Syria‘s defiant women risk all to protest against President Bashar al-Assad Women on the frontline of demonstrations against Syria’s brutal regime are now being targeted by security forces Share147 Comments (35) Peter Beaumont guardian.co.uk, Saturday 21 May 2011 18.45 BST Article history ‘The regime has been rattled’. A human rights activist and lawyer describes the [...]
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25,000 Big Macs: burger a day keeps the doctor away (since 1972) McDonald’s restaurant in Wisconsin unfurls banner to mark loyal customer Don Gorske‘s 25,000th burger Share230 Comments (41) Matthew Taylor guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 May 2011 19.48 BST Article history Savouring his Big Mac: Don Gorske bites into his 25,000th burger. Photograph: Patrick Flood/AP [...]
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Women have emerged as key players in the Arab spring Through protesting, organising, blogging and hunger-striking, women have taken a central role, but it remains to be seen whether their rights will improve Share252 Xan Rice in Benghazi, Katherine Marsh in Damascus, Tom Finn in Sana’a, Harriet Sherwood in Tripoli, Angelique Chrisafis and [...]
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This Hungarian children’s vote is grossly dishonest If adopted, this proposal would undermine equity and democracy in the name of mothers, whom the right loves to sanctify Share36 Comments (114) Selma James guardian.co.uk, Monday 18 April 2011 17.59 BST Article history Of all the measures that mothers might consider a priority, additional votes is not [...]
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Tomgram: Andy Kroll, Welcome to the McJobs Recovery Posted by Andy Kroll at 5:50pm, May 8, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: For those of you who created a wavelet of contributions in response to our offer on Tuesday of a personalized, signed copy of Adam Hochschild’s remarkable new history of World War I, To End All Wars: [...]
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