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Centre for Science and Environement, 128 pages, 39$
This is CSE’s latest book. CSE’s Environment Education Unit has always been working towards providing easy-to-understand reading material. Our new publication on this subject is an attempt to lend teachers a helping hand. It unfolds in two (…)

The riot has been a feature of English life for a lot longer than William Shakespeare, village cricket matches or, for that matter, The Clash. The English have rioted against the enclosure of common land, fences, press gangs, factories, prisons, bread prices, tolls and banks. Arson, tearing down (…)

Antes dominantes, as feições europeia e árabe da população de Israel hoje são complementadas por olhos puxados e pele amarela e negra. Imigrantes vindos de longe, especialmente do Sudeste Asiático, começaram a desembarcar no pequeno país no começo dos anos 1990, com incentivo do governo local, (…)

The Horn of Africa drought exposes the continuing gap between our ability to predict disaster and to take effective humanitarian action.
Earlier this week, the UN declared the drought in southern Somalia had become so bad that it could be officially declared a famine — the first time the word (…)

Manuel Castells diz que, diante das novas turbulências financeiras, é preciso propor grandes mudanças — entre elas, reinvenção da democracia
Por Manuel Castells, La Vangardia | Tradução Cauê Seigner Ameni
Quando milhares de [jovens] indignados, [que ocuparam as praças da Espanha], tiram de (…)

O Presidente Barack Obama defendeu seu acordo sobre o teto da dívida no dia 2 de agosto dizendo: “não podemos equilibrar o orçamento nas costas do próprio povo que tem arcado com o fardo desta recessão”. Mas foi isso o que ele e sua panelinha de Wall Street fizeram. Sobre assuntos nacionais, (…)

Chef de file de l’agitation sociale au Sénégal, le collectif Y’en a marre a acquis une notoriété internationale. Notamment grâce à Facebook.
Cinquante mille manifestants, selon les organisateurs – environ 8 ?000 selon la police –, sont descendus dans la rue afin de pousser Abdoulaye Wade à (…)

Par Sébastien Gracco de Lay, préface de l’Abbé Pierre (inédit), 128 pages, 29,95 €
Il était une fois… Emmaüs International en images !
Raconter en images l’incroyable richesse humaine et la diversité des actions menées dans le monde par les groupes Emmaüs¸ c’est le fabuleux projet de (…)

Necesitamos eurobonos y una nueva carta para Europa.
La crisis europea es señal evidente de que hay que librarse de la camisa de fuerza económica impuesta por el Tratado de Lisboa, el Banco Central Europeo y el poderoso sector financiero.
Usted se dio a conocer por su trabajo sobre la crisis (…)

This report is the result of consultations and convenings involving representatives of business, government, UN agencies, civil society, academia and other experts organised by the Institute for Human Rights and Business…This report clarifies the relationships between business, human rights and (…)

In the Tana Delta’s unique wetlands, villagers fight for their plots of land as the government forces them out — to make way for water-thirsty sugar-cane and jatropha plantations.
Gamba Manyatta village is empty now, weeds already roping around the few skeletal hut frames still standing. The (…)

Dans l’État de Guerrero, au Mexique, les populations autochtones subissent violences mafieuses militaires et discriminations, dans un pays gangréné par la corruption et l’impunité. Le Centre pour les Droits de l’homme de Tlachinollan leur apporte un conseil juridique gratuit et la possibilité de (…)

Les leçons de l’histoire récente n’ont pas servi l’Occident. Car, vues les expériences afghanes et irakiennes, de même que le contenu de la résolution 1973 de l’ONU interdisant l’occupation du sol, les attaques contre la Libye se présentaient comme une issue sans fin. Mais quand l’Europe a perdu (…)

Cet article a initialement été publié en anglais sur Sacsis, et il a été traduit par Emmanuelle Gibert, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros.
Les technocrates sont en pleine ascension et l’énergie nucléaire est une fois encore remise sur la table en Afrique du Sud. Comment le moratoire de 2008 (…)

Con la increíble represión desatada por Sebastián Piñera contra estudiantes, profesores y transeúntes, Chile vivió un jueves de protesta popular de carácter nacional, que trajo a las mentes de los más adultos las 22 jornadas de manifestaciones que condujeron al término de la dictadura de 17 años (…)

Consider Targeted Sanctions, Arms Embargo, Commission of Inquiry
The United Nations Security Council should press Syria to comply with the council’s demand to end attacks against peaceful protesters, Human Rights Watch said today. Syria should comply with the Security Council’s August 3, 2011 (…)

Un balazo en el hombro lo obligó a internarse siete días en un hospital. En otro atentado le dispararon tres veces, pero por milagro salió ileso. "Nunca más me pongo cerca de una ventana", dice el brasileño Walter Moura.
Es una pequeña parte de lo que costó la lucha campesina en el norte de (…)

La Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) ni siquiera pudo acordar la semana pasada un pequeño paquete de decisiones en beneficio de los países más pobres. Esta crisis en la OMC es señal de un “impasse” aun mayor en la cooperación económica internacional, según la última columna de Martin Khor, (…)

Islamophobia has become the "defining mental state of the new Europe", concentrated mainly in the image of the female Muslim immigrant. In a discourse mainly driven by feminists, writes Rita Chin, what began as the expression of concern for Turkish women and their problems in West German society (…)

Corporate America & obesity: why Americans can’t Live on food stamps
America is gaining weight and the most vulnerable populations are those with low levels of education and income, as well as those with black or Hispanic heritage. The most obese state in the country, Mississippi, also (…)