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22:30:00 01/23/12
Africa on the Move: Pioneering Village in Malawi
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The Millennium Villages Project covers 14 groups of villages in 10 African countries. The aim is to demonstrate how to meet the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations. For five years the villages receive substantial development aid in the areas of nutrition, farming, education, health and infrastructure, totaling $110 per head.Local farmers are given extra training to learn how to irrigate their fields more effectively and secure the harvest.
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04:04:05 08/07/10
Unstacking The Deck The Environment W/ Mark Serati – Ep 06
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This episode UTD explores the destruction of our environment and features guest Mark Serati (http://www.mark-serati-for-governor.org/), who was a candidate for governor in 2008′s race for governor in Missouri. Serati is a two-time federal whistleblower for factory workers contracted by the military who were subjects of experiments involving some of the same chemical gases emitted from the BP wild well in the Gulf. Feature documentary: The CorporationHistory segment Graphic representation of the Gulf oil spill causeIntellicast Gulf spill mapBP under fire: Claims of cover-up, told to use less toxic dispersants; spill larger than believedIran offers help to contain US spillOil spill nets $270mn for TransoceanWhat if BP was a human being?BP top kill method fails as cleanup workers are hospitalized from vaporsGulf Oil Leaks Could Gush for YearsThe Amount Of Neurotoxin Pesticide Corexit Sprayed By BP Tops 1 Million Gallons10 Things You Need (But Don’t Want) To Know About the BP Oil SpillCorexit is Killing the GulfMassive underwater oil cloud may destroy life in Gulf of MexicoNorthcoast420 friendly tourism coming to Emerald TrianglePoisoned potJuicing Raw CannabisFeds move to throw pot smokers in prison for impaired drivingConservation groups vow legal challenge to Richardson Grove highway wideningRep Souder resigns over affair with stafferTyson to retire after 10 years amongst legal troubles and $4 million deficitOn this we can all agreeWater diversion may bring penalty under new state lawCity of Eureka unblocks Humboldt Herald from employeesTokin’ and Travelin’–New Studies on the Effects of Driving while HighEarly Laytonville Native American historyStateAnti-terror training missions to be held across the stateFBI Aides In Santa Cruz Riot InvestigationEx-lawyer jailed 14 months, but not charged with a crime: exposed LA corruption scandalProtesters “shut down” L.A. City Council meeting on rent control; police make several arrestsSacramento proposes browning out 3 more fire units to close deficit32 States Have Borrowed from the Federal Government to Make Unemployment Payments; California Has Borrowed $7 BillionSan Carlos considers outsourcing police dutiesBay Area jobs hit harder by recession than U.S.State broadens probe of prisoner abuse allegationsDespite state subsidies, class sizes begin to rise again in California schoolsAssembly approves ban on free, single-use bagsHigher fines proposed for cell phone use while driving in CaliforniaNitrate contamination spreading in California communitiesNo Methyl Iodide in our foodNationalFive ways you can gain health and vitality for freeOR: Lawsuit seeks to ban Monsanto’s GMO Sugar Beets, organic crop contaminationObama’s USDA to deceive Americans over GMO cropsPresidential cancer advisors find courage to warn about environmental risks of cancer chemicalsDirty contaminated beef fed to children through school lunch programsVA Tech professor uncovered truth about lead in D.C. waterPig Virus Contaminates Rotavirus Vaccines, but FDA says no problemSmall businesses threatened with 1099 tax form tyranny provision in health care billFood-stamp tally nears 40 million, sets recordBruce Shore, Unemployed Philadelphia Man, Indicted For ‘Harassing Email’ To Jim BunningMortgage delinquencies drag on economic recoverySears and K-Mart to offer Cash-for-Gold servicePentagon changed military commissions rules to legitimize drone programObama calls for new international OrderPrivate Corporation Building Detention Camps Across AmericaSafely avoid and remove dangerous man-made fluorideCBS Propaganda Placement: Conspiracy Theorists Are Anti-American, Domestic TerroristsNow independent thinkers are considered diseased by psychiatryTrolls exposedSunnstein wants mandatory government propaganda on political websites-videoReport: Most Gitmo detainees did not plot against the U.S.A disgrace of historic proportionsTSA screener accused of stealing from handicapped woman at Newark Airport InternationalFacebook founder calls trusting users Dumb FucksIBM Patent Application Describes “Intelligent” Stop Lights That Turn Off CarsStudent detained for using Arabic flashcardsCensus worker charged with rape and burglaryMotorcyclist charged with illegal monitoring of police during arrest for helmet camWoman shot dead over refusal to answer census questionsY.C. woman killed by police pointed gun at officersUT National Guard refused to confiscate guns in the Gulf Coast post-Katrina/RitaInternationalObama’s mentor Brzezinski Decries “Global Political Awakening” During CFR SpeechCA: Harper government monitoring online chats about politics Correcting what it calls ‘misinformation’Action To Arrest Wanted War Criminal Kissinger in IrelandCoca-Cola’s murderous record of anti-union activity in Columbia exposedHaitian farmers refuse Monsanto seedsGates funds cloud whitening experiments: Global ban demanded Chemtrails and Monsanto’s New Aluminum Resistance Gene – Coincidence?Gates Foundations suggests sterilizing males with UltrasoundIf Ultrasound destroys sperm, why is it safe for a fetus?UN: Oceans fish could disappear in 40 yearsOur Sympathies To The People Of Greece: It’s “d
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13:29:00 05/13/09
LABRANG TRUTH-TELLERS ESCAPE TO FREEDOM
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(Left to Right) Gedhun Gyatso, Lobsang Gyatso, Kelsang Jinpa, Jamyang Jinpa, Jigme Gyatso
Photo: Tibet Post International F
ive Buddhist monks from the Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Tibet's eastern Amdo province (Ch: Gansu) have reached safety in India, after more than a year spent dodging Chinese security forces in their occupied country. The men were on the run from Chinese authorities due to having engaged in free speech activities — a peaceful protest demonstration in Labrang town on March 14, 2008, and an unapproved press briefing at their monastery on April 9, 2008.
