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. [...]
Entries from May 2007
Darfur, China and the 2008 Olympic Games">Darfur, China and the 2008 Olympic Games
May 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Developing Countries · Politics & International Relations · War & Terrorism
We need partners, not donor assistance!">We need partners, not donor assistance!
May 29th, 2007 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Developing Countries · Globalization & Global Culture · Politics & International Relations · World
Globalised World: Who Gains, Who Loses?">Globalised World: Who Gains, Who Loses?
May 24th, 2007 · No Comments
“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 [...]
Tags: Developing Countries · Globalization & Global Culture · Politics & International Relations · World
GM or organic: Where does India’s future lie?">GM or organic: Where does India’s future lie?
May 24th, 2007 · No Comments
(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 [...]
Tags: Developing Countries · Earth & Environment · Science
Kibera, by Jonas Bendiksen">Kibera, by Jonas Bendiksen
May 8th, 2007 · No Comments
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 [...]
