“It is the lack of meaning in life what generally leads to drug-addiction,” says Jacques Mabit, director of Centro Takiwasi in Tarapoto, Peru. And if society does not deal with…
read moreThe most fascinating non-tribal political organization of the last ten years was without a doubt the Direct Action Network (DAN), which strategically subverted the World Trade Organization (WTO) spectacle in…
read moreWhile racism and religious fundamentalism enabled slavery and genocide, racism per se is no longer a prerequisite for perpetuating such crimes against humanity in their modern forms. That said, by…
read moreInto Disaster A world conference of climate change scientists this week warned that the G-20 politicians are not leading the world to a low-carbon economy, but rather, by endorsing the…
read moreWar Against Equality In this multi-part interview, The Real News Network examines the thirty-year war in Sri Lanka, and locates it within the global war against equality waged by major…
read moreAs anyone who has observed the machinations of the United Nations knows, the UN is not a democratic organization; a handful of countries have more power than the rest combined….
read moreGenocide in Canada Following on the heels of condemnation by the United Nations Human Rights Council last month, the national committee of friends and relatives of disappeared Indian children in…
read moreDemilitarising Kashmir Whether the once autonomous region of Kashmir gains independence or not, the non-violent strategy employed by the Muslim state signals a possibility of peaceful coexistence with both Pakistan…
read moreSerious Fraud What do you get when the Saudi government gets caught blackmailing the British government and turns to the former head of the FBI for help? A spot on…
read moreLike the Irish before them, the indigenous Bolivians have found the fight to free themselves from enslavement by a colonial aristocracy does not end with the establishment of a democratic…
read moreThe 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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