Global South

For The Children of Ghana, Indignation, Inspiration And Perspiration Are Not Enough

Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Ajws, Global South, Repair the World, Child Slavery, Human Trafficking, Slidepollajax, Children, Africa, Ghana, Poverty, American Jewish World Service Ghana, Poverty in Africa, Challenging Heights Ghana, Volunteering in Africa, Ajws Ghana, Impact News
Rabbi Will Berkovitz

In Ghana, words like "childhood," "innocence" and "safety" are built on the unreliable foundation of words like "rescue," "survival" and "luck."

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Worlds Collide in a Luxury Suite: Some Thoughts on the IMF, Global Injustice, and a Stranger on a Train

Rebecca Solnit | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Imf, Ghana, Women, Sexual Harrassment, Economy, Argentina Economy, Global South, Business News
Rebecca Solnit

What makes the sex scandal that broke open last week so resonant is the way the alleged assailant and victim model larger relationships around the world, starting with the IMF's assault on the poor.

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The Budget Line Neither Party's Willing To Defend: Foreign Aid

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, Poverty, Global South, Budget, Millennium Development Goals, Foreign Affairs, Africa, United Nations, Globalization, International Aid, Barack Obama, Republicans, Foreign Policy, World News
Michelle Chen

The country's social safety net isn't the only net that's getting shredded in the budget battle. Somewhere in Senegal, the thin mesh that shields a poor family from a worldwide scourge faces an arguably deadlier cut.

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Where's the Beef? Cancun Climate Conference Should Take Animal Agriculture Seriously

Mia MacDonald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Agriculture, Sustainabie Agriculture, Global South, Equity, Cancun, Livestock, Climate Change, Sustainability, Food, India, China, Brazil, Ethiopia, Factory Farms, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Meat, Deforestation, Cancun Climate Summit, Green News
Mia MacDonald

Continuing to marginalize animal agriculture in international debates over climate policy means forfeiting a crucial opportunity to reduce global greenhouse gasses.

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Ecuador's Rafael Correa: Copenhagen Climate Hero or Environmental Foe?

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copenhagen Climate Conference, Rafael Correa, Copenhagen 2009, Latin America, Global South, Ecuador, Green News
Nikolas Kozloff

One key figure pressuring the Global North to live up to its responsibilities is Rafael Correa, firebrand president of the small Andean nation of Ecuador.

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Greening Hollywood: "Globalization on Acid" Is Sleep Dealer's Theme

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Darren Aronofsky, Moving Image Film Festival, Sleep Dealer, Sundance Institute, Sundance Film Festival, Bioneers Conference, Globalization, Alex Rivera, Technology, Third World, Sci-Fi, Drones, Nodes, Privatization of Water, Global South, South, The Future, Entertainment News
Paige Donner

"When you look at the future from the POV of the South, labor, migration, border security...all these issues, including privatization of water, waterworks, aqua terrorism loom large."

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