Catégorie : Media, Blog, Publication, Archive

Search on our other blogs with keyword indigenous and see the long list down of this page.

The Telugu people or Telugus (Telugu: తెలుగు ప్రజలు) are an ethnic group of India. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language, the most commonly spoken language in India after Hindi and Bengali. They are one of the many Dravidian ethnic groups that inhabit South India. They are mostly native to Andra Pradesh, with significant populations in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa.
Tamils, in their Sangam literature in the beginning of Christian era, called Telugu people Vadugu, Vadagu, Vadugar etc., meaning « northerners ». Jayagondar’s work called Kalingattupparani used words like Telungaru and Vadugu to describe Telugus.[2] … (full long text on en.wikipedia /Pople). Continuer la lecture de « Websites for Telugu People »

Welcome to Owen’s website: I am development economist and former civil servant. This website is about my interests, which include reducing global poverty, running, cycling, computers, philosophy and current affairs. You might also be interested in my podcast about development, Development Drums, or my Running For Fitness website. (Homepage).

Blog; Writings; Ethiopia; Running; Cycling;
Contact online.

About: Owen Barder is Senior Fellow and Director for Europe at the Center for Global Development in Washington DC.  Continuer la lecture de « Owen abroad – Owen's thoughts on development and beyond »

also in french and spanish

• Who can help an expatriate better than another expatriate?
• Expat blog is a project held by expatriates, for expatriates. Our ambition is to help people who want to live abroad, wherever they are in the world, and wherever they would like to live. The main idea is to make expatriates share their experience. Everybody can participate. (about).

english Homepage; Site map;
Network; Classifieds; Forum (by countries); Business; Blogs; Blog of the month; Newsletter; Pictures; Faqs;
Contact us.

Overview /Destinations: The living abroad participative website. Would you like to live, study or work in a foreign country? Or just discover how life is on the other side of the planet? Expat blog is dedicated to expatriates who want to share their living abroad experience. You’ll find in this section all the information you need to move abroad. Everybody can participate!   Continuer la lecture de « expat blog – share your expat experience »

Research, international development, foreign policy, and violent conflict

• My teaching, research and writing lie at the intersection of public policy, economic development, civil war, political participation, and survey and statistical methods. So (most of the time) does my blogging.
• I’m presently an Assistant Professor of Political Science & Economics at Yale University … (about me 1/2).

Homepage /BLOG;
PUBLICATIONS; PROJECTS; DATA; TEACHING; ADVISING;
CONTACT ME.

About me 2/2: A CV is here. I have a PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley, a MPA/ID from Harvard’s Kennedy School, and a BA in Economics from the University of Waterloo.  Continuer la lecture de « Le Blog de Chris Blattman »

european briefings on globalisation, north-south relations and international ecology

World Economy & Development in brief:

• is a high-quality information service on globalisation, North-South relations, and international ecology
• is the English online edition of the german Informationsbrief Weltwirtschaft & Entwicklung (World Economy & Development – W&E)
• is published bi-monthly (with 6 issues online per year); additional articles appear from time to time on our website
• offers concise and pointed analysis, in-depth news and research-based information on international development and environmental affairs … (about 1/2 /Mission Statement).

Homepage (old URL);
Services; Sample copies; Blogs; Background Papers; Subscriptions; Archives; Links; right column: latest news;
Address /Publisher: Rainer Falk, 98, avenue du X Septembre, L-2550 Luxembourg;
Contact /Imprint.

About /Mission Statement 2/2: … World Economy & Development in brief: Continuer la lecture de « World Economy & Development in brief »

from deep inside the Washington beltway – Linked on our blogs with What’s behind the global bankers’ austerity programs: Seizure of public property for corporations.

In the tradition of Drew Pearson’s and Jack Anderson’s famous « Washington Merry-Go-Round » syndicated column and I.F. Stone, this online publication tackles the « politically incorrect » and « politically embarrassing » stories and holds government officials accountable for their actions. This web site extends a warm open invitation to whistleblowers and leakers. Business as usual for the crooks and liars in Washington, DC, is over … (about /who we are).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Forums; Videos; FSA reports; Stories; Archives; Subscribe; Subscribers say; Books; Snail mail pay; FAQs;
Links: Favorites, Nationals, Internationals, Op Eds;
Address: Wayne Madsen Report WMR, c/o The Front Desk, National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, DC 20045, USA;
Contact.

