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Video: Four Horsemen 2012

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Haven't finished watching this, but glad the full movie has been releases for free viewing. Check it out! The modern day Four Horsemen continue to ride roughshod over the people who can least afford it. Crises are converging when governments, religion and mainstream economists have stalled. 23 international thinkers come together and break their silence about how the world really works and why there is still hope in re-establishing a moral and just society. Four Horsemen is free from mainstream media propaganda, doesn't bash bankers, criticize politicians or get involved in conspiracy theories. The film ignites the debate about how we usher a new economic paradigm into the world which, globally, would dramatically improve the quality of life for billions.

Video: Jonathan McCoy on the "N" word

10 year-old Jonathan E.McCoy started a petition in February 2009 to end the useof the "N" word at petitionspot.com. You may pledge your support by going to: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/endthenwordnow/ Previously: My thoughts on the N Word

East Africa pic collection: 1860-1960

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A treasure trove of thousands of images of East Africa dating from 1860-1960 has recently been released online by The Library of Northwestern University (Illinois). For those, like me who are interested in African hi-story(which is rarely told), this should offer an interesting insight, if only visually. African history pre-late 19th Century is still largely shrouded in darkness, so to find a visual record dating from 1860 is really something good. I hope they do an African tour with these images. I'd go. A online collection of thousands of rare photographs chronicling Europe’s colonisation of East Africa went live last week, on June 25th, on the website of the Library of Northwestern University (Illinois). The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs: 1860-1960 includes approximately 7,610 photographs. It was assembled by the British collector Winterton over about 30 years and organised in 76 separate albums, scrapbooks or loose collections. The collection was a...