Years before the civil war in El Salvador officially began, government-funded death squads had been killing and disappearing those identified as anti-government dissenters—including clergy, community and union organizers, students and professors—in a conflict that pitted a few elite families allied with the military against the vast majority of the population who lived in crushing poverty. After...
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Apr 23, 2013 • Here’s a roundup of (most) of the papers being presented April 23rd at the GPIA Conference at the New School Hirshon suite, 55W.13th Street, 2nd floor 9:30am-6:30 pm Share this:
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Apr 19, 2013 • By Jonathan Leonard Our new social initiative, La Selva Guardia, presents the problems caused by the illegal extraction of Peruvian big-leafed mahogany trees. Facts presented are the results of preliminary research conducted for the lauch of our first Amazonian endeavor. We chose to create an illegal-logging initiative, in part, because of its clear sense of wrong...
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Apr 18, 2013 • By Rebekah Frank The day after Hurricane Sandy left large swaths of New York and New Jersey decimated, burnt and under water, I took a walk down to the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn to survey the damage. I was shocked by what I saw— Share this:
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Apr 12, 2013 • In 1993 my parents moved our family of five from Venezuela to the United States. I was only 5 years old. Somewhere along the way, I began the struggle to define my own identity. Share this:
Is access to clean water a basic human right? The customary response for most people is yes, of course, but still an estimated 1.4 billion people currently lack access to safe drinking water. And this is just one of the many water issues that plague the world today. Share this:
When private-run daily newspapers finally made it to the newsstands in Myanmar last Monday for the first time in 50 years, Myanmar nationals and press freedom advocates had reason to celebrate. Before April 1, state-controlled media in Myanmar had a monopoly over daily news publications, as privately owned newspapers were limited by law to weekly...
Ecuador doesn’t often grab international headlines, but questions about its current course have relevance for the Western Hemisphere and beyond. What kind of leader is Rafael Correa? Is he a popular anti-imperial economist who champions 21st century socialism and rejects the “Washington Consensus” while protecting ecosystems by limiting oil production in vital wetlands? Or...
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Apr 2, 2013 • By Senay Imre & Logan Blouin Revolutionary artists involved in the Arab Spring received introductions and stage time at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s recent event, “Mic Check: Hip-Hop from North Africa and the Middle East.” Share this:
Following the announcement on March 4, 2013, that an 18-month old child in Mississippi had been cured of HIV with an early and rigorous regimen of anti-retroviral drugs, HIV/AIDS is briefly back in headlines in the U.S. Amid the flurry of excitement about this breakthrough in early-onset treatment, articles have abounded highlighting the important strides being made...
The leader of the opposition Syrian National Council just resigned. Foiled is another plan to truly arm the rebels and bring down Bashar al-Assad. Of course the CIA is facilitating arms procurement and US “nonlethal” deliveries to vetted warrior brigades, but that’s been happening for months. Aside from new propaganda and spin from both sides...
Human beings in a mob What’s a mob to a king? What’s a king to a God? What’s a God to a non-believer? – Frank Ocean Share this:
Fighting for Justice in El Salvador, Four Decades and Counting
May 12, 2013
GPIA Conference Preview: What your friends are writing about
Apr 23, 2013
Turkish Alevis: The Missing Voice on Sectarianism and the Syrian Conflict
Apr 22, 2013
Atrocity in the Amazon — A Devastation of Trees, Tribes and Traditions: GPIA Conference Preview
Apr 19, 2013
Two Storms, Two Gardens and a Thesis: GPIA Conference Preview
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