Dr Mads Frederick Gilbert (centre) at Al-Shifa hospital on July 17th, treating a wounded Palestinian child,…
Category: Activism
Nation celebrating wrong heroes: Arundhati Roy
‘The story of Gandhi that we’ve been told is a lie’ Arundhati Roy The real struggles…
War-Such an unnecessary evil By Tumusiime K. Deo
In many countries, the proportion of the total national budget spent on the military, is…
We Come as Friends 2014: interview with Hubert Sauper By Eric Hynes
Hubert Sauper is a very charming man. His methods of engagement—eye contact, attentiveness, enthusiasm, easy…
Book Review: Claim No Easy Victories – The Legacy of Amilcar Cabral By Prince Ofori-Atta
Published for the 40th anniversary of Guinea-Bissauan revolutionary Amilcar Cabral’s death, this book is a crucial…
The road to peace in Mali: political roadblocks and other obstacles
Civil society organisations are doing good work in Mali. But their job is being made more…
“Journalism in Egypt is a Crime”: Global Outcry After 3 Al Jazeera Reporters Sentenced to 7-10 Years
An Egyptian court has sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists to between seven and 10 years in…
From guns and knives to friendship
Photo: http://bit.ly/1m3q4Gr by Rosa Lia: The Palestine-Israel Journal One conversation in a coffee shop in…
Heed the Voices For Peace Amid the Tragedy of Iraq By Amy Goodman
It didn’t take long this week for the architects of the disastrous U.S. invasion and occupation…
Saving Threatened Species
by John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service Loss of Biodiversity All of us know that…
Congo-Kinshasa: 'La Lucha' – Goma's Own Brand of Indignados
I can't remember exactly when I first heard about them, but suddenly they were there. Not…
Behind Islamophobia, Fascism and Complicit Antifascism By Houria Bouteldja
First, I would like to thank the conference organizers for inviting me. I want to pay…
Race, class, and gender: Intersectionality between social reality and political limits
By Houria Bouteldja I would like to thank the University of California at Berkeley and in…
Solidarity economies: A guerrilla war against capitalism. Part One
An interview with Nicolás Cruz Tineo by Beverly Bell and Jessica Hsu These glassblowers are also…
Silent Grace: A Film Review By Sumeet Grover
Silent Grace is an award-winning 2004 film, directed by filmmaker Maeve Murphy. It documents a…
PICTURE RIO: WHY SO MANY BRAZILIANS HATE THE WORLD CUP By Eugene Reznik
Mario Tama, a staff photographer for Getty Images, first caught my eye a few months ago…
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK by Ayana Labossiere
I will never forget my first trip to Haiti. In 1990, at five years old, I…
International Peace Research Association at 50 BY Johan Galtung
Known as IPRA, founded in 1964 in London–and this author, 34 at the time, is the…
Peace Movements’ Common Vision: The Abolition of Militarism by Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate
Dear friends, We are all aware that this is the 100th anniversary of the assassination…
VICTORY FOR VIRUNGA? BRITISH OIL COMPANY AGREES TO END ITS OPERATIONS IN AFRICA’S OLDEST NATIONAL PARK
British oil company SOCO International plc (SOCO) has agreed to end its controversial operations in Africa’s…
11June – 11 July 2O14 Artist Lida Sheraftmand : Internals Worlds, External Relations with the London School of Economics, London
The exhibition is to be opened by the High Commissioner of Malta to the United…
A Radical Approach to the Climate Crisis By Christian Parenti
Several strands of green thinking maintain that capitalism is incapable of a sustainable relationship with non-human…
Congo war horrors in bubblegum pink
The Irish photographer Richard Mosse has generated much attention with his pink war zone landscapes of…
Midlands Voices: Angelou’s writings, moral example have power to inspire By Ngwarsungu Chiwengo
Maya Angelou is among the first African-American writers I read in graduate school. Her autobiography, “I…
Boko Haram affair: President Kagame fires at West-African leaders
"When I watch TV and I see that our leaders, who should have been working together…