//Chris Williams
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Transformative economies gather in Barcelona
Registrations are in, and volunteer facilitators are being trained for the inaugural meeting of WSFTE, next month in Barcelona, Catalonia. This 3-day meeting sets the scene for next year's full-blown World Social Forum that expects to draw 10,000 particip...
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Gender issues dominate campaign for economic and social rights
Farmers unions, housing cooperatives, HIV/AIDS support groups, students and trade unions rallied around the call from Gender and Economic Alternatives Trust. GEAT Coordinator Tafadzwa Muropa highlighted that the key objective in Zimbabwe's fight against p...
Israel retaliates in Gaza: Sharek offices forcibly shut down
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Adelaide supports the international boycott of Israeli goods
The Friday-night crowd in Adelaide’s premier retail precinct seemed intent on their Christmas shopping; everywhere, that is except outside Myers. This was Week 8 of the BDS protest in Adelaide, and the usually-bustling crowd of shoppers entering Mye...
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AUSTRALIA: Bek’s story … from Yanoun, with EAPPI
he Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is one of many non-governmental organisations that brings international volunteers into the West Bank to experience life under Israeli occupation. The international accompaniers provid...
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Decentralized Palestine – Australia
Photo: opening march, by Hilde Stephansen Day 1 of the World Education Forum – Palestine On the opening day of the forum, an online workshop was conducted between the conference venue in Palestine and Flinders University, in Adelaide (Australia) on...