Category Archives: Earthlings

Africa, awake, arise and act! (Part 1)

Posted on September 23, 2008 by An alien Earthling

African leaders have warned that the lingering global financial crisis coupled with the collapse of talks on a world trade agreement could hinder the United Nations’ campaign to improve life for hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest. Africa, despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, agriculture, aid, China, civil wars, colonisation, corruption, crime, destitution, development, dictators, disease, Earth, Earthlings, economic exploitation, economic terrorists, economics, economy, exploitation, famine, farmers, farmers' suicides, farming, hope, Horn of Africa, human rights, humanity, India, international aid, Japan, malnutrition, Millenium Development Goals (MDG), mineral wealth, minerals, multi-national corporation, news, oil, oil reserves, politics, poverty, predatory corporations, random, Sahara desert, slavery, starvation, sub-Saharan Africa, subsistence farming, the E.U., the IMF, the U.N., the World Bank, the WTO, thoughts, thugs, tuxedoed thugs, U.S., wars | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Wall-E Movie Review

Posted on September 7, 2008 by An alien Earthling

What would you do if you were the only living creature left on a toxic, uninhabitable planet called Earth? You would probably die of boredom! You are human afterall. But Wall-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth class) is not human. He … Continue reading →

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The woman who spread love and hope . . .

Posted on September 6, 2008 by An alien Earthling

September 5, 2008 marked the tenth death anniversary of Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. She is better known as Mother Teresa. Almost everyone would have heard of her and the organisation that she founded, the Missionaries of Charity. Mother Teresa . . … Continue reading →

Posted in Albania, Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Calcutta, Catholicism, child rights, children, Christianity, City of Joy, death, destitute, Earth, Earthlings, heroes, hope, human rights, humanitarian, humanity, India, Kolkata, life, love, Macedonia, Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, nun, poetry, poor, poverty, random, religion, rights, Roman Catholic Church, Saint of Hope, saints, social worker, South Asia, spirituality, struggle, thoughts, tribute, West Bengal, world | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Brazil looks set to fuel a war on poverty with newly discovered oil reserves

Posted on September 3, 2008 by An alien Earthling

The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, inaugurated the country’s new deepwater oil field on Tuesday. Trial extraction of oil by Petrobras began in the Jubarte oil field 77 kilometers off the coast of the state of Espirito … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st century, Argentina, Brazil, Brazilians, business, deepwater oil field, democracy, destitute, development, disparity, Earth, Earthlings, economics, economy, education, Espirito Santo, France, health, hope, Jubarte oil field, Latin America, life, Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, money, news, nuclear submarine, offshore drilling, oil exploration, oil extraction, oil mafia, oil reserves, peak oil, Petrobras, poor, poverty, President Lula, random, society, South America, Uncategorized, war on poverty, wealth, world | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

India must stop the repression in Kashmir!

Posted on August 31, 2008 by An alien Earthling

Ever since the state government of Jammu & Kashmir collapsed after the Amarnath land transfer controversy, Kashmir has been on the boil. Read the latest news on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir here. A paradise where peace has been … Continue reading →

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Massive anti-war protest march in Denver

Posted on August 29, 2008 by An alien Earthling

More than two thousand Americans, led by about fifty members of the Iraq Veterans against the War, took part in an anti-war protest march in Denver, Colorado. The march was from the Denver Coliseum to the Pepsi Centre, the venue … Continue reading →

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