Rural democratisation

July 2011

Since the 1990s, the Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó communities have specifically been the target of violence and subsequent displacement.

The great capitulation

September 2009

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

July 2009

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"

July 2009

TNI

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

June 2009

TNI

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

June 2009

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:

June 2009

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

June 2009

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

April 2009

Jennifer Franco

Jun Borras

TNI

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

February 2009

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...