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The “corruption-causes-poverty” narrative has become a standard tool in the hegemonic discourse kit for leaders in some developing countries - where in fact, Waldon Bello argues, it is neoliberal economic policies that are really to blame for poverty. Thailand’s “Red Shirts” are not, however, (…)

While the Iranian government has intensified its aggressive efforts to expand Internet filters, Austin Heap, a young programmer in the U.S., says he has developed software that would enable Iranians to evade their censors. Read more

A manifesto to re-organise the UK banking system to serve and strengthen the British economy through structural reform
Whatever the character and programme of the next Government, a precondition for its success will be reform of the UK’s financial sector which has made itself rich at the (…)

Fifty years on from the beginnings of liberation in Africa, John S. Saul finds there is still much work to be done, especially in southern Africa where the final triumph over colonial and racial domination occurred. In each of the five sites of the overt struggle against domination – Angola, (…)

A South African government agency has become the first to join the world’s leading patent pool for neglected diseases, a move that could bolster home-grown innovations in the fight against diseases including tuberculosis (TB). Read more

South African companies are increasingly looking for investment opportunities in the wider SADC region in a bid to benefit from favourable international markets for minerals, in competition with western and Asian companies. These investments have social and environmental impacts on people (…)

A conversation exploring the challenges posed by the international conjuncture following the “war on terror” for gender justice and women’s rights, even within the formal human rights movement. "There is a struggle to be had. It is time to challenge the hegemony of the formal human rights (…)

La investigación científica y el desarrollo tecnológico repercuten en casi todo lo que hacemos, desde la forma de comunicarnos hasta los alimentos que comemos. Pero su potencial para impulsar el desarrollo es aun más importante, ya sea a través de variedades mejoradas de cultivos para hacer (…)

Last week Jacob Zuma visited the Sweetwaters shack settlement near Orange Farm in Johannesburg. He informed the nation that his shock at seeing human beings living like pigs had almost reduced him to tears. He also visited the Siyathemba settlement in Balfour where he, like a typical bullying (…)

Exclusión, racismo, vulneración de derechos, violencia y criminalización marcan las condiciones de vida de los pueblos indígenas en todo el planeta, de acuerdo con el Informe presentado por la Organización de Naciones Unidas, el mismo que fue elaborado por siete expertos independientes y (…)

Frustration, shame, humiliation: it does not take much for Egyptians to call up these feelings. It’s still often said that ‘what happens in Egypt affects the entire Arab world,’ but nothing much has happened there in years. Egypt has fallen behind Saudi Arabia – not to mention non-Arab countries (…)

Lack of mechanisms to monitor the import of hazardous waste and the unchecked waste industry are making India a dump yard. The recent radiological accident in New Delhi’s Mayapuri scrap metal market has raised many questions about the level of monitoring of hazardous waste in India. That India (…)

Looking at the sorry state of affairs in the country as far as child rights are concerned, one can see why there is an anguished cry for justice for children. The social audit, carried out by the Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL) and the Campaign Against Child Trafficking (CACT) in (…)

The Safai Karmchari Andolan, a grass roots movement by conservancy workers is working towards banishing the inhuman practice, with admirable success. This practice of ‘manual scavenging’ is the worst surviving symbol of caste untouchability in India. It drives people into this degrading daily (…)

“Nenhuma mulher faz aborto porque gosta. Um aborto acontece porque, naquele momento da vida, é a única saída frente a uma gravidez indesejada.” Este é o primeiro parágrafo do folheto distribuido pela Frente em São Paulo, em manifestação realizada na Praça João Mendes, próxima ao Fórum e vários (…)

On 9th March 2010, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, passed the bill on the reservation of 33 percent seats in the Lok Sabha, for India’s women representatives. Opposition to reservations for women in Parliament have centred on at least four points. Step by step (…)

O governista Juan Manuel Santos, do Partido da "U", e Antanas Mockus, do Partido Verde, disputarão o segundo turno das eleições na Colômbia, em 20 de junho. A definição ocorreu neste domingo (30), durante o primeiro turno do pleito para sucessor do atual presidente, Alvaro Uribe.
De acordo com (…)

Amnesty International demande aux autorités israéliennes de mettre fin au harcèlement infligé à un défenseur des droits humains dont la détention qui dure depuis une semaine a été prolongée ce mercredi 12 mai 2010.
Ameer Makhoul, citoyen palestinien d’Israël, a été arrêté lors d’une descente (…)

As transformações do mundo nas últimas décadas fizeram com que o centro de acumulação do capital fosse para a esfera financeira e para as corporações transnacionais. Isso trouxe graves consequências e promoveu um enfrentamento crescente entre dois modelos de produção na agricultura. O modelo dos (…)

O filósofo F. Hegel em sua Fenomenologia do Espírito analisou detalhadamente a dialética do senhor e do servo. O senhor se torna tanto mais senhor quanto mais o servo internaliza em si o senhor, o que aprofunda ainda mais seu estado de servo. A mesma dialética identificou Paulo Freire na relação (…)