NEWS & ARTICLES

about other countries and global affairs

The Progressive Review

 Afghanistan  Africa  Asia  Australia  Balkans
 

 Bilderberg

 Iran

 Israel & Palestine
 

 

 

Austerity measures, mass protests, bring down Romanian government

Europe's problems came from capitalist excess, not socialism

Saudi king grants women right to vote, run for office

The relationship between food prices and riots

Study: India & China to have nearly half of world's middle class population by 2030

Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Africa

HOW ORGANIC FARMING COULD HELP AFRICA

RIDING THROUGH LAGOS: This bike rider has clipped his handlebars to get through Labos' traffic. From an interesting 14 minute video on the city

TRACKING INCIDENTS IN KENYA

WORLD BANK INTERNAL REPORT SAYS IT NEGLECTS AFRICA'S FARMS

Asia

ASIAN COUNTRIES COULD FACE MASSIVE WATER CRISIS

Australia

ANOTHER MEMBER OF BUSH'S CONSPIRACY OF THE WILLING GETS KICKED OUT

Balkans

BALKAN ARCHIVES

Bilderberg

Bilderberg wrap

Bilderberg: Where Richard Perle, Henry Kissinger, Charlie Rose, Robert Rubin, David Rockefeller and Robert Gates get to cut secret deals in the name of America

Bilderberg and the decline of western democracy

Britain

Brits plan to ban protests during Olympics

The Oxford city council has ruled that every taxi must be outfitted with a CCTV for the express purpose of recording passenger conversations that are to be held for 28 days in case the police wanted to conduct an investigation in which the footage might prove useful.

Brits to do random stops of baby strollers?

British police back fingerprinting for clubbers

British police & US Secret Service have big new tool for big time spying on mobile phones and users

Britain’s great anti-democratic celebration

In the Loop: An excellent antidote to Tony Blair's memoirs and a extremely funny film about how two big countries can get into a war with places like Iraq.

CO-OP BUSINESS SOARS IN BRITAIN

ORWELLANDIA: MASSIVE SNOOPING, MINOR RESULTS

PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE SAYS US-BRIT 'SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP' IS OVER

BRITAIN DUMPS MANDATORY ID CARDS

BRITISH GOVERNMENT WANTS RIGHT TO SEARCH STUDENTS ANY TIME AT SCHOOLS

BRITAIN PROPOSES HYPER HARSH LAWS AGAINST MEN WHO USE PROSTITUTES

BRITS USING ANTI-TERROR SPY CAMS TO CATCH PEOPLE WHO PUT TRASH OUT EARLY

BRITISH PUBS CLOSING AT FASTEST RATE EVER

BRITISH TROOPS USING BRUTAL MISSILES

TONY BLAIR HEAPS PRAISE ON BUSH

BRITS PLAN TO USE EMBEDDED SPY CHIPS ON PRISONERS

WHAT LABOR PARTY LEADERS DO WHEN THEY RETIRE

ANOTHER REASON NOT TO VISIT BRITAIN: BLASPHEMY CARRIES A LIFE SENTENCE

BRITAIN TO TREAT NORTHERN IRELAND AS A FOREIGN LAND; ESTABLISHING INTERNAL BORDER

FIRST ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL OF BRITISH ROYAL IN A CENTURY

AMERICA'S PESSIMISM THROUGH BRITISH EYES

Canada

SEX WORKERS PLAN CO-OP BROTHEL FOR CANADIAN OLYMPICS

China

CHINA EYES BAN ON RARE METAL EXPORTS

CHINA CONNED U.S. INTELLIGENCE TO TAP INTO SPY NETWORK

CHINA TAKES AIM AT U.S. GPS SIGNALS

CHINA NOTES

Cuba

How the Cuban story might have been different

THE CASTROPEDIA

FIDEL & ME

Europe

THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS SUCCINCTLY EXPLAINED

SOCIALISM MAKES BIG COMEBACK IN EUROPE

BRITAIN'S MUSLIMS FEEL LIKE 'JEWS OF EUROPE'

ITALIANS SHIRKING PIZZA BECAUSE OF HIGH COST

EUROPEAN SPY SYSTEM WOULD KEEP CAMERAS ON PASSENGERS ALL FLIGHTS

MAYOR TRIES TO TAKE THE PEE OUT OF PARIS

PAPER REVEALS PLAN FOR EUROPEAN SUPER STATE

Food

FOOD AID AT 20-YEAR LOW AS NUMBER OF HUNGRY HITS RECORD

Georgia conflict

MOSCOW WARNS THAT NATO MILITARY AID TO GEORGIA WOULD BE DECLARATION OF WAR

BUSH REGIME SPENT SIX YEARS ARMING & TRAINING GEORGIA; LOST IT ALL IN SIX DAYS

ISRAEL HAS HAD MAJOR ROLE IN GEORGIA

US, ISRAEL & BIG OIL INVOLVED IN GEORGIAN DISPUTE

Global

MORE SLAVES TODAY THAN AT ANY TIME IN HISTORY

GLOBAL SUMMITS: WHO NEEDS THEM?

