MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media
September 4, 2008
MEDIA ALERT: WHEN NEWS IS NOISE - GEORGIA, SOUTH OSSETIA AND THE POLITICAL
PIPELINE
The Strain Behind The Smile
A Los Angeles Times editorial observed last month that China had persuaded
world leaders to
*Proscribing Islamist Politics In Bangladesh: Lessons From And For Pakistan*
*By Taj Hashmi*
06 September, 2008
*Countercurrents.org*
The growing menace of Islamism and state-sponsored Islamization has been
wrecking havoc to Pakistan's economy and socio-political structure, at times
making
*Visit To Orissa*
*By Shabnam Hashmi*
06 September, 2008
*Anhadin.net http://www.anhadin.net/article50.html*
*I *went to Orissa for two days as part of a delegation. We were not allowed
to enter Kandhamal. We met a large number of victims in Bhubaneshwar, met
the governor and the local civil
A mother's struggle behind barricades
The States Man
Sangeetha Nair
PATHANAMTHITTA, Sept. 5: She was born with the help of a midwife on
the slopes of Harrison Malayalam Pvt Ltd's Kumbazha rubber estate,
Chengara ~ a venue that had played host to many social activists and
politicians such as Mrs
Every 18 minutes:
A crime is committed against a Dalit
Every day:
* 3 Dalit women are raped
* 2 Dalits are murdered 2 Dalits Houses are burnt in India
* 11 Dalits are beaten
Every week:
* 13 Dalits are murdered
* 5 Dalits home or possessions are burnt
* 6 Dalits are
please check samata,being a dalit in india...
--- On Sun, 7/9/08, C.K. Vishwanath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: C.K. Vishwanath [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [GreenYouth] Atrocities on Dalits
To: greenyouth@googlegroups.com
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Date: Sunday,
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From: Himanshu Thakkar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1188225
BOOK REVIEW: The untold story of displacement in the North-East
Himanshu Thakkar
Saturday, September 06, 2008 22:05 IST
THE BOOK:
Interrogating Development:
Dear friends,
The New Visibility of Land
When Medha and the people in Narmada fought against the government's move to
displace them, the stake in the struggle was their right to live where they
were living generations after generations. What they fought for was not
land but their natural
