Aceh, so long isolated from international view by the Indonesian government and military, is now–tragically–at the center of world attention.
Read moreAceh, so long isolated from international view by the Indonesian government and military, is now–tragically–at the center of world attention.
Read moreThe community of several thousand South African activists from whom I learn most–a group quite consciously pro-globalization-of-people and anti-globalization-of-capital–takes pride in the give-and-take lessons of international protest, solidarity, and local self-reliance gleaned during these past five years.
Read moreMuch attention was paid in the run-up to the January 30 elections in Iraq regarding how the lack of security in much of the country, combined with the decision by major Sunni Arab parties to boycott in protest of recent U.S. attacks on several major urban areas, could thereby skew the results and compromise the resulting government’s credibility.
Read moreThere are some people in the world’s wealthy countries who forecast that 2005 will be a decisive year for Africa.
Read moreThe failure of the U.S.-backed election in Iraq is not that it was illegitimate for most Iraqis but that the exercise has only deepened Iraq’s sectarian divisions and perhaps moved the country closer toward the specter of a full-scale civil war.
Read moreThe foreign policy segments of President George W. Bushs state of the Union address spoke to values and concerns that resonate with the majority of Americans from across the political spectrum. Unfortunately, much of what was said during his speech was quite misleading.
Read moreHope springs eternal that the Bush administration, in its new post-election configuration, will finally get serious about the North Korean nuclear crisis.
Read moreOn February 4th and 5th, leaders of the G-7 nations convened in London to discuss options for ending the grievous cycle of debt that has plagued the world’s most impoverished nations for years.
Read moreThe first thing to say about Kyoto’s entry into force (Feb 16th) is that it is a significant victory, won particularly by the Europeans, over social and economic complacency, cash-amplified, flat-earth pseudo-science, the carbon cartel, and, of course, the Bush administration.
Read moreAs the Kyoto Protocol comes into force this month, a carbon rush is gaining steam in the financial industry.
Read morePorto Alegre is best known around the globe, especially among those inclined to hold a critical opinion of capitalism, corporate power, and U.S. military aggression, as the original home of the World Social Forum.
Read moreAs long as the vast majority of Democrats are afraid to appear soft toward the Syrian dictatorship and as long as so few progressive voices are willing to challenge the Democrats, President Bush appears to have few obstacles in his way should he once ag
Read moreAs goes Greensboro, so goes the nation.
Read moreIn the two years since the U.S. invaded Iraq, many of the author’s predictions have come to pass.
Read moreAs editorialists from across the United States and Western Europe have reiterated lately, Russian democracy is under assault.
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