<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from fading-hope.blog-city.com</title><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 fading-hope.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:23:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from fading-hope.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Students protest Worldwide against commercialisation (Bologna) of education (2008)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/students_protest_worldwide_against_commercialisation_bologn.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/students_protest_worldwide_against_commercialisation_bologn.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 07:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=students%5Fprotest%5Fworldwide%5Fagainst%5Fcommercialisation%5Fbologn</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As you might know I tried to summarize all the student protests against the privatisation of education and exorbitant increases of tuition fees as a logical consequence in 2007. You can get to the entry by clicking here. In 2007 hundreds of thousands]]></description><category>commercialisation</category><category>education</category><category>bologna</category><category>students</category><category>protest</category><category>international</category><category>novartis</category><category>huntingdon life sciences</category><category>animal testing</category></item><item><title>How Europe contributes to wars and unrest in Africa</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/how_europe_profits_from_wars_and_unrest_in_africa.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/how_europe_profits_from_wars_and_unrest_in_africa.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Feurope%5Fprofits%5Ffrom%5Fwars%5Fand%5Funrest%5Fin%5Fafrica</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recent decades have seen many regions of Africa involved in war and internal or external conflicts, from the seven or so countries directly involved in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the Sierra Leone crisis and the war in Ethiopia/Eritrea]]></description><category>africa</category><category>europe</category><category>oil</category><category>exploitation</category><category>capitalism</category><category>war</category><category>arms</category></item><item><title>Resistance stickers (part II) &amp; T-Shirt designs</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/resistance_stickers__tshirt_designs.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/resistance_stickers__tshirt_designs.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=resistance%5Fstickers%5F%5Ftshirt%5Fdesigns</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More stickers!! I also spent the time in Singapore creating new stickers and T-shirt designs. If you want to have any of the following stickers, then leave a comment and let me know how many of which&nbsp;ones you want. You just have to pay for the p]]></description></item><item><title>Europe and Africa</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/europe_and_africa.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/europe_and_africa.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=europe%5Fand%5Fafrica</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Globalisation exploits, denigrates and humiliates Africa in the same way slavery and colonialism once did", said Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa in a speech to the African Union three years ago. AFRICA and Europe's first summit in 7 years in Dece]]></description><category>africa</category><category>europe</category><category>exploitation</category><category>subsidies</category></item><item><title>Manufacturing Consent</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/manufacturing_consent.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/manufacturing_consent.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=manufacturing%5Fconsent</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Greetings readers &amp; surfers,Sorry, but I haven&#39;t had time to compose a new entry... been busy with studies and activism.Furthermore I am still learning on how to work with this new revamp Blog-City version.If anybody knows how to edit the con]]></description></item><item><title>Eco-Disaster: Mineral Water in Bottles</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/ecodisaster_mineral_water_in_bottles.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/ecodisaster_mineral_water_in_bottles.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ecodisaster%5Fmineral%5Fwater%5Fin%5Fbottles</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eco-Disaster: Mineral Water in Bottles
Drinking water inside millions of plastic bottles is often not just more than illegally enriched tab water, but also 'produced' wasting lots of electricity.
Bottles filled with so-called table w]]></description><category>natural water</category><category>waste</category><category>mineral water</category><category>water</category><category>bottled water</category></item><item><title>P&amp;G and Coca-Cola strike again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/pg_and_cocacola_strike_again.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/pg_and_cocacola_strike_again.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pg%5Fand%5Fcocacola%5Fstrike%5Fagain</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola strike again
Once again these two corporate giants are trying hard to be featured on this blog. And they managed to convince me to spend my precious time writing about their practices.
But before I begin, let]]></description><category>proctergamble</category><category>animal testing</category><category>boycott</category><category>coca cola</category></item><item><title>Humans superior to Animals?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/humans_superior_to_animals.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/humans_superior_to_animals.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=humans%5Fsuperior%5Fto%5Fanimals</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Humans superior to Animals?
If one were to place all species on a continuum, most would be likely to place microorganisms on the left, progressively followed by "higher" life forms. Most people would probably place humans at the top becaus]]></description><category>animal rights</category><category>human rights</category><category>meat</category><category>human superiority</category><category>philosophy</category></item><item><title>Impressions of G8 protests</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/impression_of_g8_protests.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/impression_of_g8_protests.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=impression%5Fof%5Fg8%5Fprotests</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Impressions during G8 protests in Rostock/Heiligendamm
The following is a summary of my impressions during the G8 protests. Since I also write this for myself, not all parts of it might be of interest for you.
It all began on May 25, when I headed]]></description><category>g8</category><category>protests</category><category>blockade</category><category>heiligendamm</category><category>rostock</category><category>reddelich</category><category>hamburg</category><category>capitalism</category><category>2007</category></item><item><title>G8 protests are just around the corner</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/g8_protests_are_just_around_the_corner.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/g8_protests_are_just_around_the_corner.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=g8%5Fprotests%5Fare%5Fjust%5Faround%5Fthe%5Fcorner</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[G8: Protests are just around the corner!

