Global South

A man carries a sack of oranges while walking past a mural depicting a fight between farmers and private landlords in Tegucigalpa, Honduras's capital.

More Than 30 Trade Unionists Have Been Killed in Honduras Since 2009 More Than 30 Trade Unionists Have Been Killed in Honduras Since 2009

Chiquita keeps bananas cheap—and union organizers scared for their lives.

Nov 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Making the Paris Climate Talks Count

Making the Paris Climate Talks Count Making the Paris Climate Talks Count

At the bottom of all the jargon that will be thrown about this week’s climate conference are human lives.

Nov 29, 2015 / Naomi Klein

Detained Asylum Seekers Seek Transnational Justice

Detained Asylum Seekers Seek Transnational Justice Detained Asylum Seekers Seek Transnational Justice

Refugees of a transnational migration crisis represent the latest wave of social upheaval in Bangladesh now reverberating around the world.

Nov 16, 2015 / Michelle Chen

You Can’t Fight Poverty With a Concert

You Can’t Fight Poverty With a Concert You Can’t Fight Poverty With a Concert

Global Citizen’s celebrity-packed festival aims to mobilize millennials against poverty. That’s pointless if it strips politics from the fight.

Sep 24, 2015 / Benjamin Cohen and Elliot Ross

Garment workers

Yes, Your T-Shirt Was ‘Made in LA’—and the Worker Got 4 Cents For It Yes, Your T-Shirt Was ‘Made in LA’—and the Worker Got 4 Cents For It

Why the sorry state of Los Angeles garment manufacturing should put serious attention on sweatshops—here in the US and across the world.

Sep 11, 2015 / Michelle Chen

South Sudan

South Sudan’s War on Women South Sudan’s War on Women

Survivors say rape has become “just a normal thing” for women caught up in the country’s civil war.

Aug 7, 2015 / Samer Muscati

Malaysia Needed a Clean Human Rights Record—So the State Department Just Gave It to Them

Malaysia Needed a Clean Human Rights Record—So the State Department Just Gave It to Them Malaysia Needed a Clean Human Rights Record—So the State Department Just Gave It to Them

The president cleansed Malaysia of its notorious human trafficking record to give the country a front row seat to join the TPP—and Congress can’t do anything about it.

Jul 29, 2015 / William Greider

Ethiopia Claims a US Precedent for Its Crackdown on Journalists

Ethiopia Claims a US Precedent for Its Crackdown on Journalists Ethiopia Claims a US Precedent for Its Crackdown on Journalists

Now that he’s in Addis Ababa, President Obama should call for the release of those locked up by Washington's “war on terror” ally.

Jul 27, 2015 / Laetitia Bader

Why Are Liberal Democracies So Bad at Creating Economic Equality?

Why Are Liberal Democracies So Bad at Creating Economic Equality? Why Are Liberal Democracies So Bad at Creating Economic Equality?

The “Third Wave” of democracy in the Global South went hand in hand with the spread of policies that hobbled the fight for greater economic equality from the outset.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Walden Bello

These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN

These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN

Changing the path corporations and the 1 percent have set for our planet is going to take more than a march. It’s going to take a struggle.

Sep 24, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

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