Category Archives: Breaking the mould

Enough

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Michaela

Enough of the news, the hysteria and the panic. In the past few months it has become crystal clear that the world we live in has been built on a few fatal, yet stubborn  illusions and what we see happening … Continue reading →

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Government vs citizens

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Michaela

By Nicholas Kulish Hundreds of thousands of disillusioned Indians cheer a rural activist on a hunger strike. Israel reels before the largest street demonstrations in its history. Enraged young people in Spain and Greece take over public squares across their countries. Their complaints range from corruption … Continue reading →

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Back to the beginning

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Michaela

By Thomas L Friedman Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu of Israel, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and President Obama all spoke at the U.N. last week and, honestly, it is hard to decide whose speech was worse. Netanyahu’s read like a … Continue reading →

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Care for the collective

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Michaela

Just a few kids ? Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed … Continue reading →

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Terrified, but bored

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Michaela

By Paul Krugman Is it possible to be both terrified and bored? That’s how I feel about the negotiations now under way over how to respond to Europe’s economic crisis, and I suspect other observers share the sentiment. On one … Continue reading →

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iProtest

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Michaela

Activist Debby Chan takes on one of the world’s favourite brands in her fight for workers’ rights.

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Too big to be true ?

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Michaela

By Dennis Overby Roll over, Einstein ? The physics world is abuzz with news that a group of European physicists plans to announce Friday that it has clocked a burst of subatomic particles known as neutrinos breaking the cosmic speed … Continue reading →

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Illusions and Plunder

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Michaela

Meltdown-The men who crashed the world The first of a four-part investigation into a world of greed and recklessness that brought down the financial world.

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Peace Now, or Never

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Michaela

By Ehud Olmert As the United Nations General Assembly opens this year, I feel uneasy. An unnecessary diplomatic clash between Israel and the Palestinians is taking shape in New York, and it will be harmful to Israel and to the … Continue reading →

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Heureka

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Michaela

Greek Finance Minister, Evangelos Venizelos: “We haven’t realised the dangers. The dangers are not that our income has been reduced, the danger is not that pensions are being reduced or the value of property. The dangers are not that the … Continue reading →

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