Lewis in call for ‘national mission’ to end child poverty
icWales (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
WALES must embrace a “national mission” to free children from the clutches of poverty, Labour leadership contender Huw Lewis declared yesterday.
Anti-poverty campaigners
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Primark sales up 20%
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
• Fashion retailer announces 20% increase in sales to £2.3bn • Anti-poverty charity criticises conditions of garment workers The war of words between anti-poverty campaigners and high-street fashion chain Primark has moved up a gear after the cheap-chic store group announced a big increase in sales and profits despite the recession. The fashion retailer,...
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Documentary pranksters prove that tabloid journalists don't fact-check
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
'Celebrity journalism is nonsense' – tabloids duped in fake stories hoax | UK news | The Guardian Over a two-week period earlier this year, Amy Winehouse's hair was said to have caught fire, the enthusiasm of a member of pop group Girls Aloud for quantum physics was uncovered, and Pixie Geldof, the socialite and daughter of the anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof, was found...
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Give Fishing Rod, Not Fish
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
... of little relevance to the majority of starving Africans.Recent reports indicate that hunger and poverty are a daily reality for many.Billions of people are trapped in a situation of abject poverty and gross inequality. The majority of them are women.Children and young people, who make up half of the world's population, continue to suffer from the lack of inclusion and provision of...
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Rx: More Collectivism?
Fighting in the Shade™ (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Recently your humble blogster was engage in a debate on another blog comment thread with a "progressive" over the issue if California's recent and ongoing crisis caused by a flight of capital. As is predictable with most debates with many "progressives" over substantive issues the discussion ultimately degenerated into insults and personal attacks (duh). Please forgive ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣ...
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The Failure That Is California
The Violence Worker! (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
... that Jones conceived in the northern Californian city of Oakland. He began political life as an anti-poverty campaigner, but gradually combined that with environmentalism, believing that greening the economy could also revitalise it and lift up the poor. He founded Green for All as an advocacy group and published a best-selling book, The Green Collar Economy . Then Obama came...
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Inn popular with stars wins award
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
In recent decades, the inn - which has won the UK pub of the year title on previous occasions - has attracted celebrities such as musician and anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof, actor Johnny Depp and Robbie Williams.