Thursday, October 20, 2011 BLOG POSTS | Yoani Sanchez: The Census, the Counted, the Censored... I was not a number in the last census taken in Cuba. I didn't appear in the figure of 11,177,143 people who -- by choice or by resignation -- inhabited the country at that moment. | | Jamyang Norbu: Igniting the Embers* of Independence Just this year, in Tibet, starting twelve days after the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, we have had nine self-immolations -- so far. And there are unsettling rumors of more to come. | | Joshua Gleis: Negotiating With Terrorists As long as kidnappings of Israelis continue, Israel will continue to negotiate with terrorists despite every intention and declaration to the contrary. | | Michelle Chen: It's NAFTA x3 as Free Trade Deals Sweep Through Congress Free trade deals have always been less about creating jobs than exporting neoliberal ideology to the Global South, thereby accelerating poor nations' cascade toward low labor standards, environmental exploitation and deregulation. | | Brian Dooley: Activists Continue to Take Stand in Bahrain Despite Hostile Crackdown Bahrainis who stand up publicly to promote human rights risk harassment and arrest. Human rights defenders remain in constant jeopardy from the Bahraini dictatorship. Despite those threats, they continue to document human rights abuses and work for political freedom. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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