Socialism not the answer The Gleaner | "This should be the left's big chance in Europe. Capitalism is in crisis. Growth is collapsing. Unemployment is rising and the state is back in business". | Newsweek, June 8, 2009. | The Marxist Daniel Rubin has just put out his new book Can Capitalism Last? A Marxist Update, cashing in on the lat...
World Bank warns of social unrest BBC News | The head of the World Bank has warned that the global economic crisis could lead to serious social upheaval. | "If we do no take measures, there is a risk of a serious human and social crisis with very serious political implications," Robert Zoellick said. | He pointed to Eastern Europe,...
Friday, July 3: No socialized medicine Longview News Journal | We don't need socialized medicine. We can't afford more government in our lives. We can't afford the new taxes, nor can we afford the inevitable health care rationing that would take place in a government-run health care system. | Jack Buttram, Lon...
Super-colony of ants rivals human society as population stretches around the globe The Daily Mail | Argentine ants from three huge colonies in Europe, America and Japan are actually part of one global super-colony, scientists have revealed. | The aggressive insects were first native to South America but humans have since spread them to the four c...
World Meeting Pledges Urgent Social Support for Nazi Holocaust Survivors Voa News | The European Union and dozens of countries have pledged to speed up social support for Holocaust survivors and the search for art and other items that were stolen during World War II by the Nazis. At the meeting in Prague, they agreed to establish ...
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Fiat’s Italian workers warn of ‘social conflict’ over GM plan Business Day FIAT’s Italian workers, who may lose their jobs as CEO Sergio Marchionne attempts to buy General Motors (GM) assets in Europe, are looking for support from an unlikely corne...
Reflections on social Europe New Statesman In the midst of serious recession "now is the time to reaffirm the EU's core principles of openness, opportunity and solidarity", argues the minister for Europe | There has never b...
Social Networking Success Requires Solid Plans The New York Times | Users who shared their social networking implementation stories at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston on Wednesday emphasized that success requires careful consideration of corporate culture and goals, as well as effective technology. Skip to ...
Social networking big boys must bow to EU data laws The Register | Social networking sites are legally responsible for their users' privacy, Europe's privacy watchdogs have confirmed. A committee of data protection regulators has said that the sites are 'data controllers', with all the legal obligations that bring...
Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks: 'Self-restraint is the essence of a free society' The Times | He wants a YouTube prayer site and a Live Aid for the Jews, and his online peace anthem has had 600,000 hits. The Chief Rabbi is a very modern traditionalist. He doesn't "do Twitter or texts" - "I'm still chipping away at the stone tablets" - but h...
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He's got it The Guardian | Get ready for funkyzeit as Austria's greatest fashionista arrives on the big screen this week. But how would Bruno advise Gordon Brown, style Obama and deal with the BNP? We found out | 'Message to Gordon Brown – lose ze grimacing' … Sacha Baron Cohen as Bruno. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP | Bruno – it's just Bruno – has four major loves...
Michelle Obama's blend of power and glamor, rare in Russia's first ladies, to light up Moscow Star Tribune | MOSCOW - Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president. | But the American first lady, who has wowed publics in the U.S. and Europe with her easy elegance and charm, will perhaps face a bigger challenge in winning over a Russian public that has scant respe...
