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America Gets Closure
The Deep State in Pakistan received a shock and a major blow with the death of Bin Laden. Under the noses of the Army and Intelligence services the world’s most wanted man resided in idyllic tranquillity, whilst…
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Garifuna People of Honduras Launch Land Recovery Campaign
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Garifuna People of Honduras Launch Land Recovery Campaign
Campaign Opposes Land Grabs of Traditional Territories in Honduras by Elites and Foreign…
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Friday’s Poetic Pause: “Paper Over People”
Once in a while someone will say something to you that perfectly encapsulates what you’ve been trying to convey, only in a more concise, elegant or articulate way. @Semhar Araia, founder of the Diaspora African Women’s Network did that for me in a conversation recently, and her brilliant summary has stayed with me over the last few weeks, resulting in this poem last night.
I dedicate it to her and the…
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BIRTHING JUSTICE: Our Hope is in Our Struggle – Reclaiming Land and Life in Honduras
By Beverly Bell and Lauren Elliott
April 30, 2012
Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by people’s movements, some forced or adopted into…
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Peace X Peace Forums: Political and Religious Reform Needed
Peace X Peace Forums: Women and the Arab Spring
Welcome to the first Peace X Peace Forum! These forums, which we hope to host regularly, will take on pressing issues in the world of peacebuilding and gender. This time, we have gathered women from around the Middle East – from Egypt to Tunisia and beyond – to discuss how women have influenced the Arab Spring, and the impact it has had on them. We hope you enjoy this discussion and…
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This Week in the World of Conflict... February 6th-13th, 2012.
- The UN conference on trade and development (UNCTAD) secretary-general published a report on Tuesday that called for fundamental reform of the global financial system that would be of benefit to the global poor. The report will act as the theme for the UNCTAD XIII conference in Doha, Qatar in April.
- An Online Dispute Resolution…
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Can allies help Palestinians to reform aid? How?
Dalia Association, Palestine’s first and only community foundation, recently launched an advocacy campaign to address the issues facing grassroots civil society as recipients of international aid in Palestine. Nora Lester Murad, Dalia’s founder and former executive director, shares the organization’s progress and the questions they face going forward.
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We at Dalia Association in Palestine have an…
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You Might Be Teaching Peace If....
If you've taught K-12, you've been there. A new mandate to plan for. A new test to scantron. Another inservice that may or may not be led by someone who has taught K-12 in the past decade. (Those who run these teacher trainings who have not taught run the risk of getting eaten alive.)
And they want us to "teach peace" too? They want us to seriously be responsible for the moral, social development of students we see 45 minutes a day on a good week? A week without fights, assemblies,… Continue
And they want us to "teach peace" too? They want us to seriously be responsible for the moral, social development of students we see 45 minutes a day on a good week? A week without fights, assemblies,… Continue
Added by Cheryl Duckworth, Ph.D. on June 20, 2011 at 7:30pm — 11 Comments
Practice note on conflict sensitive land policy and land reform
http://www.international-alert.org/sites/default/files/publications/PracticeNote7.pdf
This practice note explains the importance of using a conflict-sensitive approach to land policy and land governance in conflict-prone or conflict- affected contexts. It offers guidelines and principles on how…
Added by Joost van der Zwan on May 11, 2011 at 11:29am — 6 Comments
seeded by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji - Pakistan's Deep State after Osama Bin Laden
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Remembering George Harrison on the road to Busan
After sharing some development practitioners’ honest remarks on aid, Africa, corruption and colonialism last week, I thought I would also share key points made in a session hosted by Oxfam that I attended at the World Bank/IMF annual meetings’ Civil Society Policy Forum on April 15th. Entitled “The Road to Busan: Ensuring Citizens Drive Their Own…
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World Bank and IMF, Don’t Just Develop Capacity – Unleash It
The World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings start this week. My colleague, Tom Grubisich and I have put together a panel during the Civil Society Policy Forum entitled, "Winds of Change: Will it bring a new development paradigm?" It will take place on Friday, April 15th at 2pm EST (6pm GMT). The session overview, webcast links, and bios of participants (an exciting group if I do say so!) are featured below.
A livestream… Continue
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Added by Jennifer Lentfer on April 10, 2011 at 11:00pm — No Comments
This week in conflict… November 27th- December 3rd, 2010
Added by Rebecca Sargent on December 4, 2010 at 8:45am — 3 Comments
TransConflict - October Review
Dear All,
Please find below links to a selection of articles published by TransConflict throughout…
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Father Miguel d'Escoto - outgoing President of the UN General Assembly - on The REAL News
How often do we get enthusiastic when we read or listen to the words of public servants? How often do we find vision, humility and a deeply humanist perspective?
If your answer is "rarely" - here is one of these rare experiences.
This Paul Jay interview on The REAL News offers a lot of insights on the inner - brutal - realities of the… Continue
If your answer is "rarely" - here is one of these rare experiences.
This Paul Jay interview on The REAL News offers a lot of insights on the inner - brutal - realities of the… Continue
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US WATCH: TRANSPORT U.S. BACK TO PROSPERITY
Erle Frayne Argonza
The final feature of the US ‘real economy’ worth featuring is transportation & communications. This is among the most productive sectors that produce real wealth, contrasted to the ‘casino economy’ of predatory finance that produces wealth from out of wealth itself, producing really nothing worth our value. Broad as it is, let me focus on the transport sector.