Practical help for our Japanese news media friends …: WMR’s news media colleagues report massive shortages of basic foodstuffs and other essentials in Tokyo and environs.   Continuer la lecture de « Wayne Madsen Report WMR »

the worlds independent source of research news – also in fr, de, es, pt

AlphaGalileo is the world’s independent source of research news. We distribute news releases and other information from science, health, technology, the arts, humanities, social sciences and business to the world’s media. The news service, which is moderated, is provided by the independent not-for-profit organisation, AlphaGalileo Foundation Ltd … (about 1/2).

english Homepage; Continuer la lecture de « Alpha Galileo »

a publisher of peer-reviewed, open access journals since its establishment in 1996

MDPI.com is a platform for peer-reviewed, scientific open access journals which was operated by MDPI Verein, an organization based in Basel, Switzerland, before June 2010. Since June 2010, it is operated by MDPI AG, where MDPI stands for Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. MDPI publishes diverse electronic, open access journals including Molecules (launched in 1996) the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (launched in 2000) and Sensors (launched in 2001) … (about 1/2 /what is MDPI).

Homepage;
Journals A – Z; For Authors; Open Access Policy; Staff; Sustainability on MDPI; Jobs; Terms; Article Processing Charges APC;
3 Addresses: Headquarters: MDPI AG, (Postfach, CH-4005 Basel), Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057, Basel/Switzerland;
MDPI Haidian Office, Yingu Mansion, Suite 815, North 4th Ring Road West, 9, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China;
MDPI Tongzhou Office, Suite 308, Liyuanbeijie Road, 186, Liyuan, Tongzhou, Beijing 101101, China;
Contact online; Contact.

About 2/2: … Our publishing activities are supported by more than 2’000 active scientists on our journals’ international editorial boards including several Nobelists. Continuer la lecture de « MDPI – Open Access Publishing »

tracking the fight to head the fund – Linked on our blogs with Alternative Candidate Nominated: Aurélie Trouvé, and with Soutenez la première candidature altermondi aliste à la tête du FMI.

• imfboss.org gives you up-to-date information, press coverage, insider info, civil society and official reactions to the IMF leadership process.
• We are calling for an end to the European heads of state’s* stranglehold on the post and for the IMF to stay true to their 2009 commitment to “adopt an open, merit-based and transparent process for the selection of IMF management”.
• Following in the footsteps of worldbankpresident.org we hope to create a hub for discussion and debate on IMF governance, the selection process and the pros and cons of potential candidates. (about).

Homepage;
Who is in the running; The process; Press; Briefings; Other;
Right column / links for: a funny poll (guess first who is winning); recent posts; subscribe: by social medias, by e-mail; latest news; blogroll/links;
Contact. –

That’s all bla-bla for this blog!

… (My comment: the rest we all together have to work it out … *you guess that non-European heads of state’s would do better??? I guess we should crash the IMF and co, stop the elite’s behavior and re-think the whole since the beginning … yes. The sooner we stop all this mess, the better we will recover …  but then for the sake of ALL humans. There is no other chance to save it. Heidi).

• Democratic Underground (DU) was founded on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2001, to protest the illegitimate presidency of George W. Bush and to provide a resource for the exchange and dissemination of liberal and progressive ideas. Since then, DU has become one of the premier left-wing websites on the Internet, publishing original content six days a week, and hosting one of the Web’s most active left-wing discussion boards … (about 1/2).
• on en.wikipedia.
• on Google-Video-results.

Homepage;
Latest; Forums; Journals; Articles; Store; Options; Lobby; Greatest; Help/FAQs; Journal Help; Donate;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … We welcome Democrats of all stripes, along with other progressives who will work with us to achieve our shared goals.  Continuer la lecture de « Democratic Underground.com »

Linked on our blogs with Black in Latin America /Mexico and Peru: A Hidden Race.

