The Occupy Wall Street movement is now three months old, and activists have been taking stock of their accomplishments and thinking about how to forge ahead. As the movement has spread to cities across the country,...
Last week, survivors of Japanese military sexual slavery during WWII - also known as "comfort women" - staged their 1000th protest outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul. The women, now in their 80's and 90's,...
India’s cabinet recently moved to allow multinational mass chain stores like Wal-Mart to expand their presence in local retail markets. This would allow an unprecedented degree of foreign-direct investment in a sector...
As India surges forward with breakneck economic development, a radical movement has emerged to defend marginalized landless tribal communities from a dual...
Occupy Wall Street has grown from a single protest action to a nationwide mobilization, tackling a range of social justice issues, from economic globalization to police brutality. The movement has also grown to...
This past summer, investigations by the Associated Press revealed the existence of a Demographics Unit within the NYPD that targets Muslim communities for surveillance. Under the program, undercover officers and...
Mainstream media and U.S. politicians depict the political scene in Pakistan as dominated by "Talibanization" and the rise of extremism. But the progressive, labor and feminist movements of Pakistan tell a more...
The Occupy Wall Street movement has taken the country by storm. Zucotti Park, where it all began here in New York, is located only a few blocks from Chinatown. Asian Americans, feeling the impact of the economic crisis,...
Founded in 2008 by a musician and former migrant worker, the Culture and Art Museum of Migrant Workers in Beijing uses music, theater and other forms of artistic expression to record the histories of Chinese migrant...
Last week in England saw the burning and looting of commercial areas throughout the country. What started as a peaceful protest against the shooting of a man by police under questionable circumstances descended into...
