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The “corruption-causes-poverty” narrative has become a standard tool in the hegemonic discourse kit for leaders in some developing countries - where in fact, Waldon Bello argues, it is neoliberal economic policies that are really to blame for poverty. Thailand’s “Red Shirts” are not, however, (…)

Fifty years on from the beginnings of liberation in Africa, John S. Saul finds there is still much work to be done, especially in southern Africa where the final triumph over colonial and racial domination occurred. In each of the five sites of the overt struggle against domination – Angola, (…)

A conversation exploring the challenges posed by the international conjuncture following the “war on terror” for gender justice and women’s rights, even within the formal human rights movement. "There is a struggle to be had. It is time to challenge the hegemony of the formal human rights (…)

Exclusión, racismo, vulneración de derechos, violencia y criminalización marcan las condiciones de vida de los pueblos indígenas en todo el planeta, de acuerdo con el Informe presentado por la Organización de Naciones Unidas, el mismo que fue elaborado por siete expertos independientes y (…)

“Nenhuma mulher faz aborto porque gosta. Um aborto acontece porque, naquele momento da vida, é a única saída frente a uma gravidez indesejada.” Este é o primeiro parágrafo do folheto distribuido pela Frente em São Paulo, em manifestação realizada na Praça João Mendes, próxima ao Fórum e vários (…)

On 9th March 2010, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, passed the bill on the reservation of 33 percent seats in the Lok Sabha, for India’s women representatives. Opposition to reservations for women in Parliament have centred on at least four points. Step by step (…)

The decline of politics and of intellectual discourse is related to the struggle between politics and economics as the arbiter of the moral commons and the role of the developmental state in this fight, writes Rajesh Kasturirangan. ead more

A 200-km oil pipeline that Franco-British oil group Perenco aims to build in the heart of Peru’s Amazon jungle region is at the centre of a controversy because of the reported existence of uncontacted native groups in the area.
In early 2008, Perenco acquired the exploration and production (…)

Durante dez dias do mês de abril, na aldeia Apoena Meireles, em Rondolândia, no Estado do Mato Grosso, aconteceu a Formação em Audiovisual, que é ministrada pelo Projeto Vídeo nas Aldeias, em parceria com a Rede Povos da Floresta (RPF), e faz parte do projeto de implantação dos trinta Pontos de (…)

La tension est subitement montée au Mali avec ce nouveau Code de la famille et des personnes. Cette loi controversée, censée donner plus de libertés et de droits aux femmes, est revenue pour une seconde lecture à l’Assemblée nationale après les contestations des musulmans radicaux. Lire

Le « Grand débat sur l’identité nationale » coïncide avec une crispation des Français à l’égard de l’islam. Mais cette crispation a-t-elle pour objet l’ensemble des Français musulmans ou bien seulement les Français d’origine maghrébine ? Pour formuler des solutions adaptées, il est essentiel de (…)

Solutions to global warming based on the logic of the market are a threat to the rights and way of life of indigenous peoples, the Latin American Indigenous Forum on Climate Change concluded this week in Costa Rica.
Solutions to global warming based on the logic of the market are a threat to (…)

Ce texte, publié originellement en anglais par SACSIS, a été traduit par Aurélie Hoarau-Michel, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros.
Les Sud-Africains ont tendance à se lamenter à propos de tout…le fait que rien ne semble fonctionner, la corruption, l’avarice grossière de la nouvelle (…)

In Timbuktu, Islamic Africa is rediscovering its written culture. Charlotte Widemann travelled to the site of the oldest library south of the Sahara to report on the race for influence over this ancient heritage, played out on a small stage of sand and parchment. Read more

On the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day: the good, the bad, and the potentially ugly. Read more

“A vida do índio cativo não podia ser mais dura como cargueiro ou remador, que eram seus trabalhos principais. Pertencente a quem o apresasse, ele era um bem semovente, desgastado com a maior indiferença, como se isso fosse o seu destino, mesmo porque havia um estoque aparentemente inesgotável (…)

Cabe mencionar que gran parte de los conflictos que existen en el presente ya sea por exigencias de restitución de tierras ancestrales o de resistencia ante la imposición de proyectos de inversiones privadas como forestales, celulosas, hidroeléctricas, salmoneras, mineras, entre otras, las que (…)

El 30 de enero de 2010 a las 3:30 am, efectivos de la Brigada 17 y la Fuerza Aérea de Colombia FAC bombardearon y rafaguearon las inmediaciones la comunidad Alto Guayabal, en un punto conocido como Saltico. Allí se encontraba una familia indigena la comunidad y cuatro indigenas quedaron (…)

With the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) deciding in favour of Kenya’s Endorois people, Korir Sing’Oei Abraham hails an unprecedented court victory. The Endorois were forcibly evicted by the Kenyan government in the period 1974–79, and their victory suggests positive (…)

A discussion with the Afrikaner Resistance Movement’s Andrie Visagie on live national television has ‘brought into sharp focus a whole host of tensions, contradictions and implications of what it means to be a South African in 2010’, writes Liepollo Lebohang Pheko. Visagie’s outburst is a (…)