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World Policy Journal (2018) 35 (2): 83–87.
Published: 01 June 2018
... released on You-Tube by the Organic Trade Association, “the organic rebellion” battles for control of the American supermarket against “the dark side of the farm.” The rebels are Cuke Skywalker, Obi Wan Cannoli, Tofu D2, Chew Broccoli, and Princess Lettuce; on the dark side are Darth Tater (“more chemical...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 21 (1): 68–74.
Published: 01 March 2004
... the organization formed in the (ibespredel) of the early and mid-1990s is fin­ postwar years, when those who had fought ished, the criminal groups are still charac­ against the Nazis clashed with those who terized by generational splits, ethnic divi­ had stayed behind; the latter believed that sions...
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Published: 01 March 2016
Gendarmes at the Spean Ches eviction in 2007 appear in this photograph published by the local human rights organization LICADHO. The U.S. Embassy later cleared on-scene commanders from this and other evictions to receive U.S. training. LICADHO Gendarmes at the Spean Ches eviction in 2007 appear More
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (2): 1–2.
Published: 01 June 2017
...Christopher Shay Harsh punishment, militarized policing, and extrajudicial killings do not make societies safer, writes Christopher Shay . Yet, even in countries where criminal justice remains elusive, grass-roots organizers, especially in concert with politicians and researchers, can hold...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (2): 109–114.
Published: 01 June 2017
... has likely played the largest role in lowering HIV transmission across Africa. These fights become so toxic that sometimes an organization will oppose a strategy just because a political adversary promotes it. A randomized, controlled clinical trial can’t accurately capture how culture will impact...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 69–75.
Published: 01 September 2017
....” The Kenyan government had unveiled a project—a massive coal plant—that she believes spells disaster for the county and its heritage. After trying and failing to organize resistance to the plant from within the government, Omar decided to become a full-time activist. “I’m not a tree hugger,” she says, “but I...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 83–89.
Published: 01 September 2017
...Robbie Corey-Boulet After a backlash against gay rights in 2012, LGBT Liberians have begun to organize and be more public in their demands for equality. But two presidential races—last November’s election of Donald Trump and the selection of a successor to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 90–95.
Published: 01 September 2017
... “citizen device” to describe collectives like La PAH or 15MPaRato, which are based on combined intelligence: “They are groups of people who organize. They are structures or groups. Sometimes it’s a blog. Sometimes it’s a platform or a network. These are people who are dedicated to a cause, creating...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (1): 5–11.
Published: 01 March 2016
... as a local immigrant-advocacy organization meant to promote the interests of Belgian Muslims, but grew more radical and racially minded in response to Vlaams Blok, a far-right party that had gained power in Flanders. The AEL’s radicalization was also fueled by international developments—the Palestinian...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (1): 38–45.
Published: 01 March 2016
..., and he died in custody. His death sparked protests that ended in the founding of the most important black political organization in Brazil: the Unified Black Movement Against Racial Discrimination (MNU-CDR, later called the MNU). Amid denunciations of the police and calls for justice, the family...
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (3): 37–47.
Published: 01 September 2012
... from planning the U.S. presidential debates it was founded to organize, the CPD, in close partnership with the NDI, helps orchestrate formal political debates in emerging democracies. The export of American-style debates is not without its dangers, but few statistics are available on voter...
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (2): 71–80.
Published: 01 June 2014
... speak only Swahili or Kinyarwanda. The presenter, an enthusiastic French woman in her late 20s, arrived and introduced herself and her organization, Libraries Without Borders. “The Ideas Box is a container of tools to enable you to access culture and communicate with the world,” said Marine Louvigny...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (4): 55–61.
Published: 01 December 2017
... issues because Native communities have never been covered to the extent that they should be. There are no facts or data or research that would prove how it would move a news organization forward. And there’s no way to find out how that would scale until it’s done. Ahtone: When it comes...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (1): 119–123.
Published: 01 March 2017
... require companies to self-report, as in the United Kingdom, the United States, and the proposed French legislation. For example, Section 54 of the United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery Act 2015, “Transparency in Supply Chains,” requires every organization doing business in the country with a yearly turnover...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (4): 100–107.
Published: 01 December 2015
... exhibit such a cosmopolitan approach. Their orientation is—and must be—parochial in order to protect their organizations. And yet, their narrow interests are best served by being global in orientation. Leaders like Nooyi and Ghosn define the prism through which the organization or group sees...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 18 (1): 56–66.
Published: 01 March 2001
... for Democracy ( n e d )— a quasi- rights. Indeed, the Clinton administration autonomous nongovernmental organization frequently argued that globalization carried authorized by Congress in 1983 to promote with it certain advantages for U.S. human freedom and democracy around the globe— rights policy...
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World Policy Journal (2003) 20 (2): 87–93.
Published: 01 June 2003
... speed, virtually creasingly involved in large-scale peace op­ en masse, and u n m ik had to organize food erations— ranging from peacekeeping and and water supplies, shelter, and rudimentary peace enforcement to peace building.1 Since medical care for these mostly internally dis­ its founding...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (4): 24–27.
Published: 01 December 2017
... Minister’s Office, to implement these recommendations. The Prawer panel offered to meet less than a quarter of Bedouin claims. The Bedouins, represented by the Regional Council of Unrecognized Villages and various local organizations, refused, seeing clearly that acceptance would lead to further loss of land...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 17 (4): 2–5.
Published: 01 December 2001
... interventions. At the 1945. The United Nations was established United Nations and elsewhere, governments as a strictly international organization and, began to consider their obligation to deal, as noted, is precluded by its charter from on humanitarian or human rights grounds, intervening in matters...
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World Policy Journal (2000) 17 (2): 21–25.
Published: 01 June 2000
... have re-fought an old border dispute. India plicity of organizations but also a high de­ and Pakistan have slugged it out, yet again, gree of synergy among them. The principal over Kashmir, this time in the shadow of institutions are NATO , the Organization for nuclear weapons tests. Numerous...