Category: Serf

What is China’s stance on Tibet? Here, we outline Beijing’s position, based on various official Chinese sources. Is Tibet part of China? “For more than 700 years, the central government of China has continuously exercised sovereignty over Tibet, and Tibet has never been an independent state. No government of any country in the world has ever recognised Tibet as an...

Guest Post by Barry Woods It is my opinion that the BBC in broadcasting the BBC 2 Horizon program ‘Science Under Attack’ did not treat the general public in the UK and at least one of the interviewees with the ‘good faith’ that they should be able to expect from the BBC. After the program aired, I contacted James Delingpole, who was one of the sceptics portrayed...

With colonialism evolving into full-blown imperialism at the end of the 19th century, uneven development of global capitalism has impacted on the underdevelopment of the Philippines as a colonial possession of the United States. Although formally independent today, the Philippines has remained a neocolonial polity, thus its subordination to neoliberal policies of US-dominated agencies such as the World Bank, International...

A Yolo County jury found a Sacramento man guilty in the 2009 beating of a West Sacramento man.  On Wednesday, the jury reached a verdict, convicting Michael Romero of attempted murder along with gang enhancements for a 2009 attack that occurred in West Sacramento. According to the DA’s press release issued on Thursday, “The forty-seven-year-old victim was attacked by Romero...