Category Archives: exploitation

Not for art’s sake

Abstract of keynote presentation given at National University of Taiwan 8th January 2012. Taipei Subscribe to ShahidulNews One of the videos presented. A compilation from several videos on major protests in 2011 Long before CSR had become a buzzword and … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 9, 2012
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Coal, Crossfire, culture, Democracy, Energy, environment, exploitation, Film, Gas, Governance, Human rights, Killings, Law, mining, Oil, politics, Resistance, Shahidul Alam, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bangladesh war: The article that changed history

By Mark Dummett BBC News On 13 June 1971, an article in the UK’s Sunday Times exposed the brutality of Pakistan’s suppression of the Bangladeshi uprising. It forced the reporter’s family into hiding and changed history. Abdul Bari had run … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 16, 2011
Posted in 1971, Bangladesh, Colonialism, culture, Democracy, Elections, exploitation, Genocide, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Killings, Major Features on Bangladesh, media, Media issues, Military, Photography, Photojournalism, politics, Resistance, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

PART II THE BILDERBERG CLUB

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Conspiracy theory, or global power structure? By rahnuma ahmed Speculation about the Bilderberg Group runs rife at both ends of the political spectrum – ‘Bilderberg meetings are a corporate-globalist scheme planning to move the planet toward an … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 9, 2011
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THE BILDERBERG CLUB – Part I

By, rahnuma ahmed Introducing the Bilderberg Club Last year, when I’d asked Nurul Kabir if he knew that America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve,  was privately-owned (New Age, November 14, 2011),  I’d slipped in a mention of the Bilderberg Club … Continue reading →

by Sadia Posted on November 24, 2011
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By Any Means Necessary?

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Arjun Janah By Any Means Necessary? By any means necessary! That was a phrase used by Malcolm X, I believe, for which he was reviled. But we see it in action here, as police check microphones … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 19, 2011
Posted in Capitalism, Colonialism, Democracy, exploitation, Genocide, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, People, politics, Resistance | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

CONCLUDING PART: The Federal Reserve Bank. America’s privately-owned central bank

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed It is not only the American corporate media which keeps the lid on the Federal Reserve System — since, contrary to what most  Americans believe, it is `not federal’, has `no reserve’, is `not … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 15, 2011
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Part I: The Federal Reserve Bank. America’s privately-owned central bank

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Dr. Ben Shalom Bernanke is the current chairman of the Federal Reserve, the `central’ bank of the United States of America. “I know you are very busy, but you must make time. I have … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 14, 2011
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Be-heading `parched souls’ in modern Saudi Arabia

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Ma, my soul feels parched. It quivers like a kite. (`ma, amar attay pani nai, atta ghuddir moto khali orey’) — Masud Hossain of Purbashinda village, Tangail, one among eight be-headed in Saudia Arabia … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 30, 2011
Posted in Bangladesh, exploitation, Human rights, Law, Photography, politics, Poverty, Rahnuma Ahmed, USA | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Western media and al-Jazeera’s complicity. CONCLUDING PART: INVASION OF LIBYA

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Truth has been the first casualty of `war’ in Libya, I wrote last week. As anti-war groups gather evidence including pictures and videos of war crimes committed by NATO and NATO-backed rebels in Libya, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 16, 2011
Posted in Capitalism, exploitation, Human rights, Imperialism, Military, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, security, war on terror | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment