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September 2005

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30.09.2005 A cinque giorni dall'arresto dei loro leader, la sorte dei Boscimani del Kalahari ha subito oggi un clamoroso capovolgimento. Alla First People of the Kalahari (FPK), l'organizzazione dei Boscimani Gana e Gwi impegnata in una dura battaglia per il ritorno di questo popolo nelle sue terre ancestrali, oggi è stato assegnato il Right Livelihood Award, il prestigioso premio svedese noto anche come "Premio Nobel Alternativo". Il riconoscimento è stato assegnato ai Boscimani per la loro "risoluta resistenza agli sfratti forzati dalle terre ancestrali" e per la loro strenua battaglia "per vedersi riconoscere il diritto di mantenere il loro tradizionale stile di vita".
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From: Survival International Italia
Related topics/regions: [Botswana] [Indigenous rights] [Conflict]
Image: boscimani
30.09.2005 Alla lettera di Alex Zanotelli sulle prospettive del commercio equo risponde Monica Di Sisto, componente di Roba dell'Altro Mondo - centrale d'importazione del commercio equo. "Alex, sai che in Belgio e in Francia i Governi stanno cercando di imporre delle normative che riducono il commercio equo a standard per i prodotti presenti nella grande distribuzione? E proprio dalle organizzazioni italiane parte l'argine a questa deriva". "Questo è possibile proprio perché il movimento italiano è l'unico che ha salvaguardato, nei fatti, la centralità delle botteghe e della politica nel sistema" precisa Monica Di Sisto secondo cui nella rete del commercio equo molte organizzazioni sono "molto meno sensibili ad alcuni temi dei più insensibili tra noi". "Una piccola osservazione economica sulla sobrietà: la crescita dei consumi individuali di prodotti equosolidali non equivale, automaticamente, in consumismo. Può voler dire che alcune persone, potendo contare su una varietà di prodotti sempre maggiore, stanno spostando quasi tutta la propria spesa quotidiana dentro i canali equosolidali" scrive Di Sisto "Magari tagliando tante spese inutili che prima facevano al supermarket".
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Related topics/regions: [Consumption] [Trade] [Ethics & value systems]
29.09.2005 The so-called "partial birth abortion ban" has been successfully challenged in three state courts, but an appeal from Nebraska could put that issue in front of the newly constituted Supreme Court within months. The new court may also hear a case on a controversial parental notification law.
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From: Feminist Majority Foundation
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Gender] [Sexuality] [Governance] [Law]
29.09.2005 Having lived and worked in Iraq the past two years, U.S. peaceworker Mary Trotochaud opens a window into the lives of occupied Iraqis who, despite their disillusionment with the U.S. occupation, are still hopeful for a peaceful and democratic society.
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From: American Friends Service Committee
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Iraq] [Human rights] [Civil rights] [Geopolitics] [War and peace]
Buying organic can reduce exposure to toxic foods.
29.09.2005 Synthetic ingredients in "organic" food? It doesn't seem very logical, but if Kraft and other members of the corporate food industry get their way, the word "organic" is going to take on unfortunate new meaning, says the Pesticide Action Network.
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From: Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Food] [Business] [Corporations] [Governance]
Image: Buying organic can reduce exposure to toxic foods. © Food for Life Global
As Iraq rebuilds, are women any better off?
29.09.2005 Iraqi women's rights--particularly those of dress and movement--are in danger of disappearing, say several of the country's prominent activists.
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From: Feminist Majority Foundation
Related topics/regions: [Iraq] [Human rights] [Gender] [Religion] [Governance]
Image: As Iraq rebuilds, are women any better off? © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
A woman in Katsina Central Prison, Nigeria, who is facing the death penalty for having an abortion.
29.09.2005 To mark this year's World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, Amnesty International is asking those African governments that have not abolished the death penalty to do so, and would like your help in appealing to heads of state.
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From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Human rights] [Activism] [Justice and crime]
Image: A woman in Katsina Central Prison, Nigeria, who is facing the death penalty for having an abortion. © Amnesty International - International Secretariat
''Bush Tax Cuts at Work''
27.09.2005 Since President Bush entered office slashing taxes for the wealthy, vital community development and infrastructure programs have been shortchanged. Many federal and state officials in both parties have been predicting disaster for years, says progressive strategist David Sirota.
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From: In These Times
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Emergency relief] [Economy] [Governance]
Image: ''Bush Tax Cuts at Work'' © In These Times
27.09.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Sep 27 (OneWorld) - Multibillion-dollar White House plans to aid recovery from Hurricane Katrina have spawned complaints by a broad array of civil rights, economic justice, and environmental groups even as congressional investigators look into possible corruption.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Cities] [Education] [Emergency relief] [Energy] [Labour] [Business] [Corporations] [Civil rights] [Race Politics]
27.09.2005 Politics has become a contest between different brands of doom-mongering, argues Frank Furedi.
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27.09.2005 Pohjois-Somalian Somalimaassa pidetään maan historian ensimmäiset parlamenttivaalit 29. syyskuuta. Opposito pelkää hallituspuolueen lahjovan vaalihuoneistojen päälliköitä, ja muutenkin vaalijärjestelyt jättävät toivomisen varaa. Kansanedustaja Kimmo Kiljunen (sd.) on tarkkailemassa vaaleja Somalimaan pääkaupungissa Hargeisassa.
