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UN declares water and sanitation a human right

In an historic victory for social movements, the UN declared water and sanitation a human right despite opposition from countries like the US, UK and Canada.

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Promoting dialogue toward more effective and humane drug policies in Latin America

TNI-WOLA's new website documents the human toll of failed drug policies in Latin America, providing information, analysis, testimonies and information on efforts for reform.

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Greece: Same tragedy, different scripts

If ever there was a crisis created by global finance, it is Greece. Yet the same financial institutions have hijacked the narrative of the crisis to get yet more public bailouts.

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BP-Style Extreme Energy Nightmares to Come: Four Scenarios for the Next Energy Mega-Disaster

The BP Gulf oil spill is not an anomaly but the result of industry-wide recklessness, as companies employ more and more risky methods to reach inaccessible reserves as the conventional ones run dry.

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Violations of peoples’ rights by European TNCs

European transnational corporations are praised as "engines" of Europe's growth economy, however extensive research on the activities of 25 flagship companies have revealed evidence of labour abuses, deforestation, corruption, and attacks on...

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Articles

The Problem with Old, Familiar Faces

Walden Bello

With more poor people in the Philippines now than at any other time in history, its time for the new government to break with the old policy of putting foreign debtors and IMF doctrine first.
Towards an International Tribunal on Economic Crimes

Cecilia Olivet

"Voluntary" codes and corporate social responsibility (CSR) approaches have repeatedly failed to tackle corporations' human rights abuses and environmental crimes.
Iran: Obama's War

Atilio Boron

There are several signs that seem to foretell an impending war on Iran.
Remember Vietistan?

Saul Landau

McChrystal's departure has highlighted not only how mired in conflict the US has become - but also the striking similarities between Vietnam - now the second longest War in US history - and Afghanistan.
EU Trade Policy Hits Poor

Campaigners call on the EU to change trade policies which lead to human rights and environmental crimes in developing countries, as the EU trade commissioner meets with the European Parliament (22 June) to discuss ongoing policy.
Dual Crises of Globalization: Arizona and the Gulf of Mexico

Jeb Sprague and Cesar Rodriguez

From the plumes of corporate crude in the Gulf of Mexico, to the assault on migrants in Arizona, the U.S. appears locked in a continual state of emergency
Secret Israel–South Africa Nuclear Deal Exposed

Praful Bidwai

Recently declassified 'top secret' documents show that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to South Africa’s white-racist apartheid regime in 1975.

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Reports

Lawyers, Guns and Money: Wall Street Lawyers, Investment Bankers and Global Financial Crises

Tom Reifer

Over the last two centuries corporate lawyers and investment bankers have been central to the undemocratic consolidation of private corporate power.
Assumptions in the European Union biofuels policy: frictions with experiences in Germany, Brazil and Mozambique

David Fig
Jennifer Franco
Lucia Goldfarb
Les Levidow, Mireille Hönicke, Maria Luisa Mendonça

EU biofuels policy is based on the assumption that it will lead to greenhouse gas savings, energy security and rural development, however in-depth research in Germany, Brazil and Mozambique reveals fundamental contradictions between EU policy assumptions and practices in the real world.
A Matter of Substance

Ernestien Jensema

This paper discusses the “substance-oriented approach” Dutch authorities implemented to to scare off potential small-scale cocaine smugglers. The focus was on the drugs, rather than the couriers, and on incapacitating the smuggling route, rather than deterrence by incarceration.
Argentina: Reform on the way?

Graciela Touzé

In August 2009, the Argentina Supreme Court declared legislation criminalizing drug possession for personal consumption as unconstitutional. This briefing discusses the background of that decision, the small steps taken since, but argues that there is still much to do before a genuine reform agenda can be implemented.
Civil society recommendations to the Asia-Europe Meeting 2010

The Asia Europe Peoples' Forum puts forward detailed recommendations on how future ASEMs can become more accountable, transparent and relevant in meeting the needs of the people of Asia and Europe.