Q&A:  "Global Justice Movements Are on the Rise"
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BERLIN, Dec 20 (IPS) - Social movements are responsible for some of the  most important transformations taking place lately in our  societies and minds, says Prof. Dieter Rucht from the Berlin  Centre for Social Sciences (WZB).
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Governments should work harder to combat racism and other hate crimes which are on the rise globally but go largely unreported, advocacy group Human Rights First said in a report on Wednesday.
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The Live Earth event on Saturday is  set to reach millions more people than previous global  productions with its reach boosted by the fast-growing power of  Web video sharing and social networks.
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The prospect that Rehnquist or another justice will step down fires up and frightens activists. By David G. Savage. WASHINGTON -- Social conservatives like Gary Bauer and liberal advocates like Ralph Neas have found something to agree on this year.
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Good morning. I&#39;m Curt Goering, Senior Deputy Executive Director at Amnesty International USA. Today Amnesty International releases its first-ever report on racial profiling in the United States.
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Arts & entertainment: In Latin America, populist movements are rising up against western intervention. John Pilger explains why only the cinema was big enough to tell their story.
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LONDON, Oct 23 (IPS) - Addressing people's rights to the places they  inhabit is one of the new challenges of growing urbanisation,  both in developed and developing countries.
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LONDON, Oct 25 (IPS) - The third European Social Forum appears to mark the   end of the âlove storyâ between grassroots social movements and  the  international gatherings that are now in vogue. In any case,  discontent in  both camps -- the activists and the official  organisers -- will leave a  mark on future events.
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Comment is free: Henry Porter: Mass events like the Live Earth concert raise awareness, but if we are going to combat climate change, personal action is vital.
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LONDON  - International broadcasters, environmental activists and some of the biggest names in pop music are in the starting blocks for one of the most ambitious global media events of all time.
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The level of state-led censorship of the net is growing around the world, according to a survey.
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WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (OneWorld) - Activists and foreign policy experts held a public forum this weekend to launch what they hope will be &quot;a combined international movement&quot; to respond to the threats of climate change and the depletion of oil and other cheap energy sources.
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Designers who are sounding the alarm on global homogenization make a certain kind of sense.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 25 (IPS) - The world's largest trade union network will  be campaigning to make globalisation more âfavourable, equal and  secureâ for workers when it joins the fifth World Social Forum  (WSF) in Porto Alegre, Brazil later this week.
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Leading environmentalist Paul Hawken talks about his new book, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming, and the myriad of environmental organizations that function as a network.
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By Victor Keegan  LONDON: It is curious how the globalization of people is happening much faster than the globalization of goods.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has opened the annual debate of world leaders with a global appeal for respecting the rule of law.