Alternatives International Journal

Articles

• 1 July 2011, by Anna Lekas Miller

  Moroccan Monarchy in the Arab Spring

  Like many Arab revolutionaries before him, including Mohammad Bouazizi of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, Oussama Khlefi is young, highly educated, and unable to find work. He has a dual degree in (…)
• 1 July 2011, by Jason Leung

  Hope for an HIV/AIDS Vaccine

  Around the world, HIV/AIDS is a pandemic that is identified as having a devastating effect on all aspects of life, from entire populations to individuals. June 2011 marks the thirtieth anniversary (…)
• 1 July 2011, by Salma Moolji

  The Brazilian Surge for Hydroelectricity at Belo Monte: A Beautiful Mountain of Trouble

  Thirty years ago, a Brazilian indigenous group, the Kayapo, burst onto the world stage in full colour, with feather headdresses, painted faces, disked upper lips and the singer Sting by their (…)
• 30 June 2011, by Kevin Kaczmara

  Decentralizing the Effects of the Earthquake in Japan

  While natural disasters are intrinsically unavoidable, the aftermath of such catastrophes is, to an extent, predetermined by a country’s stage of development. As far as the unofficial hierarchy (…)
• 30 June 2011, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu

  Like Fish Out of Water: India’s Landless Farmers

  The Kondh area of central-southwest Orissa and neighbouring states is one of the most abundant areas in high quality bauxite. This has fueled a new wave of mining and metal factory based (…)
• 30 June 2011, by Liza Ponomarenko

  A Lesson to Be Learned from India’s Failing Microfinance

  Microcredit, microfinance, and microlending are synonymously used to describe the trend policy makers attribute to significant reductions in poverty. Essentially, microfinance programs use (…)
• 30 June 2011, by Siddharth Varadarajan

  India’s Stake in Africa’s Future

  A spectre is haunting Europe and America, home to the colonialists and cold warriors of yesterday, the spectre of an Africa—which they ruled and exploited for a century-and-a-half—now coming under (…)
• 30 June 2011, by Patrick Bond

  Gaza: A View From the Ground A South African Perspective

  Here in Palestine, disgust expressed by civil society reformers about Barack Obama’s May 19 policy speech on the Middle East and North Africa confirms that political reconciliation between (…)
• 30 June 2011, by Alternative Information Center

  Activists in Israel Reject German Party’s Position

  The German left-wing party Die Linke issued a shocking statement on 7 June 2011, stating that “We will not participate in initiatives on the Middle East conflict which call for a one-state (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Salma Moolji

  Panama’s Open-Pit Crisis: The Indigenous Struggle Against Mining

  Dawn cracks with the swift motion of clouds cresting over the peaks of Panama’s rolling cordillera. It is six am; the roosters are already crowing and the children, already crying in the (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Nitasha Moothoo-Padayachie

  Gender Mainstreaming in the South African Public Service

  In 1995, the mainstreaming of gender was identified as a key process for instituting change to the new South African democracy. South Africa ratified the Beijing Platform for Action, an agenda (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Liza Ponomarenko

  Environmental Health in China: Poised in Ambiguity

  A rapidly industrializing nation, the Peoples Republic of China is simultaneously lagging and leading in the field of environmental health, which specifically addresses the physical, chemical, and (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu

  The Controversy of Land Acquisition in the Developing World

  Global food prices soared dramatically between 2006 and 2008 and again in 2010, which signals a new era of uncertainty and rivalry in the field of global arable land. Lack of arable land and (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Davide Mastracci

  Drugs & Justice

  In the last couple of weeks the outcry aimed at the war on drugs in Mexico has been massive, with tens of thousands descending upon the streets of Mexico City in protest. The desire amongst the (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Erin Hudson

  Anti-homosexuality and Africa

  Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill came to life in 2009. Since then, campaigns for the passage of the bill and against homosexuality have occurred throughout Uganda as have protests against the (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Wendy Papakostandini

  Death of Democracy in India, Birth of Censorship

  “What are we, Saudi Arabia?” asks Pushkar Raj, the general secretary of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties in India. He adds, “We don’t expect this from India. This is something very serious.” (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Michelle Craig and Steve Richter

