
While there are emergent tools and avenues accessible to civil society to mount pressure on governments, multilateral institutions and business, much remains unchanged in the area of governance.
Small-scale agriculture based on the principles of solidarity and cooperation is the only way to guarantee food sovereignty in Latin America.
The families of 40 villagers murdered in Peru on Christmas Day in 1984 are camping out next to the eight graves in which their loved ones were buried.
On the night of Mar. 24, life changed for the 70,000 people of this municipality in Puebla state.
It is important to understand that when we say 'country ownership,' we are not just talking about nation-states, but about broader societal ownership of the development process.
Posted on 26 August 2010
Six hundred delegates from more than 80 countries flocked to Montreal Aug. 20-23 for the CIVICUS World Assembly in search of innovative ways to approach global challenges like poverty and climate change. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 July 2010
Promundo is aiming to raise the consciousness of men in Santa Marta using two of Brazil’s cultural icons, football and music. Continue Reading
Posted on 09 July 2010
The new political culture contradicts and inverts the previous certainty that the only way to build another world is to take power, and questions the assertion that to do so, every means is justified. Continue Reading
Posted on 30 June 2010
Nearly 600 people were arrested as global leaders and elites met behind a fortified perimetre during the G8 and G20 Summits in Huntsville and Toronto this weekend. Continue Reading
Posted on 27 June 2010
Solon called on activists to lobby the UN for an international tribunal empowered to prosecute those endangering what he repeatedly referred to as "mother earth's rights". Continue Reading
Posted on 25 June 2010
As heads of state from the Group of 20 (G20) meet in Canada, activists at the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit urge for a more realistic look at the roots of the global economic crisis. Continue Reading
Posted on 25 June 2010
Africa's continued struggle for political and economic independence in many ways mirrors the very own struggles of communities in the U.S. that are now being tabled at the 2010 U.S. Social Forum in Detroit. Continue Reading
Posted on 25 June 2010
Hundreds of grassroots organisations came together at the U.S. Social Forum here to discuss strategies in the fight for immigration policy changes. Continue Reading
Posted on 25 June 2010
The U.S. labour movement needs to be reorganised from the bottom up. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 June 2010
The committed determination of young people in the environmental justice movement is emerging as a highlight of the 2010 U.S. Social Forum. Continue Reading
Posted on 22 June 2010
A crisis of foreclosures is twisting throughout the country, separating thousands of U.S. families from their homes each day and further unraveling the social fabric of low-income communities. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 June 2010
On Jun. 1, New York became the first U.S. state to approve a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. Continue Reading
Posted on 20 June 2010
Activists and auto workers converging at the Detroit USSF hope the meet will be an opportunity to chart a sustainable future for an industry that provides 1.7 million U.S. jobs. Continue Reading
Posted on 18 June 2010
Congolese women are arguing for changes in the conduct of military operations. Continue Reading
Posted on 15 June 2010
"We are working to try and push governments across the world meet their commitments to end extreme poverty by 2015." Continue Reading
Posted on 15 June 2010
"We will mobilise public opinion against the death penalty, against the bid to kill Yong for such a paltry offence." Continue Reading