FFM LOOKS AT RIGHT TO FOOD IN AP
Press Release, 23 February 2008
International Fact Finding Mission investigated displacement and destruction of livelihoods in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh (India)due to SEZ and expansion of port
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES (SEZS): UNTOLD AGONIES
By Ujjaini Halim, 19 February 2008
Special Economic Zones or SEZs are taking centre-stage in the debate concerning development in Asia today. The rapid expansion of SEZs in various Asian countries have initiated a widespread debate on the impact of such zones on...
BIOFUELS: A NEW WAVE OF IMPERIALIST PLUNDER OF THIRD WORLD RESOURCES, 26 NOV 2007
By: Arnold Padilla, 26 November 2007
The major justifications behind the current biofuels rush, namely high oil prices and climate
change, are the natural results of a world economic system that is under the monopoly control of
transnational corporations (TNCs).
BRAVING BULLETS: CENTRAL MINDANAO FARMERS STRUGGLE FOR GENUINE LAND REFORM
By Ilang-Ilang Quijaho, 6 August 2007
Bullets barely missed the feet of Noralyn Galan, three months pregnant, who tried to prevent guards from confiscating hand tractors.
WTO’S RENEWED ATTACK ON FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
by: Sonny Africa, 11 June 2007
The WTO talks are now at a crucial stage and particularly threaten Southern agriculture and food sovereignty. The WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) reached at the end of the Uruguay Round has already gone far in opening up and...