  The Fate of Montreal’s Community Gardens

  The survival of the community garden known as Faubourg Saint-Laurent is at risk and the city of Montreal has a choice to make: preserve the garden or turn the land over to high-rise residential (…)
• 1 June 2011, by John Riddell

  How to Evaluate Progress in Bolivia

  

Six years after Bolivians elected their first Indigenous-led government, their ongoing struggle for national and social liberation remains a subject of debate and disagreement among socialists (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Raïsa Mirza

  Agricultural Livelihoods in Rwanda

  Land is the resource upon which many Rwandans rely for their livelihood. The stakeholders in modern day agriculture are numerous. Farmers, co-operatives, NGOs, corporations and governments all (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Nassar Ibrahim

  Palestinian Reconciliation: Conditions Required for Success

  The signing of the Palestinian reconciliation agreement is just the beginning of the internal reconciliation process on the national, political, strategic and tactical levels. Nassar Ibrahim (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Isabelle Reford

  Structural Adjustment at the IMF. Literally.

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 187 member countries. The purpose of the fund is to promote the macroeconomic stability of the world economy by lending resources to (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Isabelle Reford, Melissa Wils-Owens

  Alternatives International Project Briefing – June 2011

  Each of the nine member organizations of the Alternatives International federation is constantly at work on a variety of projects to improve social, economic and environmental justice in their (…)
• 1 June 2011, by Kevin Kaczmara

  The Search for a Socialist Smartphone

  It may take several more years before the average citizen of Cuba, a self-proclaimed socialist country, faces consumer decisions as critical as choosing between a BlackBerry and an iPhone. If Cuba (…)
• 11 May 2011, by Mostafa Henaway

  Students, labour, academics: Growing Pan-Canadian solidarity with Palestine

  A series of developments and initiatives across Canada and Quebec underline the growing concern on and around Canadian campuses for issues relating to Palestine and in particular, around (…)
• 10 May 2011, by Noam Chomsky

  My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Death

  We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic. It’s increasingly clear that the (…)
• 29 April 2011, by Nick Buxton

  The Law of Mother Earth: Behind Bolivia’s historic bill

  Indigenous and campesino (small-scale farmer) movements in the Andean nation of Bolivia are on the verge of pushing through one of the most radical environmental bills in global history. The (…)
• 26 April 2011, by Elizabeth Peredo Beltran

  Some Reflections On The Way From Cochabamba To Durban

  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 (…)
• 26 April 2011, by John Riddell

  Montreal Meeting Shows Growing Support for Climate Justice

  Conference organizer: “This is the first chance in twenty years for such a political discussion embracing forces from both Quebec and [English] Canada” Bolivia marked Earth Day (April 22) this (…)
• 19 April 2011, by Christian Nadeau

  We are not alone: Resistance before and after the elections

  Since the publication of my book Rogue in Power, I have called the attention of my readers to two main points. First, I wanted to underline the significance of a mass vote against the (…)
• 14 April 2011, by Nipa Banerjee

  LETTER FROM KABUL

  I board a plane from Frankfurt, bound for Dubai on the way to one of my innumerable trips to Afghanistan. I muse about my journey over the years in the land of the Kabuliwallahs, the fruits and (…)
• 5 April 2011, by Stefan Christoff

  Elections 2011 and criminalization of dissent

  As election ads fill the airwaves and campaign buses travel Canada’s thawing highways over the next month, the national media-driven debate has shifted toward the possibility of the Conservatives (…)
• 15 March 2011, by Michael Ryan Wiseman

  Then fall, Caesar

  “Beware the ides of March.” And with these words the soothsayers stop soothing. This is not good news— not for a Caesar, a dictator, a self-styled demigod. Hope, ever last into the casket, (…)
• 15 March 2011, by Horace CAMPBELL

  Saluting the revolutionary women of Egypt

  Honouring the struggles of women all over the world against patriarchy and oppression in the week of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, Horace Campbell focuses on the instrumental (…)
• 15 March 2011, by Juan Cole

  King’s Nixonian Hearings against American Muslims

  Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY)’s hearings on the alleged ‘radicalization’ of American Muslims are an affront to the brave Middle Eastern Muslims who have, during the past two months, thrown off (…)
• 15 March 2011, by Marcus Tan de Bibiana

  An Awakened Journey

  Manoeuvring through the colourful and busy neighbourhood blocks of Tamale is like stumbling through a marketplace without knowing what exactly you came for; there is something electrifying about (…)
• 15 March 2011, by Michael Lithgow

  ART THREAT !!!

