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Tag was last used: Nov 10, 2011
 
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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 10, 2011

  Examining the complications between cartels and Catholicism

by Zac Deibel, COHA Research Associate In the 1970s, grassroots movements seeking to instill principles of social justice, freedom for the oppressed, and equity under law through dogma and spirituality spread among Catholic priests, bishops, and laity throughout Latin America....... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 14, 2011

  Five Arab Countries That The ‘Jasmine Revolution’ May Spread To Next

By Zaid Jilani :   Last month, the world was shocked as the Tunisian autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who had ruled his country for 23 years, was overthrown in a protest movement that lasted only 29 days. The event was soon dubbed the “ Jasmine Revolution ,” a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 12, 2011

  Why third parties have failed in Belize and most Caribbean countries

By Wellington C. Ramos: In Belize, the Caribbean and to a large extent many other countries in the world, third political parties have failed to gain ground due to poor planning, no grassroots campaign and the time they launched their parties. The two oldest active...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 27, 2009

  Cubans fear hard times ahead, impatient for change

By Marc Frank: HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Cubans are bracing for hard times in 2010 as President Raul Castro slashes imports and cuts government spending to get Cuba out of crisis -- and they are growing impatient with the slow pace of economic reform. Hurricanes, the global recession, US...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 18, 2008

  Barack Obama's historic victory (2)

By RICHARD FALK* Barack Obama's presidential victory, above all, signaled to the world an American willingness to repudiate Bush militarist and unilateralist approaches to global policy. Time will tell, but what now prevails is an unprecedented mood of high and happy expectations.The...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 17, 2008

  Barack Obama's historic victory (1)

By RICHARD FALK* The historic victory by Barack Obama is the first truly global election that has been celebrated by people around the world as if they had been voting participants. The re-election of George W. Bush in 2004 was also a national election with global reverberations, but it...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 15, 2008

  My expectations of Obama: between hope and fear

By: ABDULLAH AL-AHSAN* All human expectations always involve some degree of hope and fear. Barack Obama's election victory is certainly a huge transformation in history, and naturally it engages us in both. "Yes, we can" has created dreams and hopes, and under the circumstances, the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 9, 2008

  Where should Obama start the change in US policy in the Mideast?

By HALUK ÖZDALGA* The Bush administration is approaching its final days in dire disappointment in all areas. In international relations, it is a huge failure felt most severely in the greater Middle East, an area of direct concern for Turkey. The single most important reason for this...... [view]

Posted By:  CWBloggers
Posted On:  Sep 25, 2008

  Politicking 2.0: What You Should Know

Politics 2.0 empowers the masses to control policy from the comfort of their local wireless Internet café, but not without a few hitches… The rising prominence of Blogs and social networking has created a paradigmatic shift in who can access the means to control the media. These...... [view]

Posted By:  qnp
Posted On:  Apr 5, 2008

  Comunicación Popular - Grassroots Communication

As I am finishing up my semester it means that I have to turn into an essay machine, something that I have been avoiding as of late. I have been up to my ears (as they say in Spanish) with work on CEAAL's new website . Finally I have a chance to breath a bit, and go back to the theory....... [view]

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Organizations // Toolkits & Publications

  Nukoko

Submitted By:   kgupta
Website:  http://www.nukoko.org
Phone:  613-736-1820
E-mail:  info@nukoko.org
  Vision:   To make education more accessible by empowering youth to lead local development. Nukoko believes in education as a means to empowerment and to break the cycle of poverty. We strive to work with other youth-led......
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  Ahoto Partnership for Ghana

Submitted By:   ahotopartners
Website:  http://ahotopartnership.org
Phone:  N/A
E-mail:  contact@ahotopartners.org
  Vision:   The Ahoto Partnership for Ghana envisions the Central Region of Ghana as a proud and independent contributor to Ghanaian and African development. Building upon the grassroots initiative toward growth and self-empowerment......
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  The Afghan School Project

Submitted By:   afghanschool
Website:  http://www.theafghanschool.org
Phone:  (613) 882-4530
E-mail:  staff@theafghanschool.org
  Vision:   Our vision is to be able to offer employment-oriented skills training via the Afghan-Canadian Community Center that is affordable and accessible to all female and male students in the Kandahar area. We intend to......
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