Western Sahara Refugees Host International Film Festival in the Desert
Western Sahara’s eighth Sahara International Film Festival the world's most remote film festival, took place in early May this year deep in the Algerian desert.
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LGBT Pride Week in Cambodia: Reconciling Family Norms with Sexual Orientation
Last week, Cambodia finished celebrating its third official lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride celebration, a week of movie screenings, workshops and other activities organized by Rainbow Community Kampuchea.
From Chiquita to Nike: Labor Activists Drive Corporations Bananas
From sweatshops to corporations funding paramilitaries, the businesses that supply the US market often violate human rights and law across the globe. At the same time, workers and workers’ advocacy organizations are fighting back in new and creative ways.
Tanzania: Killings and Toxic Spill Tarnish Barrick Gold
The Thigithe River in North Mara, Tanzania meanders through scattered villages and clumps of trees in a vast expanse of land ringed by hills close to the Kenyan border. The Canadian Barrick Gold Corporation operates a notorious gold mine in this region.
Haiti: Just When You Think It Can’t Get Any Worse
Amidst the world-historic levels of death and suffering from last January’s earthquake, Haitians have at least been spared the scale of government violence that has marked much of their nation’s past. This may change under Michel Martelly, the incoming president.
From Argentina’s “Dirty War” to Poisoned Food: The World According to Marie-Monique Robin
Marie-Monique Robin's investigation Death Squadrons: The French School helped shed light on the terrorist acts committed by the State during Argentina's Dirty War. Her new book, Our Daily Poison, investigates the pollutants that contaminate the production of food, and the corporations that want to cover them up.