This entry is devided into two parts. First I will write about the recent wave of repression and criminalisation of G8 opponents from various governments in Europe, especially Germany.
And Secondly I will]]></description><category>g8</category><category>heiligendamm</category><category>protests</category><category>repression</category><category>police violence</category><category>yellow barrio</category><category>camps</category></item><item><title>Uprising of textile and garment workers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/uprising_of_textile_and_garment_workers.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/uprising_of_textile_and_garment_workers.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=uprising%5Fof%5Ftextile%5Fand%5Fgarment%5Fworkers</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Uprising of Textile and Garment Workers
Since the mainstream media never really mentions anything about this - at least not in Germany or Singapore- , I will do so now. For years workers exploited in textile and garment factories have been (violentl]]></description><category>sweatshops</category><category>workers</category><category>labour rights</category><category>exploitation</category><category>protests</category><category>textile workers</category><category>garment workers</category></item><item><title>Death Penalty</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/death_penalty.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/death_penalty.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=death%5Fpenalty</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Death Penalty

According to the latest figures published by Amnesty International (AI) over half the countries in the world have abolished the death penalty in law and practice. Over 40 countries have abolished the death penalty for all cr]]></description><category>death sentence</category><category>death penalty</category><category>capital punishment</category><category>execution</category></item><item><title>Philip Morris and Animal Testing</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/philip_morris_and_animal_testing.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/philip_morris_and_animal_testing.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=philip%5Fmorris%5Fand%5Fanimal%5Ftesting</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Animal testing feat. Philipp Morris
Animal testing is...
...when scientists, students or commerical firms such as cosmetic companies use animals for biological research, typically in a laboratory setting. 
These experiments are aimed at judging th]]></description><category>philip morris</category><category>animal testing</category><category>altria group</category><category>kraft foods inc</category><category>peta</category><category>marlboro</category></item><item><title>Dr. Martin Luther King - the anti-consumer</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/dr_martin_luther_king__the_anticonsumer.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/dr_martin_luther_king__the_anticonsumer.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dr%5Fmartin%5Fluther%5Fking%5F%5Fthe%5Fanticonsumer</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What do you think of when you hear his name: Martin Luther King? Blacks stuggling for equal rights.
But Martin Luther King was much more than that.
Let me share a quote with you:

"We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented societ]]></description><category>ungdomshuset</category><category>martin luther king</category><category>capitalism</category></item><item><title>Porn for your son/daughter</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/porn_for_your_sondaughter.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/porn_for_your_sondaughter.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=porn%5Ffor%5Fyour%5Fsondaughter</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Porn for your child?
For some of you this topic might not really fit into the concept of this blog, but since I find it to be an interesting issue to discuss and we are all open minded readers I decided to write about i]]></description><category>porn</category><category>pornography</category><category>children</category></item><item><title>International Student protests 2007</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/international_student_protests_2007.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/international_student_protests_2007.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=international%5Fstudent%5Fprotests%5F2007</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Students around the world struggle against neoliberal reforms 
in their Universities
Students of the World...

