Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 18, 2008	Barack Obama's historic victory (2)
By RICHARD FALK* Barack Obama's presidential victory, above all, signaled to the world an American willingness to repudiate Bush militarist and unilateralist approaches to global policy. Time will tell, but what now prevails is an unprecedented mood of high and happy expectations.The...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 16, 2008	The Washington meeting
Reflections by comrade Fidel: According to recent statements, some supportive governments do not cease to say they want to facilitate transition in Cuba. What kind of transition? Transition to capitalism, the only system they have absolute faith in. They do not say a word about the merits...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 22, 2008	A limp iron fist in a velvet glove: Czechoslovakia 40 years ago
MOSCOW. (Anatoly Korolev for RIA Novosti) - Forty years on, the world is remembering the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. This is what the Pravda, the most influential Soviet newspaper, wrote at the time: "They have come to do their internationalist duty to the fraternal...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 16, 2008	Chronicle of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict: Fact sheet
In the Soviet times South Ossetia was an autonomous area within Georgia. In 1991 Georgia's first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, abolished the autonomy. The South Ossetian authorities rejected that decision and put up an armed resistance to the Georgians. In January 1991 open warfare broke...... [view]

Posted By:  grrrlriot Posted On:  May 30, 2008	Feminism Friday: Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music: Thesis Part 4 of 5
This is Part 4 out of Part 5 of “Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music” thesis written by Jamie Alvis . CHAPTER IV THE LEGACY   In this final chapter I would like to discuss what remains here in 2008 in terms of female resistance...... [view]

Posted By:  grrrlriot Posted On:  May 31, 2008	Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music: Thesis Part 5 of 5
This is Part 5 out of Part 5 of “Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music” thesis written by Jamie Alvis . CHAPTER V CONCLUSION I have found that the women I have studied have at least one thing in common – they oppose the dominant...... [view]

Posted By:  grrrlriot Posted On:  May 31, 2008	Feminism Friday: Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music: Thesis Part 5 of 5
This is Part 5 out of Part 5 of “Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music” thesis written by Jamie Alvis . CHAPTER V CONCLUSION I have found that the women I have studied have at least one thing in common – they oppose the dominant...... [view]

Posted By:  grrrlriot Posted On:  May 30, 2008	Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music: Thesis Part 4 of 5
This is Part 4 out of Part 5 of “Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music” thesis written by Jamie Alvis . CHAPTER IV THE LEGACY   In this final chapter I would like to discuss what remains here in 2008 in terms of female resistance...... [view]

Posted By:  grrrlriot Posted On:  May 29, 2008	Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music: Thesis Part 3 of 5
This is Part 3 out of Part 5 of “Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music” thesis written by Jamie Alvis . CHAPTER III THE RIOT GRRRLS   Now that I have elaborated on the start of women in resistance through the means of music, I will...... [view]

Posted By:  grrrlriot Posted On:  May 28, 2008	Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music: Thesis Part 2 of 5
This is Part 2 out of Part 5 of “Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music” thesis written by Jamie Alvis . CHAPTER II PUNK AND WOMEN   “Women had traditionally had the strongest presence and they were certainly involved in the...... [view]

Posted By:  grrrlriot Posted On:  May 27, 2008	Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music: Thesis Part 1 of 5
I am posting up a thesis called, “Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music”. This will be posted in the next 5 entries of this blog because it is too long to post in one entry. I have been waiting for this thesis for a couple of months now. It was originally intended for my...... [view]