Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'Social Justice'
Standing Up to the ‘Landgrabbing’ Foresters
by Hazel Healy, New Internationalist, UK - Mixed in between the sunflowers, you can see the tips of pine trees, peering over the rim of settlements. And then, plots of pine and eucalyptus, which alternate with the standing maize. These...
At World Social Forum, Global Peasant Movement Offers the 'Peoples Solution'
by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, US - The global peasant and food sovereignty group La Via Campesina, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, was among thousands of groups at the WSF, and sees the climate justice struggle the world...
Has the LGBT Movement Failed in Uganda?
by Doreen Lwanga, Pambazuka, South Africa - Rather than continuing to operate on an exclusive basis, the LGBT movement in Uganda should strive to nurture a multivariate movement for social justice, creating a multi-normative society for their safety and the...
Hugo Chavez Depicted as Tyrant for Challenging Western Oil Domination
by Linda McQuaig, Toronto Star, Canada - Had Hugo Chavez followed the pattern of many Third World leaders and concentrated on siphoning off his nation’s wealth for personal gain, he would have attracted little attention or animosity in the West....
Indigenous Leaders Demand to Be Heard
by Louisa Reynolds, Latin America Press, Peru - The fight to save the environment from predatory multinationals is currently one of the greatest causes of social unrest in Latin America....
Ontario First Nation Wins Cleaner Forest after 10 Years of Logging Blockade
by Anna Willow, Yes!, USA - On December 3, 2002, members of the Grassy Narrows First Nation blockaded the road used to haul logs out of the area. Ten years later, their persistence has paid off in the form of...
Nigerian Farmers vs. Shell: A Case of Long-Distance Justice
by Hélène Michaud, Radio Netherlands, The Netherlands - When oil is spilled and contaminates people’s lands and waters, who is to blame? This is the central question in a unique court case that took place this week in the Netherlands....
It Is Not Enough to "Have" Human Rights
by Shulamith Koenig, Counter Currents, India - All people must learn, know and own human rights as a way of life and join in building a political movement that will curve a new future for humanity....
Finding Ecological Justice for Women
by Rebecca Elmhirst, Inside Indonesia, Australia - As Indonesia’s rural poor are increasingly threatened by dispossession, is it time to adopt a more radical agenda for women and the environment?...
Peru Identifies Civil War Victims – at Snail’s Pace
by Milagros Salazar, IPS, Italy - Of the 69,000 people killed during the 1980-2000 armed conflict in Peru, at least 16,000 were buried in secret unmarked graves. So far, only 2,064 of these bodies have been recovered, and just 50...
'There Is No Reason to Wait for Revolution. It Is Here Already in Each of Us'
by Rebecca Walker, Guardian, UK - Author Rebecca Walker outlines a utopian vision of a world after capitalism underpinned by a moral and spiritual revolution....
Hip-Hop Kichwa: Sounds of Indigenous Modernity
by Manuela Picq, Al Jazeera, Qatar - You know hip-hop has become a universal language when indigenous peoples from the Andes use art forms developed by African-Americans in the south Bronx to contest power structures in Paris....
Beautiful Venezuela: Tourism with a Social Conscience
by Tamara Pearson, Venezuela Analysis, Venezuela - Its contextualised tourism aimed at fomenting community organisation, encouraging environmental and ecological awareness and appreciation, rescuing local culture and collective history, and promoting solidarity and knowledge exchange between countries and regions....
A Place of Rage: Two Black Feminist Documentaries
by Lola Okolosie, The F-Word, UK - Both documentaries prompt us to continue the difficult work of interrogating how racism, class, gender and sexuality interweave with one another to oppress many....
Free Speakers: De-mystifying the Pathology of Crime in Adolescents
by Akaida Libertad Orozco Díaz, Venezuela Analysis, Venezuela - Adriana Gregson talks about the pilot initiative which she set up at a young offenders' institute in Caracas. The project, which was set up with government funding, allows incarcerated youths to...
Turkey: After the Verdict
by Nicole Pope, Today's Zaman, Turkey - Until the court produced its flawed verdict a few days ago, those who care passionately about this country’s fate and want the pace of democratization to speed up, still hoped that the authorities...
No Law, No Resolution, No Racism in Cuba
by Maria Matienzo Puerto, Havana Times, Cuba - For my niece to grow up in a truly civil society of the 21st century, it would be necessary — now that they’re “updating” things — for them to pass a law...
Jayati Ghosh Receives ILO Decent Work Research Prize
by Jayati Ghosh, International Labor Organization, Switzerland - Professor Ghosh called for an urgent shift in economic policy to reduce inequality and address the needs and aspirations of working people....
New Program Women Speak Out Gives the Marginalized a Voice
by Catherine Porter, The Star, Canada - If you feel sorry for yourself, there’s a spirit spa in Parkdale you should go to. It’s in a long yellow room above the community centre for the poor, where ragged men drink...
Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now
by Naomi Klein, The Nation, USA - If there is one thing I know, it is that the 1 percent loves a crisis. When people are panicked and desperate and no one seems to know what to do, that is...
Evading Indigenous Consultation in Bolivia
by Manuela Picq, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Indigenous groups from the lowlands of Bolivia have been marching since August 15, 2011 to protest the construction of a highway through protected territories. Over 1,500 protesters have joined the 375-mile trek from...
Dear Protesters for 'Social Justice'
by Diana Kimmerling, Ha'aretz, Israel - How could it be that you have nothing to say when the country is sinking into anti-democratic laws, but you have so much to shout about when it comes to money?...
Oil Politics: Charge Them with Manslaughter
by Nnimmo Bassey, Pambazuka, Kenya - If manslaughter charges are pressed against officials of BP, then the days of companies only being fined and the directors avoiding the dock will soon become history....
Ecuadorian Court Rules Against Chevron in Historic Case
by Sofía Jarrín, Upside Down World, Canada - The residents of Sucumbios spent the last 18 years seeking justice for the environmental damages suffered in their territories by Texaco’s oil exploration. These are mostly indigenous people who before the oil...
Why Ethiopia is Not the Voice of Africa
by MG Zimeta, The Prospect, UK - It gets a disproportionately large slice of Africa's aid, but the Ethiopian regime does not act in the best interests of its citizens or its neighbours. So why has the G20 made the...
Fading dream of social justice
by Zubeida Mustafa, Dawn, Pakistan - The fact is that the market may be freer today but it actually restricts the options of the poor whose numbers are growing rapidly. According to the Islamabad-based Centre for Research and Security Studies,...
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