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Microcredit Not Just For “Poor” Countries

by Enrique Gili SAN DIEGO, California, Nov 8 (IPS) – In a conservative industry focused on the bottom line, Patti Mason doesn’t sound like your ordinary bank president. The former … Continue reading

9 November, 2006 · Leave a comment

2006 Sydney Peace Prize address :: Irene Khan

Congratulations to Irene Khan, this year’s recipient of the Sydney Peace Prize. Past recipients include Arundhati Roy, Hanan Ashrawi, Muhammad Yunus, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Olara Otunnu. For those that … Continue reading

3 November, 2006 · 3 Comments

The Perils of Globeerization

Interesting look at some of the global history and political economy of beer by Chris O’Brien | Foreign Policy in Focus | 24 October, 2006 The world’s cup runneth over … Continue reading

26 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

2006 Right Livelihood Awards

The Right Livelihood Award is an alternative to the Nobel. Warm congratulations to the winners who lead by example. This is from OneWorld here RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARDS HONOUR PIONEERS FOR … Continue reading

30 September, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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