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New report says Irish emigration, unemployment set to grow

The ESRI estimates that although unemployment and emigration are both forecast to continue to grow, the unemployment figure will naturally be affected by the emigration figure.

(DUBLIN) - A new Quarterly Economic Commentary report published by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Ireland estimates that with the eurozone crisis continuing to cast a shadow over any possible Irish economic recovery, tens of thousands will continue to emigrate from the country in 2012.

“The financial crisis currently gripping the eurozone, coupled with tightening fiscal policy across the region, are likely to send the eurozone back into recession,” the report reads.

West Coast Port Blockades - Portland

Blockade the Wealth of the 1% - The blockade Port of Portland begins 12 Dec at 5:00 a.m.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Blockade the Ports will happen on 12 Dec 12, activists will stage mass mobilizations to march on the ports, create community pickets, and effectively shutdown the hubs of commerce during this peak holiday profitmaking season.

Tribunal verdict vs. 6 agrochemical TNCs hailed, urgent action on recommendations urged

International organizations and intergovernmental institutions to uphold human rights and the welfare of populations, and protect of biodiversity and ecosystems by subordinating the interests of corporations pursuing patents.

(BANGALORE, India) - Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International hailed the verdict of the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) against the world’s six largest agrochemical companies Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow Chemical, DuPont and BASF after a historic four-day session that culminated in Bangalore, India yesterday.

Victims and survivors of the pesticide industry from all over the world, represented by PAN International, testified before a distinguished international jury to indict the “Big 6” for human rights violations.

Honduras journalist slain, 17th in past two years

By the end of 2011 Honduras is likely to have the highest murder rate in the world...

(Tico Times) - Honduran journalist Luz Marina Paz was shot dead by gunmen Tuesday along with a mechanic traveling with her, police said, in the latest in a series of attacks targeting news media. She was killed in an attack outside the capital and became the 17th journalist killed in the Central American nation since a 2009 coup.

She had worked for Radio Globo, linked to ousted president Manuel Zelaya, before joining the Cadena Hondurena de Noticias or CHN broadcaster.

An idiot`s overview of why Western capitalism is crashing

European plans to bring in tough budget controls are irrelevant, even a farce.

(LONDON) - The idiot of the headline is me in the sense that I am not an economist and have never had any formal association with study of the theory and practise of economics, but...

I began to understand why what is today called Western capitalism was bound to crash way back in the early 1970’s when I was researching and producing an epic documentary on the everyday reality of global poverty and its implications for all.

PR firm `attacked` critics of Rwandan government

"If I wanted an easy life I’d do PR for housing association." - Mark Pursey, BTP Advisers

(LONDON) - A public relations firm whose senior management have close links to the Liberal Democrats said it had created an internet ‘attack site’ for the government of Rwanda to counter accusations that it had been involved in genocide.

Mark Pursey, head of BTP Advisers, was secretly recorded as part of the Bureau’s investigation into lobbying and PR, saying that the site was targeted at those who ‘over-criticised’ over ‘who did what in the genocide’.

An Open Letter to Shareholders of Monsanto

Perhaps among you at the AGM will be Bill and Melinda Gates, it would be interesting to hear if they make any statement regarding their 500,000 shares.

(LONDON) - As you prepare to study the various resolutions for the coming annual general meeting of your company, being held in St Louis 24th January 2012, I ask you to take into consideration the history of your company and the policies you have supported at various annual general meetings.

It is a record that very few can be proud of.

`We wrote Sri Lanka President`s civil war speech,` say lobbyists

News from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

(LONDON) - Senior executives at Bell Pottinger told undercover reporters that they were so influential that they had written a key note speech given by the Sri Lankan President to the United Nations.

Honoring Migrants on December 10

More than three years old, TIAS-NM defines itself as prioritizing “just and fair immigration reform that furthers American values, enhances our national interest and protects constitutional and human rights for all.”

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Migrant advocates in the southern New Mexico borderland plan to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Saturday, December 10.

Crippling Iran: Questions for Mr Hague

Perhaps Mr Hague should pause to reflect and answer a few questions…

(LONDON) - Britain’s foreign secretary William Hague has written a widely acclaimed 576-page biography of William Pitt the Younger, who became prime minister in 1783 at the tender age of 24.