It will take 120 years before women make up half of world leaders

… and more than 50 years until women are equally represented in parliaments around the world according to a new report by the VSO – Published on Left Food Forward, by Ben Mackay, Sept 10, 2013.

The sheer scale of the under-representation of women across parliaments and governments will be a wake up call to all those who think that the battle for women’s rights has been won.

At a national level the divergence between male and female representation is striking. Out of 193 heads of government around the world only 13 are women whilst just one in five of the world’s parliamentarians is a woman … // Continuer la lecture de « It will take 120 years before women make up half of world leaders »

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Left With Nothing

Published on Counter Information/J. PEREZ’ blog, by Michael Sallah, Debbie Cenziper, Steven Rich, Sept. 8, 2013.

(Photo) … This man owed $ 134 in property taxes. The district sold the liden to an investor who foreclosed on his $ 197’000 house and sold it. He and many other homeowners like him were LEFT WITH NOTHING.

… On the day Bennie Coleman lost his house, the day armed U.S. marshals came to his door and ordered him off the property, he slumped in a folding chair across the street and watched the vestiges of his 76 years hauled to the curb.   Continuer la lecture de « Left With Nothing »

Samir Amin reflects on Egypt

Interview with Samir Amin published on Pambazuka News, by Beifang/China, Sept 5, 2013.

On 15 July 2013 Samir Amin was interviewed by Beifang, China. He expressed his views that the action of the army was not a coup d’etat as well as the tasks facing the popular movement in Egypt.

The Muslim Brotherhood rule lasted just over a year, why did the collapse come so soon?

  • AMIN: The fall of Morsi and of the rule of Muslim Brothers came as expected. Firstly, the government of the Muslim Brothers has been pursuing the same neoliberal policies as that of Mubarak, and even worse. It could not solve any problem faced by the Egyptian people.   Continuer la lecture de « Samir Amin reflects on Egypt »