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Resolving Zimbabwe&039;s Farm Crisis is Not Black & White
Thousands of news articles, scholarly articles and panel discussions debate Zimbabwe's land reform program. Almost without fail, stark lines are drawn…
February 2, 2010
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Healing Hearts, Raising Spirits in Zimbabwe
Everyone has been blessed in their life with at least one strong, female role model that showed grace under pressure, kindness when facing…
February 2, 2010
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Giving Life, Risking Death in Burkina Faso
Safiatou (not her real name), 26 years old, married her cousin Hamidou when she was 14. They lived in a…
January 28, 2010
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Howard Zinn - a gift to the movement
Today we are deeply saddened by the news of historian and political activist Howard Zinn's death. William Cordery, Senior Development…
January 28, 2010
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Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance Has Strong Roots
Remarks made by Bono , New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof and President Barack Obama stating they hoped Palestinians…
January 28, 2010
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Death at Camp Delta
On the evening of June 9, 2006, three inmates of the Guantanamo detention facility known as Camp Delta, Salah Ahmed…
January 27, 2010
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Bangladesh Executes Five For Killing Independence Leader
I was going to write asking for readers of this blog to write to the Bangladeshi authorities and urge them…
January 27, 2010
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Relief funds help Guantanamo Uighur move forward
Corrected 2/4/10 An attorney with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel contacted me two months ago to ask for my assistance…
January 26, 2010
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Iran&039;s Beleaguered Baha&039;i Minority Faces Serious Threat
Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community are currently on trial on serious, but baseless, charges that could lead to the…
January 26, 2010
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Update on Haiti and yesterday&039;s conference in Canada
The earthquake in Haiti caused unimaginable destruction and grief for a country that was already the poorest in the Western…
January 26, 2010
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Hey India, Help Free Aung San Suu Kyi
India should use it's democratic cred and influence as a rising global power to help Aung San Suu Kyi and…
January 24, 2010
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International Community has an Opportunity to Send Iran’s Government a Clear Message on Human Rights
The world has watched in horror as the unrelenting violence in Iran continues to unfold several months after the disputed…
January 24, 2010