The Third World in the 20th Century: Vijay Prashad Interview
The author talks about the origins of his book, The Darker Nations, the Third World Project, anti-imperialist movements, Hugo Chavez and lessons for the future.
Healthcare in Africa: Lesotho’s Youth Struggle to Survive
I live in a US town of around 80,000 people. Access to healthcare has never been a major issue here. We have 30 pediatricians serving the 15,000 youth in the area. On the other hand, in the small African nation of Lesotho, there are only six pediatricians to care for the country's 800,000 children. AIDS Orphans in Lesotho
Reflections on the US Social Forum: 2007 and After
At the US Social Forum 2007, in the city that hosts CNN and Coke, in hotel venues where debutantes ironically were on parade, the progressive community stood tall and steadfast, proud and capable. The forum's over 900 sessions were truly diverse in those presenting and those attending. Indeed, I cannot remember - going all the way back to an also highly diverse Black Panther Party Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia in September 1970 - any other large leftist event in the U.S. as consistently multi-cultural as USSF 2007.
The U.S. ‘War on Drugs’ Is an Assault on South America’s Poorest
For many farmers in Bolivia, the alternative to growing coca leaves is unemployment and hunger. "We need to take care of our coca as if it were a child so that the whole family can survive," coca farmer Leonilda Zurita said. "The coca gives us food. It takes care of our education and healthcare because here education and healthcare are not free."Leonilda Zurita Drying Coca
Burma: Love and Kindness Must Win Over Everything
The determination of Burma's Buddhist monks to bring about change non-violently in their country has awakened a civilian population long held in fear by the governing military. The monks are marching behind large banners saying "Love and Kindness must win over everything." Demonstrations have been growing in city after city as the monks have taken the leadership of protests which began in early September against the sudden rise in fuel, food, and transportation costs.
War Crimes in Somalia, Blame the White House
Somalia is the forgotten front in the "War on Terror." Americans are rarely told anything about what goes on there, who the actors are and, more importantly, the reasons behind conflict in the Horn of Africa. Hence it is not surprising that there has been no concerted activist challenge to U.S. support for Ethiopia's war in Somalia, but such a challenge is urgently required. Somalian insurgent forces