Mukoko is the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was grabbed by gunmen December 3.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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COSATU Condemns Union Arrests in Zimbabwe
COSATU condemns arrest of dozens of union leaders and the abduction of Jestina Mukoko.
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HRW to Zimbabwe: Where is Mukoko?
‘Mukoko has been abducted in suspicious and alarming circumstances, and we are profoundly concerned about her well-being.’
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Cries for Help From Congo’s War Victims
‘We have been abandoned. Who will protect us? Who will help us?’
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Many Opposition Activists Missing in Zimbabwe
The whereabouts of 14 MDC activists and a baby are still unknown more than a month since they disappeared.
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UNHCR Worker Murdered in Afghanistan
She was shot dead on 26 November at a meeting of local elders in a temporary settlement for returnees.
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UNESCO Deplores Killings of Journalists
UNESCO has called on India, Mexico and Pakistan to take greater steps to protect reporters.
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Aid Worker Murdered in Sri Lanka
A Vigneswaran worked for the Norwegian Refugee Council, was killed by gunmen in Batticaloa last week.
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Romania Removes Evolution From Curriculum
Minister of Education says it’s implicit. Nonsense, say critics: if it’s not there it’s not there.
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Launch of Campaign Against Sharia in UK
Campaign organiser Maryam Namazie says sharia’s voluntary nature is a sham: many women will be forced.
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Study Shows Physical ‘Self’ is a Trick of the Mind
Neuroscientists induced ‘out of body’ experiences; will help researchers understand how the brain constructs a sense of physical self.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A C Grayling notes that the UDHR has already made a real difference to our world.
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How the UDHR Builds a Base of Liberty
The intention is to assert, as the default position, a status of inviolability for the human individual.
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Grayling on Freedom Without Borders
There are few major states in the world that are guiltless of subjecting some people to torture or degrading treatment.
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The Racist Flipside of Anti-imperialism
Sunny Hundal says for John Pilger to call Obama an ‘Uncle Tom’ betrays an ugly contempt for those who refuse his revolutionary romanticism.
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Pilger Looks Down on Obama From Great Height
‘The American elite has grown adept at using the black middle and management class.’
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Vatican in Favour of Discrimination
Vat opposes EU proposal for UN declaration formally condemning discrimination against homosexuals.
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A C Grayling on ‘Innate’ Religion
Templeton Foundation funding research into claim that children are hardwired to believe in a ‘supreme being.’
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Vatican Thanks Muslims for Restoring God
‘Muslims were the ones who demanded space for God in society.’ Thanks ever so.
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Adam Kirsch on Slavoj Zizek
It might be worthwhile to consider Zizek’s work as if he means it – to ask what his ideas really are, and what sort of effects they are likely to have.