Infinity Journal

Out of the liberation struggle independence was born. Independence yenned for freedom from oppression, racism, human indignity, poverty and hunger. However for the past 30 years we have lived under promises and little deliverance.

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The “Neda Effect.” That’s what they called it. In the wake of Iranian elections that many believed were rigged, or at best corrupt, much was made of the Iranian protesters’ use of Twitter and YouTube to broadcast their stories of rebellion to the world. Neda, a young woman whose murder was caught on film in Tehran, became the symbol of the protesters’ struggles against the Iranian government’s brutal crackdown and the video of her death spread around the world. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department made efforts to prevent Twitter from briefly shutting down for regular maintenance. All of a sudden, technology was the hot topic and its role in opening up closed societies and preventing human rights abuses was journalism’s topic de rigueur.

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Pakistan has often been ruled by generals and it is no secret that our armed forces wield considerable influence over civilian administrations as well.

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IDPs and Returnees situational analysis - Zimbabwe

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Senators Reid, Inouye, Reps. Conyers, Kucinich Call for Much-Needed Global Family Reunion January 1, 2010

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INTRODUCTION

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Violence is the unlawful exercise of physical force. It is the outbursts of long deprivation. 

In fact deprivation gives birth to grief that in course of time turns into and ultimately 

appears as violence. Small drops of water assemble to be cloud that comes down on the 

earth as in torrent rain. Similarly, grief grows up slowly and becomes violent when it 

crosses the limit. In every violence a brain plays behind. Violence is the brain-child of 

that brain. The terrorists are the hands of that protagonist who ignites and controls the violence. So, a state should mitigate the demands of the public at large at its early stage. 

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Max Boot, fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and perhaps one of America’s most radical neo-imperialists, eight years ago this month likened the Afghan mission to British colonial rule:

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One of the most memorable study trips I had the pleasure of taking when I attended graduate school was a trip to Southeast Asia with fellow students. We visited three countries and by day we would attend private meetings with think thanks, NGOs, and officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), stopping off in between each meeting at street vendors to purchase $1 Pad Thai and coconuts. By night we would sit outside to relish the hot, humid air, a nice change from the chilling wind and rain of London, and debate the foreign policy platforms of the U.S. presidential candidates. It was an unforgettable trip.

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