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...Kremlin has tightened media controls as the election nears. Mikhail Kozhokin, editor-in-chief of the major daily Izvestiya and a cautious Putin critic, recently resigned, a move widely believed to have been instigated by the Kremlin. The once independent NTV now prerecords most of its flagship Freedom of Speech talk show. And in September the government appointed a new board to run the country's most credible polling organization, the Russian Institute for the study of Public Opinion (VTSIOM). Fearing state control, the Institute's staff walked out. The new Putin-friendly VTSIOM recently announced a survey showing that...
...absolutely unacceptable to us." But Time has obtained unsealed court documents that challenge the company's assertion. A Unocal consultant warned the firm in 1992 that "throughout Burma, the government habitually makes use of forced labor" and that "in such circumstances Unocal and its partners will have little freedom of maneuver." A later memo, written by another adviser, informed the company that the Burmese military was indeed committing abuses directly connected to the project. The adviser, a former U.S. military attaché in Burma, told Unocal of "forced relocation without compensation of families from land near/along the pipeline route; forced...
...Iraqis, Bush's message was equally clear: join Washington's program, or risk being cut out of the process altogether. "You have the opportunity to seize the moment and rebuild your great country based on dignity and freedom," Bush said. "The regime of Saddam Hussein has gone forever." Hammering home what has become his mantra in recent weeks, he said: "We will stay until the job is done...
...Combs (a.k.a. P. Diddy), Lydda Eli Gonzalez told of poverty wages, long overtime hours, firings for pregnancy and water supplies found to be contaminated with stomach-churning levels of fecal matter. For these denizens of the sweatshops, so-called free trade is not fair trade. Designed to strengthen the freedom of capital, FTAA brings few or no safeguards for the rights of workers...
...sake of familiarity. While memories of the smaller life may be nice to return to from time to time, it’s not limits that we’re seeking so much as direction, assurance that we’re not just wandering aimlessly, but using our freedom creatively. Many of us are here because we enjoy being slightly on edge, slightly uncomfortable—that’s how we know we’re learning. The trick is to find that edge on the surface of something more familiar, so that we’re still oriented...