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Heading to the
USSF
With the motto ?Another World is Possible. Another
U.S. is Necessary!? the USSF
runs from 22 ? 26
June in Detroit,
Michigan. Thousands of people will
be
convening to discuss and share experiences - with the aim to develop
leadership, vision, and strategies needed to realize a better world. IPS
TerraViva will be present in Detroit,
in an effort carried out with The Media Monitoring Project, to provide
coverage of the USSF from within a context of the entire global USSF process.
You may access IPS special reporting on the USSF through 2010, until Dakar
2011 at IPS TerraViva WSF
2010.
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Finding Lessons of Solidarity in
Auto Industry Shake-Up
By
Bankole Thompson and Mitch Moxley
Activists and auto workers converging
at the Detroit USSF hope the meet will be an opportunity to chart a
sustainable future for an industry that provides 1.7 million U.S.
jobs. MORE>>
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Qué se juega en el acuerdo
energético Perú-Brasil
Por
Milagros Salazar
El pacto energético que acaban
de firmar Perú y Brasil en la amazónica ciudad de Manaus nace con rechazo de
poblaciones indígenas peruanas donde se construirían las centrales
hidroeléctricas proyectadas. ¿Qué está en juego?
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Civil Society Pushes for Action
Ahead of MDG
Review
By
Amanda Bransford
"We are working to try and push
governments across the world meet their commitments to end extreme poverty by
2015."MORE>>
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MEXICO: Taking
Fight for Decent Childcare to the Streets
By
Daniela Pastrana
"A society that pays no heed to
its children is a society without a future," Blanca Gutiérrez Carrasco,
a campaign activist, told IPS. MORE>>
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Sociedad civil dividida ante
cumbre
del clima en México
Por
Emilio Godoy
Cuando faltan menos de seis
meses para que México acoja una nueva cumbre mundial sobre el clima, las
organizaciones anfitrionas del foro paralelo están fracturadas sobre cómo
realizarlo, lo que podría debilitar su papel en las negociaciones globales.
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MALAYSIA: Counsel
Hold Out Hope for Youth on Death Row in Singapore
By
Baradan Kuppusamy
"We will
mobilise public opinion against the death penalty, against the bid to kill
Yong for such a paltry offence." MORE>>
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Indígenas misquitas al rescate del
ambiente
Por
Thelma Mejía
En la apartada región de la
Mosquitia, en el Caribe hondureño, un grupo de mujeres, la mayoría madres
solteras, ancianas o viudas, comenzaron hace siete años a vencer el miedo y
la timidez con un proyecto de reciclaje de basura que da sus primeros frutos.
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