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maps
rethinking schools | interactive map of the middle east and north africa
african cities quiz
african countries quiz
south american countries quiz
us ancestory map
you tube | miniature earth
vector maps
colonial africa
interactive map of africa
world at night
political evolution of central america and the caribean
environment
images
the guardian | environmental photography
ghost towns
development
wangari maathai | planting the future
common spaces
the independent | the world's rubbish dump
water and water corporations
jim shultz | the politics of water in bolivia (2005)
william finnegan | leasing the rain
bill moyers | leasing the rain documentary (2002)
pbs | what's in your water bottle?
africa
w.e.b. du bois | african roots of war (1915)
new york times | on africa's fluid borders
speaking of faith | wangari maathai: planting the future
daniel bergner | the call (2006)
guardian | africa's hungry tribue (december 2008) & images
sudan
de waal | the wars in sudan (2007)
rubin | if not peace, then justice (2006)
rwanda and the great lakes
guardian | a brief history of the drc conflict
national geographic magazine | who murdered the virunga gorillas?
akhavan | ictr genocide judgement bagasora (2008)
human rights watch | leave none to tell the story (1999)
american public radio | rwanda audio
hrw | shattered lives (1996)
star tribune | peter erlander on the ictr (april 2008)
international justice and human rights
american public radio | justice on trial
this american life | habeas schmabeas
rubin | if not peace, then justice (2006)
akhavan | ictr genocide judgement bagasora (2008)
yes! magazine | this is what justice looks like (2003)
the universal declaration
genocide
the atlantic | bystanders to genocide
human rights watch | leave none to tell the story
mamdani | the politics of naming: genocide, civil war, insurgency
akhavan | ictr genocide judgement bagasora(2008)
american public radio | rwanda audio
immigration and asylum
american public radio | deyanira's dream
this american life | nice work if you can get it
nyt | after iowa raid... (2008)
the observer | the hell of being an asylum seeker (2008)
current tv | the great immigration debate
mike davis | a chink in the wall of capital
nyt | waiting for asylum
guardian | the hell of being an asylum seeker (june 2008)
nyt | women in immigration centers (january 2009)
war
chris hedges | on war
the guardian | bush: i freed millions from barbarism
president bush | we live in a dangerous world
bearing witness | testimonies from reuters journalists in iraq
the story | art and war
women in the first world war
w.e.b. du bois | african roots of war (1915)
globalization
stiglitz | thanks for nothing
george mobiot | rich countries once used gunboats to seize food. now they use trade deals.
corporations
jim shultz | the politics of water in bolivia (2005)
william finnegan | leasing the rain
bill moyers | leasing the rain documentary (2002)
sweatshops
nyt | op-ed: where sweatshops are a dream (jan 2009)
nyt | letters: are sweatshops better than nothing? (jan 2009)
culture
china's number one internet tv | sexy bejing
finance and financial crisis
wade | financial regime change (2008)
wade | invisible hand of american empire (2003)
aid and humanitarianism
michael fitzpatrick | the new missionaries (2008)
daniel bergner | the call (2006)
mpr | 21st century humanitarian action (September 2008)
social services
npr | health care for all (france, netherlands, germany, uk, switzerland)
ideas
samuel huntington | interview on the clash of civilizations
edward said | the clash of ignorance
president bush | we live in a dangerous world
social movements and struggles
say it plain
people and politics
the story | when politics get personal
the story | when janet went to washington
the story | turned away at the polls
methods
npr | interviewers on interviewing
bolivia
jim shultz | the politics of water in bolivia (2005)
william finnegan | leasing the rain
NOW with bill moyers | leasing the rain documentary (2002)
pbs | did you know about bolivia?
new internationalist | i will return... and i will be millions (april 2008)
jubenal quispe | evo morales: indigenous power (2007)
last updated February 2009
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