Quito, March 8-13, 2004 The 1st Americas Social Forum will take place in Quito, Ecuador, from March 8 to 13, 2004. This first hemispheric Forum reflects the modality of regional events adopted by the World Social Forum ÂWSFÂ, in order… Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) – Faced with a no-win situation in an increasingly deadly Iraq, the United States is proposing the creation of a new U.N.-authorised peacekeeping force led by a U.S. military commander. ”But it… Continue Reading
In November 2001, the 142 World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries gathered in Doha approved the TRIPS Agreement (Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights) and Public Health Declaration, which ratified the right of countries to protect the health and promote universal and… Continue Reading
Route to Accord Laid Out, Construction Another Matter By Gustavo Capdevila GENEVA, Aug (IPS) – The general lines are drawn for the negotiations to take place among the WTO’s 146 member states next month in Cancun, Mexico. But pending is… Continue Reading
Prescott Bush, 1.5 million dollars, and Auschwitz: How the Bush Family Wealth is Linked to the Jewish Holocaust By Toby Rogers While the Enron scandal currently unfolds, another Bush family business scandal lurks beneath the shadows of history that may… Continue Reading
By Gustavo González* SANTIAGO, Aug (IPS) – The great disparity between rich and poor is preventing Latin America from achieving the U.N. Millennium Goal of halving its malnourished population, says the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)… Continue Reading
Greg Palast The tale of the brits who swiped 800 jobs from New York, carted off $90 million, then tonight, turned off our lights I can tell you all about the ne’re-do-wells that put out our lights tonight. I came… Continue Reading
By Brian Thomson* GENEVA, Aug 26 (IPS) – The international media community would be right to feel somewhat confused over the role it should play at the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society. Should journalists be there as reporters,… Continue Reading
By Haider Rizvi New York, Aug (IPS) – “Look at him. I don’t understand why they are punishing this innocent one,” says Rukhsana Saeed, pointing to her infant son who cries in her lap, his small hands holding a plastic… Continue Reading
Desmond Tutu & Ian Urbina It is difficult not to feel despair and powerlessness at this awful juncture. Millions in the world fought with all their hearts and minds to avoid violence in Iraq. Inevitably, when bombs fall, there is… Continue Reading
By Marty Logan MONTREAL, Aug (IPS) – Five legal experts will hear submissions in November on whether Britain, Australia and other nations in the coalition that attacked Iraq should be tried for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC).… Continue Reading
By Gustavo Capdevila GENEVA, Aug (IPS) – A group of developing countries is discussing an initiative that could be the last chance for averting failure of agricultural trade negotiations at the WTO ministerial conference next month in the Mexican resort… Continue Reading
This introduces a proposal to hold a one-day World Forum on Communication Rights alongside the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in December 2003. The CRIS campaign (Communication Rights in the Information Society: www.crisinfo.org) is launching the initiative as… Continue Reading
Agreements Of The Iii Encuentro Campesino Mesoamericano Tegucigalpa, Honduras The three Rural Conventions of Middle America that have been held so far (Tapachula, Managua and Tegucigalpa), have each represented a breakthrough in support, representation, participation, and wealth of proposals. We… Continue Reading
By Miren Gutierrez* ROME, Aug 20 (IPS) – Transparency is not one of oil’s properties; corruption seems to rise to its surface wherever it is found. Is oil intrinsically dirty? “Oil rents have tended to impede democratisation and have sustained… Continue Reading
Greg Palast The tale of the brits who swiped 800 jobs from New York, carted off $90 million, then tonight, turned off our lights I can tell you all about the ne’re-do-wells that put out our lights tonight. I came… Continue Reading
By Katrin Dauenhauer WASHINGTON, Aug (IPS) – About one in three African American males in the United States can be expected to be jailed during their lifetime, according to a Justice Department report released Sunday. One in six Latinos and… Continue Reading
NEW ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW ANNUAL Diane Johnson* I. Introduction Kasia T., a 25 year-old mother from Warsaw had no interest in working abroad.(1) The young woman was having marital difficulties and, as a result, became easy prey for… Continue Reading
By Gustavo González – Tierramérica* SANTIAGO, Aug (IPS) – Glaciers around the world are disappearing more quickly than initially thought, and global warming is believed to be the culprit. The deglaciation phenomenon — while most intense in Antarctica — is… Continue Reading
Massive Military Contractor Makes Media Mess Analysis – By Katrin Dauenhauer and Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Aug (IPS) – It is no secret that U.S. defence and construction companies — particularly those with close ties to the administration of President George… Continue Reading
