Africa today: Reflections on resilience
The African humanity currently generates, overwhelmingly, the capital resource that at once sustains it and is exported to the Western world. The notion that Africans are in any way dependent on a European/Western…
Orientalism in Africa? The ICC and the case of Laurent Gbagbo
Let us imagine for a moment that at the November 1945 Nuremburg trials, which were held so as to condemn those responsible for instigating World War II and the Holocaust, a Prosecutor decided,…
The Jamhuriyat Road to Taksim Square: Shilpi Suneja
The evening of 3 June, 2013 was the first time I’d experienced the sting of pepper spray. I was walking on Cumhuriyet Caddesi near Taksim Square in central Istanbul, where, for the past…
Red Ant Dream – A review
In the Islamic interpretation of dreams, to dream about insects means a weaker people organizing themselves to win something over. Sanhati, May 25, 2013. By Azaan Javaid. Organization is both loved and loathed…
‘Driving Force: Labour Struggles and Violation of Rights in Maruti Suzuki’ A Report from PUDR
What makes the Maruti story extraordinary is certainly not the company and its cars but the extraordinary struggle of its workers that has continued inspite of ruthless repression by the management and the…
A Turkish Spring? Over 1,000 Injured as Anti-Government Protests Spread Outside of Istanbul
Turkey is seeing its biggest wave of protests against the ruling government in many years. Tens of thousands of people rallied across the country Sunday for a third consecutive day of mass demonstrations….
War and Peace in Turkey: From the attack on Syria’s border to the PKK’s retreat
In the same week in which Turkey watched on with hope at the initial phase of the withdrawal of PKK soldiers across the Iraqi border, two bombs explosion went off in the village…
La Tierra es Madre, titular de derechos
Vivimos en gravísimo riesgo de destruir la especie humana y todo el proyecto planetario. Fundamos el antropoceno, una nueva era geológica con altísimo poder destructivo, un desajuste perverso del equilibrio del sistema-Tierra. ¿Cómo…
Fórum pela Paz na Colômbia reúne organizações em Porto Alegre
Centenas de pessoas e movimentos sociais se reúnem para apoiar o fim do conflito armado colombiano. Está prevista uma videoconferência com representantes do governo colombiano e das Farc. Baixar (1’36” / 375 Kb)…
Shirin Ebadi: a lesson on human rights
In 2003 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work in defending human rights, a choice that resulted in her leading a complicated life and being separated from some members of…
