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Le dernier rassemblement du G20 à Pittsburgh, l’automne dernier, s’est terminé sur une note positive. Le communiqué final affirmait que les pays du G20 avaient fait « tout ce qui était nécessaire pour assurer la reprise » et que cela « avait marché ». Depuis, la croissance est si faible qu’elle (…)

Oeste da Bahia é palco de movimentações pela criação de parque nacional no Cerrado da região. Agricultores familiares e comunidades tradicionais sofrem o impacto da chegada de grupos do agronegócio - inclusive estrangeiros
Jornais e revistas da mídia que acompanham o cotidiano do agronegócio (…)

Zimbabwe is currently the subject of sanctions designed to pressure Robert Mugabe and his colleagues to cease human rights abuses and remove other barriers to democratization in the country. Yet despite some recent positive developments — such as the appointment of independent commissions on (…)

Ce texte, publié originellement en anglais par The Socialist Project/The Bullet, a été traduit par Anne Le Meur, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros.
Copenhague a révélé que les grands pays du Sud se rendaient volontairement complices des pays riches dans le crime climatique. Pourtant, (…)

Over the centuries, the poison of caste has been variously sung about, lamented, protested, outlawed and adjudicated in this region. During that time, the economic and cultural foundations of – and, most of all, the religious sanction for – this abhorrent practice have all been sculpted to (…)

While the Iranian government has intensified its aggressive efforts to expand Internet filters, Austin Heap, a young programmer in the U.S., says he has developed software that would enable Iranians to evade their censors. Read more

The Safai Karmchari Andolan, a grass roots movement by conservancy workers is working towards banishing the inhuman practice, with admirable success. This practice of ‘manual scavenging’ is the worst surviving symbol of caste untouchability in India. It drives people into this degrading daily (…)

Amnesty International demande aux autorités israéliennes de mettre fin au harcèlement infligé à un défenseur des droits humains dont la détention qui dure depuis une semaine a été prolongée ce mercredi 12 mai 2010.
Ameer Makhoul, citoyen palestinien d’Israël, a été arrêté lors d’une descente (…)

L’échec de l’éducation sur le continent révèle une pédagogie élitiste, estime Joséphine Ouedraogo. Pour la dirigeante d’ENDA, le Forum 2011 à Dakar peut être le lieu d’un rapprochement entre intellectuels et secteur populaire. Dans l’esprit de Joséphine Ouedraogo, les défis immédiats posés aux (…)

Al dar vuelta en una curva en una remota carretera del sureño estado de Oaxaca los observadores internacionales de derechos humanos, encontraron el camino bloqueado por rocas. Decidieron que seguir adelante sería peligroso, pero no sabían que dar vuelta, sería mortal.
Cuando las camionetas (…)

MEDHA PATKAR, the 56-year-old leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), is fighting what she calls the “final battle”. After close to three decades of protests against the damming of the Narmada river, she is battling against the Gujarat government’s attempt to raise the height of the Sardar (…)

Au terme du deuxième et dernier mandat présidentiel de Lula, et au-delà de son extraordinaire popularité, quel bilan tirer de ses huit années à la tête du Brésil ?
Les commentateurs ne manqueront pas de souligner les acquis du « lulisme » : une santé économique impressionnante, des indices de (…)

Hoy se ha dado a conocer la sentencia del Tribunal Permanente de los Pueblos que ha juzgado desde el pasado viernes 14, los ventisiete casos documentados de violaciones de derechos humanos cometidos por multinacionales europeas en América Latina con el apoyo de las instituciones y gobiernos (…)

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 (…)