News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1509
Sri Lankan Rights Abuses Obstruct Trade Efforts with Canada
- Inter Press Service
Despite the crossfire of Canadian accusations of human rights violations by Sri Lanka at the end of its civil war and Colombo's corresponding counter-claims, the economically battered South Asian country aims to bolster its trading relationship with Canada and increase foreign direct investment.
Q&A: Cooperatives a 'Compelling Model of Economic Enterprise'
- Inter Press Service
With 800 million members in over 100 countries, the cooperative sector is a globally important group of collective organisations. On Oct. 31, the United Nations (U.N.) will begin a year of recognising their importance by launching the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) in New York.
PAKISTAN: Singing Against the Taliban
- Inter Press Service
'In the last few years, I have sung more than a dozen songs against the Taliban,' award-wining singer Khyal Muhammad tells IPS. 'I got threatening messages on the mobile phone. But I will continue to sing because it gives me strength.'
MEXICO: Wixáritari Indians Fight Mining in Sacred Desert Site
- Inter Press Service
Some 200 Wixáritari or Huichol men, women and children travelled 20 hours from western Mexico to the capital to defend their sacred ceremonial sites from silver mining.
LATIN AMERICA: Communities Should Go to Court Over Water
- Inter Press Service
Local communities in Latin America should go to court more often to fight for access to drinking water, regarded as a universal right, and combine legal action with social protests and political lobbying, experts say.
U.S.: As It Renews, Oakland Occupation Honours Injured Protester
- Inter Press Service
Several dozen tents popped back up Thursday afternoon at Oakland's Oscar Grant Plaza as people played music and shared hugs. But as darkness fell, a sombre mood overtook the nearby corner of 14th Street and Broadway, where friends and supporters of Scott Olsen lit candles and spoke quietly.
U.S.: As It Renews, Oakland Occupation Honours Injured Protester
- Inter Press Service
Several dozen tents popped back up Thursday afternoon at Oakland's Oscar Grant Plaza as people played music and shared hugs. But as darkness fell, a sombre mood overtook the nearby corner of 14th Street and Broadway, where friends and supporters of Scott Olsen lit candles and spoke quietly.
U.S.: Who is the 99 Percent? - Part 1
- Inter Press Service
Barely a month after the first group of protesters set up its encampment in Zucotti Park in New York City, the phrase 'We are the 99 percent' has already become legendary.
PERU: In Prison, a Little Health Care Goes a Long Way
- Inter Press Service
'I caught tuberculosis, but I'm lucky because it's been cured,' says Hernán Arévalo from his bed in the new hospital at the Peruvian prison of Lurigancho, one of the most crowded and dangerous in Latin America. 'Before, whoever came in here was unlikely to get out alive.'
LESOTHO: Government to Turn its Back on Textile Industry
- Inter Press Service
Lesotho’s textile sector — the country’s largest employer - is regarded by many as the only way out of the poverty trap in a tiny kingdom where more than half of the population lives on less than 1.25 dollars a day. But what many do not know is that the government and the World Bank have unofficially turned their backs on the sector and will soon cut important subsidies.
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