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Michael Jackson is still exploited in death. AEG and Dr. Death should both pay It is true that had it not been for Dr. Conrad Murray giving Michael the heavy amount of medication that he did (apart from the ”usual” doses of Lorazepam and...

An interview: Noam Chomsky on Burma, human nature, and religion In this exclusive interview, Matt Kennard caught up with Professor Noam Chomsky just after the Monks protest in Burma to discuss human nature, religion and prospects for the future. ...

The “King Of Pop was gay” story is baloney The horrible truth is that all of this; all the lies and rumours and speculation, is going to continue in spite of Michael being dead. The press didn't respect him...

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Why drug lords are popular: ‘Dudas’ Coke, Pablo Escobar, and the logic of protection Life under the control of the traffickers is often miserable as oppressive laws are introduced and movement is restricted. Yet in many cases this bears little distinction from life under...

No, You Owe Us Money!: The logic behind climate debt A novel political narrative is emerging at the COP15 in Copenhagen. It’s the idea that the rich, industrialized countries owe the developing world a “climate debt.” Right now, according Actionaid...

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An interview: Richard Sennett on the New Capitalism, Facebook, and the future of socialism In an exclusive interview, Matt Kennard talks to NYU and LSE professor Richard Sennett, one of the most influential sociologists in the world, about the trajectory of capitalism and what...

Epochal nature of financial crisis must be grasped by unions The truly epochal nature of this crisis needs to be registered before a proportionate response can be mustered, and I have the sinking feeling that as far as the labour...

The Financial Times cowardly in refusing anti-Shell advert There’s been a lot of online chatter today about the Financial Times’ decision not to publish an advertisement, targeting Shell, placed by Amnesty International. It was meant to appear this...

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The Financial Times cowardly in refusing anti-Shell advert There’s been a lot of online chatter today about the Financial Times’ decision not to publish an advertisement, targeting Shell, placed by Amnesty International. It was meant to appear this...

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Living on benefits in the UK Near where we live there is a brand new complex of smartish looking business premises. At the time, they had just one occupant: Shaw Trust. And Chubby was possibly the...

In the economic crisis we have to think about surviving rather than ‘living’ Reiner Kjell Hansen thinks about how he will have to adapt in his Canadian outpost to the global economic crisis....

A Deaf World: A Palestinian from Gaza, now living in Cairo, watches bombs fall on her family Yasmeen El-Khoudary is from Gaza but living in Cairo. Here she describes the pain and anxiety of watching the Israeli assault on her people....

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John Pilger on the Wall Street Journal on Bolivian democracy John Pilger on the Wall Street Journal on Bolivia...

What the craziest week in Wall Street history looked like from the inside Graciela Ibanez reports from inside the New York Stock exchange where she witnessed the historic economic crisis last week. ...

Letter from an Israeli dissident: “Break the wall of silence!” I read the news again today, and it took me three seconds to regret it. That’s also the exact time it took me to burst into tears, as always...

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Could Peter Andre and Katie Price be our new family policy gurus? Could Peter and Katie show the UK how to rebuild a business like relationship for the sake of their children. With celebs joining the ranks of policiticians and agony aunts...

Dads are good parents too: What Jade Goody teaches us about the UK government’s new ‘Think Father’ campaign There is a pervasive idea in society that mums are by definition better parents than dads. This is often not the case and the governments 'Think Father' campaign is welcome,...

The British Family: Is it time for a change? As both major parties gear up to fight the election on the once private grounds of the family, is it time for a radical rethink of the social policy that...

]]> http://www.thecommentfactory.com/an-unspoken-wound-how-the-uk-gets-it-wrong-for-children-affected-by-family-separation-2478/feed/ 17 http://www.thecommentfactory.com/curing-nepal-through-the-power-of-invincible-defense-technology-2418/ http://www.thecommentfactory.com/curing-nepal-through-the-power-of-invincible-defense-technology-2418/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:26:43 +0000 Dr. David Leffler http://www.thecommentfactory.com/?p=2418

Hispanic voters poised to wield power in New Mexico New Mexico has the largest Hispanic population in the U.S. and they will decide one of the electoral colleges most important swing states....

Who has a right to self-defense? Not Israel The conception of self-defense is heavily loaded in the favor of the "upper castes" of states....

In defense of nepotism Nepotism gets a bad press, but it is often not all bad....

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An Unspoken Wound: How the UK gets it wrong for children affected by family separation As London Law Firm Mischon de Reya release figures that show that 38% of children affected by divorce and separation never see their father again, Karen Woodall discusses the silence...

Family Secrets: Is it time for CAFCASS to start listening? The Family Court Welfare Worker's union Napo is accusing CAFCASS of being in meltdown. For some who work with separated families in the UK, meltdown might just be the opportunity...

The British Family: Is it time for a change? As both major parties gear up to fight the election on the once private grounds of the family, is it time for a radical rethink of the social policy that...

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Britain’s education system needs to learn how to nurture not just instruct After working in the British education system for a short spell I believe that it's priorities are all mixed up....

China executes Japanese senior citizen “Yes, China will execute a 65 year old Japanese man for drug smuggling. His execution is to be followed by three more elderly Japanese citizens in the coming week. The...

Junk-producing China set to surpass Japan in 2010 Japan might be overtaken by China in 2010 as the second biggest economy based on GDP, but in all the areas that matter, China continues to be a third world...

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Technology has turned our reality into a nightmare Psychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud were the first to talk about the importance of dreams in decoding our unconscious minds. But in our Brave New World of technology and...

Art and social transformation What is the relationship between art and real social transformation?...

Extortionate prices for university courses are creating a new social elite It's impossible to get a job in journalism in the UK without a masters or an NCTJ, both are which are expensive. By making university available to all regardless of...

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