A Day Off to Riot in Peace
The holiday declared by the Pakistani government on Friday seems to have given free rein for the rioting and killing over the American film that is disrespectful of Prophet Muhammad. “If people had...
View ArticleAssad and Opposition Both Losing
Two floors have been ripped from the top of an apartment block in Aleppo in northern Syria. A lone man stands amidst the rubble four stories up after a missile from one of his own government’s fighter...
View ArticleAlternative to Wikileaks Arises in Iceland
With the imprisonment of Bradley Manning and detainment of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks is effectively on hold. But that does not mean that leaks and whistleblowing activities have stopped. GlobaLeaks...
View ArticleKarachi Gripped by Extortionists
The cost of doing business in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi is steep. Surviving the climate of impunity now requires more than bags of protection money – it also calls for a stoutness of...
View ArticleIranian Diplomat Says Iran Offered Deal to Halt 20-Percent Enrichment
Iran has again offered to halt its enrichment of uranium to 20 percent, which the United States has identified as its highest priority in the nuclear talks, in return for easing sanctions against Iran,...
View ArticleExports Worth Their Salt in Crisis-Struck Portugal
A promising alternative in Portugal’s profoundly depressed domestic market are incentives for traditional exports which, due to their high quality or uniqueness, do not face fierce foreign competition....
View ArticleRural Mexican Communities Rich in Resources, Poor in Capital
The La Ventanilla community in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca has not given up in the face of devastating hurricanes, but has organised to protect mangroves and animal species like the Olive...
View ArticleGEORGIA: Anti-Turkish Sentiments Grow as Election Date Nears
Rooted in longstanding historical, religious and economic differences, Georgian animosity toward neighbouring Turkey, Georgia’s fifth-largest investor, appears to be growing in the Black Sea region of...
View ArticleU.N. Chief Jabs Media for Overblown Coverage of Hate Crimes
When the United Nations commemorated International Day of Peace last week, the celebrations were marred by news of widespread rage in the Islamic world, a continued bloody civil war in Syria, suicide...
View ArticleCooperatives Champion Balance Between People and Profit
The banner year for the global cooperative movement is winding down into its last months, but its leaders have echoed a resounding message: cooperatives, a values-based business model, can usher a...
View ArticleBuilding With the Next Hurricane in Mind in Cuba
The main challenge that climate change poses for architecture in Cuba is that local residents themselves should be able to adapt and prepare their homes for the difficulties faced in this...
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World Bank Refuses Call to Halt Land Deals
The World Bank has rejected a call to suspend its involvement in large scale agricultural land acquisition following the release of a major report by the international aid agency Oxfam on the negative...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists in Rio Worried about Reindustrialisation
The decline in Brazil’s manufacturing sector has not affected some parts of the country, which on the contrary have grown, driven by polluting industries like iron and oil production. The city of Rio...
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Q&A: In Pakistan, Youth Participation Key to Progress
The burgeoning youth population in Pakistan plays a vital role in addressing the country’s major challenges and in shaping its future, both for young people today and for generations to come....
View ArticleHelsinki Boycotts Tax Havens
The City of Helsinki added its voice to a growing global call against corporate tax evasion with the passage of a new responsibility strategy that leaves no room for unethical business practices. Last...
View ArticleShadow Fighting Erupts over Gaddafi
Civilians in the town of Bani Walid, 170 km south-east of Tripoli, are facing a humanitarian crisis as Libyan security forces lay siege to the stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi supporters, cutting off...
View ArticleOP-ED: Polio Eradication – A Reflection on the Darfur Campaign
It was early July 2004, and Darfur was looking like a war zone – massive human displacements of an estimated one million people, ongoing skirmishes, inclement weather, a parched landscape due to the...
View ArticleWorld Forgetting Palestinian Rights
The annual debate has just wrapped up and, already, the certainty is that if last year Palestinian statehood auspiciously dominated the international agenda, this time, the issue vanished from the...
View ArticleThe Brasilia Consensus, a Model for Latin America
Following the extreme neoliberalism of the Washington Consensus, which gave rise to a lost decade in social terms, Latin America is experimenting more successfully with a home-grown formula: the...
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Q&A: Tracing Hate Crimes to the Fear of the “Outsider”
Donald P. Green is a U.S. professor of political science who turns theories about hate crime upside down with his research. Courtesy of Donald Green. According to Green, hate crimes don’t stem from...
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