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POLITICS
U.S. Social Forum Forges Common Ground
By Matthew Cardinale
ATLANTA - In all, the crowds were huge, the workshops passionate and inspiring, and participants made ideological, relational and personal gains, both large and small.
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RIGHTS-US
Native Americans and Immigrants Share Common Struggle
By Jonathan Springston
ATLANTA - One group has lived here for millennia, while the other has just arrived. But Native Americans and immigrants have much in common, particularly the alienation and oppression they experience in U.S. society, activists and community leaders said on day three of the U.S. Social Forum (USSF) Friday.
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POLITICS-US
"We're Living a Nightmare Called Katrina"
By Matthew Cardinale
ATLANTA - Under the banner, "If another world is possible, another U.S. is necessary," 10,000 civil society activists gathered in Atlanta, Georgia Wednesday for the beginning of the first U.S. Social Forum.
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MEXICO
Uprising Rekindled in Oaxaca?
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY - Hundreds of delegates of social movements in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca have once again occupied the central square of the state capital for the past week, threatening to take more radical actions if their demands are not addressed.
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CANADA
First Nations Step Up Pressure on Land Claims
By Am Johal
VANCOUVER - After facing heated criticism in recent weeks from First Nations groups, the Canadian government has committed to passing legislation to overhaul the Indian Claims Commission, a federal body that was set up to make recommendations on longstanding disputes.
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LATIN AMERICA
Inequality Undermines Development Goals
By Gustavo González
ROME - The main reason that Latin America is not making faster progress towards the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the international community in 2000 lies in the various forms of inequality that prevail in the region, former Dutch minister of development cooperation Eveline Herfkens told IPS Thursday.
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LATIN AMERICA
Black Women on the Bottom Rung
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY - There are at least 75 million black women in Latin America and the Caribbean, but those who occupy high-level political or public administration posts number less than 50. As activists pointed out to IPS this week, black women are at the very bottom of the social ladder in this region.
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BOLIVIA
Not Another 500 Years of Marginalisation, Say Indigenous Leaders
By Franz Chávez
SUCRE - "We prefer to defend our rights with bloodshed and die rather than wait another 500 years," says Esperanza Huanca, a Quechua Indian who is one of the 84 women in the constituent assembly that is rewriting Bolivia's constitution.
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RIGHTS-IRAN
Groups Denounce Crackdown on Dual Nationals
By Eli Clifton
WASHINGTON - Human rights groups are calling on the Iranian government to halt its harassment of dual nationals, release two U.S.-Iranian citizens charged with espionage on Tuesday, return the passports to two other dual-national journalists, and provide information about the location of a peace activist who "disappeared" on May 8.
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U.S./IRAN
Scholars Bear Brunt of Anti-Diplomacy Backlash
Analysis by Trita Parsi
WASHINGTON - With only a few days left until the United States and Iran are expected to hold much anticipated talks, several factors point to the potential for a real diplomatic breakthrough.
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IRAN
Charges Against Visiting Scholar Widely Condemned
By Ellen Massey
WASHINGTON - The Islamic Republic of Iran on Monday formally charged Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari with conspiring to undermine the regime in Iran.
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DEVELOPMENT
Global Campaign Calls for Tackling the Roots of Poverty
By Diana Cariboni
MONTEVIDEO - The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) made a commitment in Uruguay Saturday to extend their campaign until 2015, and to emphasise the structural causes that determine that over one billion people in the world are living in extreme poverty.
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DEVELOPMENT
Fight Against Poverty - a Marathon, Not a Sprint
By Raúl Pierri
MONTEVIDEO - Combating poverty is more like a long distance race than a sprint, and in the past two years progress has been made that would have been unthinkable decades ago. But much remains to be done, say activists from all over the world who have gathered together in the Uruguayan capital.
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LATIN AMERICA
Critics Sceptical of Business Community's Concern About Poverty
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - Regional business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Latin America admitted that unequal distribution of wealth is a crucial problem, and said they want to contribute to its solution.
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RIGHTS
U.S. Gov't Discriminates Against Muslim Immigrants - Study
By Emad Mekay
WASHINGTON - U.S. immigration practices towards thousands of Muslim immigrants over the past six years received a searing indictment in a study released Tuesday, accusing the U.S. government of turning immigration institutions into security stations that penalise individuals because of their religion and national origin.
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From June 27 to July 1, Atlanta is the meeting place for civil society during the U.S. Social Forum. The United States has a vibrant, outspoken civil society, which includes groups, big and small, from associations of homeless people and churches to indigenous communities, human rights organisations, and networks of NGOs. War, repression, human rights are high on the agenda. IPS brings you a virtual forum where you can find experiences, analysis, insights.