Category Archives: Viva!

Uganda’s Karamoja faces drought emergency

200902238t.jpg At least 640,000 people in Uganda’s northeastern Karamoja region – more than half its population – are facing food shortages as a result of a drought-affected harvest.

Our movement to democratise Europe & developments in Latin America and China – Interview with Brazil’s GLOBO TV

” We are not going anywhere. We are staying in the euro, and the EU, determined to fix it, to democratise it.””

Yanis Varoufakis

Screen Shot 2016-01-19 at 05.37.59Recently I was interviewed by Brazil’s Globo TV. The extensive interview covered a large number of issues – from the European crisis and our fledgling movement to democratise the European Union (to be launched on 9th February in Berlin – WATCH THIS SPACE!), to the Middle East, the global economy, Brazil, the rest of Latin America and its economic reliance on a slowing China. The English language transcript follows:

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Brooklyn Muslims & Sikh Say They Were Racially Profiled, Kicked Off Flight To NYC

Brooklyn Muslims & Sikh Say They Were Racially Profiled, Kicked Off Flight To NYC Four Brooklyn men are suing American Airlines after a flight attendant allegedly kicked them off of their return flight from Toronto in December. According to the suit, the attendant ordered the four friendsthree Muslims and a Sikhto revoke their seats because they were making the flight crew “uneasy.” [ more › ]

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