On the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, environmental struggles continue

From Chernobyl to Fukushima: the hazardous journey of nuclear power
Praful Bidwai
Three partial core meltdowns and other crises have precipitated a nuclear nightmare. This is a wake-up call for the world.

The Law of Mother Earth: Behind Bolivia's historic bill
Nick Buxton
Approval of Bolivia's revolutionary 'Mother Earth' law is an historic step by social movements in a long struggle for real ecological transformation of their economy and society.

The politics of achieving the Right to Water
Susan George, Mthandeki Nhlapo, Peter Waldorff
Privatisation offers nothing to the 43 percent of Africans in cities who have no access to water. On World Water Day 2011, experts met in Cape Town to share experiences of successful public-public partnerships for equal public access.

Why so-called 'responsible agricultural investment' must be stopped
Wealthy interests are pushing to normalise the concept of 'responsible agricultural investment' but this corporate lingo masks the mass appropriation of land at the cost of local inhabitants (often forcibly removed), the destruction of livelihoods and the environment.

Video: The Way Forward - Voices from the Global Water Operator Partnership Alliance
GWOPA brings together public water operators, trade unions, workers and civil society on a platform to discuss, learn and develop model practices for the provision of fair and equal access to public water.

Video: Through the Empty Tap - Water Privatisation in Jakarta
The experience of water privatisation in Jakarta (Indonesia) shows that private investments are not the answer to fulfill the human right to water.

Phyllis Bennis on Democracy Now! talks about the expanding Western intervention in Libya and it's consequences
The continuing expansion of NATO's intervention in Libya has less to do with oil as in Iraq and is more a reactive response to the wider uprising across the Middle East which threatens US / Western hegemony.

Fifty Years of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs: A Reinterpretation
David Bewley-Taylor, Martin Jelsma
The convention which introduced a more prohibitive ethos, more penal obligations, controls on plants and the abolition of traditional uses of plants (like coca) is outdated and needs to be revised.

Lifting the ban on coca chewing
Martin Jelsma
Bolivia's proposal to amend the 1961 Single Convention which outlaws coca chewing has met with opposition; yet the continued ban violates indigenous rights, conflicts with later treaties, and is supported by all South American countries.

Las tendencias del narcotráfico en América Latina
Ricardo Soberon
Los países de América Latina deben revisar el modelo de "guerra contra las drogas" impuesto desde el exterior y adoptar un enfoque propio.

"Pasta, plata, plomo y poder"
Amira Armenta
El número de abril de la Agencia Latinoamericana de Información ALAI, 'América Latina en movimiento' se titula "Pasta, plata, plomo y poder" y está dedicado al tema de las drogas y la violencia.