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Landless rural worker shot by security company hired by multinational Syngenta
Isabella Kenfield & Roger Burbach
The murder of Via Campesina activist, Valmir Mota de Oliveira, who occupied an experimental farm of Syngenta that illegally develops genetically modified seeds, could signal a new era of continental violence and bloodshed as powerful agribusiness interests come up against the progressive social movements that are shaking the Americas.
 
"Carbon Trading: Practical solution to global warming or corporate greenwash?" A debate (transcript and MP3 download)
As the US Senate discusses a climate change bill promoting carbon trading, Daphne Wysham argues that the proposed legislation is a corporate give-away and will not significantly reduce carbon emissions.
 

Pakistan sinks deeper into the night
Tariq Ali
A state of emergency in Pakistan was declared out of fear that a Supreme Court might make it impossible for Pervaiz Musharraf to contest the elections, scheduled for January. The constitution might be reinstated after the Supreme Court is cleansed and the media are put under control.
See also: Rule of force vs. rule of law in Pakistan by Zia Mian and A.H. Nayyar

 

Reflections on transnational activism
Susan George interviewed by Kees Biekart
In a wide-ranging interview, Susan George reflects on TNI, the potential of scholarly activism and the global justice movement to challenge well-financed neoliberal cultural hegemony, and why she remains optimistic on most global justice issues except whether we have enough time to save the planet.

 

Report: Failures of market-led agrarian reform

Market-led agrarian reform: policies, performance and prospects
Edward Lahiff, Saturnino M. Borras Jr, Cristóbal Kay Market-led agrarian reform was heralded in the 1990s as the solution to land inequality, however experience shows it is incapable of challenging the political and economic power of large landowners and does not lead to redistribution. The alternative is not a return to top-down, statist models, but in new forms of partnerships between progressive political forces and peasant movements.

Case study: Anti-poverty or Anti-poor? The World Bank's market-led agrarian reform experiment in the Philippines

 


Global outlook stories

Unfinished agenda
Praful Bidwai
An undercover investigation has revealed that the massacre of 800 muslims in 2002 during riots in Gujarat was systematically planned and covered up by leading right-wing BJP politicians.

See also :High stakes in the Gujarat polls

Justice in Madrid: the "11M" verdict
Fred Halliday
The trial of those accused of the Atocha train bombings leaves Spain polarised and fails to answer peoples' overriding question: Why?

Truth begets pariah status
Saul Landau
Californian Democrat, Pete Stark's retreat on his criticism of Bush shows that Congress rarely acts with courage unless millions of people take to the streets.
Also by Landau: Michael Clayton exposes the corporations - again

The question of inequality
Praful Bidwai
Income and wealth inequalities are rising alarmingly in India, but they barely figure in public discourse.

The revolutionary struggle goes on
Boris Kagarlitsky
Although 7 November, the anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution has been abolished as an official holiday - as the ruling elite does not know what to do with the revolutionary past - it is still marked by the overwhelming majority of Russians.

Manmohan's dangerous nuclear gamble
Praful Bidwai
In the face of strong opposition to the India-US nuclear deal within his coalition government and under heavy US pressure, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems ready to impose an early election or attempt a compromise with the right-wing BJP party to push the deal through.

Mexico's right-to-know reforms
Civil society perspectives

Citizens' access to government information potentially represents a lever for change towards more transparent, honest and accountable practices, but a new book analysing the scope and limits of Mexico's Federal Law for Transparency and Access to Information illustrates some of the challenges.


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El largo viaje de Pakistán hacia el fin de la noche
Tariq Ali
En Pakistán se ha decretado el estado de excepción por miedo a que el Tribunal Supremo impida a Pervez Musharraf presentarse a las elecciones que se celebrarán el próximo enero. Puede que la Constitución se restaure una vez se haya depurado el Supremo y los medios estén bajo control.
 
"Sin Estado, aumenta notablemente la pobreza y aún más la desigualdad"
Intervención de Mariano Aguirre en el Simposio Internacional "Pobre mundo rico"
La crisis del estado provoca el crecimiento de la pobreza y una evolución de los conflictos sociales a grados de violencia, y no afecta sólo a los países del Sur.
 
La riqueza y la pobreza destruyen la naturaleza
Marcos Arruda habla en Pobre Mundo Rico
El sistema capitalista de acumulación produce desigualdades sociales, destruye la dimensión social del ser humano y el ecosistema. El norte no tiene otra alternativa que parar su crecimiento.
 


Perspectiva global

No hay condiciones para Annapolis
Mariano Aguirre y Mark Taylor
La conferencia que posiblemente el Gobierno de Estados Unidos organizará en Annapolis a fin de noviembre tiene escasas posibilidades de alcanzar un acuerdo con algún sentido entre Israel y la Autoridad Palestina.

Derecho a saber
Balance y perspectivas cívicas
Saul Landau
El acceso, por parte de las y los ciudadanos, a información gubernamental potencialmente constituye un eje central del cambio hacia prácticas más transparentes, honestas y responsables, pero la realidad como muestra un análisis de la Ley Federal de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública Gubernamental en México es más complicada.

La digresión cubana de Bush
Tariq Ali
El discurso de Bush sobre Cuba es una señal de pánico sobre el hecho de que Raúl Castro haya iniciado un debate en la isla, estimulando un debate abierto sobre su futuro.

La verdad te hace un paria
Saul Landau
La retirada de las críticas contra Bush por parte de los demócratas californianos demuestra que el Congreso raras veces actúa con coraje al menos que millones de personas tomen las calles.

Michael Clayton desenmascara a las corporaciones -una vez más
Saul Landau
En el mundo corporativo y legal -tal como aparece en la película de ficción Michael Clayton- la mera noción de conciencia desapareció hace rato. Pfizer, Ford, Merck o Cargill utilizan métodos delictivos para aumentar sus ganancias.





New from our network

At a crossroads: Drug trafficking, violence and the Mexican state (PDF)
Maureen Meyer, with contributions
WOLA >>

Small scale sustainable farmers are cooling down the earth
Via Campesina document on global warming >>

Organizaciones campesinas y agropecuarias de EEUU y Canadá apoyan la protección del maíz y fríjol en México
RMALC >>

De la CEE a la UE “superpotencia mundial” (Roma, 1957-Lisboa, 2007)
Ramón Fernández Durán Ecologistas en Acción >>

From the archives

La Vía Campesina: An evolving transnational social movement
Saturnino M. Borras Jr
September 2004

La Vía Campesina: Un movimiento en movimiento
Saturnino M. Borras Jr
septiembre de 2004

Events

9 November
Towards a 'Bolivarian' Democracy in Venezuela
Amsterdam, The Netherlands


9 noviembre
Hacia una democracia 'bolivariana' en Venezuela
Amsterdam, Países bajos


In the media

1917 Revolution: bloodshed begins
Russia Today, 8 November

'Biofuels Can Hurt the Poor'
Inter Press Service
7 November

Susan George: Pasionaria raisonnable
Le Nouvel Observateur
1 November

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