An open letter to Darfur activists and advocates, by Eric Reeves.
The full-scale launch of a large, organized campaign to highlight China’s complicity in the Darfur genocide appears likely to begin soon. But it’s past time to start thinking about how to tap the creative power of students and other Darfur advocates in this critical initiative. [...]

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Mr. Vasu Gounden is the founder and Executive Director of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD). Mr. Gounden, a co-author of the book ‘Shaping a new Africa’ (on alternative perspective for a viable Africa) held a workshop on African solutions for African conflicts in this year’s AFRIKADAG, the biggest Dutch [...]

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“Globalisation is really the best way to lift millions of people out of poverty because it increases trade; it increases job creation. It’s a positive force.” –Nandan Nilekani, CEO Infosys, Interview with San Francisco Chronicle, July 4, 2004 .

“Globalisation creates growth by destruction of the environment and of local livelihoods. It therefore creates poverty instead [...]

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(By Suman Sahai)
Does it make sense for India to forego its special status as a producer of GM-free agricultural foods, lose a secure market for its produce and incomes for its farmers, and start cultivating GM crops that no one will buy? Is the future not with organic farming?
According to the author, ‘It is embarrassing [...]

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Within the next few years, for the first time in history, more people will live in cities than in rural areas, and one of every three of them — about a billion of the planet’s urbanites — will live in slums like Kibera, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Kibera, which is the size of [...]

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