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Tag Archives: Ban Ki-moon
Palestinian solidarity
From the January-February 2012 issue of News & Letters: Palestinian solidarity On the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian people, Nov. 29, we reflected on the current situation and what needs to be done to achieve peace in the Middle … Continue reading
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, feminism, Gaza Strip, gender, Human rights, imperialism, International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian people, International Law, Israel, Israel/Palestine peace process, Israeli settlements, Jerusalem, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, occupied territories, Palestine, Palestinian people, Palestinian refugees, Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development, patriarchy, Security Council Resolution 181, Security Council Resolution 194, sexism, United Nations, women's liberation
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World food crisis, still
The world food crisis, which was hot in 2008 and then subsided temporarily, is getting worse again. It was one of the factors in Tunisia’s revolution, along with recent revolts in Algeria. The piece below, published in the June-July 2008 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007–2008 world food price crisis, Africa, Ban Ki-moon, biofuels, capitalism, climate change, commodities futures, Economic, ecosocialism, environment, Famine, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, food crisis, food sovereignty, global warming, Haiti, International Monetary Fund, Karl Marx, Marxism, Mexico, peasants, revolution, Socialism, speculation, Terra Preta, Third World, United Nations, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, United States, Via Campesina, world food crisis
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