Full Coverage: Activism

30.03.2006 As the polycentric sixth World Social Forum (WSF) drew to a close in Pakistan's principal port city, on Wednesday, participants were left wondering what kind of impact it would have on the military dictatorship that hosted the five-day event.

30.03.2006 The city of Dubai is experienceing one of the largest construction booms in the history of the world--on the backs of migrant laborers who face abusive labor practices and squalid living conditions, according to Human Rights Watch.

29.03.2006 The Youth Initiative for Human Rights submitted its request to the Serbian Skupstina (the Parliament) for urgent appointment of CitizensÂ’ Advocate, an institution that would lay the ground for the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman.

28.03.2006 The India Resource Center is urging delegates to the National Union of Students (NUS) in the UK to vote to end business relationships with the Coca-Cola company. The (NUS) is holding its Annual General Meeting in Blackpool from March 27-30, and the issue of whether to renew contracts with the Coca-Cola company is expected to be debated widely at the conference.

28.03.2006 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer aiming for a Palestinian home on March 16, 2003. Her powerful emails and journal entries have been transformed into a one-woman play, but political pressure might keep it from ever reaching a U.S. stage.

28.03.2006 Many believe that the recent mass rallies across the United States in support of immigrants' rights led a Senate committee to promote an immigration reform bill Monday that--in sharp contrast to a House bill passed in December--would put migrant workers on a path to citizenship. Hispanic media outlets paved the way for the impressive show of people power.

27.03.2006 Congress is considering legislation--promoted by the cable companies--that could eliminate support for Public Access TV. But the stations themselves, including New York's popular Manhattan Neighborhood Network, are at the forefront of a massive campaign to save the stations.

27.03.2006 Pakistan-born firebrand Tariq Ali wears many hats as a novelist, historian, broadcaster and political campaigner who will remain a dissenter. A radical to the core, he has remained at the forefront of anti-war campaigns. Here he talks to TerraViva about social movements, the need to break the cycle of military rule in Pakistan, and the WSF.

23.03.2006 I have to take issue with Abid Aslam's article, "Third Iraq Anniversary Finds Publics Weary of War and Protest," particularly the assertion that anti-war activism has waned. I was surprised to see OneWorld joining the trend of playing down opposition to the Iraq war...

23.03.2006 The largest citizen-led anti-poverty coalition in history has decided to shift its focus this year from global events to pressuring national governments in rich and poor countries to keep their promises to the world's poor.

23.03.2006 This year's World Health Day--April 7th--will celebrate all those who protect and promote the health of others. Campaigners will also call on politicians to provide greater support to those working in the healthcare sector so they can continue to do their jobs effectively.

23.03.2006 What responsible American citizenry would tolerate torture, rendition, a war based on deception, and an administration that trashes the Bill of Rights, asks Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

22.03.2006 The third annual April Fuels Day is just around the corner. Find out what you can do to help encourage the use of pollution-free alternatives by joining the Jumpstart Ford Campaign today!

22.03.2006 GONG civil organization, together with 17 other NGOs from Central and Eastern Europe and NIS (Newly Independent States), and under the auspices of ENEMO-European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations, will participate in the monitoring mission of the Parliamentary Elections in the Ukraine.

22.03.2006 Mutual distrust and even suspicions of a "conspiracy" separate the organisers of the Fourth World Water Forum, taking place in the Mexican capital, and the activists holding their own simultaneous alternative gathering.

22.03.2006 CARACAS, Mar 22 (OneWorld) - The right to safe water must be enshrined in international law and policed by the United Nations if millions of people are to be spared death from want of water or from water-borne diseases, activists told governments and business at international talks ending Wednesday.

19.03.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 19 (OneWorld) - Today's third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq presents anti-war groups with something of a paradox: Public protest has waned even as popular opposition to the war and the politicians prosecuting it has waxed.

17.03.2006 Since 2004, the ZeLIG school for documentary, Bolzano, has organized ESoDoc, a qualified professional training course on the making of social documentaries. The course is designed for audiovisual professionals attuned to social themes, as well as NGO and NPO communications specialists who wish to competently follow the production phases of multimedia content within the scope of their organizations – even if their intent is not to become actual filmmakers.

17.03.2006 While participants at the official forum and attendees of a parallel civil society meeting may agree that water access is a basic human right, they don't always agree on the best ways to ensure it.

16.03.2006 Representatives of social movements, NGOs, and trade activists from 14 Asian countries gathered recently to develop an action plan to challenge the trading superpowers at the next world trade meetings. If they fail, the 'development' round could conclude with an anti-poor set of agreements, they warn.