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Political Narratives On Race, Southern Identity Influence National Elections

By Guest PostMarch 8, 2011Politicsafrican american, american south, americans, christina moss, democratic party, democrats, factor, god fearing, Obama, political power, President Obama, racial prejudice, regionalism, republicans, southern states, white voters, zell miller

New research from North Carolina State University shows how attempts to define the South by Republicans and Democrats may have set the stage for President Obama’s victories in Southern states – and shaped the way Americans view themselves.

“Every presidential election is a chance to discuss what it means to be American,” says Dr. Christina Moss, teaching assistant professor of communication at NC State and author of a paper on the research. “The South garnered a great deal of attention in the 2004 election season, and the narratives from that election may provide clues to Obama’s success in 2008.” (more…)

Harmful Illusions Bedevil Ideas About Free Markets and Imprisonment, UChicago Professor Writes

By Guest PostMarch 5, 2011Economy, Politicsbernard harcourt, civic values, economic exchange, economic transgressions, free market system, free markets, freedom, french thinkers, friedrich hayek, government interference, hyper regulated grain market, incarceration, jeremy bentham, julius kreeger professor, logic of neoliberal penality, notion, Paris, penitentiary, philadelphia, physiocrats, political sphere, prison, ronald reagan, the rule of nature, united states

The United States prizes freedom above most other civic values, yet Bernard Harcourt believes the notion is widely misunderstood and inconsistently applied.

Freedom from government interference is a key tenet of the free market system that the United States champions, but Harcourt notes that Americans expect vigorous government action in imprisoning criminals. The result is a deep inconsistency, he argues, for even as the United States preaches freedom in the marketplace, it maintains the world’s highest incarceration rate. (more…)

What is Going to Happen to Cuba After Fidel?

By PravdaMarch 3, 2011Politicsamerican hegemony, anti american, arab world, brain hemorrhage, colon cancer, comandante, communist party of cuba, Cuba, cuban revolution, egyptian people, evo morales, Fidel Castro, fulgencio batista, granma, historic event, hosni mubarak, Hugo Chavez, marcelo fernandes, raul castro, rumors

In the coming days a historic event can happen in Cuba. The leader of the revolution, 84-year-old Fidel Castro is likely to leave the last of his posts as the leader of the Communist Party of Cuba.

According to a source in the Cuban party elite, the organization will be headed by the 79-year-old brother of the Comandante Raul Castro. So far, he served as the second secretary of the party. It is assumed that the legal registration of the changes in the party leadership will occur in April. At the same time it is not clear who will be the second secretary in place of Raul. There are no candidates among the relatives of the legendary brothers. (more…)

Egypt Slaps Ban on Mubarak, His Family and Freezes His Assets

By PravdaFebruary 28, 2011Politicsala, egypt, gamal, hosni mubarak, middle east, popular revolt, suzanne

Egypt on Monday slapped a ban on ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family travelling abroad, and also imposed a freeze on their assets, judicial officials said.

Besides Mubarak, who resigned on February 11 following weeks of protests, the decision also applied for his wife Suzanne, his two sons Ala and Gamal, and their wives, according to the same source, AFP reports. (more…)

Sex, Jailbait and Sleaze Trouble for Berlusconi

By PravdaFebruary 19, 2011Politicsberlusconi, billionaire businessman, charges of prostitution, cristina di censo, italian prime minister, italy, karima el mahroug, milan, moroccan dancer, moroccan girl, no saint, paid for sex, patrizia d'addario, ruby, rubygate, sexual affairs, sexual binge party, sexual scandal, Silvio Berlusconi, veronica

Silvio Berlusconi and sexual affairs with seven women at once, put the Italian prime minister in the dock.

Italy’s Justice decides to put in the dock Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges of prostitution of juveniles. Berlusconi hosted a “sexual binge party’ with seven women, six of them Brazilian, two were minors. In s scenario narrated by a madam as cinematographic, the seven in a row have been ‘caught’ one by one by Berlusconi.

The decision to prosecute Mr Berlusconi came from the Judge Cristina Di Censo. She decided immediately to prosecute the Prime Minister of Italy for prostitution of a young 17 year old Moroccan girl for abuse of power in a sexual scandal known as “Rubygate.” (more…)

Switzerland Freezes Accounts of Mubarak and His Entourage

By PravdaFebruary 12, 2011Politicsassets, banks, circles, egyptian president, european country, freeze, hosni mubarak, lars knuchel, mubarak, president, revolt, switzerland, tunisia, zine al-abidine ben ali

Switzerland’s government moved to freeze any assets of Hosni Mubarak, Swiss officials said Friday.

The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs said it would freeze any assets in the country’s banks that might belong to the former Egyptian president or his family, without specifying how much money was involved or where it was. (more…)

Performance Recalls Faculty Member’s Years As One of China’s ‘Sent-down’ Youth

By Guest PostFebruary 12, 2011Politicscivil unrest, cultural revolution, democracy movement, intellectual leader, native china, urban youth

In 1968, when Su Wei left his family behind and voluntarily joined the millions of urban youth who were being sent by Chinese leader Mao Zedong into the countryside to work the land as part of a “re-education” movement, his spirit was nearly broken. (more…)

Teach-in: “Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa”

By Guest PostFebruary 10, 2011Culture, Politicsadel allouche, adria lawrence, arab students, ellen lust, middle east, north africa, tarek masoud, unrest in the middle east, yale law school

Even if you did not have the opportunity to attend the panel on “Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa,” you can slearn what four experts on the history and political affairs of the Middle East had to say about the causes of the unrest in the region in this video of the panel, […]

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