Black in Latin America, a new four-part series on the influence of African descent on Latin America, is the 11th and latest production from renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., writer and presenter of the acclaimed PBS series African American Lives 1 (2006), Oprah’s Roots (2007), African American Lives 2 (2008), Looking for Lincoln (2009) and most recently Faces of America (2010). Black in Latin America is the third of a trilogy that began in 1999 with the broadcast of Professor Gates first series for public television, Wonders of the African World, an exploration of the relationship between Africa and the New World, a story he continued in 2004 with America Beyond the Color Line, a report on the lives of modern-day African Americans. Black In Latin America, premiering nationally Tuesdays April 19, 26 and May 3, 10, 2011 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings), examines how Africa and Europe came together to create the rich cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean … (about 1/2).

Homepage and Current Features;
Resources; Essays; Gallery; Timelines; Videos: on PBS, and on YouTube;
(Contact)/Feedback online.

About 2/2: … Latin America is often associated with music, monuments and sun, but each of the six countries featured in Black in Latin America including the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, has a secret history. Continuer la lecture de « Black in Latin America »

Website in Farsi – Linked on our blogs with Workers’ Struggles in Iran, November 1, 2006.

The International Alliance in Support of Workers’ in Iran (IASWI) was formed in January 2000, with labour endorsements, particularly from Canadian labour movement, to launch and organize collaborative international solidarity campaigns in support of workers’ rights and struggles in Iran. (About).

english Homepage;
Campaigns; Seminars; Articles; News; Archives; Links; Partners: LabourStart; LabourNet UK /Homepage with search to many topics, do./Iran;
Address: IASWI, Box 1164, Station Q, Toronto, Ontario, M4T 2P4, Canada;
Contact.

What are our Objectives?: The lack of free and independent labour organizations, and the lack of the right to strike in Iran, have created great obstacles for workers in their struggles for the realization of their rights and demands. The working class in Iran needs the international support of the workers and their organizations in other parts of the world in its struggle. Continuer la lecture de « International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran IASWI »

Rue89 is a French website created by former journalists from Libération. It was officially launched on 6 May 2007, on the day of the second round of the French presidential election. Its news editor is Pascal Riché, former Op-ed editor of Libération, and its chief editor and president of the society Rue 89 is Pierre Haski, former deputy editor of Libération … (rue89 on en.wikipedia 1/2 /no wikipedia-article on Rue89 in french).
Libération on fr.wikipedia.

Accueil;
Rubriques: Monde, Politique, Société, Culture … etc.; Marseille89; Eco89; Services; Le Mur; FAQ;
Contact online.

Rue89 on en.wikipedia 2/2: … Rue89 was co-founded by Pierre Haski, Pascal Riché, Arnaud Aubron, Michel Lévy-Provençal, and Laurent Mauriac.  Continuer la lecture de « Rue89 »

a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – also in french and arabic

• IRIN is an award-winning humanitarian news and analysis service covering the parts of the world often under-reported, misunderstood or ignored.
• It delivers unique reporting from the frontlines of humanitarian action to over a million online readers.
• IRIN exists to make a difference. According to a 2008 survey by the global marketing research company ACNielsen, IRIN is the premier online humanitarian news source for people who describe themselves as having a « strong impact on humanitarian issues ». Its reports are used directly in planning, advocacy and policy development … (about 1/2).
• IRIN on en.wikipedia.

english Homepage;
Global Issues; Analysis; In-Depth reports; PlusNews; Jobs; Donors;
Feedback online; Contact: Ben Parker/Nairobi on Twitter.

About 2/2: … The survey also found that when it comes to keeping abreast of humanitarian news and issues, IRIN’s coverage was preferred to its closest rival, BBC Online, by a ratio of 4 to 1. Continuer la lecture de « IRIN – Humanitarian News and Analysis »

Linked on our blogs with Responsible Debt Relief RDR Institute.