If you are engaged in protest movements in your area and want to support the organisation of protest actions internationally,]]></description><category>tuition fees</category><category>student protests</category><category>international</category><category>student resistance</category><category>education</category></item><item><title>G8 resistance - globally</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/g8_resistance__globally.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/g8_resistance__globally.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=g8%5Fresistance%5F%5Fglobally</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wherever you are on this planet, I am sure there are groups near you mobalizing against the G8, G7, World Economic Forum (WEF) - currently taking place in Davos - and/or policies by the Unholy Trinity (WTO, World Bank, IMF).]]></description><category>world trade organisation</category><category>g8 2007</category><category>heiligendamm</category><category>mobalization</category><category>imf worldbank wto</category></item><item><title>Corporate Giant: Boeing - Things you should know the next time you board the plane!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/corporate_giant_boeing__things_you_should_know_the_next_time.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/corporate_giant_boeing__things_you_should_know_the_next_time.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=corporate%5Fgiant%5Fboeing%5F%5Fthings%5Fyou%5Fshould%5Fknow%5Fthe%5Fnext%5Ftime</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Corporate Giant:  
Things you should know the next time you board the plane!
Aside from 747s, Boeing makes "smart" bombs, F-15 fighters, and Apache helicopters. Boeing has paid tens of millions in fines for selling flawed parts that]]></description><category>boeing</category><category>corporate</category><category>airbus</category><category>war</category><category>modern warfare</category></item><item><title>Democracy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/democracy.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/democracy.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=democracy</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Democracy
Let me share some thoughts on 'democracy' with you. 'Democracy' comes in many different sizes, forms and structures. Most people associate elections or the right to 'book a particular street for a walk with a few other peopl]]></description><category>democracy</category><category>authority</category><category>police</category><category>noam chomsky</category><category>government</category></item><item><title>Thou shall never miss a $ale</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/thou_shall_not_miss_a_ale.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/thou_shall_not_miss_a_ale.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=thou%5Fshall%5Fnot%5Fmiss%5Fa%5Fale</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thou shall not miss a $ale

It's cold outside, the traffic is heavy, the stores are packed with pushy people and Christmas music, and the news is dominated by stories about - what]]></description><category>consumerism christmas</category><category>cocacola santa</category><category>christmas sale</category><category>boycott christmas</category></item><item><title>Global Action Day for Education in Germany</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/global_action_day_for_education_in_germany__some_philosophy.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/global_action_day_for_education_in_germany__some_philosophy.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=global%5Faction%5Fday%5Ffor%5Feducation%5Fin%5Fgermany%5F%5Fsome%5Fphilosophy</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today's entry consists of two parts. First I will share with you what went on during the Global Action Day for Education (GAD). After that I will provide you with some updates on students' struggles in Oaxaca and elsewhere (Greece, Cameroon, Mexico).]]></description><category>students protests</category><category>struggles</category><category>tuition fees</category><category>education</category><category>global resistance</category><category>mexico</category><category>greece</category><category>cameroon</category><category>germany</category></item><item><title>Nestlé supports killing</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/nestl_supports_killing.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/nestl_supports_killing.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nestl%5Fsupports%5Fkilling</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nestlé supports killing
If you take a closer look at the list of corporate criminals on this site, then you'll realize that it is filled with three entries featuring corporate criminal Nestlé. Unfortunately I have to add another one]]></description><category>nestlé</category><category>coca cola</category><category>corporate criminals</category><category>colombia</category><category>assassination</category></item><item><title>Uprising in the Mexican city of Oaxaca</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/uprising_in_the_mexican_city_of_oaxaca.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/uprising_in_the_mexican_city_of_oaxaca.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=uprising%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fmexican%5Fcity%5Fof%5Foaxaca</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Resistance and Repression in Mexico
Some of you -especially the activists among you- might have heard of Oaxaca and what has been going on their the past few months. But since the mainstream doesn't really report much about it, I want to do my part]]></description><category>oaxaca</category><category>resistance</category><category>global struggle</category><category>mexico</category><category>state repression</category><category>social struggle</category><category>education</category><category>teachers strike</category></item><item><title>International Day of Action</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/international_day_of_action.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/international_day_of_action.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=international%5Fday%5Fof%5Faction</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Let me give you a quick update on the protests that were led by the students in Germany to encourage the state governments to drop plans to introduce tuition fees.


    06/10/ Parliament  of Hesse passes the new law with which students will]]></description><category>students protest</category><category>tuition fees</category><category>global action day</category><category>global resistance</category></item><item><title>A quote by Albert Einstein</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/a_quote_by_albert_einstein.htm</guid><link>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/a_quote_by_albert_einstein.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://fading-hope.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fquote%5Fby%5Falbert%5Feinstein</comments><dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I just returned from Italy and I must say: It is nice.
But enough twaddelling for now.
Let me share a quote with you. 
In 1933 Albert Einstein wrote a letter to his Austrian friend Sigmund Freud saying:
"What kind of world cou]]></description><category>no war</category><category>einstein</category><category>disarmament</category></item></channel></rss>