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This issue’s contents: COVER:
The
United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December in Key
issues dominating the In
the following article written at the commencement of the G77
and In
an effort to persuade the developed countries to honour their commitments
under the Bali Action Plan, Indigenous peoples outraged at removal of rights in conference text When the issue of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation came up for negotiation at the Poznan conference, a group spearheaded by the same states which had opposed the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples succeeded in removing all references to the rights of indigenous peoples and to the Declaration in the final conference text. Lively
civil society/negotiator interaction on key issues at Key
developing countries' climate change negotiators spoke to a packed room
on the key issues in the Blow
to EU climate policy as big concessions made to industry Radical new agenda needed to achieve climate justice Members
of Climate Justice Now! - a worldwide alliance of more than 160 organisations
- issued the following statement at
Earthquake
shines spotlight on dam safety in China An open letter written in the wake of the Wenchuan earthquake by some 62 Chinese scientists and conservationists asking the Chinese government to re-examine plans to build dams in areas of China that are seismically active raises hope that a new era of broader public debate on dams in China may be dawning.
Climate
change and health: Time to stop tinkering at the edges The disproportionate impact of climate change on the health of the poor, whose countries have contributed least to carbon emissions, provides a moral imperative for richer countries to act, says Marion Birch.
The
theory of 'decoupling' of Asia from the world recession is disproved
as Commodity
market speculation played major role in food crisis When the global food crisis broke out earlier in 2008, doubts were expressed in some circles as to the role of speculation in fomenting the crisis. A report released in November by the well-known US-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has confirmed that market speculation played a major role in the crisis. SWFs
mark structural shift in world financial order The rise of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) reflects not only global imbalances but also a structural shift in the international financial system with the comparative decline of the West, says Kavaljit Singh.
Thai
ruling elite tears nation apart Although
a new prime minister and a new cabinet have been sworn in, the crisis
in
'The
Holocaust lesson that I learned at school is that we are obliged not
to wait until things are as bad as Auschwitz before we speak out and
act,' says Ali Abunimah. In the light of what is currently happening
in Construction
workers in uniform Not
a coup in sight. Have the Latin American generals discovered a love
for democracy? Or have the military dictatorships achieved their goals,
as some sceptics argue, and are thus not needed anymore? Writing on
the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the military coup that toppled
the democratically-elected government of Salvador Allende in
Supporters
and opponents of
Gradual
steps forward for migrant workers in the Migrant
workers in the
The
rights of women as casualties of war In order to tell the whole story, any serious study or report on the state of women's rights in the world today must delve into the roots of women's suffering, including how war and military intervention often jeopardise the rights and welfare of women.
'Muntadar
al-Zaidi did what we journalists should have done long ago' The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W Bush is a hero of the profession, says Dave Lindorff.
It was in December 1978 that the Chinese communist leadership under the late Deng Xiaoping launched its market reform policy. Gregory Albo provides the historical background to this watershed development and assesses its successes and failures.
While
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