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July 2011
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1 July 2011, by Melissa Wils-Owens
Keeping Hope Afloat: Freedom Flotilla II
Last month, an international fleet of ships embarked for Gaza as the sequel to the 2010 Freedom Flotilla which triggered the relaxation of Israel’s blockade on the Gaza Strip. This territory is on (…) -
1 July 2011, by Isabelle Reford,
Melissa Wils-Owens
Alternatives International Project Briefing - July 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 July 2011, by Wendy Papakostandini
Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights
On the surface, reproductive rights do not seem particularly pressing. More often than not, they are swept under the rug, and rarely are they equated with human rights. I argue however that the (…) -
1 July 2011, by Nitasha Moothoo-Padayachie
Gendercide in India: the patriarchy of birth
Gendercide, as coined by Mary Ann Warren in her1985 book, is viewed as a product of poverty or ignorance. This article will help demonstrate that the issue of gendercide is not class or education (…) -
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 (…)