people must participate in governance

Does government take organised civil society seriously? What is, and should be, civil society’s role? ... The civil society conference on October  23, organised by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and the Public Affairs Research Institute (Pari), is an attempt to offer..

will evo morales survive bolivia’s fires?

At a similar event in Santa Cruz, protesters pledged to forcibly evict “illegal” settlements and work towards “federalism,” recalling the 2007-2008 autonomy struggles that pitted the eastern lowlands against the new Morales government and brought Bolivia to the brink of civil war. ..

military assault on rojava

The Syrian-Kurdish Democratic Union Party has refused to take sides in the Syrian civil war. ... Nevertheless, it is doubtful that the Syrian regime will reward Kurds for their relative impartiality during the civil war. ..

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