Reflections on the Boston Social Forum
When I first stood on the stage at the Boston Social Forum and saw the huge number of people who had come, all that was in my mind at that moment was: How can I deliver with my simple words the mes
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Grassroots International at the Boston Social Forum
Grassroots was proud to participate in the first Boston Social Forum, which took place July 23-25 2004 at U Mass Boston. It was the first U.S.
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Psychologists for Social Responsibility Grants Peace Prize to Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
Psychologists for Social Responsibility is an American organization based in Washington, has hundreds of members, and seeks to spread the cultures of peace, re-conciliation, solidarity, and means o
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Globalization from Below
These remarks were delivered at the Resource Rights for All Lanch Party at Grassroots International on June 10, 2004.
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A Festival of Alternatives
This week, GRI's Maria Aguiar is in São Paolo for a series of meetings sponsored by Via Campesina, an international alliance of progressive rural organizations.
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Haiti: A Way Forward?
Many in the United States were surprised earlier this year when Haiti suddenly burst back into mainstream headlines with reports of an armed revolt brewing in the country's in
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A Break with Haiti’s Past?
Recently, the U.N.'s special representative returned from an assessment trip to Haiti.
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PCHR Condemns United States Denial of Fundamental Palestinian Rights and Israeli War Crimes
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights today expresses serious concerns regarding yesterday’s statement by US President George Bush following his meeting w
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What Will be Left Behind If and When Israel Leaves Gaza?
Jen and I have returned safely to the US. We apologize for the gap in keeping you posted on our travels. Experiences were simply too complex to quickly digest and days too exhausting to blog in the early hours of the morning. Thank you for all your comments and for accompanying us on our journey. We will continue with a few more entries this week, sent from the relatively calmer offices of Grassroots International.
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Where Art Thou, International Law?
Now I'm no expert on international law; please understand that. But even a layperson like myself begins to sense that when an Israeli soldiers beats a prisoner in full public view with complete impunity, there must be a law out there crying out to be implemented. The targeted assassination of Sheikh Yassin and the entire program of targeted assassinations similarly stinks of the same extra-judicial character.
Just prior to arriving at a checkpoint yesterday, an armored military jeep sped by with its rear doors flung open. The doors were left open with apparent intent, so Palestinians waiting in line at the check point could watch and be intimidated by a young Israeli soldier smashing his steel shanked helmet into the head of a young Palestinian. (Another descriptor might be "head-butting" though this act was far too vicious and the environment far too tense for vernacular that conjures up play.) By the time I reached the checkpoint soldiers to hand over my documents for inspection, the beaten boy stood ten feet away with two other boys, legs spread wide, palms up against a fence. At least this had the appearance of an actual arrest proceeding. The soldier, a recent Russian immigrant, handed me back my passport, smiled and said both warmly and sternly, "be very careful here".
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Jerusalem At First Glance
From the airport we traveled swiftly to Jerusalem on a multi-laned highway on which only Israelis can travel. The road rivals its counterparts in the US, As we entered the West Bank, we noticed that between 50 — 500 meters of land on either side of this "bypass" road lay fallow. Though intricately terraced, for security purposes the Israelis prohibit cultivation of these plots. Olive trees can not harvested or vegetables grown. This prohibition might not make a tremendous difference if land was abundant, if the highways themselves did not constitute thousands of hectares of confiscated land, but as you probably know, close to 10 million Jews and Palestinians must share this tiny, contested land.
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Global Civil Society Meets Amidst Crisis of Empire
For the thousands of representatives of global civil society who will be gathering in Mumbai for the World Social Forum on January 16-22, Washington is the world's number one
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Solidarity is The Only Solution
An interview with Celina Noel, Women's Coordinator for the Peasant's Movement of Papaye(MPP), one of the largest and oldest rural worker's movements in Haiti.
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Bush Administration is Undermining Democracy
Aid to Palestinian civil society organizations has always been a tough sell in the United States, but perhaps never as tough as it is today.
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Whose Right to Water?
"[Water is] one of the world's great business opportunities. It promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th." Fortune, May 2000
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Rooted in the Past, Looking Toward the Future: Grassroots International’s 20th Anniversary
More than 450 registrants, including activists, community workers and supporters of Grassroots joined us on November 15th for a full day of discussions and workshops and a chance to meet our d