In a historic ceremony, the Colombian government of Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC-EP formally signed a peace deal Monday, ending 52 years of armed conflict.
NIGERIAN trade unions warned President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday of “mass revolt and civil unrest” if he goes ahead with planned privatisations.
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), the Nigeria Labour Congress and oil and gas unions Nupeng and Pengassan said they were ready to shut down the country over the planned sale, the Naij news agency reported.
Budget and Planning Minister Udoma Udo Udoma insisted the government would not sell critical national assets to shore up its foreign reserves in the face of recession.Read More »
Rodas, Cienfuegos.— Following the start of earthworks March 2, 2016 in a rocky area – which complicated operations – the El Pino photovoltaic solar park is now halfway to completion.
The small solar park, located in the municipality of Rodas, is being constructed at a total cost of 6,540,000 CUP.
FRONT-LINE prison staff have believed for some time that the prison service is in crisis.
The Prison Officers Association (POA) has taken every opportunity to raise the profile of this growing danger.
Though the message gets through to some, it seems that those in London-based ivory towers still don’t, can’t or won’t see what is blatantly obvious to everyone else. The crisis is here, it is real and without urgent action it will become critical.
The austerity measures in prisons, driven by government spending policy since 2010, have led to the loss of over 10,000 uniformed staff.Read More »
VERY much written from the perspective of “history from below,” at best this book by William A Pelz is a well-written and engrossing read.
It’s a confident and no-holds- barred text that rapidly gets down to a thoughtful discussion of salient periods — inevitably selective — of European history from a left and feminist perspective.
The late medieval period is notably well addressed, particularly the European-wide peasant revolts and their relationships, good and bad, to Reformation figures such as Martin Luther and John Calvin. Both indulged in anti-semitic abuse and eulogised their own rich backers when necessary — an aspect of both figures that most biographers choose to ignore.Read More »
Puebla, Mexico, September 15, 2016 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan authorities said Wednesday they had melted down 17,000 firearms, and would use the scrap metal as material in public housing units.
During a public demonstration in Barquisimeto, Lara state, the thousands of arms were crushed in preparation for being melted down. The firearms included illegal weapons confiscated by police, along with others voluntarily handed over to authorities during government sponsored disarmament drives.Read More »
Kabir[1] (15th Century), a contemporary of Sikander Lodi (1489-1517) and a resident of Banaras, was the most radical intellect of his age after Basavanna[2] (12th Century, Karnataka). His works[3] are compiled/referred[4] to in Adi Granth, Panchvani, Sarvangi, Bijak and Granthavali which still imprints the social, academic discourse, folk traditions and radical praxis. He was one of the gurus of Ambedkar on whom, unfortunately, the disciple did not write much[5].Read More »
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