Protests at IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings – a Prelude to October (tags)
News roundup of protests at IMF/World Bank spring meetings in April - and onward to October!
BTL: US Can Do More to Pressure Sudan to Allow UN Protective Force in Darfur (tags)
Interview with Nii Akuetteh, executive director of Africa Action, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
BTL:Growing Worldwide Movement Demands International Intervention to... (tags)
...End Genocide in Darfur~Interview with Ann-Louise Colgan, acting co-director of Africa Action, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
BTL:Neoliberal Conditions Attached to G8 Debt Relief Plan for... (tags)
...Poor Nations Exacerbate Poverty ~ Interview with Bill Fletcher, president of Trans Africa Forum, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
BTL:Global AIDS Pandemic Spreading at Alarming Rate While... (tags)
...Bush Administration Impedes Access to Life-Saving AIDS Treatment * Interview with Salih Booker, executive director of Africa Action, conducted by Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus
BTL:Bush Africa Tour a 'Photo-Op,' Not a Serious Policy Initiative (tags)
Interview with Bill Fletcher, president of TransAfrica Forum, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
BTL: Critics Say Bush AIDS Treatment Plan Flawed in Confronting Global Epidemic (tags)
Interview with Salih Booker, executive director of Africa Action, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
GLOBAL DAY OF PROTEST DEMANDS SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT PROVIDE AIDS TREATMENT TO MILLIONS F (tags)
18 ARRESTED IN CAPETOWN TRADE MINISTRY OFFICE TAKE-OVER. AIDS ACTIVISTS DEMONSTRATE AT SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., Simultaneous actions in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia
Lawsuit filed demanding apartheid reparations from transnational corporations (tags)
Several groups have filed suit against the banks and other transnational corporations that financially propped up the apartheid government of South Africa during the sanctions era. The transnationals that funded the apartheid repression must be held accountable for their actions, and should pay reparations.
USA/Africa: Anthrax, History and Security (tags)
In the New York Times of July 2, columnist Nicholas Kristof attacked FBI foot dragging in the investigation of last year's anthrax attacks. In particular, Kristof pointed to the failure of the FBI to fully investigate "Mr. Z," rumored within the biodefense community to be a prime suspect. "If Mr Z. were an Arab national, he would have been imprisoned long ago," Kristof commented. "Mr. Z" is identified elsewhere in news stories and on the internet as Steven J. Hatfill, an American bioterrorism specialist who is reported to have served in the Rhodesian military in the 1970s.