Alternatives International Journal

Articles

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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)