  When Banksy offered to pay $133,000 US to get artists Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolayev out of a Russian jail, the local court said “nyet!”. But Russians charged with murder are routinely (…)
• 15 March 2011, by Salima Punjani

  Reversing Stereotypes

  December saw the end of the incredibly successful first annual Addis Ababa Foto Festival (AFF), but the creative momentum sparked by the festival is omnipresent. AFF was organized by Ethiopian (…)
• 15 March 2011, by Joel Balsam

  Spinning Classes

  Carefully placed on a round table in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel in downtown New Orleans lay a number of special edition Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly (GA) Ha’aretz (…)
• 15 March 2011, by Barbara Legault

  ReBELLEs

  In October 2008, under the theme of Toujours RebELLES — Waves of Resistance, 500 young feminists, aged fourteen to thirty-five, from all regions of Canada and Québec gathered in Montreal. What (…)
• 14 March 2011, by Robert Fisk

  Palestinians Understand Gaddafi Better Than We Do

  To Beirut. Storms. Heavy rain. Seas sweeping over the little port by my home. A meeting with a close friend of a son of Gaddafi. "He wants a battle, habibi, he wants a battle. He wants to be the (…)
• 14 March 2011, by Rob Rainer

  Charities Should Not Be Politically Muzzled

  The freedom of expression of Canada’s 80,000-plus charities is being unfairly restricted. According to the Income Tax Act (ITA) and a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) policy, if a charity spends more (…)
• 28 February 2011, by Michel LAMBERT

  Alternatives Attacked!

  It is with these two words that I began my day yesterday. Alternatives is once again the target of a report in the media, this time via the plume of an obscure professor at the HEC de Montréal. (…)
• 23 February 2011, by Feroz MEHDI

  World Social Forum: 10th Anniversary

  Senegal welcomed the world this month, as 75,000 people representing local and international progressive movements and organizations came to Dakar from over 130 countries. Contrary to what (…)
• 23 February 2011, by Connie Hackbarth

  Israel Bars AIC, Independent Journalists from Jerusalem Press Conference with Chilean Miners

  Israeli authorities barred entrance to representatives of the Alternative Information Center (AIC) and independent news sources from a press conference being held in West Jerusalem with the (…)
• 16 February 2011, by World Assembly of Social Movements

  Final Declaration of the Social Movements Assembly

  As the Social Movements Assembly of the World Social Forum of Dakar, 2011, we are gathered here to affirm the fundamental contribution of Africa and its peoples in the construction of human (…)
• 16 February 2011, by Patrick Bond

  From Cairo to Dakar to Durban, Another World Actually Is Possible!

  Last week’s World Social Forum (WSF) in Dakar, Senegal, ended up riotously happy thanks to the eviction of a universally-hated Egyptian Pharoah, after near-debilitating logistical disasters at the (…)
• 16 February 2011, by Feroz MEHDI

  Palestine at the World Social Forum 2011

  In the plenary concluding session of the World Education Forum in Ramallah on October 31, 2010 it was decided to hold a thematic forum “World Forum in Solidarity with Palestine” sometimes in 2012. (…)
• 2 October 2010, by Michael Ryan Wiseman

  The F Word

  Now that I have your attention, a quick rant on fascism and its growing popularity in the realm of name-calling and political point-scoring. We seem to be throwing the term around a lot these (…)
• 1 October 2010, by Refaat SABBAH

  The World Education Forum

  Whenever Palestinians have the chance to meet people from outside, and they realize there are still people in the world who fight for justice and fight for the rights of the other, it gives them (…)
• 1 October 2010, by Sana Saaed

  Restricted Free Agency

  I never thought that my body could serve as potentially the next front of the ever-erroneous but still somehow existent ‘clash of civilizations.’ Yet with the way things seem to be going these (…)
• 1 October 2010, by Ezra Winton

  ART THREAT !!!

