By: Airavat Singh | 2010-04-04 | Politics Tyler Walker Williams, an Amercian Communist studying in India's JN University (New Delhi), stood for and won in the local student body elections last month. His article appeared in the local newspaper (Hindustan Times) describing his election as a blow to the "forces of globalization and neo-liberalism". My response to his claims: read more
By: Dezan Shira | 2011-07-04 | Politics The early decades of the 20th Century in China were tinted with a constant state of turmoil. After enduring a string of military defeats brought on by dissidents and foreign countries, the Qing Dynasty was overthrown in 1912, ending almost 6,000 years of imperial rule in China. In its place was a new national republic, headed by the revolutionist, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. read more
By: Delwyn Lounsbury | 2011-07-30 | Politics Now, tyrannical President Obama communist seeks to divide Americans by blasting business in every speech he makes for having corporate jets. How many jobs are to be lost when airplanes stop being built and used? This guy does not understand a thing about job creation. Totalitarian Obama wants to violate our individual inherent rights to life, liberty and private property. read more
By: Dennis Siluk Ed.D. | 2010-04-04 | Politics I suppose this is an ongoing question,"Why do people denounce Democracy?" In America this is often looked upon as a mortal sin, almost, and as President Bush would proclaim: the world at large should be under such an umbrella. Anybody's guess is good here though, but let me try to explain my opinion, and of course it is just that, an opinion, and perhaps too opinionated. read more
By: Fatemeh Azimzadeh | 2010-04-04 | Politics The importance of active civic participation is obvious for the future of a nation and a healthy democracy. In 2004 Presidential election, the republican candidate George Walker Bush won against John Kerry the democrat one. 50.8 percent of the voting ballots were devoted to Bush and 48.3 percent were devoted to Kerry. read more
By: Hedyeh Nasseri | 2010-04-04 | Politics The 2004 election was actually the case of referendum on the performances of the last president George W. Bush. Although John Kerry tried hard through his campaign activities to criticize the presidential performances but George W. Bush could defend all his activities he had done during his presidency defeated John Kerry vigorously. read more
By: Elaheh Jarrahi | 2010-04-04 | Politics The USA presidential election is conducted every 4 years in November. It uses a system of "first-past-the-post" or "winner-takes-all" which means the candidate who gets the majority of popular votes does not necessarily win; what is more important is getting the majority of electoral votes. read more
By: Marzieh Motahhari | 2010-04-04 | Politics In applying theories of voting and non-voting behavior to 2004 presidential election, it is better to have some explanation on the theories themselves. Theories of voting are put into 2 categories: party identification and issue voting. If in an election people vote according to their party ID, regardless of who the candidate of their party is, we can say their model of voting behavior is party identification. read more
By: William Sutherland | 2010-05-22 | Politics With the successful July 30th vote, that saw millions of participants in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) first free elections since 1965, concluded without a major incident, the country has taken the direction of the DRC to improve stability, prosperity and peace to harness her vast potential to address her myriad of social problems. read more
By: Jim Fargiano | 2011-04-07 | New age Peace and harmony are given to you today. It is the perfection of you experiencing this that makes the love of your heart expand. When you come right down to it, all things are born from the internal drive of your mind and soul. It is when you let them work in unison that the path to creating the life that you desire is set in motion; not to mention much easier to attain. Do you love yourself enough to let this happen? read more
By: OwaiSiddiqu | 2011-03-22 | News and society It was the last important bastion of Batista's defensive strategy where his army had consolidated a huge force to resist the rebels. read more
By: Susanta Bhattacharyya | 2010-04-04 | International studies The two legendary figures of Fidel Castro's rebel army - Ernesto Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos was in charge of the two guerrilla columns that attacked the city of Santa Clara, Cuba's third largest city and the capital of Las Villas province. It was the last cornerstone of Batista's defensive strategy where his army had consolidated a huge force to resist the rebels. read more