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The Free Market Fundamentalists Are Now in Europe
For a long time it was a given that while Europe was based on defending a more just society, with social values and solidarity, the United States was based on the glory of individualism and...
View ArticleTrade Unions Fight Walmart in Mexico
Trade unions in Canada, the United States and Mexico are preparing protests and legal action against the Mexican subsidiary of Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, which is accused of paying bribes...
View ArticleU.S. Proposal Would Require Labelling on Genetically Modified Foods
A decades-long push to require the labelling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients in the United States received a significant boost Wednesday, when bipartisan bills on the issue were...
View ArticleVillagers Become ‘Water Scavengers’
For the last 13 years, Trynos Mbweku, the headman of Mwenezi district in southeastern Zimbabwe, has had to use a cart to fetch water from the only remaining borehole in his area, which lies some 10...
View ArticleCarbon Credits Could Finance Improved Cookstoves in Mexico
Environmental organisations in Mexico are hoping to finance the promotion of fuel-efficient wood-fired cookstoves, which reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions, through the sale of carbon credits on...
View ArticleWorkers Protest in Dhaka over Factory Deaths
Thousands of garment factory workers have protested in the capital, Dhaka, over the death of about 200 workers in a building collapse, as rescuers continued to hunt for survivors, local media have...
View ArticleSouth Sudan “Between Somalia and Congo”
Experts here are calling on the United States and the international community to increase pressure on the government of South Sudan to address weaknesses in its central governance. A high-level panel...
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Cell Phones Yes, Toilets No, World Body Laments
Speaking of the widespread sanitation crisis, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson was quick to produce staggering numbers: of the world’s seven billion people, about six billion have mobile...
View ArticleRural Colombia Takes Its Place on the Agenda
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) initiatives working to overcome poverty and improve food security in the Colombian countryside can make a positive contribution to government...
View ArticlePortugal’s Carnation Revolution under the Shadow of the Troika
The anniversary of the peaceful Carnation Revolution that overthrew Portugal’s 1926-1974 dictatorship has gone from being a popular celebration to a day of mass protests against the draconian austerity...
View ArticleWhite House Letter Fuels U.S. Involvement in Syria Debate
A White House letter Thursday to Congressional leaders suggesting chemical weapons use by the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad has reignited debate about direct U.S. military involvement in the...
View ArticleMalawi’s Maize Shortage Hits Women
Each night Esnart Phiri, a widow with five children, sleeps outside the gates of the state-run maize trader or Admarc market, in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe, as she waits for days on end to buy maize....
View ArticleSpring Brings Worse for Shias
The mob that surrounded the home of Mohamed Nour, an Egyptian Shia living in Cairo’s Bab El-Shaariya district, claimed it was on a mission to “inoculate” Egypt against Shia religious beliefs. Without...
View ArticleAusterity Leaves Domestic Violence Victims Stranded
Up to a quarter of women in Europe have experienced domestic violence at some point in their lives. But despite the widespread nature of the phenomenon, more often than not we ignore it. A short video...
View ArticleU.N. Task Force Purges Stigmas on Sexual Rights
Ishita Chaudhry spent the past 36 hours listening to U.N. delegates discuss population growth and development. She noticed that on “controversial” topics, such as sexual and reproductive rights, young...
View ArticleNo Consensus on Judicial Reforms in Argentina
Comprehensive judicial reforms pushed by the government of Argentina on the argument that they will democratise the justice system are moving ahead in Congress in the midst of staunch resistance by the...
View ArticleU.S. Cities Joining Push to Dump Fossil Fuel Investments
Nearly a dozen U.S. cities have announced their interest in withdrawing municipal investments from fossil fuel companies, joining a fast-growing movement among colleges and universities that supporters...
View ArticleChristians Feel the Heat of Religious Intolerance
Younas Gill, a self-employed tax accountant, sits on the pavement in Joseph Colony, Lahore, staring at the place where, until about a month ago, his home had stood. It was burnt to ashes on Mar. 9,...
View ArticleU.S. Activists Outraged Over So-Called ‘Monsanto Protection Act’
Food safety advocates are outraged over revelations that U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama approved an act that includes a provision purporting to strip federal courts of the ability to prevent...
View ArticleLeave It in the Ground, Climate Activists Demand
Nearly 70 percent of known reserves of oil, gas and coal must remain in the ground to avoid dangerous climate change. So why did the energy industry spend 674 billion dollars in 2012 looking for more?...
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