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| Sri Lanka
Review of a history of oppression: The Tamils of Sri LankaIn February 2011, the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the island’s independence. In his speech, he stressed the necessity of “protecting the reconstructed nation”, as well as protecting “one of the oldest democracies in Asia”, its unity and its unitary character. -> 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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| World Social Forum/ Dakar
Final declaratio?n of the Assembly of the Social MovementsAs the Social Movements Assembly of the World Social Forum of Dakar, 2011, we are gathered here to affirm the fundamental contribution of Africa and its peoples in the construction of human civilisation. Together, the peoples of all the continents are struggling mightily to oppose the domination of capital, hidden behind illusory promises of economic progress and political stability. Complete decolonization for oppressed peoples remains for us, the social movements of the world, a challenge of the greatest importance. -> read article... |