BBC NEWS Two more Western reports say that international efforts are failing to make Afghanistan a stable state. The Atlantic Council says that Nato is not winning in Afghanistan and Oxfam warns that the country faces a humanitarian disaster. On… Continue Reading
Interview with Gustavo Moncayo CARACAS, Jan 29 (IPS) – The hatred between Colombian guerrilla leaders and President Ãlvaro Uribe is a major factor hindering the search for an agreement to secure the release of the hostages taken by the insurgents,… Continue Reading
By Lionel Beehner – USA TODAY Effective diplomacy doesn’t have to originate at the State Department. Scoff all you want, but celebrities have unique tools to change the world. You might not see your favorite movie star on the red… Continue Reading
By Tahir Qadiry MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Jan 30 (IPS) – An Afghan court has sentenced a 23-year-old journalist to death for blasphemy, apparently after criticising the Prophet Mohammed’s views on women’s rights, and downloading and circulating material from the Internet. Sayed… Continue Reading
By Rita Freire Day of Global Action’s success is due to richness found within differences and to the real desire for a better world. Sunday, January 27th, 2008 Ciranda interviews Roberto Sávio, from IPS Agency and member of the WSF… Continue Reading
Analysis by Alejandro Kirk* SANTIAGO, Jan 29 (TerraViva/IPS) – Unlike the massive gatherings of past years, the World Social Forum’s “Global Day of Action” Saturday did not fill avenues around the world, nor did it make headlines in any major… Continue Reading
French Activists Fight Female Genital Mutilation by Sylvia Poggioli * January 26, 2008 · Female genital mutilation is an ancient rite practiced mostly in some sub-Saharan and North African countries. Many Muslims in that part of the world wrongly believe… Continue Reading
Analysis by Mario Osava CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil, Jan 28 (IPS) – For many people, the World Social Forum (WSF)’s influence and effect is waning, perhaps because it has outpaced public opinion and the dominant political processes, but not the real… Continue Reading
Curveball: Reporter Bob Drogin on “Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War†By AMY GOODMAN We speak with Los Angeles Times reporter Bob Drogin about his new book, Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused… Continue Reading
By Alejandro Kirk The WSF didn’t produce the progressive wave in Latin America by itself; nevertheless, it would be difficult to imagine it without (the presence of) the WSF, says Cândido Grzybowski, director of iBase (Brazil) and member of the… Continue Reading
‘Interview with Joao Pedro Stédile RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 24 (IPS) – Joao Pedro Stédile thinks that the World Social Forum (WSF) should remain a debating arena for civil society, because with all its breadth and variety, to attempt to… Continue Reading
Laura Carlsen It’s becoming a platitude to refer to Latin America as the region of hope, and from here in Mexico the perception is tempered by a reality that looks more ominous than hopeful. Throughout Latin America, attempts to build… Continue Reading
Interview with Aminata Dramane Traoré BAMAKO, Jan 22 (IPS) – Aminata Dramane Traoré, one of the leaders of the anti-globalisation movement in Mali, reckons that the World Social Forum (WSF) is a representative movement that is essential to the common… Continue Reading
TRASFONDO A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks. The study concluded… Continue Reading
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 (IPS) – The sharp decline in deaths among infants and children worldwide during the past century is “one of the great success stories in international public health”, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said… Continue Reading
Chico Whitaker Dear Friends, When I read the first question of the CACIM’s proposition to evaluate the WSF (“Is the World Social Forum approaching a point of crisis?”), without seeing who was asking the question, I thought immediately: all right,… Continue Reading
By WARREN HOGE UNITED NATIONS — Three years after the United Nations adopted a groundbreaking resolution to help it intervene to stop genocide, even longtime supporters of the rule acknowledge that it has not helped the organization end the violence… Continue Reading
Interview with Boaventura de Sousa Santos COIMBRA, Portugal, Jan 21 (IPS) – The movement against capitalism, injustice and oppression requires a strong convergence of social organisations that have fully accepted their differences, said sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos, who predicted… Continue Reading
M. Marcos Terena (*) After 22 years of planning, struggle and hope, and crediting the perseverance of indigenous leaders, last September the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on Indigenous Rights. In spite of numerous obstacles, discrimination, and social alienation,… Continue Reading
Interview with Philip Coyle from the Centre for Defence Information PRAGUE, Jan 18 (IPS) – The U.S. project to enlarge its missile defence system to Eastern Europe is a wasteful enterprise that will make the world unstable, says Philip Coyle,… Continue Reading
