India: Mumbai Sarvodaya Mandal has been organising many programmes in jails with the aim of transforming jail inmates. