Debate on Microcredit
Sam Daley-Harris argues for improving microfinance so that it lives up to its potential. Robert Pollin counters that microfinance must be embedded in a larger development program.
Microcredit: False Hopes and Real Possibilities
Is microcredit the solution to global poverty? Yes and no….
Three Reasons Im Going to the Social Forum
Activists from all across the United States are converging on Atlanta…
Siesta time for the World Bank
The problem with the World Bank is much bigger than Paul Wolfowitz.
Keep the Freeze On Colombia
Colombia is full of drugs, guns, and human rights violations. Why is the United States still giving it military aid?
Saving Darfur or Salvation Delusion?
It’s amid the U.S. government’s contradictory posturing and less-than-humanitarian geopolitical motives that the activist movement addressing Darfur operates.
Green Market Hustlers
Little green (business) men have hijacked the climate debate. Their market-based proposals are out of this world and not in a good way.
Just Security
An Alternative Foreign Policy Framework
Culture of Evil
Enemies don’t have cultures. They have leaders, usually tyrants.
Northern Iraqs Tangled Web
With Turkey worried about an independent Kurdistan and the United States bent on destabilizing Iran, northern Iraq is on the brink of chaos.
Moran on Guantanamo
Rep. Jim Moran thinks that Guantanamo is a blot on the U.S. reputation and should be closed down. He talks with Michael Shank on the implications of closure.
The Peace Movement Addresses Israel-Palestine (Finally)
The U.S. peace movement has worked on behalf of Salvadorans, South Africans, and East Timorese. It is now belatedly taking up the cause of Palestinians.
Ending the "Good War"
The presidential contenders are debating U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq. Why isn’t anyone talking about Aghanistan?
The Elephants of Missile Defense
Moscow and Washington are on a crash course over missile defense. Even Putin’s surprise offer at the G8, columnist Frida Berrigan points out, will not likely avert collision.
Isn’t It Enough?
Read her poem Isn’t It Enough?
Interview with Iranian Poet Farideh Hassanzadeh
Iranian poet Farideh Hassanzadeh talks about war, loss, and the politics of poetry.
Screening North Korea
Do North Korean films ultimately reveal or conceal the reality of the famously closed society?
Rice’s Realism
Every so often the Bush administration rediscovers realism.
Jerusalem: Endorsing the Right of Conquest
Congress recently endorsed Israels annexation of greater East Jerusalem. This will make Israeli-Palestinian peace more difficult to achieve, enflame anti-Americanism in the region and undermine international law.
Venezuelan Youth Street Culture Festival
Transformation. Diversity. Independence. Community. Reclamation. Venezuelan youth build a new identity.
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