  A NYC poster campaign that invites people to voice their opinions on Park51 aka Ground Zero Mosque aka Cordoba Center in writing; Hamdulillah, a stunning new music video from hip hop artist The (…)
• 1 October 2010, by Steve Sharra

  Reflections on the International Day of Peace

  As I was beginning a seven-month period in 2004 studying prospects for peace education in Malawian classrooms, a friend of mine seemed very surprised at the topic of my study. Why peace education? (…)
• 1 October 2010, by Salima Punjani

  Teach a Man to Fish

  At first I was skeptical about why we had a 3-week training program, I was nervous about the reintroduction of development buzzwords into my life, I was dreading being a part of conversations that (…)
• 1 October 2010, by David Heap and Dylan Penner

  On Course

  The Canadian Boat to Gaza has been the target of slurs and misinformation— some facts (as opposed to rhetoric) about our campaign may interest open-minded readers. The Palestinians of Gaza are (…)
• 1 October 2010, by Michael Bramadat-Willcock

  The Second Line

  "We went through the same routine at the El Salvador border, and since there were a few other buses travelling the same route I met a tourist from Iceland who was on a volunteer mission. He ran (…)
• 1 October 2010, by Ronald Cameron

  Now the People

  In the midst of the crisis, everything seemed possible for the workers of the world: from the bonfire of established orthodoxies a new consensus was forming... Two years later, we observe the (…)
• 2 September 2010, by Michael Ryan Wiseman

  Realitopia

  "... It speaks to the very heart of the dilemma amongst us utopians— how do you move a pile of excrement without getting any on you? At the very least, you are bound to smell of it..." (…)
• 2 September 2010, by Cy Gonick

  Ecosocialism as Holistic Earth Care

  Legendary lefty Cy Gonick speaks to ecosocialism founder Joel Kovel about creating global resistance movements; ecosocialist activism that moves beyond pressing for direct caps on polluters; and (…)
• 2 September 2010, by Mireille Fanon-Mendès France

  The Sunrise of the Damned

  Franz Fanon only got to see the first fires that were the false dawn of African independence. Sickness took him before the hope forged through liberation struggles dissolved into the neocolonial (…)
• 2 September 2010, by Tapan Bose

  Kashmir Burning

  From the ramparts of the Red Fort, celebrating the 64th anniversary of India’s Independence, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, offered to hold dialogue with the agitating youth of Kashmir if they (…)
• 2 September 2010, by Michael Bramadat-Willcock

  In the Shadow of Sandino

  “The election looms in the coming days; it is an amazing scene of lies and manipulations. If Ortega wins there may be a civil war here. It is quite tense,” my father warned me before my last visit (…)
• 2 September 2010, by Phyllis Bennis

  Mosque Hysteria

  At its core, the controversy surrounding the proposed Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan is not about religion. It’s about war. For some years now the fear factor that followed the (…)
• 2 September 2010, by Marine Begault

  Alternatives Days

  Sitting on one of the packed yellow school buses on the way to the Journées Des Alternatives, my expectations were dim. After all, I was spending my first weekend in Canada at a no-frills summer (…)
• 2 September 2010, by Ezra Winton

  ART THREAT !!!

  A Conversation with Return to El Salvador director Jamie Moffett; Video installation infiltrates 6000 NYC taxis; Artist Profile: Nicholas Hlobo A Conversation with Return to El Salvador (…)
• 2 September 2010, by Yasser Shoukry

  The Essence of Islam

  Islam, like other religions, is a religion that began as a message to ensure better material and spiritual conditions for human beings. Movements of political Islam however, refer to the (…)
• 2 September 2010, by Claire Hurtig, Freda Guttman

  Towards a free Palestine!

