Utopia, Limited
By Gilbert & Sullivan, Sung by Michael Rayner | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Utopia, Limited is a prescient operetta from 1893 that warned of the dangers of corporatism.
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Washington May Soon Follow Oregon In Ending Death Penalty
By Staff, Innocence Blog Opponents of capital punishment convened on January 25, 2012 to discuss Washington State Senate Bill 6283 to abolish the death penalty.
Continue reading →230 Exonerated in U.S. by DNA Testing, 17 Were Sentenced to Die
By Staff, The Innocence Project | YouTube. “These exonerations illustrate the causes of wrongful convictions that must be remedied.” Video testimonials and discussions by exonerated people.
Continue reading →Occupy Oakland Urgently Needs Bail Funds, Says Festival Still On | OWS Calls Solidarity Protests
By Staff, Occupy Oakland and Occupy Wall Street | Haiti Chery. Occupy Oakland moved to convert a vacant building into a community center to provide education, medical, and housing services for the 99%; police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, beanbag rounds, and mass arrests.
Continue reading →Mongo Santamaria: Sofrito!
By Mongo Santamaria and an all-star band | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Fantastic version of Mongo Santamaria’s composition Sofrito, together with a recipe. This is about food and dance.
Continue reading →The Giving Moringa Tree | Árvore milagrosa como um supermercado ao ar livre
By Kristin Palitza, IPS | Informações de Envolverde | Holistic Health | Haiti Chery. Moringa oleifera is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree that produces leaves full of nutrients and medicines, and pods full of protein. The seeds can purify water and furnish cooking oil, and the flowers are decorative and medicinal. Moringa already grows in most of the South where it is often called Malunggai. In Haiti, it is called Benzolivier.
Continue reading →Etta James: My Funny Valentine | The Sky Is Crying
Etta James, You Tube (courtesy of Yvonne Koendeerman and Caela Harlot) | Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Etta could dig into a 12-bar blues as well as she could stretch the phrases of a jazz ballad. Thank you, Etta. So glad you were here. You are missed.
Continue reading →SOPA, PIPA Instigators Feel the Heat But More Attacks Expected on ‘Freedom to Share’
By David Badash, New Civil Rights Movement | Nate Cochrane, Sydney Morning Herald | Clay Shirky, YouTube. One day after an international protest joined by father of world wide web Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Internet hacktivist collective Anonymous brought down the web sites of MPAA, the DOJ, Universal Music Group, RIAA, and the U.S. Copyright Office. Video covers what PIPA and SOPA would do and why more is coming.
Continue reading →Thousands Deliver Grievances to Haitian Parliament | Haïti-Séisme-2 ans : Des milliers de manifestants s’adressent au Parlement
By Staff (gp jsr kft), AlterPresse | Translated by Dady Chery for Haiti Chery. Thousands marched through Port-au-Prince on the eve of the 2nd anniversary of the earthquake to present to the Haitian Parliament a document that calls land reform, decentralization, social housing, and transparency in the management of public affairs, among other things. (English | French)
Continue reading →Block a January 24th U.S. Senate Vote to Censor Online Communication
By Jane Wells, Word Press Planet. Internet censorship bill SOPA PIPA to allow the U.S. government to take down web sites (presumed to be involved in copyright infringement) will be voted on by the Senate on Tuesday, January 24th. Unless 41 senators can be found to help block this vote, it is going to pass.
Continue reading →Fracking for Shale Gas Pollutes Water, Leads to Earthquakes
Staff, British Columbia Women’s Institute Josh Fox, You Tube. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is looking increasingly like a technology that will have to be left alone, not only because it pollutes the atmosphere and water, but also because the high-pressure injection of waste water from this process is thought to allow ancient faults to slip, leading to earthquakes.
Continue reading →Pan-European Backing for Hungarian Journalists on 3rd Week of Hunger Strike | Démonstration pan-européenne pour sauvegarder la liberté de la presse en Hongrie
PRESS RELEASE, European Federation of Journalists | Contrary Hungarian blog | Christine Dupre, La Libre | Translations by Haiti Chery. The EFJ, which represents over 260,000 journalists in over 30 countries, backs the Hungarian journalists and union workers on a hunger strike since December 10 to protest repression and manipulation of the news.
Continue reading →Katia Cadet Sings Her New Song ‘A Mes Pieds’ | Katia Cadet chante sa nouvelle chanson ‘a mes pieds’
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Katia Cadet is a major talent who has come our way from Haiti via Montreal. She sings ‘A mes pieds,’ a lovely song that recommends–for those involved with a slick operator–giving him that final look at your beautiful back. Excellent start to a new year. (English | French)
Continue reading →Cuba Announces Massive Prisoner Release, Gradual Ease of Travel Restrictions
By Staff, Xinhua | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The release of 2,000 Cuban prisoners on the anniversary of the release of the Bay of Pigs invaders by Cuba is hardly coincidental. It is now the United State’ turn to free the Cuban 5.
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