Gedhun Gyatso and Kelsang Jinpa, both aged 39, reportedly helped to organise a procession through downtown Labrang (Ch: Xiahe), four days after the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising of 1959. In their national capital city Lhasa, many similar processions had been violently suppressed beginning on March 10, with non-violent chanting monks beaten up and detained by Chinese security forces. After five days of this violent response to non-violent demonstrators, a riot broke out in Lhasa late on March 14 in which both Chinese and Tibetans were killed.
Lobsang Gyatso, 24, Jamyang Jinpa, 24, and Jigme Gyatso, 23, participated in an appeal for the world's help during a Chinese stage-managed "international media tour" which visited their monastery on April 9, 2008. Several dozen of Labrang's monks suddenly appeared before the startled journalists and camera crews, bearing their banned Tibetan national flag and banners reading such things as, "We do not have freedom of speech". The unapproved press briefing was extremely embarrassing to the Chinese colonial authorities, who had hoped to prove that all was perfectly well in Tibet by having a compliant foreign press listen to scripted recitations of the PRC talking points. These three men were among the courageous ones who foiled that plan.
Let's have a little reminder of what that looked like. Remember, these men knew they were risking everything when they did this — potentially including their lives. That is the emotion one can hear in the voices. Chinese officials and security are watching it all take place, unable to intervene because the cameras are rolling. From the testimony of Lama Jigme (see previous article) we know that severe retribution was dealt to some of these men after the cameras were gone.
This escape was first reported by Radio Free Asia , which interviewed them on arrival in New Delhi. Those who had participated in these two events learned that they were targets for arrest, and an unknown number took to the mountains around Labrang and tried to avoid capture in small groups.> "We lived like animals, moving from place to place. But this was better than prison," [Gedhun] Gyatso, one of the protest organizers, said in an interview. Gedhun, Kelsang and another companion were surrounded by Chinese police in the mountains after two months of hiding. The two of them escaped but the other companion was captured and remains in prison.
Buddhist monks prepare banners and national flags as they ready for a procession through Labrang town, March 14, 2008.
Photo: Mark Ralston / AFP Jamyang Jinpa told RFA that they had learned of the foreign reporters' visit to Labrang via the RFA's Amdo language broadcast. They didn't know the date of the planned visit, but they prepared themselves for the "good opportunity" to reach out to the world. > "We called for freedom for Tibet and for the release of Tibetan political prisoners, including the Panchen Lama," [Jamyang] Jinpa said. Jamyang added that a lama had advised them to escape after Chinese troops surrounded the monastery when the journalists were gone. They dressed themselves in laymen's clothing and headed for the hills.
The monks reached Dharamsala on Sunday, to a heroes' welcome as they stepped off the early morning bus from Delhi. A press conference was held on Monday — a real press conference this time, without fear of Communist Party reprisal. Phayul reports:> "We couldn’t remain silent when peaceful Tibetan protests in Lhasa and other places were being brutally crushed down, and our fellow Tibetans were being killed for holding peaceful demonstrations," [Gedhun] Gyatso added. Jamyang Jinpa directly addressed the Chinese government's claim that Tibetans are happy and content under their rule, and that the protests which swept Tibetan regions last year (and continue in smaller scale) were the work of foreign-based "splittist instigators".> "What has been happening in Tibet from last year is a spontaneous outcome of deep rooted resentment Tibetan people have had against the Chinese government. No one was there to tell us to protest. Situation alone compelled us to come out on the street," Jinpa said. The men say their newfound freedom has not given them a sense of relief. They did what they did on behalf of their people, and their people remain under the Communist Party's boot.> "Thinking of Tibet makes us feel worried. Our greatest concern is for those who are still suffering in Tibet. Many Tibetans are undergoing torture in Chinese custody," Gyatso said. The Tibet Post also covered the no fear press conference (although it seems to get both incident dates incorrect), and offers additional statements by the new arrivals. Jamyang Jinpa described the Chinese policy in his country this way:> "Population transfer has made us a minority in our own country, we have been colonized by the Chinese, and Tibetans are forced to acknowledge a fake Panchen Lama. [T]here is no religious freedom in Tibet, we are forced to denounce His Holiness the Dalai Lama who is at the core of our heart, from who we seek refuge and salvation." The monks' procession through Labrang town, March 14, 2008.