  Join us at the historic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Conference in Montreal this October! From 22 to 24 October 2010, Montreal-based Palestine-solidarity organizations will host an (…)
• 2 August 2010, by Michael Ryan Wiseman

  A Strategic Victory

  Hats off to the hat that’s finally on that dastardly oil pipe. We can all rest assured that the Gulf of Mexico will be as good as new in no time. Indeed, word is coming out that clean up efforts (…)
• 2 August 2010, by Michael Bramadat-Willcock

  Free Gaza Movement and Mavi Marmara

  Canadian activists talk about their experiences onboard the Mavi Marmara and announce North American ships to depart for Gaza. Addressing a mixed crowd including Palestinian and Ultra-Orthodox (…)
• 2 August 2010, by Stefan Christoff

  G20 a month later

  A month ago, thousands of chanting voices echoed between downtown towers in the core of Canada’s largest city, with people reclaiming the streets, facing down thousands of armed police — a (…)
• 2 August 2010, by Joel Balsam

  Moving Forward

  “The idea is definitely to bring people together.” Socially conscious rapper Lou Piensa chats with the AIJ. Lou Piensa is co-founder of the multi-cultural, multi-lingual, eclectic hip-hop (…)
• 2 August 2010, by Daniel Moss

  So That All May Drink

  After years of grassroots pressure, the UN General Assembly will debate a resolution on the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation. Maude Barlow, former senior advisor on water (…)
• 2 August 2010, by Ezra Winton

  ART THREAT !!!

  It’s summertime and therefore I’ve been in programming mode. After watching dozens and dozens of docs (and a few fiction), I thought I’d pass along some great summer flicks to cool off with, while (…)
• 2 August 2010, by Alternatives Information Center

  Paying for the Privilege

  The Israeli Knesset voted on July 13th to strip of MK Haneen Zoubi of key parliamentary privileges as punishment for her involvement in the Freedom Flotilla aid convoy, in which Israeli naval (…)
• 2 August 2010, by Jodie Beck

  Feminists of the World, Unite!

  I recently had the honour of joining Montreal’s Women of Diverse Origins as a volunteer for the upcoming Montreal International Women’s Conference (MIWC). Hosts and organizers of the conference, (…)
• 1 July 2010, by Michael Ryan Wiseman

  Where’s the beef?

  Happy birthday, Canada! And what better way to celebrate than throwing a $1 billion dollar birthday party. Curious, though, that most of it was spent on keeping people away from the festivities (…)
• 1 July 2010, by Richard Poplak

  A Tale of Two Cities

  The FIFA World Cup Finals and the G20 summit may at first glance seem entirely disparate, but both events have had a profound effect on the narratives of their respective cities. Those narratives, (…)
• 1 July 2010, by Bahati Ntama Jacques and Beth Tuckey

  Congo’s Quest for Liberation Continues

  Today, at the 50th anniversary of Congo’s independence, the country continues to be a source of wealth for the world, yet the Congolese people live in poverty. Like many African nations, the (…)
• 1 July 2010, by Daya Varma

  ANGER AT BHOPAL JUDGEMENT

  On December 3, 1984, Bhopal became the site of the world’s worst industrial Disaster. The question is: should India entertain hazardous industries at all? If the answer is yes, then what should be (…)
• 1 July 2010, by Ezra Winton

  ART THREAT !!!

  Here are this month’s top stories from Art Threat... The G20 summer blockbuster by Ezra Winton That the hundreds (at last count 900+) of G20 protesters (and random civilians) held in pens (…)
• 1 July 2010, by Dimitrios Roussopoulos

  Greek Dialectics

  ‘We are all Greeks’ - Percy Bysshe Shelly, from the preface of his lyrical drama Hellas Having recently spent five wonderful weeks in several parts of Greece, I return to Montreal refreshed. I (…)
• 1 July 2010, by Claude Vaillancourt

  The G20 faces a crisis with no end in sight

  The previous meeting of the G20, last fall in Pittsburgh, ended on a positive note. The closing statement affirmed that G20 countries had done “everything necessary to ensure recovery” and that it (…)
• 1 July 2010, by Roger Rashi

  From Cochabamba to Cancun

  The recent Cochabamba Conference on Climate Change has issued a call to build “a global peoples movement for climate justice.” A novel feature of this call is that it is supported by (…)
• 1 July 2010, by Omar Assaf

  World Education Forum in Palestine

  We are pleased to inform you that the registration for organizations and self-organized activities for the World Education Forum in Palestine (October 28 - 31) opened on June 25. This event is (…)
• 2 June 2010, by Feroz MEHDI

  Alternatives’ Days 2010

  Alternatives welcomes you to the 16th edition of Alternatives’ Days to participate with hundreds of other activists in debates, discussions and activities grouped this year under the title: (…)
• 2 June 2010, by Alternatives Information Center

  Flotilla Raid

  On the morning of 31 May 2010, the Israeli navy perpetrated a crime against humanity when it attacked the Freedom Flotilla, bound for Gaza, sailing in international waters. On the boats were 750 (…)
• 2 June 2010, by Joel Balsam

  NGO MONITOR-ing

  An investigation into NGO Monitor’s participation in the de-funding of Canadian human rights organizations Kairos and Alternatives. At the end of August 2009, an Israeli-based non-governmental (…)
• 2 June 2010, by Ezra Winton

  ART THREAT!!

