For many farmers in Bolivia, the alternative to growing coca leaves is unemployment and hunger. "We need to take care of our coca as if it were a child so that the whole family can survive," coca farmer Leonilda Zurita said. "The coca gives us food. It takes care of our education and healthcare because here education and healthcare are not free."Leonilda Zurita Drying Coca
The determination of Burma's Buddhist monks to bring about change non-violently in their country has awakened a civilian population long held in fear by the governing military. The monks are marching behind large banners saying "Love and Kindness must win over everything." Demonstrations have been growing in city after city as the monks have taken the leadership of protests which began in early September against the sudden rise in fuel, food, and transportation costs.
Somalia is the forgotten front in the "War on Terror." Americans are rarely told anything about what goes on there, who the actors are and, more importantly, the reasons behind conflict in the Horn of Africa. Hence it is not surprising that there has been no concerted activist challenge to U.S. support for Ethiopia's war in Somalia, but such a challenge is urgently required. Somalian insurgent forces
Tensions in Hungary still remain high as a result of last year's lies. It has been one year since audio tapes were leaked in which the prime minister of Hungary, Ferenc Gyurcsany, admitted to lying day and night in order to seize power for power's sake. Ferenc Gyurcsány
Who is Jean-Pierre Bemba and how did he rise to power in the heart of darkness? Did Bemba order his rebel soldiers to cannibalize pygmies? What is Bemba's relationship to the competitors of George W. Bush and the friends of Bill Clinton? How is Bemba linked to blood diamonds in
With George Bush having General Petraeus tell him that success is possible in Iraq --"although doing so will be neither quick nor easy" -- it would appear that the U.S. is settling in for the long haul in Iraq. This situation makes Anthony Arnove's second edition of Iraq - The Logic of Withdrawal, very timely.
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