2012

Articles

• 1 November 2012, by Shaun Harkin

  Turning Despair Into Hate

  Greece is in a grueling downward economic spiral with massive political and social ramifications. Aspects of Greek society are literally falling apart at the seams. Across the whole eurozone – the (...)
• 1 November 2012, by Giorgio Cafiero

  Saudi Arabia and Qatar: Dueling Monarchies

  The demise of secular autocratic regimes in the Middle East and North Africa has heralded a renaissance for Islamist parties in the region, igniting a rivalry for the hearts and minds of the (...)
• 1 November 2012, by ICSSI

  The Fourth Conference of The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI)

  In the southern Iraqi city of Basra, from October 20 to 22 2012, more than 200 Iraqi activists, trade unionists and human rights defenders met to discuss a democratic future for their country (...)
• 1 November 2012, by Messaoud Romdhani

  The Long March Towards Free Media In Tunisia

  Before January 14, 2011 Tunisian media was one of the three fundamental pillars of Ben Ali’s dictatorship, along with the police and the judiciary. All types of expression were censored including (...)
• 1 November 2012, by Messaoud Romdhani

  Challenges Facing the Civil Society in Tunisia

  One of the major characteristics of every dictatorship is the predominance of the State over the society, killing political opposition and suffocating any burgeoning of civil society being held (...)
• 1 October 2012, by Editorial

  Politics of Extremes

  “In Any War Between the Civilized Man and the Savage, Support the Civilized Man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad," states one of the ten advertisements that recently appeared in the New York subway (...)
• 1 October 2012, by Raul Burbano, Roger Rashi

  Towards a Peoples’ Social Forum

  Building Social Movements as Instruments of Transformation Anger and discontent against the ruling Conservative government is on the rise all across Canada. Human rights groups, women’s (...)
• 1 October 2012, by Emilie Katavic

  Unsuccessful protest of the Indian people against the Kudankulam Atomic Power Project

  On September 15 2012, a cry was made from Tamil Nadu during an attention-grabbing protest in opposition to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project (KNPP). An estimated 8,000 people crowded the (...)
• 1 October 2012, by Ronald Cameron

  The Student Movement Kicks Out The Liberal Government

  On September 4, 2012 the Parti Quebecoise (PQ) were elected to a minority government and Pauline Marois became the first woman to be Premier of Quebec. The election marks the first time since (...)
• 1 October 2012, by OPINION

  The Power of the Union: What the CTU Accomplished:

  The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) ended its standoff against the Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday, September 18 after a week-long strike that raised tensions in the city and nationwide. The (...)
• 1 October 2012, by Arij Riahi

  Crime and Punishment : Harper’s Punitive Approach

  Since the conservative party acquired the majority in the House of Commons, five different bills related to the criminal justice system were passed. By itself, the omnibus bill C-10 on « safe (...)
• 1 October 2012, by Wendy Papakostandini

  #gayguidelines

  A new campaign has emerged in Malaysia targeting predominately children displaying homosexual “symptoms.” The Teachers’ Foundation of Malaysia, along with the support of the nation’s Department of (...)
• 1 October 2012, by Stephen Zunes

  Embassy Protests and Middle East Unrest in Context

  It seems bizarre that right-wing pundits would be so desperate to use the recent anti-American protests in the Middle East, which usually number only a few hundred people, apart from peaceful (...)
• 1 October 2012, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu

  Gastronomic Boom in Peru: Redefining Culture and Identity

  From September 9 to 16, the most important International Food Fair in Latin America was held in Lima, la Mistura. Over half a million people, nationals and tourists alike, attended the two-week (...)
• 1 October 2012, by Binayak Sen

  India: Sedition Law is Against Spirit of Democracy

  I was convicted of sedition (section 124 of the IPC) on December 24 (Christmas eve), 2009, and awarded life imprisonment by the additional sessions judge, Raipur. I had already spent two years in (...)