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POLITICS: U.S. Social Forum Forges Common Ground
By Matthew Cardinale
ATLANTA - In all, the crowds were huge, the workshops passionate and inspiring, and participants made ideological, relational and personal gains, both large and small.
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RIGHTS-US: Native Americans and Immigrants Share Common Struggle
By Jonathan Springston
ATLANTA - One group has lived here for millennia, while the other has just arrived. But Native Americans and immigrants have much in common, particularly the alienation and oppression they experience in U.S. society, activists and community leaders said on day three of the U.S. Social Forum (USSF) Friday.
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POLITICS-US: "We're Living a Nightmare Called Katrina"
By Matthew Cardinale
ATLANTA - Under the banner, "If another world is possible, another U.S. is necessary," 10,000 civil society activists gathered in Atlanta, Georgia Wednesday for the beginning of the first U.S. Social Forum.
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MEXICO: Uprising Rekindled in Oaxaca?
By Diego Cevallos
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CANADA: First Nations Step Up Pressure on Land Claims
By Am Johal
VANCOUVER - After facing heated criticism in recent weeks from First Nations groups, the Canadian government has committed to passing legislation to overhaul the Indian Claims Commission, a federal body that was set up to make recommendations on longstanding disputes.
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LATIN AMERICA: Inequality Undermines Development Goals
By Gustavo González
ROME - The main reason that Latin America is not making faster progress towards the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the international community in 2000 lies in the various forms of inequality that prevail in the region, former Dutch minister of development cooperation Eveline Herfkens told IPS Thursday.
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LATIN AMERICA: Black Women on the Bottom Rung
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY - There are at least 75 million black women in Latin America and the Caribbean, but those who occupy high-level political or public administration posts number less than 50. As activists pointed out to IPS this week, black women are at the very bottom of the social ladder in this region.
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BOLIVIA: Not Another 500 Years of Marginalisation, Say Indigenous Leaders
By Franz Chávez
SUCRE - "We prefer to defend our rights with bloodshed and die rather than wait another 500 years," says Esperanza Huanca, a Quechua Indian who is one of the 84 women in the constituent assembly that is rewriting Bolivia's constitution.
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RIGHTS-IRAN: Groups Denounce Crackdown on Dual Nationals
By Eli Clifton
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U.S./IRAN: Scholars Bear Brunt of Anti-Diplomacy Backlash
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IRAN: Charges Against Visiting Scholar Widely Condemned
By Ellen Massey
WASHINGTON - The Islamic Republic of Iran on Monday formally charged Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari with conspiring to undermine the regime in Iran.
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DEVELOPMENT: Global Campaign Calls for Tackling the Roots of Poverty
By Diana Cariboni
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DEVELOPMENT: Fight Against Poverty - a Marathon, Not a Sprint
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News in RSSFrom June 27 to July 1, Atlanta is the meeting place for civil society during the U.S. Social Forum. The United States has a vibrant, outspoken civil society, which includes groups, big and small, from associations of homeless people and churches to indigenous communities, human rights organisations, and networks of NGOs. War, repression, human rights are high on the agenda. IPS brings you a virtual forum where you can find experiences, analysis, insights.

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IS THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM ALREADY OLD NEWS?
by Mario Lubetkin
Despite the success of the seventh World Social Forum (WSF) held last month in Nairobi, media coverage of the massive event continues to wane, in sharp contrast to the prominence the event was given in its first few years, writes Mario Lubetkin, director-general of the IPS news agency.
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