It's never too late to move beyond the choices of the cold war
Apologies that this blog has been a little slow of late. In the meantime, you might be interested in Red Pepper editor Hilary Wainwright's contribution to a debate on socialism in The Guardian (her...
View ArticleNothing Stops Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Jordan Flaherty writes: In New Orleans’ Central Business District, a prominent billboard advertising Southern Comfort liquor proclaims “Nothing Stops Mardi Gras. Nothing.” The festive ad haunts me,...
View ArticlePhilippines state of emergency
Herbert Docena writes: Yesterday morning, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared an indefinite "state of national emergency" in the Philippines. Issued on the very week when Filipinos were...
View ArticleWorld Water Forum
Where ever there is a conference to talk about poverty, you can normally find luxury hotels full of delegates. Mexico is no different as the Fourth World Water Forum kicks off today. The city is full...
View ArticleSo what is the World Water Forum?
Joe Zacune from War on Want has written a good introduction at OpenDemocracy.Also check out the blogs from WDM activists and US water activists, Food and Water Watch
View ArticlePrivatisation? What us?
The blue pearl necklace fell out of the corporate press pack like an unwanted christmas cracker toy. It was accompanied by a new-age sounding insert that explained that the necklace "represented the...
View Article20,000 march for water without profit
Joe Zacune, 16 March: Today´s demo was the largest ever mass mobilization against the privatization water. Over 20,000 people turned up to protest against the corporate takeover- including indigenous...
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Photos from World Water Forum
A collection of photos from the World Water Forum and protests against it can be found here: http://redpepper.blogs.com/photos/world_water_forum/(photo credit: Samantha Dietmar)Phot
View ArticleThe 4th European Social Forum
James O'Nions writes from Athens. The 4th European Social Forum started in Athens on Thursday. Previous ESFs have been around a year apart, but it has been a year and a half since the last one....
View ArticleNews from Palestine
Every year many internationals travel to Palestine to help with the autumn olive harvest. Alys Jenkins, an activist from Lancaster, returns to Palestine to find ordinary people facing intimidation and...
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