
Zimbabwe: Fed up and not afraid!
Following weeks of public demonstrations against corruption, bad governance and a rapidly deteriorating economy, people all across Zimbabwe heeded a call last week for a nationwide stay-away, in an act of defiance against…

UPMS Workshop Harare Zimbabwe 2016 – Boaventura de Sousa Santos – Statement
Workshop “People Land Seeds Food – 15 years after the agrarian reform in Zimbabwe”. Universidade Popular dos Movimentos Sociais – Workshop Harare – Zimbabwe 12 to 14 July 2016. Statement – Boaventura de…

UPMS Workshop Harare Zimbabwe 2016 – Elizabeth Mpofu – Statement
Workshop “People Land Seeds Food – 15 years after the agrarian reform in Zimbabwe”. Universidade Popular dos Movimentos Sociais – Workshop Harare – Zimbabwe 12 to 14 July 2016. Statement – Elizabeth Mpofu…

UPMS Workshop Harare Zimbabwe 2016 – Walter Chambati – Statement
Workshop “People Land Seeds Food – 15 years after the agrarian reform in Zimbabwe”. Universidade Popular dos Movimentos Sociais – Workshop Harare – Zimbabwe 12 to 14 July 2016. Statement – Walter Chambati…

Popular University of Social Movements gathers in Harare: social movements and academics to dialogue on the state of land, seeds and food in SADC
Over the past 15 years, Zimbabwe’s fast track land reform programme has redressed colonial land inequalities and now provides lessons for its neighbours on how to democratise land ownership and broaden economic participation….

Kashmir Burns, Again
A hundred and twelve lives, most of them young, some very young, were lost in Kashmir when the army, paramilitaries and police forces opened fire on several occasions from June to September in…

Historic Verdict Holds Florida Resident Liable for Victor Jara’s Murder
A Florida civil court held former Chilean officer Pedro Pablo Barrientos liable for the murder of folk singer Victor Jara, whom Augusto Pinochet had killed 43 years ago The Real News Network 1…

Carnival of Corruption May Leave Back Door Open for the Return of Rousseff
Prof. Boaventura de Sousa Santos says the current domino effect of corruption is wiping out the political leadership class includes the minister of Transparency The Real News Network 12 Jun 2016

Dave Zirin on the Whitewashing of Muhammad Ali: He Wasn’t Against Just War, But Empire
Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine, joins us from Muhammad Ali’s hometown, Louisville, Kentucky, where he will attend Ali’s funeral. Democracy Now 10 Jun 2016 Zirin recounts Ali’s activism against racism…

Proposta do Tribunal Ético Internacional-Fórum Social Mundial (TEI-FSM)/Proposal IEC-FSM
Há quase quinze dias propus a constituição do Tribunal Ético Internacional (TEI) do Fórum Social Mundial (FSM). A ideia seria criar uma instituição permanente do Conselho Internacional (CI) do FSM cuja primeira sessão…