Recommended reading this week

EDITORIAL: George Dor from the Southern Africa Centre for Economic Justice introduces a series of articles on alternatives to neo-liberalism
COMMENT&ANALYSIS:
- An alternative vision to water privatisation trends in Ghana
- Economic Demands take on Political Form in Mauritius
- Swaziland: Developing a participatory course in environmental education
- The case of the Malawi Economic Justice Network: Economics for the people, by the people
- Working towards another Southern Africa: The ANSA initiative
LETTERS: Africa in Hong Kong/Human Rights Day
BLOGGING AFRICA: Race riots, air crashes, harassment of women, fuel shortages and the legacies of colonialism
Pan-African Postcard: Time to get tough on Darfur talks, says Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
BOOKS&ARTS: A review of Kwani, a compilation of contributions by Kenyan writers/Poems on 16 days of activism against violence
GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION AGAINST POVERTY: GCAP trade demands presented in Hong Kong
CONFLICTS&EMERGENCIES: UN out of Eritrea/ICC interviews Darfur witnesses
HUMAN RIGHTS: Call for investigation into Egyptian police killings
REFUGEES: Toddler latest to die in Sudanese refugee protest in Cairo
ELECTIONS&GOVERNANCE: Call for suspension of Zenawi regime/Civil society challenge to dictatorship in Nigeria
WOMEN&GENDER: Gender and Human Rights in the Commonwealth
DEVELOPMENT: All the news from the WTO in Hong Kong
RACISM&XENOPHOBIA: Indymedia Sydney reports on race riots
ENVIRONMENT: Climate talks end in Montreal
MEDIA&FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Discussing advocacy journalism
NEWS FROM THE DIASPORA: The Execution of Stan Tookie Williams
ADVOCACY&CAMPAIGNS: Appeal to AU to confront Eritrea on human rights violations
INTERNET&TECHNOLOGY: FrontlineSMS now available FOR NGOS
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