MONTREAL, Canada, Aug 23, 2010 (IPS) – Six hundred delegates from more than 80 countries flocked to Montreal Aug. 20-23 for the CIVICUS World Assembly in search of innovative ways to approach global challenges like poverty and climate change. An international alliance of about 1,000 civil society organisations, CIVICUS concentrates its efforts on strengthening citizen [...]
If you are interested in social justice you should attend the protests that will take place in Toronto during the G20 Summit from June 25th-June 27th and in the days leading up to the arrival of twenty of the world’s “leaders.” Though I will present three reasons why you ought to be in the city [...]
In November 2003, tens of thousands of demonstrators came to Miami to protest the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) ministerial meetings. They were met with police harassment, provocation and violence. This anonymous testimony shared the experience of one activist of color and lessons learned. I am a person of color. I am against [...]
By Manning Marable In 1900, the great African-American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois, predicted that the “problem of the twentieth century” would be the “problem of the color line,” the unequal relationship between the lighter vs. darker races of humankind. Although Du Bois was primarily focused on the racial contradiction of the United States, he was [...]
Spotted via BusinessWeek earlier this week, on the heels of a recent Naxalite strike against India military and corporate forces: The deadliest attack on Indian security forces in four decades of left-wing conflict underscores the challenge companies including ArcelorMittal, Posco and NMDC Ltd. face in investing in mineral-rich states. Maoist rebels killed 76 officers in [...]
By Farhana Khatri Anti-globalization activism in Calgary received a major boost from the organizing that took place to protest the June 2002 G8 summit in Kananaskis, a mountain resort 100 kilometres west of the city. As in the demonstrations that have taken place post-Seattle, the Calgary anti-globalization activism scene had a strong anti-capitalist anarchist presence, [...]
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