Blood Diamonds, Transparency and the Emerging Power of Global Citizen Action
by Alex Steffen | World Changing Diamonds, like barrels of oil, are worth cash money everywhere, and, again like oil, the international trade in diamonds has destabilized whole regions and … Continue reading
Circus tricks: who will succeed Kofi Annan?
The machinations at the UN over who will be Kofi Annan’s successor show exactly why the security council needs reform – and why it won’t happen Essay by Paul Kennedy … Continue reading
Desmond Tutu: Arms trade is the new slave trade
Every year, small arms alone kill more people than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki put together. Many more people are injured, terrorised or driven from their homes … Continue reading
The Other NAM Is the One to Watch
by Carolina Cositore | 13 September, 2006 | Z-Net For many people in the US say “NAM” and they automatically think Vietnam, the war the US lost through heroic battles … Continue reading
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