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Banning Cluster Bombs: Light in the Darkness of Conflicts
Written by Rene Wadlow   
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
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Cluster Bombs
In a remarkable combination of civil society pressure and leadership from a small number of progressive States, a strong ban on the use, manufacture, and stocking of cluster bombs will come into force on August 1, 2010 now that 30 States have ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The Convention bans the use, production, transfer of cluster munitions and sets deadlines for stockpile destruction and clearance of contaminated land. The Convention obliges States to support victims and affected communities.
The Way Forward for the Movement in Defense of Public Education
Written by Bill Leumer and Ann Robertson   
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
ImageOn March 4, students, staff, teachers, faculty and their unions on all levels of public education created history by uniting and pouring out onto the streets to engage in what were overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrations to defend public education.  The movement swept through small towns and large cities with demonstrators, including young elementary school students, carrying picket signs while yelling chants expressing their determination to fight back. 
Left Forum: Lessons from Latin American Social Movements for the US
Written by Toward Freedom   
Monday, 15 March 2010

ImageLatin American social movements have resisted the harmful effects of neoliberalism for decades. Many have also built viable alternatives to this destructive economic model. This panel and discussion will focus on such resistance and alternatives in Latin America and look at what activists and leftist in the US could learn from these movements and experiences in Latin America.

Panel is on Saturday, March 20, 10:00 AM - 11:50 PM, Pace University, W612, Organized by Toward Freedom and Between The Lines Radio

Afghan Women Fear Violence in National 'Peace'
Written by Aunohita Mojumdar   
Thursday, 11 March 2010
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Nargis Nehan
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 calls for women to be involved in peace talks. But Afghan women--after a series of setbacks--place little faith in that. They're mounting their own push for inclusion at a spring meeting of national leaders.
The Shipwreck of the Markets: Globalization on the Rocks
Written by David Ransom   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
ImageIn September 1993 Mexicans were, it was said in high places, about to be liberated from their historic destiny: ‘So far from God, so close to the United States.’ The solution was simply to merge with the US and Canada in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), leaving the rest to take care of itself. Ciudad Juárez, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, was on the front line of this radical advance, and I went there to take a look.
10 Ways to Stop Corporate Dominance of Politics
Written by Fran Korten   
Tuesday, 09 March 2010

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Illustration: Chris Clark
The recent Supreme Court decision to allow unlimited corporate spending in politics just may be the straw that breaks the plutocracy’s back. Pro-democracy groups, business leaders, and elected representatives are proposing mechanisms to prevent or counter the millions of dollars that corporations can now draw from their treasuries to push for government action favorable to their bottom line.
Haiti: The Clock is Set at Zero
Written by Chavannes Jean-Baptiste and Beverly Bell   
Monday, 08 March 2010
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Chavannes Jean-Baptiste
"We have to take advantage of this catastrophe and say, “The clock is set at zero.” We have to build another Haiti that doesn’t have anything to do with the Haiti we had before. A Haiti that is sovereign politically and that has food sovereignty. It has to begin by building agriculture."
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