Thursday, May 19

Late modern

This is the current world era, which begun in the late 19th century, has gone through two World Wars and a Cold War, socialist states, until the present period.

Peoples of the Ituri Forest
10Oct By OrionNo Comments
Africa, Indigenous, Late modern

Peoples of the Ituri Forest

The Ituri land The Ituri Forest is a nearly 63,000 sq.km. area of dense tropical rain forest on the northeastern side of the Congo River basin. It is fully within the central African nation of Zaire. It varies in altitude between 700 meters in its southern portions to 1,000 meters in the north. (more…)
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Hawaii, the stolen paradise
28Apr By OrionNo Comments
Documentaries, Late modern

Hawaii, the stolen paradise

Watch this eye-opener documentary on the Youtube channel "Reel Truth History Documentaries". In the blog piece “Hawaii The Stolen Paradise” from the Wordpress site https://hawaiithestolenparadise.wordpress.com/ , it is explained that “Hawaii was a recognised independent nation prior to January 17, 1893.” That day, Hawaii's indigenous government “was illegally overthrown by the United States” and since then, the US “has illegally assumed control over Hawaii,” turning entire chunks of its islands into military bases that project US power to much of Asia-Pacific. (more…)
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People’s Alternative to ‘IPR’
7Nov By OrionNo Comments
Late modern

People’s Alternative to ‘IPR’

“Toward a People's Alternative to 'Intellectual Property Rights'”, a paper by Pio Verzola Jr., was first presented as a lecture during a symposium on science and technology sponsored by Agham-Youth, on 23-24 September 1999, at the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) auditorium in UP Diliman, Quezon City. It was subsequently published serially in the IBON Perspectives magazine Vol. 1 (1999) Nos.18-20 (Sept. 27, Oct. 11, and Oct. 25). This online version, which includes only minor sentence revisions and additions from the original, was reposted in 2001 among the documents of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.oalit.net/www.wsis-pct.org/IPR-alternative.html). (more…)
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Serve the People
1May By OrionNo Comments
Books-journals, Late modern

Serve the People

Book title: Serve the People: Ang Kasaysayan ng Radikal na Kilusan sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Editors: Bienvenido Lumbera, Judy Taguiwalo, Roland Tolentino, Ramon Guillermo, Arnold Alamon. Published 2008 by IBON, CONTEND, and ACT. (more…)
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