by Thomas Sommer-HoudevilleOur flotilla consists of 10 boats, with total number of passengers of around 400. One boat already left France last Saturday, June 25th, and it will be able to join the rest of the flotilla in a day or...
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Read MoreMANILA, Philippines— Economies in Asia have the potential to benefit from clean, renewable energy sources once they tap their natural resources and lessen their dependence on imported fuel, the World Resources Institute (WRI)...
Read MoreMore than 80 advocacy groups and people’s organizations from across the Southeast Asian region submitted letter-petitions for information disclosure to the ASEAN’s Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) and the...
Read More“China is today the ideal capitalist state: freedom for capital, with the state doing the ‘dirty job’ of controlling the workers,” writes the prominent Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek. “China as the...
Read MoreFocus renews its invitation to both amateur and professional filmmakers—youth, women, overseas Filipinos, their families or people working on migrant issues—to submit their proposals for the EDSA Mo, EDSA Ko video grant on or...
Read MoreThe Government of Delhi, under Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit who is also the Chairperson of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), has made several attempts in the past to bring in the World Bank induced privatization model in the water...
Read MoreFabiana Frayssinet, IPS , Rio de Janeiro, 27 June 2011 What is the relevance of electing a Brazilian or a non- European, for Director of FAO?It is an important symbol for Brazilian social activists, since in the foundation of...
Read MoreAfsar Jafri* The Government of Delhi, under Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who is also the Chairperson of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), has made several attempts in the past to bring in the World Bank privatization model in the...
Read More(Paris, June 20, 2011) Hundreds of civil society organisations (CSOs), including farmers’ movements, women’s groups and non-governmental organisations, will launch a global appeal against farmland grabbing during the...
Read MoreThe debate sponsored by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) takes place 2-415 pm, Monday, June 13 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) being held at the Shangri-la Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event is a special...
Read Moreby Nicola Bullard & Tadzio MüllerGAIA: Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance/Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Who is in it? What is the purpose?GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 650 grassroots groups,...
Read MoreBenny Kuruvilla* (Delhi, 16 May 2011) During the run-up to the December 2009 UNFCCC summit in Copenhagen, China announced a 2020 target to reduce its emissions intensity (the amount of energy used per unit of GDP) by 40-45...
Read MoreElizabeth Peredo Beltrán* There is a rebellious movement growing across the planet protesting the unfair impacts of climate change and environmental crisis. A global intuition was being formed on the real causes of climate...
Read MoreWilliam I. Robinson* The crisis of global capitalism is unprecedented, given its magnitude, its global reach, the extent of ecological degradation and social deterioration, and the scale of the means of violence. We...
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