India Surges Towards An Education Democracy

by Priyanka Bhardwaj -India- Every afternoon 8-year-old Raj Kumar and his younger sibling trudge along the ten kilometer expanse of Golf Course Road to take free classes at a school ensconced in a posh pocket of Gurgaon in the Indian...

Posted by Priyanka Bhardwaj on April 27, 2012 9:04 AM

Burma Soldier, A Call for Democracy from a Silent Country

by Jessica Mosby -USA- In today’s technologically connected world, there are few places completely absent from the 24 hours a day 7 days a week international news cycle. One of those places is Burma, now known as Myanmar. For more...

Posted by Jessica Mosby on May 13, 2011 4:27 PM

Women, Democracy and Change in Egypt

by Manar Ammar -Egypt- On Friday, February 11, 2011 President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt stepped down, ceding power to the Egyptian military. Vice President Omar Suleiman made the announcement via state television. - Ed. The news from Egypt arrived: People...

Posted by Manar Ammar on February 8, 2011 12:01 AM

TEKEL Workers Stage Turkey’s Largest Protest in 30 Years

by Emel Baştürk Akca - Turkey - Once one of Turkey’s biggest public producers of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, TEKEL has outlets and factories all over the country. But ever since the Turkish giant opted for privatization and terminated...

Posted by Emel Baştürk Akca on March 4, 2010 12:00 AM

Democracy Prevails in Kashmir Elections

by Afsaana Rashid - Indian-administered Kashmir - In what is being hailed as a victory for democracy, the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir recently concluded a two-month round of elections at the end of December. Despite calls from separatist...

Posted by Afsana Rashid on January 26, 2009 12:00 AM

The Granny Peace Brigade Campaigns to Close All US Military Bases - in Latin America and Around the World

by Nancy Van Ness - USA - Their hats adorned with artificial flowers identify them at many of the protests in which I participate. The Grannies also show up on New York City's Union Square to sing their signature anti-war...

Posted by Nancy Van Ness on November 21, 2008 12:00 AM

Islam and Democracy: Why Military Solutions Won't Solve Political Problems

by Beena Sarwar - Pakistan - President Pervez Musharraf's resignation from office on August 18th under intense pressure has raised questions, particularly in the West, about the future of Pakistan's "war on terror". The following article takes a historic and...

Posted by Beena Sarwar on August 19, 2008 12:00 AM

No Election Results But a Recount Begins: Mugabe Uses Violence to Reverse the People’s Will as MDC Calls for a Work Boycott

by Constance Manika - Zimbabwe - "The moment the people stop supporting you, that's the moment you should quit politics." These were the seemingly reasonable and even wise words President Robert Mugabe used in the Highfield suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe’s...

Posted by Constance Manika on April 20, 2008 10:16 AM

Election Fever Grips Zimbabweans as Prospects for Change Are Near

by Constance Manika - Zimbabwe - Tinashe Choruma and his wife Irene live in the suburb of Epworth here in the capital, Harare, where many of city's poor reside. The housing is poorly constructed - some homes are made from...

Posted by Constance Manika on March 28, 2008 1:00 AM

Mugabe's Opposition, the MDC, Refuses to Be Crushed

by Lelety Mabasa - Zimbabwe - There was chaos and pandemonium at Harare’s city center on January 23rd, as thousands of ordinary people came face-to-face with the wrath of the police’s riot squad, who were summoned by Zimbabwe’s aging President,...

Posted by Lelety Mabasa on February 11, 2008 1:00 AM

According to Harold Bloom, “What we are seeing is…the fall of America”

by Eva Sohlman - Sweden - Harold Bloom, Yale literature professor and cultural critic, is one of America’s most prominent and provocative intellectuals. Unabashedly, he has always spoken up for what he calls “the fight for truth and beauty” making...

Posted by Eva Sohlman on January 12, 2008 1:00 AM

Can the Struggle for Philippine Democracy Be a Lesson to Burma?

by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines The bloody military crackdown in Burma (also known as Myanmar) was bound to happen. Some people called it "pure democracy" as hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters joined with 10,000 of the Buddhist monks the...

Posted by Imelda V. Abaño on October 4, 2007 10:44 AM