http://www.afropres encia.com/ id43.html Obama, and Global Great Expectations By Karen Juanita Carrillo November 7, 2008 With Barack Obama's election to serve as the 44th president of the United States, celebrations broke out in Harlem, Fort Green, Brooklyn...

http://www.independ ent.co.uk/ opinion/commenta tors/johann- hari/johann- hari-how- we-fuel-africas- bloodiest- war-978461. html How we fuel Africa's bloodiest war Johann Hari Thursday, 30 October 2008 What is rarely mentioned is the great global heist...

http://www.theroot. com/id/48478 What the World Owes Congo By Kambale Musavuli October 24, 2008 As human suffering and corporate plundering mount, Congo deserves more than a few dutiful news stories a year. Oct. 20, 2008--Last summer, the national news...

http://wolablog. typepad.com/ weblog/2008/ 09/not-so- sweet-striking- sugar-cane- workers-in- colombia- under-attack. html Not so Sweet: Striking Sugar Cane Workers in Colombia under Attack September 26, 2008 On September 15, workers in the sugar industry...

http://www.pambazuk a.org/en/ category/ features/ 51193 Sankara 20 years later: A tribute to integrity Demba Moussa Dembélé 15/10/2008 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Blaise Compaoré and Françafrique killed Thomas Sankara...

http://www.pambazuk a.org/en/ category/ features/ 51194 Sankara, revolution and women’s emancipation Thomas Sankara 15/10/2008 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Woman's fate is bound up with that of the exploited male. This...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081026/ap_on_re_us/dragging_death/print;_ylt=AgMjMSp3dDKBFM1gD8Iq0BbLLJ94 At service, activists decry Texas dragging death by Jeff Carlton Associated Press Writer, Sun Oct 26,2008 PARIS , Texas – Members of the Nation of Islam,...

An Open Letter to Barack Obama: Between Hope and Reality Ralph_Nader November 3, 2008 Dear Senator Obama, In your nearly two-year presidential campaign, the words "hope and change," "change and hope" have been your trademark declarations. Yet there is...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_school_collapse/print;_ylt=Aj_oo4siDE88lyxHBdhrR.m9IxIF Death toll in Haiti school collapse rises to 30 Jonathan M. Katz Associated Press Writer , Fri Nov 7, 2008 PETIONVILLE, Haiti – A hillside...

Interest Groups Spend $98 Million on White House Race By Alex Knott, Fri Nov 7, 2008 Unions, political action committees and other special interests shelled out nearly $98 million in independent expenditures to influence the presidential election, according...