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    Ireland’s Debt Crisis: Roots and Reactions
    November 2011
    Andy Storey

    The Celtic Tiger might just find its strength and appetite for action in the growth of left leaning electorates and local citizens initiatives. The tailspin of economy caused by austerity policies should be countered by a transparent debt audit.

    Migrant Voices Reclaiming Migration, Development and Human Rights
    November 2010

    The official discourse on migration has sought to criminalise migrant and refugee communities, ignoring the root causes of migration and the rights of communities; the Peoples' Global Action on Migration offers an alternative approach based on human rights and inter-cultural dialogue.

    Activists from across Asia explain how the EU’s free trade agenda affects them: (2) India
    November 2010

    At the Asia Europe People’s Forum in Brussels we interviewed civil society activists from across Asia, to find out more about the damaging impacts of free trade agreements on the everyday lives of people in their countries.

    Misguided U.S. economic policies drive many Mexicans to come here
    August 2010
    Manuel Perez Rocha

    Most immigrants would prefer to stay at home with their families and live their own culture, eat their own food, and listen to their own music.

    Photostream: Linking Alternatives 4 - Enlazando Alternativas 4
    May 2010

    Photostream from the Linking Alternatives-Enlazando Alternativas Peoples' Summit that took place in Madrid (Spain) from 14 to 18 May 2010.

    The Migrant Condition
    November 2009
    Walden Bello

    Migrants' rights have to be addressed on two fronts: end the neoliberal policies that are responsible for creating poverty in their home countries, thus forcing them to emigrate, and demand that they are given full rights in their host countries.

    Interview: Neoconopticon report
    September 2009
    Ben Hayes

    The lack of debate on EU's emerging policies on security is not just about "sleepwalking into a surveillance society”, it is also turning a blind eye to the start of a new kind of arms race, one in which all the weapons are pointing inwards.

    Covert memories from Miami
    September 2009
    Saul Landau

    In Miami, several retired U.S. officials remember the early 1960s, when the CIA recruited thousands of Cuban exiles to try and destroy the Cuban revolution.

    Alternative Regionalisms News
    December 2008
    Alternative Regionalisms

    Alternative Regionalisms News (last updated in December 2008).

    Examining relationships between European Union policies and migratory pressures
    November 2008
    Susan George

    Instead of relying on the border police, the EU should assess the effects of its own policies on the poor, migrant-sending countries. Unless the policies that perpetuate the conditions for poverty and injustice are changed, the reasons for migration will remain.

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