• The objective of our educational program is to explain how individuals can empower themselves by better understanding the financial issues that create emotional and economic stress.
• Our program begins with assessment quizzes that compare your knowledge of amusing cultural information with important practical information on the use of credit cards. The focus is on the early use of credit cards (typically in college and increasingly high school). Your individual performance then directs you to a level in the 3-step credit card education program (novice-intermediate-advanced) … (full text Financial Education).

Homepage;
Assessment Quizzes; Credit Card Education; Fincial Modules; Educatinal Programs; Debt Zapper Calculator online; Partners;
Address: Responsible Debt Relief RDR, 1100 University Avenue, Suite 209, Rochester, NY 14607, USA;
(Contact) /Feedback online.

Legislation: With Clinton’s pocket veto of the Bankruptcy Reform Act, the future of legislation regulating credit cards and consumer bankruptcy is now the responsibility of the nearly evenly divided U.S. Congress. Continuer la lecture de « Credit Card Nation »

critical gateway to world politics, society and culture

In the twenty-first century, the social sciences face new intellectual and political challenges. The world has been undergoing profound political and military upheavals, in which both national and international relations of power are being transformed.
Increasingly global capitalist relations pose old questions of inequality and social conflict in new forms. Both the contents and forms of cultural relations are rapidly changing, together with their political and economic significance, and the challenge of the Internet is part of this process … (editorial /statement of aims 1/2).

Homepage;
new writing in the critical social sciences; subscribe; languages; editors; board; writing; reviews; comment; justpeace; obituaries;
Address: The Global Site, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9SN, England;
Contact: Tel. +44 1273 678892, Fax +44 870 127 6581.

Editorial /statement of aims 2/2 … the challenges: – The global site has been founded, therefore, to address five challenges to our understanding that these developments raise for the social sciences:  Continuer la lecture de « Global Site »

PeaceAfrica – supporting Africa’s Peacebuilders – is a Website created by allAfrica.com

… AllAfrica Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide. Registered in Mauritius, with offices in Johannesburg, Dakar, Lagos and Washington, D.C., AllAfrica is one of a family of companies that aggregate, produce and distribute news from across Africa to tens of millions of end users … (allAfrica /Who we are 1/2).

english Homepage allAfrica.com, french Accueil allAfrica; english Homepage;
PeaceAfrica-Pages: People, Projects and Organizations Database; Resources; Calendar;
allAfrica.com-pages: Site Guide; Content Providers; Headline Modules; BizzTech;
Contact online /Feedback for both.

allAfrica.com /Who we are 2/2: … This website, allAfrica.com, is among the Internet’s largest content sites, posting over 1000 stories daily in English and French and offering a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming as well as over 900,000 articles in our searchable archive (which includes the archive of Africa News Service dating from 1997).   Continuer la lecture de « allAfrica.com and PeaceAfrica »

A Publication-Website, with a big amount of articles and analyses, sorted by country and by topic, but with not any text explaining who they are.

Homepage;

Papers; Notes; Forum; Rightz Column: links for countries and topics;

Address: Dr. S. Chandrasekharan, Director, South Asia Analysis Group SAAG, P.O. Box 175, Noida, 201 301, India;
Feedback online.

That’s it.

thoughts on the middle east, history and religion – Linked on our blogs with Tomgram: Shahin and Juan Cole, The Women’s Movement in the Middle East.

• Welcome to Informed Comment, where I do my best to provide an independent and informed perspective on Middle Eastern and American politics.
• Informed Comment is made possible by your support. If you value the information and essays, I make available and write here, please take a moment to contribute what you can.
• Thank you to all of my supporters for your generosity and your encouragement of an independent press. (right column).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Books on Mideast; Bibliography; Feed; Comment Rules; Mideast Maps; Contribute;
Contact online.

About: Juan Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context.  Continuer la lecture de « Informed Comment »

putting the movement back in the labor movement

• Labor Notes is a media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979.
• Through our magazine, website, books, conferences and workshops, we promote organizing, aggressive strategies to fight concessions, alliances with workers’ centers, and unions that are run by their members … (about 1/2).