Time was when the railway industry took off, inducing growth as soon as the railways hit… Continue
The final feature of the US ‘real economy’ worth featuring is transportation & communications. This is among the most productive sectors that produce real wealth, contrasted to the ‘casino economy’ of predatory finance that produces wealth from out of wealth itself, producing really nothing worth our value. Broad as it is, let me focus on the transport sector.
Time was when the railway industry took off, inducing growth as soon as the railways hit… Continue
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US WATCH: S & T CUTTING EDGE EROSION
Erle Frayne Argonza
As I’ve been stressing in previous articles, “it’s the economy” that count much as top agenda to be addressed by policy makers, bureaucrats and growth stakeholders in the USA. And this should be the primary concern of the political bigwigs when election comes by the end of the year.
A policy shift that will veer away America from the destructive flames of the ‘virtual economy’ founded on predatory finance, back to the ‘real economy’ based on… Continue
As I’ve been stressing in previous articles, “it’s the economy” that count much as top agenda to be addressed by policy makers, bureaucrats and growth stakeholders in the USA. And this should be the primary concern of the political bigwigs when election comes by the end of the year.
A policy shift that will veer away America from the destructive flames of the ‘virtual economy’ founded on predatory finance, back to the ‘real economy’ based on… Continue
Added by Erle Frayne Argonza on August 11, 2008 at 4:55am — No Comments
US WATCH: INFRASTRUCTURE DECAY, NEEDS MASSIVE REDEVELOPMENT
Erle Frayne Argonza
A bridge has fallen, the Mississipi river flooded Orleans like some pathetic third world city, airports are too cramped up as they are incapable of containing the surge in passenger & cargo levels, the East Coast experienced the emergency shut down due to grid overload (causing massive blackout), railway tracks are thinning out and overall capacity is on downward trend, and more.
They seem to be unrelated, but for economists and sociologists the… Continue
A bridge has fallen, the Mississipi river flooded Orleans like some pathetic third world city, airports are too cramped up as they are incapable of containing the surge in passenger & cargo levels, the East Coast experienced the emergency shut down due to grid overload (causing massive blackout), railway tracks are thinning out and overall capacity is on downward trend, and more.
They seem to be unrelated, but for economists and sociologists the… Continue
Added by Erle Frayne Argonza on August 9, 2008 at 7:23pm — No Comments
US WATCH: AGRICULTURE DECAYS, BIOFUEL MATTERS MOST!
Erle Frayne Argonza
Agriculture remains to be among the most protected sectors of the US economy. Enough to cause ceaseless chagrin on the members of the WTO, who have been demanding that the EU-USA-Japan trilateral belt better play by the rules and remove the trade barriers in agriculture.
But the overall alarming trend in America’s agriculture is the rapid shrinking of arable lands altogether.
Lucky enough that America is blessed with millions of acres of… Continue
Agriculture remains to be among the most protected sectors of the US economy. Enough to cause ceaseless chagrin on the members of the WTO, who have been demanding that the EU-USA-Japan trilateral belt better play by the rules and remove the trade barriers in agriculture.
But the overall alarming trend in America’s agriculture is the rapid shrinking of arable lands altogether.
Lucky enough that America is blessed with millions of acres of… Continue
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US WATCH: DE-INDUSTRIALIZATION
Erle Frayne Argonza
The public (in America is of the broad position that the NAFTA was responsible for the folding up of many factories and the transfer of jobs to Mexico/South. This NAFTA-bashing has some validity to it, but the semi-economic integration alone with Mexico and Canada isn’t a sufficient reason for the bigger problem of de-industrialization.
Once robust and colossal, the industrial sector of the USA contributed over 50% of the Gross Domestic Product… Continue
The public (in America is of the broad position that the NAFTA was responsible for the folding up of many factories and the transfer of jobs to Mexico/South. This NAFTA-bashing has some validity to it, but the semi-economic integration alone with Mexico and Canada isn’t a sufficient reason for the bigger problem of de-industrialization.
Once robust and colossal, the industrial sector of the USA contributed over 50% of the Gross Domestic Product… Continue
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US WATCH: ECONOMY’S REAL VALUE
Erle Frayne Argonza
Great and mighty is America’s economy! America can buy the whole earth and feed all the world’s people! Americans are the world’s wealthiest, they can buy any and all guys outside the borders!
What delusional arrogance from some demonic Pied Pipers! The USA’s GDP ended up at $12.5 Trillion last year, though some indicator massage could yield a higher figure of $13.5 Trillion (using Purchasing Power Parity or PPP). Measure this against the Gross… Continue
Great and mighty is America’s economy! America can buy the whole earth and feed all the world’s people! Americans are the world’s wealthiest, they can buy any and all guys outside the borders!
What delusional arrogance from some demonic Pied Pipers! The USA’s GDP ended up at $12.5 Trillion last year, though some indicator massage could yield a higher figure of $13.5 Trillion (using Purchasing Power Parity or PPP). Measure this against the Gross… Continue
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