When Soraya (Suheir Hammad, poet and actress) touches down at an Israeli airport, like Alice out of Wonderland, a tsunami of stupidity, propelled by yet another typhoon of evil, has just devastated the whole of the Middle East. Sergio Berrocal* Everyone, Muslim or Christian, Jew or whatever, copes […]
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Solidarity against terminal illnesses
Cycling for a good cause in Harrow, an event has been organised to take place on May 19th. . Within the categories that define the status of an illness, there comes a time when medics have to classify patients as “terminally ill.” The term “terminal patient” means the illness that […]
The endangered lives of the Ashaninka
The hydroelectric project on the river Ene could destroy the land where 10,000 indigenous people live and further deteriorate their living conditions, especially that of the children who do not have access to a school and 82% of them live in chronic malnutrition. O. Briasco The Amazon rainforest, […]
The Haiti disaster: two years on
A conference analysing the country’s current situation following the earthquake which left more than 300,000 dead and untold devastation, will take place on the 11th of October. – – At 4.30pm on the 12th of January 2010, the streets and the citizens of Haiti were going about their daily lives. […]
Growing drug consumption in the UK
Britain is now the largest consumer of synthetic drugs in the European Union. Supplies from all over the world have created a market moving thousands of millions of pounds. _ Javier Duque When it comes to discussing the United Kingdom’s serious drug use problem, we need only cite one or […]