groupes en action

Linked with Pung Chhiv Kek Galabru – Cambodia.

Since 1992, LICADHO has been at the forefront of efforts to protect human rights in Cambodia and to promote respect for civil and political rights by the Cambodian government and institutions. Building on its past achievements, LICADHO continues to be an advocate for the people and a monitor of the government through wide-ranging human rights programs from its main office in Phnom Penh and 12 provincial offices … (about 1/2).

Homepage and news;
Children’s rights; Human rights education; Medical office; Prison project; Project against torture; Women’s rights;
LICADHO Six Month Activity Report 2008; Press releases; Videos; Latest audio clips;
Latest photo Albums: Razing Dey Krahorm, Kampot Forced Eviction;
About Cambodia: Donate; Links;
Addresses: Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights LICADHO, #16, St. 99, Boeung Trabek, Phnom Penh, Cambodia;
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 499, Phnom Penh, Cambodia;
Contact – online and provincial offices.

About LICADHO 2/2: … LICADHO pursues its mandate through its 7 program offices:  Continuer la lecture de « Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights LICADHO »

a worldwide feellowship of committed scholar-activists (also in espanol)

Founded in 1974, the Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international network of activist-scholars committed to critical analyses of the global problems of today and tomorrow, with a view to providing intellectual support to those movements concerned to steer the world in a democratic, equitable and environmentally sustainable direction. In the spirit of public scholarship, and aligned to no political party, TNI seeks to create and promote international co-operation in analysing and finding possible solutions to such global problems as militarism and conflict, poverty and marginalisation, social injustice and environmental degradation. (about /introduction).

Homepage;
Staff; Jobs; Annual report; Newsletter and its archive; Links;
(see also all links – having all many sub-links – on Issues, Projects, Events, Publications, Fellows, Media);
Address: TNI, PO Box 14656, 1001 LD Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Visiting address (with map): De Wittenstraat 25, 1052 AK Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Contact.

TNI History: The Transnational Institute (TNI) was founded in 1974 as the international programme of the Washington DC-based Institute for Policy Studies. It subsequently became an independent worldwide fellowship of committed scholar-activists, based in Amsterdam.  Continuer la lecture de « The Transnational Institute TNI »

Linked with Phyllis Bennis – USA, and with the Transnational Institute TNI (will appear on March 27).

The Institute for Policy Studies turns Ideas into Action for Peace, Justice and the Environment. We strengthen social movements with independent research, visionary thinking, and links to the grassroots, scholars and elected officials. I.F. Stone once called IPS « the think tank for the rest of us. » Since 1963, we have empowered people to build healthy and democratic societies in communities, the US, and the world. Click here to learn more, or read the latest below. (Frontpage).

Events; History; Projects; Partner Organizations;
Publications: Books, Reports; Paths for Reconstruction in the 21st Century;
Internship and Jobs; Staff; Trustees; The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards;
Address: 1112 16th St. NW, Suite 600, Washington DC 20036, USA; map: find 52 results on 4 pages;
Contact: Tel. 202-234-9382, e-mail.

About:   Ideas into Action Since 1963: Continuer la lecture de « Institute for Policy Studies IPS »

Analysing the Global Debt Bubble … (its all about the blog)

Linked with Steve Keen – Australia, and with The Roving Cavaliers of Credit.

As an economist, I do something very unusual: I treat money seriously. Though this is hard for non-economists to believe, economists have it schooled into them that “money doesn’t matter” –that it is just a “veil over barter”, there to make it easier to swap commodities than it would be if you actually had to find someone who had what you wanted, and wanted to sell what you wanted to buy … (about 1/2).

The Blog’s homepage with its latest article;
Models of the economy’s behaviour; Research;
Media Coverage; Podcast; Reports; Talks; Gems; Charts; Brickbats; Policy Documents;
See also his website Debunking Economics.com, made for his book with the same name.
There you can also find contact details.

About2/2: … The argument that persuades them goes something like this: ”what would happen if you simultaneously doubled all prices and all incomes? Nothing!” Continuer la lecture de « Steve Keen's Deptwatch – The blog »

If we are to teach real peace in this world…we shall have to begin with the children. – M.K. Gandhi

Linked with Arun Manilal Gandhi – South Africa and USA.

a vision: Provide the exploited children of India with a safe place where they will be housed and fed while they receive an education to prepare them for a life outside the prison of poverty. Beginning in Nandwan in the Kolhapur District of Maharastra where 60,000 children live in extreme poverty, the Institute has purchased five acres of land for the first project: THE GANDHI MEMORIAL SCHOOL. (Vision).

Homepage;
The Gandhi Memorial School; Gandhi Legacy Pilgrimage; The Board of directors;
Books and Literature; How you can help; Dreamcatcher newsletter;
Address: The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, 418 Lake Shore Blvd., Wauconda, IL 60084-1522, USA;
Contact.

Our Mission:

• In May of 2008, the Institute was founded in the United States by Arun Gandhi, grandson of M.K. Gandhi, to promote community building in economically depressed areas of the world through the joining of Gandhian philosophy and vocational education for children and their parents. Continuer la lecture de « The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute »