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"Canadian perspectives on global justice" Brought to you by the Social Justice Committee |
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February/March 2001El Salvador and the bureaucracy of earthquake relief - A personal account from Marta Viscarra Avoidable crises in El SalvadorThe IMF on Canada - Cut corporate taxes and unemployment benefits Signs of hope in Mexico says Don Samuel Ruiz, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de Las CasasBackground on Bishop Ruiz and Chiapas, Mexico Protest in Ecuador escalates - indigenous peoples and citizen's groups call for repeal of IMP-imposed structural adjustment policiesThe challenges after winning back our water - the fight against water privatisation in Bolivia
March/April 2001Seeking serious structural social change in Guatemala Working for human rights in West Papua (Irian Jaya) - An Upstream Journal interview with John Rumbiak, human rights activist in West Papua On the march with the Zapatistas The FTAA - the Social Justice Committee position, and why we are protesting Rights in Mexico - the SJC report to the government (full text; an abridged version appeared in the Upstream Journal)
May/June 2001Street protest and the "direct action" approach - reflections in the wake of the Quebec City protests Peace Community in Colombia still a target or repression Canada sells helicopters for use in Colombia drug war Falling coffee prices means crisis for Central America communities Maquilas and mega-projects - the struggle of the indigenous people in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico "Land pirate" making big bucks on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast
September/October 2001War and the cycle of violence and oppression SJC responds to new needs in Central America and Mexico, will put new emphasis on struggle to protect economic and social rights The forest is also a place where people live - SJC leads delegation from eastern Canada to conference on land use in Mexico "Drop the debt; Scrap the SAPs" - SJC targets multilateral debt, will launch new campaign in Canada Paul Martin tells SJC he agrees with us on privatization in impoverished countries, but... Cracking down on dissent - the need for renewed democratic processes Human rights in Mexico under the new government
November/December 2001Coffee crisis in Central America Looking for sense in World Bank/IMF demands Globalization in India - Impacts of the World Bank and multinational corporations
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