28 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES

THE PLAN TO REPLACE THE UNITED NATIONS WITH A GLOBAL NATO

CREATING YOUR OWN NATION ON A FLOATING PLATFORM

WORLD MILITARY SPENDING GREW 45% IN PAST DECADE

Greece

Greece and the end of social democracy

Iceland

ICELAND MAKES ITSELF A FREE MEDIA SELF HAVEN

ICELAND, THE NICE LAND

India

1,500 FARMERS COMMIT SUICIDE IN INDIA

WHAT DIDN'T GET COVERED IN MUMBAI

Iraq

IRAQ NEWS & ARTICLES

Iran

IRAN NEWS & ARTICLES

REVIEW ARTICLES

TIME TO STOP BEING AFRAID OF ISRAEL

A SPEECH C-SPAN DIDN'T LIKE

WHY WE LOST THE WAR ON TERROR

HOW TO TELL IF YOU'VE WON

AN ALTERNATIVE 911 REPORT

THE REAL WAR: BETWEEN MYTH & REALITY

Ireland

Mark Ward, president of Tallaght's student union, says that 1,250 students are leaving Ireland every month. One in five graduates is seeking work outside the country. The Union of Students in Ireland believes that 150,000 students will emigrate in the next five years

20 PERCENT OF IRISH LOOKING TO EMIGRATE

EUROPEAN UNION SEEKING WAYS TO ISOLATE IRELAND FOR STANDING UP FOR ITS SOVEREIGNTY

IRISH STRIKE BLOW FOR DEMOCRACY & INDEPENDENCE

Foreign policy

From invasion to occupation: America's real foreign policy

France

FRANCE ARGUES OVER THE SEMICOLON

Latin America

BRAZIL'S NEW ROLE IN THE WORLD

THE AMAZING SURGE OF A GREEN CANDIDATE

HILLARY CLINTON BOMBS IN LATIN AMERICA

BOLIVIA PLANNING REAL COCA IN COLA

AMAZON WATER BEING STOLEN

AMERICA'S QUIET OCCUPATION OF COLOMBIA

OIL'S HIDDEN ROLE IN LATIN AMERICA

WHY IS COSTA RICA SO DAMN HAPPY?

BRAZIL GIVES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS LEGAL STATUS

LATIN AMERICA REBELS AGAINST U.S. DRUG WAR MESSING WITH THEIR COUNTRIES

LATIN AMERICA'S NEW POLITICS & ECONOMICS

EVEN FIDEL CASTRO HAS A BLOG

U.S. POWER IN LATIN AMERICA WANING

EX-BISHOP TAKES OVER PARAGUAY AFTER 61 YEARS OF ONE PARTY RULE

HAVANA OFFICALS DECLARE HEADPHONES ANTI-REVOLUTIONARY'

GREG PALAST ON ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT

IF YOU THINK CHAVEZ IS BAD, LOOK AT FRANCE, GERMANY, THE UK AND AMERICA FOR ITS FIRST 175 YEARS

CASTRO DEBATES OBAMA IN OP ED

LATINO IMMIGRANTS SENDING LESS MONEY BACK HOME

LATINOS STILL THE FASTEST GROWING GROUP IN U.S.

THE CASTROPEDIA

FIDEL & ME

Mid East

MID EAST STORIES

AMA

North America

BUSH ABOUT TO SURRENDER MORE OF AMERICA

Norway

UN RATES NORWAY THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE

Pakistan

PAKISTAN STORIES

Russia

LETTER TO MOSCOW

Southeast Asia

INTERVIEW WITH ON CAMBODIA'S HIMMLER; OVERSAW TORTURE & DEATH OF 17,000

World Bank

WORLD BANK COVERED UP FAULTY HIV TEST KITS IN INDIA

GROUPS

ACLU: NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
ASSN OF FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
BLACK VOICES FOR PEACE
CULTURES ON THE EDGE

EQUALITY NOW
FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS

GLOBALIZATION COALITION
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER
INSTITITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES
NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVES

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
NONVIOLENCE WEB
NOT IN OUR NAME

ONE WORLD
PEACE WOMEN
PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL

RELIEF WEB
RURAL ADVANCEMENT FUND INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL OF AMERICAS WATCH
STUDENTS FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE
WHY WAR?

WITNESS FOR PEACE
WOMEN WAGING PEACE
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM

AFRICA
AFRICA ACTION

CENTER FOR THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OF WOMEN

BURMA
BURMA FORUM (LA)

FREE BURMA

CHINA
FREE CHINA MOVEMENT

EUROPE
STATE WATCH

INDIA & PAKISTAN
NUCLEAR DANGER

KASHMIR FAQ
ORIGINS OF DISPUTE
HISTORY
DAWN
JANG
OUTLOOK INDIA
PAKISTAN NEWS

PAKISTAN WIRE
TEHELKA
TIMES OF INDIA
HINDUSTAN TIMES

IRELAND
IRISH NORTHERN AID COMMITTEE

LATIN AMERICA
SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS WATCH

SOUTHEAST ASIA
INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK

INTERNL FEDERATION FOR EAST TIMOR

TRADE
AFL-CIO

ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY
CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY

CORPORATE WATCH
DEBT RELIEF NOW
EARTH FIRST!

EUROPEAN GREENS
FAIR TRADE WATCH
FIFTY YEARS IS ENOUGH

FOOD FIRST
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
GLOBAL EXCHANGE

GLOBAL TRADE WATCH
INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE
   & TRADE POLICY
INTERNATIONAL FORUM
  ON GLOBALIZATION

MAKE TRADE FAIR
MOBILIZATION FOR GLOBAL    JUSTICE
NO LOGO

PEOPLE FOR FAIR TRADE
PEOPLES GLOBAL ACTION
PROTEST NET

RUCKUS SOCIETY
SLOW FOOD

STOP FTAA
TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE
WORLD BANK BOYCOTT

SWEATSHOP LINKS