cooperative good will, three highly regarded American peace makers have ventured to Iran. CODEPINK cofounders, Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin, along with former Army Colonel and decorated Foreign Service Diplomat Ann Wright, are visiting Iran on visas personally granted them by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Interview pt2/3:Women’s Rights, Progress, Aid, Military, and Issues in Afghanistan

admin @ November 18, 2008 # One Comment

Homemakers Magazine editor in chief Kathy Ullyott speaks with reporter Stephen Dohnberg about the struggle of women and what she witnessed during her visit to Kabul, Afghanistan The conversation reveals what a complex situation the Western presence in Afghanistan is by any measure.

Invited by C.A.R.E. Canada, in May Kathy Ullyott, made her way to the city of Kabul for a week-long look at the work and commitment of an NGO such as C.A.R.E., who have been an early presence since 1996, assisting widows with food aid. Even an issue of basic aid is fraught with concerns that span the range of issues from western presence to cultural mores. Although we initially planned to discuss the ascent of women’s rights in Afghanistan, the intersection of so many other disparate concerns clearly illustrates that no single issue will resolve itself independent of others.

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