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News from Africa

Through the voices of the peoples of Africa and the global South, Pambazuka Press and Pambazuka News disseminate analysis and debate on the struggle for freedom and justice.



Dust from our Eyes:
An Unblinkered Look at Africa
By Joan Baxter
see her discuss book here

New report from ETC Group



"Money or Life: What makes us really rich"

Now in English! Free download (39 pages pdf) of a German essay by Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen on our relationship with the money economy -- and alternatives.

Special coverage - #Occupy

International Blogs

See Virtual Vita Nuova bý Jasmina Tešanović,  Serbian author, political activist (Women in Black, Code Pink), translator, and filmmaker.

Welcome to the Women and Life on Earth internet project: WLOE e.V.

"Women and Life on Earth: women in international cooperation for peace, ecology and social justice" (WLOE e.V.) is a German non-profit association. Our name goes back to the northeastern US-based Women and Life on Earth network based on ecological feminism. more

This website features news, background information and links in three language sections, English, German and Spanish, on women's action for peace and ecological health, and information. Our contributors are all volunteers, so we welcome your support. To help contact info(at)wloe.org

February is African American History Month
"This year's theme 'Black Women in American Culture and History' honors African American women and the myriad of roles they played in the shaping of our nation."
See our Black History Month pages

and a short video on the development of Black History Month from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library)

What's new?

February 20, 2012

No time for irresponsibility: learning from Kazakh women

WLOE e.V. member Ursula Gelis reports: "What do we in the West actually know about tyrannized nationalities of the former Soviet empire? Regimes based on totalitarianism tend to oppress people and outsiders have no clue about what is really going on behind an ‘iron curtain’." [more...]

February 15, 2012

The US-Bahraini Exchange: Tear Gas From Us, Kindness in Return

"Medea Benjamin, Co-founder of Global Exchange and Code Pink, is in Bahrain right now. She shares her firsthand account of today’s demonstration in Bahrain’s capital, Manama." [more...]

February 03, 2012

Amira Haas: "Does helping Palestinians beautify the occupation?"

"The women of MachsomWatch have helped some 5,000 people through the process of appealing their travel ban to Israel." [more...]

February 03, 2012

Black History Month 2012: Black Women in American Culture and History

"It’s February, and with that annual marker comes Black History Month. It’s such an important moment when the history of an entire community gets elevated, but also such a frustrating reminder of how every other month is white history month. When will get past this kind of marginalization?" [more...]

January 25, 2012

We’re fed up! Farms not agribusiness

Large demonstration and rally in Berlin, Saturday January 21, demands changes in agriculture in Germany and beyond. [more...]

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