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WHY SHOULD WE ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Hiromichi Umebayashi

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, SEPTEMBER 2009

Why should we abolish nuclear weapons? This apparently naive question seems to have become a matter of debate, writes Hiromichi Umebayashi, founder and special advisor of Peace Depot, Inc. Japan.

THE NEXT FINANCIAL CRISIS IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME
Roberto Savio

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, SEPTEMBER 2009

The theme of a radical reform of the financial system, central to the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression,does not appear on Obama's agenda writes Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of IPS.

G-20: REFORM THE GLOBAL CASINO
Hazel Henderson

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, SEPTEMBER 2009

World leaders like France's Sarkozy, Germany's Angela Merkel, Brazil's Lula da Silva, and China's Hu Jintao are calling for the reform and downsizing of the global casino at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh, September 24-25, writes Hazel Henderson, author of Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy, vice-chair of the global Climate Prosperity Alliance and co-organiser of the Beyond GDP Conference in the European Parliament in 2007.

A BITTER PILL FROM THE DRUG INDUSTRY
Ignacio Ramonet

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, SEPTEMBER 2009

The conclusions of the final European Commission report on competition abuses in the pharmaceutical industry, released on July 8, are shocking and have wide-ranging ramifications. And yet the media have largely failed to cover it, writes Ignacio Ramonet, editor of Le Monde Diplomatique in Spanish.

TELL ME WHAT YOU READ AND I'LL TELL YOU WHERE YOU'RE FROM
Leonardo Padura Fuentes

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, SEPTEMBER 2009

It was a news item that naturally filled me with admiration: one of the world's busiest and most overworked men, US president Barack Obama, was taking a week-long vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. But his rest would be that of an active and intelligent man: it included 2000 pages of reading. The authors on Obama's list shared a common feature: they are all American, writes Leonardo Padura Fuentes, a Cuban writer and journalist whose novels have been translated into a dozen languages.

TEDDY KENNEDY: A CHAMPION OF JUSTICE
Kerry Kennedy

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, SEMPTEMBER 2009

For 30 years, Senator Edward Kennedy was the human rights movement's strongest ally and its soul on Capitol Hill, writes Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation of Europe.

THE RESCUE OF KARL MARX
Mario Soares

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, SEMPTEMBER 2009

The current economic crisis, which was the swan song of neoliberalism, seems to be bringing about a rescue of Karl Marx from purgatory, writes Mario Soares, ex-president and ex-prime minister of Portugal.

OVERUSE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN MEAT PRODUCTION THREATENS PUBLIC HEALTH
Mark Sommer

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, SEMPTEMBER 2009

We Americans like our meat. In the course of a year, on average we eat more than 220 pounds of chicken, beef, and pork. But some are starting to pause at the meat counter as they hear about incidents of contamination and compromised food safety, the breeding of drug-resistant super-bugs and the inhumane conditions endured by animals raised in extreme confinement, writes Mark Sommer, host of the award-winning, internationally syndicated radio program, A World of Possibilities.

PRIVATISATION IS THE ENEMY OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
Vandana Shiva

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, AUGUST 2009

The privatisation of the earth's resources is a recipe for famine and desertification, violence against women, hunger, and, as happens in India, the suicide of farmers, writes Vandana Shiva, author and international campaigner for women and the environment.

THE SUDDEN DEMISE OF NEO-LIBERAL ECONOMICS
Roberto Savio

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, AUGUST 2009

The Washington Consensus, the neo-liberal economic prescription presumed to be universally and permanently valid, was broadsided by the current world recession, writes Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of IPS news agency.

CUBA
A NEW SOCIALISM
Leonardo Padura Fuentes

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, AUGUST 2009

The caution with which Raul Castro introduced changes in the country's economic and financial structure during his three years as president seems to have ended: circumstances now require Cuba's leaders to approach the economy with greater realism and reshape certain structures inherited from the old Soviet-style socialist model, writes Leonardo Padura Fuentes, a Cuban writer and journalist whose novels have been translated into a dozen languages.

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RIGHTS-CHAGOS: 'My Navel is Buried There'

GENDER-AFRICA: Some Progress Amidst Continuing Challenges

AFGHANISTAN: Insurgents Infiltrate Security Forces

LEBANON: Migrant Women Dying on the Job

POLITICS: U.N. in Final Push for 2015 Development Goals

CLIMATE CHANGE: Health at Risk

FORO SOCIAL MUNDIAL: Llega la hora del debate con gobiernos

COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Conflicto se agudiza velozmente

POBLACIÓN-BRASIL: Quilombo de resistencia cultural negra

CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO-CHILE: El costo de no hacer nada

DERECHOS HUMANOS-HAITÍ: Misión de la ONU despierta ira

Q&R : Reconnaître les avantages de ralentir la croissance démographique

AFRIQUE : Utilisation croissante du téléphone cellulaire pour le planning familial

OUGANDA : "L’expulsion du Mont Elgon nous a réduits en mendiants"*

REFUGIES-RD CONGO : Les humanitaires reprennent à zéro au nord Congo

EAU-ZAMBIE : Des inquiétudes avant la saison des inondations

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