Human Resources: Social Engineering in the 20th Century explores the rise of mechanistic philosophy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarchical systems.
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Former civil servant Filep Karma is currently serving 15 years in prison after taking part in an annual ceremony at which a Papuan independence flag was raised. He was charged and convicted of rebellion on 26 May 2005. Filep Karma is in prison for exercising his right to freedom of expression. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience.
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For more than 40 years, the Indonesian government has been conducting an aggressive colonialization policy against the Papua population of Western New Guinea (formerly Irian Jaya) marked by intense violence. Despite the world's indifference, the Papuans are fighting for recognition of their political and cultural identity.
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Music by AK Rockefeller / Video by Humphrey King: Less than two years on from a sham general election designed to entrench the rule of the military and its proxies, unprecedentedly free polling has returned a landslide victory for Aung San suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD). What does the future hold for the people of Burma? It's up to us.
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Why are some conflicts labeled as "genocide" while others are not? Why do we hear more about six million Jews exterminated half a century ago than we do about 10 million Congolese people exterminated since 1996? Are black and brown people more prone to genocide than white people? How is grass-roots activism for Africa co-opted by intelligence operatives? What is Hollywood's role in perpetuating or mythologizing genocide? The roles of the Pentagon, AID and Charity organizations, covert forces and mass media can all be shown to be part of a systematic and systemic occupation, plunder and depopulation of Africa on a scale that dwarfs the former Slave Trade. Hotel Rwanda? Save Darfur? Invisible Children? The Devil Came on Horseback? Never Again? Shake Hands With the Devil? Who are the leading terrorists in the world?
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Rio Tinto is bad news for many communities around the world. Its operations have failed to provide adequate protection of public health, the environment, workers and human rights. It is a scandal that it should be providing the metal for the London Olympic medals.
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Mike Dillard, chief executive officer of Century Martial Arts and a prominent area developer, is a well known adrenaline junkie — but even he admits he was shaken by his latest adventure. What began as a recent attempt at mountain climbing in Indonesia was far more dangerous than he ever envisioned as he trekked through territory with battles raging among tribes, Indonesian soldiers, rebels, police and mercenaries. It’s an adventure that involved a four-day detention at the world’s largest gold mine, the threat of being held for ransom by mercenaries and a daring escape.
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Democratic change has been demanded across the Middle East. But was what seems like a spontaneous revolution actually a strategically planned event, fabricated by 'revolution consultants' long in advance?
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Demonstrations organized by KNPB were held in Jayapura on April 2nd, and will be held again on April 5th to show support for the conference of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) to be held in the Dutch Parliament on April 5th.
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Ustad Adnan and Fadhal are part of a small minority of West Papuan Muslims. They argue that the problems in Papua don't just affect the predominantly Christian population. "Don't view the problems in Papua as Christian problems," says Fadhal. "This is not a religious problem, this a humanitarian problem."
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Reporter Yalda Hakim of Australia's SBS network has become the first western journalist to visit the villages where a U.S. soldier allegedly killed 17 people. In a remarkable report she talks with some of the survivors and some Afghan guards on duty at the military camp from where Staff Sergeant Robert Bales left on his alleged killing spree.
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Ricky Lavallie is dead. He was a 51 year old native man, and the sole witness to the murder by 3 Vancouver policemen of another key aboriginal activist in the ITCCS network, Johnny Bingo Dawson.
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NSK State News for March 2012 with updates on upcoming events in Iceland and England, as well as retrospective coverage of the NSK Passport Office held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City last month.
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Stimulator: This week a special interview with Tame Iti, a Māori Freedom Fighter who was accused of terrorism during the most expensive trial in New Zealand's history.
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THE threat of atomic annihilation has long influenced Japanese art. Some artists are now taking this in an intriguing new direction
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Apply this to the horrific! ABC News miami dade police reports Trayvon Martin homicide in Sanford, Florida, where a 17 year old African American boy was killed by a “self appointed neighborhood watchman” because he thought he was a threat. What was Martin doing? Walking in a gated neighborhood at night, wearing a hooded sweatshirt. [...]
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It's March, and the Internet delivers 2012's first globe-consuming meme: the unstoppable, Stop-Kony 2012 video, which has highlighted the plight of African child soldiering like never before. But is it really good? Is it really bad? Or is the world really more complex than 'good guys' and 'bad guys'? Whatevers; one thing's for sure, this is momentous: never had a 27-minute video devoid of both cats and boobs ever achieved such virality. Is this a demonstration of the internet's ability to instantly inform and engage tens of millions; and a hopeful sign that there is a willingness among those millions, to engage passionately with something more meaningful? Or does Kony2012 just mark the dawn of a rapacious new era of viral humanitarian marketing? Join your charitable host Robert Foster - and our special guest, General Baxter, direct from AFRICOM - as we delve into the dark heart of the matter.
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September 15, 2011. 8,000 of the 22,000 Freeport Indonesia workers went on strike, demanding a wage increase from US$ 3.5 to US$ 7.5 an hour.
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With human rights observers and foreign media banned from working in West Papua, a ‘forgotten conflict’ of what some Papuans term ‘Indonesian occupation’ has been off the international radar.
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West Papuan independence leader gives video address to International Parliamentarians for West Papua event in Canberra, Australia, February 28. Wenda was unable to travel from the UK due to an Interpol red notice.
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