Inter Press Service | News and Views from the Global South

Inter Press Service | News and Views from the Global South

One Month Since Libya’s Migrant Tragedy, Detentions Continue James Reinl It is almost one month since an airstrike on a detention centre in Libya killed and injured scores of migrants and refugees locked up inside, many of whom were detained for doing nothing worse than fleeing instability or seeking better lives in Europe. This week, it looked like world powers were ... MORE > >

Free Speech and the Hong Kong Protests Jan Lundius Sometime in the summer of 1974, I was leaning against the gunwale of the ferry between Calais and Dover, watching the moonlight streaming dark waters. When I turned to the left I found that a Chinese lady also looked out over the calm sea. What she told me changed my world view. In 1950, ... MORE > >

**UPDATE**Investigative Journalist Erick Kabendera Arrested IPS Correspondents Freelancer Erick Kabendera was reportedly arrested from his home in Mbweni, Dar es Salaam, Tanziana yesterday afternoon by unknown men. Kabendera who has been a correspondent reporting mostly on development issues for IPS since 2012, freelances as a journalist for local and international media, ... MORE > >

Bretton Woods Institutions: From Solution to Problem Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram July 2019 saw the 75th anniversary of the historic conference of 44 countries held at the Bretton Woods (BW) resort in New Hampshire during July 1-22, 1944. Conference At BW, John Maynard Keynes, representing the UK, and Harry Dexter White, for the USA, both sought a new international monetary ... MORE > >

The Age of Digital Geopolitics & Proxy War Between US and China Annegret Bendiek , Nadine Godehardt , and David Schulze The geopolitical significance of key digital technologies now takes centre stage in a new global conflict between the US and China. The dispute over the Chinese technology group Huawei exemplifies this situation. The US government perceives the Chinese telecom equipment provider as the Trojan ... MORE > >

Is Civil Society Arguing Itself out of Political Space? Felix Dodds As some of you will know I have a new book out Stakeholder Democracy: Represented Democracy in a Time of Fear. (other contributors to the book were: Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, Carolina Duque Chopitea, Minu Hemmati, Susanne Salz, Bernd Lakemeier, Laura Schmitz, and Jana Borkenhagen). The book’s ... MORE > >

Using Renewable Energy and the Circular Economy to Fight Poverty in Argentina Daniel Gutman On the outer edges of Buenos Aires proper, where the paved streets end and the narrow alleyways of one of Argentina’s largest shantytowns begin, visitors can find the En Haccore soup kitchen. The community endeavor is using renewable energy and the circular economy in an effort to improve ... MORE > >

Women, Power, & Changing Face of Political Representation in Latin America & the Caribbean Luis Felipe López-Calva Gender inequality is about power asymmetries. In the late 1970s, Robert Putnam reflected on the status of women in policy decisions in his comparative study on political elites. Quoting Elizabeth Vallance, he concluded that, “where power is, women aren’t.”. The challenge for achieving gender ... MORE > >

Money Grows on Trees--Don't Uproot Them Friday Phiri Jennifer Handondo, a small scale farmer of Choma district in southern Zambia, plants food crops such as maize mostly for her family’s needs. Because of uncharacteristically high temperatures and low rainfall during the rainy season in March, the divorced mother who single-handedly supports her ... MORE > >

How Widespread is Human Trafficking in the US? Thalif Deen The United States is no exception to the practice of modern day slavery—a crime for which it is rarely held accountable at the United Nations. A rash of hidden crimes widespread in US inner cities and border towns include forced migrant labour, human trafficking, sexploitation of minors and ... MORE > >