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The great capitulation
Praful Bidwai

Indians and Pakistanis have to develop a common, rational understanding of the partition story that is free of nationalist prejudice -- although Jaswant Singh makes little contribution to this.

Burma: Neither War Nor Peace
Neither War nor Peace report cover

Whilst a twenty year ceasefire still holds, there is unlikely to be peace and democracy in Burma without a political settlement that addresses ethnic minority needs and goals.

"We are preparing a massive reception for Zelaya"
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Honduras, 30th June 2009.- Exclusive interview with Rafael Alegría, leader of the National Field Worker's Center (CNTC by its Spanish initials), founder member of the Democratic Union and the farmers organization Vía Campesina; adviser to President Zelaya in recent years on agrarian issues....

Land, Rural Social Movements and Democratisation in Indonesia
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 Dianto Bachriadi

Although support from urban-based students and activists was important, the rural protest in Indonesia during President Suharto's regime was built on continued protest and organisation around land issues.

Cross of Charter impasse, unfolding economy
Walden Bello

With its representative institutions severely weakened by unscrupulous political machinations, the fate of our constitutional democracy will once again depend on the direct democracy of the streets

Pro-Poor Policy Reforms and Governance in State/Public Lands:
Jennifer Franco

This paper attempts to specify the key criteria of a ‘pro-poor land policy’ and ‘truly democratic land governance’ concerning state/public lands, using the lessons from activist databases, including that of the international human rights organization Foodfirst Information and Action Network (...

Obama’s overture to Islamic world
Praful Bidwai
President Barack Hussein Obama’s address from Cairo on the relationship between the US and the Islamic world lays the foundation for a radical change in western attitudes towards Muslims, writes Praful Bidwai.

President Barack Hussein Obama’s address from Cairo on the relationship...

Transnational agrarian movements: struggling for land and citizenship rights
Jennifer Franco
Jun Borras
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La Vía Campesina’s transnational campaign in protest against neoliberal land policies has helped to generate new meanings of global citizenship.

 

Bolivia’s New Constitution
Nick Buxton
Against a barrage of opposition media propaganda funded by Bolivia’s elites, the new constitution was approved with 61% of the popular vote. Bolivia was once the prized pupil for its wholesale application of policies encouraged by the IMF and the World Bank. Now it is one of the countries...
Europe's big brothers
Ben Hayes
 Thomas Hammarberg and Ben Hayes
If the human right to privacy is to survive a generation, never mind another 60 years, then European societies must have a serious discussion about surveillance techniques, their limits and how to control them, write Thomas Hammarberg and Ben Hayes.

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