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A success story from Tamil Nadu in the field of HIV-AIDS prevention and control, involving education and communication paradigms that bring about changes in healthcare-seeking behaviour. The project’s innovation was the engagement of “high-risk group members” as community health personnel. This (…)

From the LTTE to the Sinhala chauvinist forces, the Taliban to the forces of Hindutva, we have seen reactionary and rightwing forces attack our communities, but why is our solidarity and mobilisation against such reactionary forces so limited in the region? We have seen the onslaught of (…)

While the role of technology in the political struggle in Iran and elsewhere should not be overstated, it should not be underestimated either. The "next generation" controls with which authorities aim to manage the Internet mark a shift from heavy-handed filtering to sophisticated multi-pronged (…)

Activist Kitiry Roy’s arrest is a reminder of shrinking democratic space, says Thusha Mittal. His crime — holding a public hearing; holding the State accountable; attempting to hold the Constitution to its best face. In the FIR against Roy by the Anti-terrorist cell of Kolkata Police, the above (…)

Over the past three decades, in the shadow of hostile nationalisms fuelled by radical Islamic and Hindu politics, military crises, a runaway arms race, nuclear weapons and war, an amazing set of civil society initiatives has been taking root in India and Pakistan. A citizens’ diplomacy movement (…)

Nonviolent rights activits in Gujarat are being branded maoists and jailed, reports Parvaiz Bukhari. Dangs is the smallest and perhaps the most scenic Adivasi district of Gujarat. As you soak in the beauty and breathe the fresh air, Ashish Pawar, a young Adivasi activist acting as a guide, (…)

Inder Sidhu travels to a remote Rajasthan village where rural African women are learning new skills to transform their lives back home. The Barefoot College NGO’s ‘solar engineer’ programme teaches semi-literate and illiterate women from the continent’s rural communities how to build and (…)

En 2002, le Brésil surprend le monde en élisant à la présidence de la république un ouvrier syndicaliste. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, fondateur et chef du Parti des travailleurs (PT) est en effet emblématique d’un grand mouvement populaire qui a déstabilisé la dictature au tournant des années (…)

Au terme du « débat sur l’identité nationale » organisé par Éric Besson, l’heure est au bilan, non pas sur la nature de ladite identité nationale mais sur la signification d’un tel « débat », sa fonction, ses effets sociaux et enfin la réponse politique qu’il appelle. Si en effet une identité (…)

Impulsé en 2007 par le Forum des Alternatives Maroc, le portail internet e-joussour a pour objectif principal de donner de la visibilité aux mouvements sociaux de la région Maghreb-Machrek, en mettant à disposition des associations membres un espace virtuel participatif et indépendant, où chacun (…)

Em fins de janeiro de 2001, na cidade de Porto Alegre, realizou-se a primeira edição do Fórum Social Mundial (FSM). Surgiu com marca de ousadia e inovação, contestando a hegemonia do pensamento neoliberal simbolizado pelo Fórum Econômico Mundial, em Davos, na mesma data, reunia os (…)

Depuis le début de l’année, les manifestations se multiplient dans les villes de Russie, la population se soulève contre la hausse brutale des charges, des impôts et taxes en tout genre, alors que les salaires diminuent et que le chômage touche de plus en plus de personnes.
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When most people think about the recent upheavals in Iran, they think of marches demanding democracy and challenging the June 12 presidential election. The face of those protests is the “Green Movement” — so called because its supporters wear green —that put millions of people into the streets (…)

Ce texte, publié originellement en anglais par AlterNet, a été traduit par Carole Gillon, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros.
Le mouvement contre la guerre doit dépasser la dénonciation d’une seule guerre à la fois. Nous avons besoin d’une analyse plus profonde des structures qui (…)

The antiwar movement must go beyond challenging one war at a time. We need a deeper analysis of the structures that underlie militarism and war. Read more

In their book Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (New Press), activists and journalists Tracy Van Slyke and Jessica Clark take us on a celebratory journey through the relatively recent (over the past eight years) surge of independent, progressive (…)

As welcome as it was, the removal of George W. Bush was not enough to cure what ails the US. It goes to the root of our political system. Only real democracy can save this country. Read more

The birthplace of the World Social Forum (WSF), conceived as an alternative to international meetings pursuing free-market economics, Brazil is on its way to becoming a major economic power, analysts say. The question is, what kind of model will it adopt to avoid the behaviour it has previously (…)

On Democracy Now!, a tribute to the late historian, writer and activist Howard Zinn, who died suddenly on Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of eighty-seven. Howard Zinn’s classic work A People’s History of the United States changed the way we look at history in America. It has sold over a (…)

Under the title “Haiti: Microcosm of the crisis of development”, issue 467 of Pambazuka News, "the authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa", features several articles on the Haiti quake, its causes and the political lessons to be drawn from this (…)