Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1050
Conflict with Local Communities Hits Mining and Oil Companies Where It Hurts
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 18 (IPS) - Conflicts with local communities over mining, oil and gas development are costing companies billions of dollars a year. One corporation alone reported a six billion dollar cost over a two-year period according to the first-ever peer-reviewed study on the cost of conflicts in the extractive sector.
Syrian Kurds Ache For A Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
TIL KOCER, Syria, May 18 (IPS) - "We all know that Ankara and Erbil have a joint plan to evacuate the entire region," Abdurrahman Hemo, head of the Kurdish Humanitarian Aid Committee tells IPS. "They want to choke the people here until they flee en masse."
OP-ED: The Free-Trade Regime: Oligarchy in Action
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 17 (IPS) - The United States is not really a democracy. That's the (simplified) conclusion of a recent study from Princeton University. Instead, economic elites and special interest groups enjoy tremendous sway in Washington, while "the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy."
No Silver Lining for Somalia’s Child Labourers
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI/MOGADISHU, May 17 (IPS) - Twelve-year-old Halima Mohamed Ali wakes up every morning at five am, but unlike her peers she does not go to school. Instead, she begins her duties as a nanny for five children, the oldest of whom is just two years younger than she is.
When China Sneezes, Latin America Gets the Flu
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 16 (IPS) - China's massive urbanisation has been built, literally, by metal, supplied mostly by Latin American countries (LAC). Yet now China's slowing economic growth and falling commodity prices threaten Latin American commodity booms.
Moving LGBT Rights Beyond Marriage Equality
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 16 (IPS) - Honouring the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Friday emphasised progress in advancing the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons, but a new report on criminalisation of LBGT people suggests that there is still a long way to go.
Bagua Massacre – A Test for Justice in Peru
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, May 16 (IPS) - The trial of 52 indigenous people that just got underway for a 2009 massacre near the city of Bagua in northwest Peru will test the judicial system's independence and ability to impart justice.
Inequality and Democracy
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 15 (IPS) - Not a day goes by without news on the growing inequality that is the telling indicator of the kind of economic model in which we have put ourselves, following the neoliberal binge unleashed by the Washington Consensus. The idea that economic growth is "a rising tide lifting all boats", as the late Margaret Thatcher declared when she announced war on the welfare state, and its twin "capital will trickle down to everybody", are now totally discredited. Facts, as it has been said, are stubborn.
Militancy Pushes Northern Pakistan Close to Industrial Collapse
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 15 (IPS) - Already saddled with a veritable catalogue of crises, Pakistan's largest province, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) now finds itself on the verge of industrial collapse, as extortion and kidnappings drive away all prospects for production or employment.
Bulgaria, No Country For Syrian Refugees
- Inter Press Service
Warsaw, May 15 (IPS) - Since November last year, Bulgaria has virtually closed its borders to an inflow of Syrian asylum seekers and other migrants trying to enter the country from Turkey, while EU institutions concerned appear to have acquiesced to this.
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