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In Memoriam: Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser, Founding Chair, CWIS

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No to Autonomy

No to Autonomy

July 9, 2010

Intercontinental Cry reports on the mass mobilization in West Papua, where the pro-independence movement has rejected autonomy measures offered by Indonesia in lieu of self-determination.

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Character of Antagonism

Character of Antagonism

July 9, 2010

In IJOC 2010, Cinzia Padovani looks at the intersections among interpersonal communication, interaction with mainstream media, and the use of Internet communications in post-earthquake L’Aquila, Italy. By examining the methods…

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Killing for Contracts

Killing for Contracts

July 8, 2010

Reading Rick Rozoff’s article on NATO’s misadventures in Central Asia reminded me of Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s comments about modern warfare. To paraphrase, there is no point. Sure, there is plenty…

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Adversarial Journalism

Adversarial Journalism

July 7, 2010

In IJOC 2010’s Investigating Chilling Effects, Andrew T. Kenyon examines the relationships between independence, resistance, dissent, and adversarial journalism in Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia. Noting the role the Internet plays…

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Biodiesel Blues

Biodiesel Blues

July 6, 2010

The Constitutional Court of Colombia will soon sentence investors, paramilitary, and army members involved in arson and murder of indigenous peoples in order to establish a biodiesel refinery and plantation…

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The Terms of Terror

The Terms of Terror

July 5, 2010

A San Francisco Bay Area research group is handling the digitization and organization of the Guatemalan National Police archives recently discovered in a building in Guatemala City. As a repository…

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The Niger Delta

The Niger Delta

July 4, 2010

Ogoni Oil The Niger Delta, home to 31 million people and one of the most important wetlands in the world, is also one of the most oil-polluted sites on Earth….

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Crime With No End

Crime With No End

July 3, 2010

In Living with the Enemy, Susie Linfield discusses what Jean Amery called “the moral necessity of undying resentment”. Examining the modern obsession of truth and reconciliation, Linfield discovers the only…

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Leading Human Rights Groups to Protest at Craigslist's HQ on 7/08/10

Leading Human Rights Groups to Protest at Craigslist’s HQ on 7/08/10

July 3, 2010

On July 8, 2010 at noon the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) and our over 75 Co-Sponsors will protest Craigslist’s facilitation of sex trafficking…

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Surviving Guatemala

Surviving Guatemala

July 2, 2010

Despite the favorable response by the Guatemalan government to an order by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, indigenous peoples there fear reprisal.

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Chief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library

The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.

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