“You cannot have free speech if you can be punished for what you say.” Whether you are an activist, a whistle-blower, a warrior, or another information-seeking human being who believes in free expression, at some point you will feel the need to protect your privacy. Governments and businesses ARE watching you. You should assume that [...]
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Going Beyond Good Intentions: What your Toms say about you
By Sarah Priddy Living in Seattle, we as students have the incredible opportunity of being exposed to global issues on an almost daily basis. When we are not being bombarded with flyers and petitions on Red Square or reading articles via Facebook, we are attending rallies, buying “fair trade,” wearing Toms shoes, and giving our [...]
Think First: Critical Development, Gender & the West
By Orion Donovan-Smith* In the context of international aid and development work, the archetype of the Oppressed Third-World Woman is a common motif, frequently evoked in justifying interventions—humanitarian, military, and other—in the name of women’s rights. This attitude is generally premised on a depiction of women in the developing world as passive subjects oppressed by [...]
SUPER Welcome Meeting
Event Title & Host SUPER Welcome Meeting Website http://superuw.org When? Thursday, April 12th – 8:00PM Where? University of Washington – Savery Hall room 136 Why? To help bring this very important issue into the mainstream dialogue at UW. Description Join SUPER UW (Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights) at the Univeristy of Washington as we [...]
Writing Ideas for You(th)
Quarterly Theme, Spring 2012: States & Government 1. Taxes & the Public Good? Explain who you think the general public is, and whether taxes exist to serve your definition of the general public. Login Now & Start Writing 2. Iran, Israel, the United States, & Democracy in the Middle East Given the recent developments with Iran, [...]
Private Property, Government & Anarchy
By Thaddeus Achilles Griffin The origins of the corporate phenomenon are, contrary to what people will have you believe, are far more remote in our human history than one would like to think. Its very existence is merely another chapter in the growth and development of human civilization since its origins approximately 10,000 years ago. [...]
Speak up for the people of Jeju Island, South Korea
Dear OAG supporter, As someone who believes in and strives towards social justice, you know how important it is to empower those individuals who feel an injustice is being committed to speak up. I’m asking you to consider speaking up for the people of Jeju Island, South Korea, who are at this moment resisting the [...]
The Int’l Energy Horizon, Fossil Fuels, Clean Energy, & Empty Promisess
Near the end of 2011, the Department of Energy’s US Energy Information Administration released its annual report on the prospects of international energy consumption and production. The “International Energy Outlook 2011″ came 301-pages-thick, providing mind numbing amounts of research on global energy supplies, markets, and new technologies. I’ve created an overly-abridged summary, to share the [...]
I’m an Iraqi [ there is no need to fear me ]
To every young American, the former was greetings to you, I thank you for your dedication, I am a young Iraqi man I am 20 years old studying at the University – College of Engineering in computer technology [first year] I welcome any person, whatever their nationality. Thank you all. C’E’T : Ali GHALEB
