politics for the 99%

… including most kids in Afghanistan – Published on RT, Nov 15, 2016.

.. Thirty-two percent also said their schools were not always safe. The ‘Small Voices, Big Dreams’ survey, conducted by the ChildFund Alliance, interviewed 6,226 children between the ages of 10 and 12 who live in 41 countries – 31 of which are developing nations across Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Of the students surveyed, 3,658 were from developing nations.

While 98 percent of those surveyed said that education is important, the research identified several hurdles that stand between children and their access to safe, quality education … //

… The research, released Monday, was conducted by ChildFund Alliance member organizations in May 2016. Participants in developing countries were from program communities where ChildFund member organizations have sustainable development programs, while children in developed countries were selected at random.

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Links:

I need help & I am still not getting it – Chelsea Manning asks Obama for clemency, on RT, Nov 15, 2016;

There’s nothing new about the sharing economy – it’s the swinging sixties all over again, on The Spectator, by Cosmo Landesman, Nov 12, 2016;

Green Light to Monsanto: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Suspends Testing Foods for Glyphosate Residues, on Global Research.ca, by Varey Gillam, Nov 12, 2016;

Ziellose Fast-nicht-Bettgeschichte, 18. Juni 2005;

… and this:

• John Lennon – Live in Madison Square Garden 1972, 54.40 min, uploaded by LosBeatlesTube.