An economist has a look at the issue here. January 10, 2012 // 37 Economists usually think that people’s revealed preferences (what they do) are more important than their stated preferences (what they say they’ll do). With that in mind, …
“Pope Benedict XVI has made a fervent appeal for religious tolerance and an end to discrimination against Christians, two weeks after the lethal Christmas Day bombing of a church in Nigeria.” (Guardian via Sojourners)
Natural Resource Charter – beautiful animation with a message.
January 2012 Even the King is served from the field – Ecclesiastes 5:9 Our Christmas action for Just Holy Hardware asked JustActivists to think about supporting the Local Harvest project by Nick Ray. A message from Nick Ray: We made …
Christmas Message: In solidarity with each other – National Assembly – Uniting Church in Australia. Christmas 2011 from UCA Assembly on Vimeo.
Thousands of Iranian Jews and their descendants owe their lives to a Muslim diplomat in wartime Paris, according to a new book. In The Lion’s Shadow tells how Abdol-Hossein Sardari risked everything to help fellow Iranians escape the Nazis. More: …
John Dear via Eureka Street, December 21, 2011 When the nonviolent Jesus was born into abject poverty to homeless refugees on the outskirts of a brutal empire, angels appeared to impoverished shepherds singing, ‘Glory to God in the highest and …
Via Radar Online Other Stars Who Have Been Under Fire For Their Fashion Practices (besides the Kardashians) …
The Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania endorses the action of the Spotless Cleaners. This is an issue of fundamental social justice and while Spotless recorded a profit of $43 million in the last financial year; cleaners …
Once workers in Philippine Airlines ground crew protested the planned outsourcing of their work, they faced violent repression by police. 2,600 workers were locked-out and fired from their jobs. ILRF is joining the boycott of PAL and AirPhil (both owned …