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From: Solidaarisuus
A protester shouting a pro-democracy slogan inside a police vehicle in Dilli Baazar, Kathmandu, Friday, September 16.
26.09.2005 Over 1,500 have been arrested in Nepal's capital over the last two weeks as political parties and their student supporters hold their most sustained protests since King Gyanendra's February takeover of the country's political machinery. In rural areas, a unilateral ceasefire called by Maoist rebels earlier this month has improved life, villagers say, wishing the government would follow suit.
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From: Advocacy Project
Related topics/regions: [Nepal] [Civil society] [Governance] [Justice and crime] [Conflict] [Security]
Image: A protester shouting a pro-democracy slogan inside a police vehicle in Dilli Baazar, Kathmandu, Friday, September 16. © Advocacy Project
26.09.2005 Federal contractors involved in Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts have been exempted from requirements that ensure employment opportunities for women and minorities. "The exemption could hurt the very people most affected by Hurricane Katrina, effectively shutting them out from the opportunity to participate in rebuilding their own neighborhoods," civil rights advocates said.
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From: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Education Fund
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Business] [Civil rights] [Race Politics] [Governance]
26.09.2005 Don't spin your record on world poverty during the party conference, Labour leaders were told today, because the Government's achievements on global anti-poverty initiatives are vastly over-stated and many polices continue to harm the poorest countries.
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From: World Development Movement
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Aid] [Poverty]
25.09.2005 A new bankruptcy law, which is scheduled to take effect October 17, could severely undermine the efforts of working families trying to make a fresh start. Moving Ideas and Demos are urging lawmakers to, at a minimum, exempt Katrina survivors from the new law for a year--and they are asking for your support.
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From: Moving Ideas Network
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Emergency relief] [Poverty] [Law]
23.09.2005 Na sastanku Savjeta građana održati će se predstavljanje rezultata obavljene procjene potreba za tri tematske cjeline: Gospodarenje otpadom, Uređenje okoliša i Prostorno planiranje, te konačno usvajanje završnih verzija procjena potreba i dogovor za nastavak sljedećih koraka u izradi Akcijskih planova.
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From: Domaci - organizaction for crative developement
Related topics/regions: [Croatia] [Activism] [Ethics & value systems]
22.09.2005 Na internacionalni Dan mira koji pada na 21. rujan, premijer Kosova procijenio je ulogu podrške i pomoći UNa kao visoku za postizanje mira u poslijeratnom razdoblju . Kroz tiskovnu izjavu poslanu ovog utorka pozvao je na mir, spokojstvo, suradnju i toleranciju.
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Related topics/regions: [Kosovo] [War and peace]
22.09.2005 Qendra për Hulumtime Politike dhe Sociale (QHPS), ka prezantuar një raport mbi vlerësimin e standardeve në Kosovë, sipas të cilit që nga viti 1999 institucionet dhe qytetarët e Kosovës, dhe komuniteti ndërkombëtar kanë bërë progres në ndërtimin e bazës së një stabiliteti.
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Related topics/regions: [Kosovo] [Civil society]
21.09.2005 U.S. talk show host Bill O'Reilly remarked last week that he wished Hurricane Katrina had hit the United Nations building in New York, adding, "and I wouldn't have rescued them." Citizens for Global Solutions asks you to email O'Reilly's boss and demand he apologize for his hate-speak.
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From: Citizens for Global Solutions
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Communication] [Media] [United Nations]
soldati italiani in Iraq - da RaiNews 24
21.09.2005 Il leader di Rifondazione, Fausto Bertinotti, risponde alle domande poste da un nostro editoriale alla vigilia della marcia Perugia-Assisi sulla questione delle spese militari italiane. "Sotto il governo Berlusconi le spese militari hanno subito una impennata notevole rispetto ai governi di centrosinistra - scrive Bertinotti. Bisogna però evidenziare - per onestà intellettuale - come tale disdicevole performance sia dovuta anche a scelte profondamente sbagliate compiute negli ultimi 15 anni (Nuovo Modello di Difesa aggressivo; rilancio della Nato; crescita di missioni militari all’estero; riabilitazione della guerra - anche sotto l’ipocrita dicitura di “umanitaria” - come strumento della politica estera del nostro Paese". "Occorre imprimere una vera svolta nella politica estera e della difesa dell’Italia cominciando con il ritiro delle truppe dall’Iraq e da tutte quelle missioni che si pongono in contrasto con l’art.11 della Costituzione e promuovere una revisione del concetto strategico proprio del Nuovo Modello di Difesa e della nuova Nato" - afferma Bertinotti. Il resto del mondo politico continua a tacere...
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Related topics/regions: [Italy] [Civil society] [Security]
Image: soldati italiani in Iraq - da RaiNews 24
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