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L’Abbé Pierre: Voice of the Voiceless

Rene Wadlow January 29, 2007 Rene Wadlow

L'Abbé Pierre, champion of the homeless and world citizen, died on January 22nd, 2007 in Paris at 94 years old. He was born in 1912, named Henri Groues, brought up in Lyon in a bourgeois family and educated in Catholic schools. His father was active in helping the poor directly and in Catholic social efforts. As a 15-year old student on his way to Rome for Easter with his school, they stopped at Assisi, where Henri had a mystical experience alone on the mountain side and was ever afterwards influenced by the image of Francis of Assisi helping the poor.

Unión Juvenil Attack Campesinos with Clubs - La Razon

The Dark Side of Bolivia’s Half Moon

Benjamin Dangl January 25, 2007 Benjamin Dangl

Unión Juvenil with clubs

Evo Morales climbed into his presidential jeep, ducking a barrage of sticks, debris and insults thrown from members of right wing civic groups in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Cameramen and livid activists chased him until police filled the streets with tear gas. Bolivia's first indigenous president, a former coca grower and self-described anti-imperialist, was not welcome in Santa Cruz. This took place in September, 2006 when Morales arrived uninvited to a celebration of the city's founding. Upon leaving, he ran into a sector of Bolivian society that poses one of the biggest challenges to his administration: the leading opposition party, Poder Democrático Social (PODEMOS), the Comité Cívico Pro-Santa Cruz, and the Unión Juvenil Crucenista.

Correa Brings Hope to Ecuadorians

Cyril Mychalejko January 24, 2007 Cyril Mychalejko

When Ecuadorians went to the polls on Nov. 26 they collectively said no to neoliberalism as they voted overwhelmingly for maverick candidate Rafael Correa over billionaire banana tycoon Alvaro Noboa. The choice between Noboa and Correa was a choice between the past and the future, a future that undoubtedly makes Washington very uneasy as yet another country in Latin America elected a left-of-center candidate.

African News Roundup

Jan Begine, GNN January 23, 2007 Jan Begine, GNN

The African Union in Sudan and Somalia, the DRC after the elections, World Social Forum in Kenya, 95 years of the ANC

Force Won’t Bring Peace to Somalia

Khadija O. Ali, Foreign Policy in Focus January 22, 2007 Khadija O. Ali, Foreign Policy in Focus

The sudden defeat of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) by the Ethiopian army and their U.S. backers proved easier then expected. A reported 15,000 Ethiopian troops and U.S. aerial bombardment succeeded in installing the Transitional Federal Government, two years after its formation in neighboring Kenya.

Is another world possible without the women’s perspective?

Patricia Daniel January 22, 2007 Patricia Daniel

The WSF belief is expressed in their slogan: "another world is possible". But to what extent does this include a women's perspective?

The seventh annual gathering of the World Social Forum brings the world to Africa as activists, social movements, networks, coalitions and other progressive forces from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, north America, Europe and all corners of the African continent converge in Nairobi, Kenya for five days of cultural resistance and celebration (20-25 January 2007).