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| Bangladesh
Climate change and neoliberal policies: the case of BangladeshLocated in the largest delta at the world, where two Himalayan rivers, the Brahmaputra and the Ganges, converge and flow into the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh is used to climatic catastrophes. Half of the land area of Bangladesh is less than 10 metres above sea level. It consists mainly of silt deposited by the rivers which flow down from the Himalayan glaciers. When the snow melts it regularly causes large-scale floods. The coast is at the mercy of cyclones and giant waves which submerge the coastal areas. -> read article... |
| Feminism
Interrogating the Feminine MystiqueAn interview with Stephanie Coontz about her new book, A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s. -> read article... |
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| Hong Kong
Three hundred demonstrators occupied City Center Hong Kong to protest against capitalism 15 October Action
On the global day of action against capitalism, October 15, there were more than 300 people took part in the city centre of Hong Kong to protest against the failure of the system. A wide range of groups and parties joined the event, including Left 21, FM101, student organisations, Anti-nuclear coalition, Lehman Brothers victims, LSD (Link of Social Democrates), People’s Power, Neighborhood and Workers Service Centre etc. A group of young men wearing "V" mask and black clothes was also present. -> read article... |
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