Photo: Mark Ralston / AFP The press conference was also reported on the Tibetan exile government's website , which curiously refers to the men as "youths" rather than monks. The two older men participated in the monks' procession through Labrang town (39 is a bit old for a "youth") while the three younger men were appealing to journalists at the monastery (the monks you see in the video above — Jigme Gyatso can be recognised at the end of the clip).
The coverage of this great escape has so far been seen on ... the Tibetan exile media only. Up to posting time, this has not been reported on any mainstream international news service, many of whom were present when these monks and others risked everything simply to talk to them last year. This is also very curious, since there are plenty of extra international journalists in India now for the election, and most of those are surely in New Delhi (where these notable escapees first arrived five days ago).
The farming boycott in eastern Tibet is continuing through the last part of the planting season, according to Geshe Monlam Tharchin , a member of the Tibetan parliament in exile. In a report gathered from local sources in the Derge region of Kardze Prefecture, Chinese are reportedly taking land from Tibetans who refuse to cultivate in some areas, and buying up Tibetan farms in other areas for use as a military base, in an increased military presence in the region.
It's now too late in the season for planting wheat, but authorities continue to pressure Tibetans to plant potatoes, peas, and similar crops. Local authorities reportedly issued announcements that, "If you will not to plant the farms, our military will use those farms for our purpose." Many people, mainly men, are escaping their towns and villages on the pretext of gathering medicinal plants. Pressures applied to the population through officially-organized public meetings are meeting resistance, and when asked why they won't plant their farms, the responses are along the lines of, "We Tibetans in the areas are united in our efforts to show our strong solidarity to our brothers and sisters those who lost their lives and those who have faced and are facing brutality, suffering and genocide under the Chinese rule."
A woman works in her family's vineyard in Turfan, May 9, 1997.
Photo: AFP In the former East Turkestan (Ch: Xinjiang) similar policies apply to those who do cultivate their land, but in those cases the beneficiaries will be Chinese businessmen . This is a fine glimpse into China's policies in her colonial holdings, where contracts and leases mean little when a governmental authority happens to run short of cash.
In 1983 the government leased wasteland in northern Xinjiang Uyghur "Autonomous" Region to local peasants, on the condition that they grow fruit orchards. By now the orchards are well established and productive, and the government intends to break the 50 year lease, expropriate the land paying a fraction of its value, and sell it to Chinese businessmen.> Township government chief Abdusamet said the orchards would be better managed if they were bought back.
"The farmers are unable to manage their orchards well," he said. "That is why the township government will take it back — we will manage it better."
"We will auction the orchards to Chinese businessmen from the rest of China," Abdusamet said.
"The Uyghur farmers are unable to benefit from these orchards, and our township government needs income," he said. So the 25 years of work which created the orchards and made them profitable, is translated as, "unable to manage their orchards well," and the government will "manage it better." (This sounds familiar.) It will do that by tearing up the contracts, buying the land at 20% of its value, and selling it to Chinese businesses. The real reason is almost an afterthought — local government needs the money.
A court in Dzoge County, Ngaba T-"A"-P (Ch: Sichuan province) sentenced three Tibetans to prison on unknown charges, according to a report received by Voice of Tibet radio . Jampel, 29, and Lama, 23, both of the Chashang Taringtsang family were sentenced to four years, while Namkho, 27, of Chashang Kyajigtsang family got three years. The source said that arbitrary charges, arbitrary sentences and no choice in legal representation are the common standards of justice in Ngaba.
Former President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel has called for basic standards to be upheld in the election for members of the UN Human Rights Council. Terming the election process a "farce" — and he should know farce as well as he knows totalitarianism, as the playwright himself composed a number of farces — he called for adherence to the Council's founding resolution to "uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights" during member selection.
Yesterday, China received 167 votes from the 191 member states present in the General Assembly. It wasn't much of a contest, with 20 candidates for 18 open seats. China hailed its own electoral success, citing its " remarkable achievements in the field of human rights ." If that's the "highest standard" the UN can come up with, we're all in trouble.
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