Homepage/Events;
Magazine; Archives; Blog; Music; Schools; Staff; Solidarity Network; Donate; Troublemakers Handbook
Address (1 of 2): Labor Notes, Main Office, 7435 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48210, USA;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … Labor Notes is also a network of rank-and-file members, local union leaders, and labor activists who know the labor movement is worth fighting for.  Continuer la lecture de « Labor Notes »

THE MONEY MASTERS is a 3 1/2 hour non-fiction, historical documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure. The modern political power structure has its roots in the hidden manipulation and accumulation of gold and other forms of money. The development of fractional reserve banking practices in the 17th century brought to a cunning  sophistication the secret techniques initially used by goldsmiths fraudulently to accumulate wealth … (full long text about).

Homepage;
Principles; Reform Act; Interview Requests; Secret of Oz; Glossary; END THE FED; FAQs; 5 Bank Wars; Links; Order;
Address: The Money Masters, c/o Royalty Production Company, P.O. Box 67, Manitou Springs, CO 80829-0067, USA
Contact.

The Two Step Plan to National Economic Reform and Recovery:

• Step 1: Directs the Treasury Department to issue U.S. Notes (like Lincoln’s Greenbacks; can also be in electronic deposit format) to pay off the National debt.
• Step 2: Increases the reserve ratio private banks are required to maintain from 10% to 100%, thereby terminating their ability to create money, while simultaneously absorbing the funds created to retire the national debt.  Continuer la lecture de « The Money Masters »

publisher of (paid) educational materials

• In 1986, a group of Milwaukee-area teachers had a vision.
• They wanted not only to improve education in their own classrooms and schools, but to help shape reform throughout the public school system in the United States.
• Today that vision is embodied in Rethinking Schools.
• Rethinking Schools began as a local effort to address problems such as basal readers, standardized testing, and textbook-dominated curriculum. Since its founding, it has grown into a nationally prominent publisher of educational materials, with subscribers in all 50 states, all 10 Canadian provinces, and many other countries … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Magazine current Issue; Archives; Catalogue; Games etc.; Links;
Address: Rethinking Schools, 1001 E. Keefe Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53212, USA;
Contact our Staff.

About 2/2: … While the scope and influence of Rethinking Schools has changed, its basic orientation has not. Most importantly, it remains firmly committed to equity and to the vision that public education is central to the creation of a humane, caring, multiracial democracy.  Continuer la lecture de « Rethinking Schools »

Chercheurs, journalistes et militants peuvent-ils s’essayer, ensemble, à décrire le monde social et contribuer au débat d’idées ? C’est le pari lancé par la revue Mouvements : se constituer en espace d’information critique, d’enquêtes sociales, de travaux théoriques et d’interpellation politique afin d’intensifier les échanges entre travaux de recherche, espaces de résistance et de proposition politique. Ni journal en ligne, ni liste de diffusion partisane, ni blog collectif, mouvements.info est un espace réactif de réflexion politique et théorique … (qui sommes-nous 1/2).

Accueil;
Dossiers; Archives; Newsletter; Abo revue; Liens colonne de gauche: la revue, recherche, les partenaires, Twitter;
Contact online.

Qui sommes-nous 2/2: … Dans le contexte d’une crise sans précédent de la presse généraliste et des revues de sciences humaines, Mouvements entend conjuguer le sérieux et la rigueur à un souci de réactivité aux grands débats et faits du moment, et montrer que les sciences sociales peuvent contester ou utilement éclairer les prises de position politique.  Continuer la lecture de « Mouvements – des idées et des luttes »

an evolving exploration into the head, heart and hands of energy descent.

Homepage;
Why; Shop;
Contact online.

About this site and me: For more about this website and what is all about take a look at the page Why Transition Culture. This section is to tell you about myself.  It is written in the third person not due to delusions of grandeur, but so that people who need biog pieces can cut and paste it from here.

“Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network. He has many years experience in education, teaching permaculture and natural building, and set up the first 2 year full-time permaculture course in the world, at Kinsale Further Education College in Ireland, as well as co-ordinating the first eco-village development in Ireland to be granted planning permission … (full text about).