Concerned citizens from around Africa and the globe have gathered in Durban South Africa to “Occupy Cop17″, as hopes for a global agreement to address the climate crisis fades. As part of Occupy COP17, participants chanted “down with Canada” outside the official U.N. negotiations. It makes me so ashamed of
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Progressive Proselytizing: The myopic terrorism lens
One of the main failures of western understanding of the Middle East and South Asia, and the subsequent failures of actions taken by the west in these regions, stems from viewing these regions through the lens of terrorism. This terrorism-centric view…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Externalizing the costs of war in Somalia
Perhaps the epitome of a war that externalizes costs out of sight of the average voter is one where the voter is unaware a war is even going on. Such is the case in Somalia, where most Americans might list Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya as wars the US is…
Continue reading350 or bust: The World Loses Wangari Maathai – It’s Time For All Of Us To Heed Her Call To Become “Hummingbirds”
Green Belt Movement founder and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Wangari Maathai passed away on Sunday September 26th. A fierce yet humble advocate for the poor, particularly poor women, she was an inspiration to those of us who are working to build a bett…
Continue readingeaves.ca: The Geopolitics of the Open Government Partnership: the beginning of Open vs. Closed
There hasn’t been a ton of press about the Open Government Partnership (OGP). This is hardly surprising. The press likes to talk about corruption and bad government, people getting together to talk about actually address these things in far less sexy. But even where good coverage exists analysts and journalists are, I think, misunderstanding the […]
Continue readingRedBedHead: Good Gaddafi, Hello NATO
There will be much celebrating across Libya over the next several days even as the mop-up operations get under way. Of course, there’s no guarantee that this will be over for a while. It’s hard to know what kind of resistance to the rebel victory will …
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: On ‘Ritual Nick’ or ‘Pinprick’ Female Circumcision
Whenever the topic of female genital mutilation or circumcision is brought up, most people experience a poignant and visceral reaction at the mere thought of such atrocity. Almost everything to do with female circumcision is to be strongly rejected, bu…
Continue readingArt Threat: Viva Riva! revives Congolese filmmaking – A review of the crime thriller by director Djo Tunda Wa Munga
“In making “Viva Riva!,” I wanted to find a new way to talk about life in Kinshasa today to describe how my hometown works and how it doesn’t work.”
Continue readingRedBedHead: Libyan Rebels Are NATO Patsies For A New Great Game In Africa
Today: UK PM Cameron with Mustafa Abdul Jalil,
head of rebel TNC & former Gaddafi Justice Minister
In the first days following the pro-democracy demonstrations and then uprising in Libya, it would have taken a hard heart indeed to not support t…
Continue readingredjenny: Of Plastic Bags and Things
As described in this article, Rwanda is one of several places in the world that has banned plastic bags. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda is a beautiful and clean African city (I was highly impressed when I visited last year). This is due in part to the p…
Continue readingredjenny: Of Plastic Bags and Things
As described in this article, Rwanda is one of several places in the world that has banned plastic bags. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda is a beautiful and clean African city (I was highly impressed when I visited last year). This is due in part to the plastic bag ban.
Continue readingredjenny: Of Plastic Bags and Things
As described in this article, Rwanda is one of several places in the world that has banned plastic bags. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda is a beautiful and clean African city (I was highly impressed when I visited last year). This is due in part to the plastic bag ban.
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR IVORY COAST:FREE BASIL MAHAN GAHÉ:Free Ivory Coast union leader Basil Mahan Gahé! ********************The following appeal is from the international union confederation the IUF.*******************On April 26, Basil Mahan Gahé, g…
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Canadian Mining in Africa
While Canadian miners have expanded to all continents, Africa now accounts for about 17 percent of Canadian mining assets abroad, up from 11 percent in 2001. Next to South African investments, companies registered on Canadian stock exchanges now repres…
Continue readingArt Threat: A voice of African resistance and exile – Review of Mama Africa
An new doc on Miriam Makeba shakes with revolution.
Continue readingWorld Headlines Review: Egypt, Tunisia, Thailand… Top 10 destinations for Social Upheaval
A Tide of civil unrest has swept through at least 11 nations in just the past week. Media focus has been on the successes of the “Jasmine Revolution” and developments in Egypt, which is populous, geopolitically significant, and in total upheaval; but nations far and wide are experiencing mass-protests and
Continue readingWorld Headlines Review: Revolution in Tunisia?
Zine el Abidine Ben Ali The President of Tunisia, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, has been driven from office. Following up on a previous article here at World Headlines Review about civil unrest in Tunisia, demonstrations only intensified in the face of the lethal force applied by police and military
Continue readingWorld Headlines Review: Tunisia and Algeria: North African States of Unrest
Reports of civil unrest and suicidal protests in Algeria and Tunisia these past two weeks are highlighting the precarious conditions under which many people across the world live: on the verge of starvation, hopelessly unemployed and frequently homeless. For decades these two neighboring nations have been considered relatively stable, if
Continue readingCan’t afford no cheap thrills!
I’ve been reading a lot in the past couple of weeks. When I was a lot younger, I think maybe 12 or 13, my uncle and his partnet gave me a stack of books by this author, Wilbur Smith. You may have heard of him — he’s more well-known than I thought…
Continue readingredjenny: Ending Africa’s Hunger… by funding Monsanto?
More than a billion people eat fewer than 1,900 calories per day. The majority of them work in agriculture, about 60 percent are women or girls, and most are in rural Africa and Asia. Ending their hunger is one of the few unimpeachably noble tasks left to humanity, and we
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