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The Climax of Humanity

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:42:20 -0700

 

 

Justice Sunday and the environment, Pat Robertson wants to assassinate

Chavez, Ecuadorians want oil revenues to benefit society, the King of

Swazi liberates girls, the Dutch lock up their chickens and more ...

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The Climax of Humanity

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082305EA.shtml

Demographically and economically, our era is unique in human history.

Depending on how we manage the next few decades, we could usher in

environmental sustainability - or collapse.

 

 

" Justice Sunday II " : Political Lies and Ecological Disasters

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082305EB.shtml

Mel Seesholtz reports on Justice Sunday II: " It seems the leaders of

the Christian Right and their political minions are not content with

destroying America's promise of equality and justice for all citizens.

Their jaundiced biblical worldview demands the Earth and its

inhabitants be

destroyed as well.

 

 

Dutch Lock Up Free-Range Chickens to Halt Bird Flu

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082305HA.shtml

More than 5 million free-range chickens were shut indoors yesterday as

the Dutch government imposed the most stringent measures in the EU to

try to prevent the spread of bird flu.

 

 

A New China for Organized Labor

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082305LA.shtml

BusinessWeek interviews Li Jianming, division chief of the All-China

Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), the 80-year-old official union that

has 137 million worker members spread across China.

 

 

Debbie Nathan | Oversexed

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082305WA.shtml

Debbie Nathan reports that other forms of forced work and near-slavery

overshadow the much publicized problem of sexual trafficking.

 

 

Swazi Girls Celebrate as King Lifts Ban on Sex

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082305WB.shtml

In 2001, King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch, reinstated

for five years the umchwasho rite, banning sex for girls under 18, as a

way to combat HIV. The move was ridiculed as old-fashioned and unfairly

focused on girls, and the king himself was accused of ignoring it.

 

 

A Perilous Journey from Delivery Room to Bedroom

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082305WC.shtml

A psychiatrist reports a little-known syndrome: men who witness their

wives giving birth may experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress.

 

 

Tim Padgett | Why Pat Robertson's Statements Help Hugo Chavez

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/082305R.shtml

Pat Robertson's call to assassinate Hugo Chavez is likely to revive

bitter memories in Latin America of past US interventions and cement the

Venezuelan leader's growing popularity throughout the hemisphere.

 

 

Ecuador Protesters Are Optimistic over Oil Deal

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/082305S.shtml

Protesters whose attacks have choked off Ecuador's oil exports held out

hopes on Tuesday for reaching a deal under which energy companies would

invest more in the poor Amazon communities where they drill.

 

 

Connecticut Challenges No Child Left Behind Law

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/082305T.shtml

Connecticut became the first state to file suit against the federal

government over the No Child Left Behind Act, claiming the Bush

administration has not provided enough money to pay for new testing

and programs.

 

 

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