Full Coverage: Politics

31.10.2005 Worried about climate change? Curious to know more about the global anti-capitalist movement, the Zapatistas and what really happened to Africa at this year’s G8 summit? Then clear your diary between 4 and 13 November and head to the radical fringe of this year’s Leeds International Film Festival for "the ultimate political cinema experience."

31.10.2005 Author Lauren Brodsky explores what the campaign efforts of one political candidate indicate about the state of democracy in Azerbaijan as the country prepares for November 6 general elections.

31.10.2005 The culture and livelihoods of the Gwich'in people, who have lived in the region for 20,000 years, could be destroyed by oil drilling programs proposed for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to a new report released last week. The U.S. Senate is expected to finalize the plans in early November.

28.10.2005 As voters on Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar prepare to choose a new president Sunday, the main opposition candidate is expressing concern about the vote and its aftermath. Despite voter intimidation and a precedent of post-election violence, Seif Sharif Hamad hopes his party will bring about peaceful democratic change this time.

28.10.2005 John Nichols of The Nation weighs in on the Bush administration's political strategy in the face of pending indictments, falling approval ratings, and the withdrawal of Harriet Miers as a Supreme Court nominee.

28.10.2005 NEW YORK, Oct 27 (OneWorld) - Disarmament advocacy groups in the United States scored a major victory this week as Congress decided not to provide any funds for research on a new nuclear weapons program for the coming financial year.

25.10.2005 NEW YORK, Oct 25 (OneWorld) - Leading civil rights groups in the United States are urging legislators not to make any retrogressive changes in the law that protects minorities' right to vote and prohibits discriminatory practices in the electoral process.

25.10.2005 The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration must have considerable experience with international crises, multilateral cooperation, and programs related to refugees and the reproductive health needs of women and adolescents. Unfortunately, President Bush's nominee fails on all counts, says a coalition of women's rights groups.

24.10.2005 Several months after Ethiopia's opposition accused the ruling party of rigging elections, they are now threatening to call peaceful strikes and demonstrations, accusing the government of arresting and killing its members.

23.10.2005 LAHAINA, MAUI, Oct 22 (OneWorld) - Environmental organizations seeking to protect aquamarine waters surrounding Hawaii's northwestern islands, reefs, and atolls won a big battle last month, but are now pushing to extend their victory into federal waters.

21.10.2005 Despite being integral to the grassroots peace building process, women are all but excluded from formal negotiations and political decision making. There is no peace, security, or justice unless both genders are fully involved in all stages of the peace process, says researcher Elisabeth Porter.

19.10.2005 With 95% of returns counted in Liberia's historic presidential election and the two front-runners in a close tie, Liberians are now expecting to return to the polls for a November 8 run-off. They will choose between a former soccer star and a female Harvard-educated economist.

17.10.2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 17 (OneWorld) - A new bill designed to soothe inflamed gas prices by boosting refinery output has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, but environmental advocates say the Act is really a gift to the oil industry and would not have significant or immediate effects on prices at the pump.

17.10.2005 SAN FRANCICSO, Oct 16 (OneWorld) - An amendment to the new funding bill for Head Start promotes discrimination on religious grounds and would deal a devastating blow to some one million low-income children and their parents who are dependent on the program, according to a large and varied coalition of U.S. organizations.

14.10.2005 NEW YORK, Oct 14 (OneWorld) - While President George W. Bush continues to assert that Americans would be better off with Social Security in private hands, a new study shows that privatization of the country's 70-year-old benefit program would drive millions of people into poverty.

13.10.2005 After an enthusiastic voter turnout for the first Liberian elections since the end of civil war in 2003, citizens across the nation are glued to their radios, hanging on any bit of news about preliminary results. With many polling stations located in rural and hard-to-reach areas, official results are not expected for another 3-7 days.

13.10.2005 After ten years supporting independent media in the country, and ten minutes of deliberation by Tashkent's city court, Internews has been forced to close up shop. Following a maelstrom of popular uprisings in the region, Uzbek authorities have cracked-down on non-governmental organizations over the past 18 months.

11.10.2005 The Supreme Court will likely have a lot to say about the future economic direction of the United States, explains former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, arguing that the president must share the economic memos nominee Harriet Miers wrote while serving in the White House--senators must know her beliefs before they decide on her confirmation.

10.10.2005 At least 18 supporters of the main opposition party in Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar were wounded on Sunday after police opened fire on a crowd.

09.10.2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 8 (OneWorld) - President Bush recently suggested that the military be given broader powers to deal with domestic crises like Hurricane Katrina or a potential bird flu epidemic, but emergency response and security groups in the U.S. say the military already has the power it needs to provide both relief and protection to citizens, and question whether the president's real motives aren't political.