  Here are this month’s top stories from Art Threat... Elvis Costello cancels shows in Israel “It is a matter of instinct and conscience,” writes internationally celebrated singer-songwriter (…)
• 2 June 2010, by GRAIN

  Raspberries for Monsanto Eggplants

  Monsanto’s plans to push genetically modified (GM) food crops in Asia ran into a wall on February 9, 2010 when India’s Environment Minister put a moratorium on the introduction of a variety of GM (…)
• 2 June 2010, by Chris Kromm

  Another disaster waiting?

  Shell running "sister rig" in Gulf nearly identical to ill-fated Deepwater Horizon. Despite an army of reporters and officials investigating the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster, one item (…)
• 2 June 2010, by Juan Cole

  Karzai Defeats Obama 2-1

  Afghanistan is already beginning to defeat Barack Obama. He came into office last year clearly hoping to find a way to move Hamid Karzai, the mercurial and ineffectual president of Afghanistan who (…)
• 2 June 2010, by Hassan Diab Support Committee

  Bad Times for the Good Doctor

  Dr. Hassan Diab is a sociology professor and a law-abiding Canadian citizen of Lebanese descent who lives in Ottawa. Until shortly before October, 2007, Hassan enjoyed an engaged and productive (…)
• 2 June 2010, by Frédéric Dubois

  Shooting Film, Not Guns

  The main take-home lesson in the film is that “instead of carrying guns, children can learn to carry cameras,” says Mohammed Chaloob. On a windy afternoon, two weeks ago, the GDP web (…)
• 1 April 2010, by Michael Ryan Wiseman

  ’Tis not too late

  Greetings Dear Reader, Welcome back to the Alternatives International Journal, as it rubs its eyes gingerly, throws its arms in the air and arches its back to get some kinks and an exaggerated (…)
• 1 April 2010, by Ezra Winton

  An Art-Changing World: Stories from Art Threat

  Myself and the other editors at Art Threat, a media outlet devoted solely to political art and cultural policy, are very excited to be collaborating with Alternatives. Each month I will, with the (…)
• 1 April 2010, by Fraser Reilly-King and Abdallah Khazaal

  The Robin Hood Tax

  T-A-X. Such a simple three letter word, and yet it elicits responses from people out of all proportion to its size. Perhaps it isn’t surprising. Taxes are scary. But let’s not forget, as much (…)
• 1 April 2010, by Vanessa Gordon

  The Reality of Canadian Official Development Assistance

  On 8 September 2000, following a three day Millennium Summit of world leaders at the headquarters of the United Nations, the General Assembly adopted the Millennium Declaration. The Declaration of (…)
• 1 April 2010, by IRIN

  GLOBAL: Recession boosts donor transparency

  The global financial crisis has catalysed increasing transparency and accountability regarding public finances, say aid experts, which has helped open up disclosures on aid-giving. 

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• 1 April 2010, by GRAIN

  Land grabbing in Latin America

  Right now communities in Latin America, as around the world, are suffering a new kind of invasion of their territories. These invaders are not the descendants of the European conquistadores, (…)
• 1 April 2010, by Sue Sturgis

  Southern Rice

  As in so many countries throughout the world, an important staple of the Haitian diet is rice, first brought by slaves from West Africa and cultivated on the Caribbean island nation for hundreds (…)
• 1 April 2010, by David Widgington

  Election Ballots Printed by Sudan’s Currency Printer Controversial

  Sudan’s first elections in 24 years are set to begin in less than 22 days. And not without major controversy. The logistical challenges faced by Sudan’s National Election Commission (NEC) and (…)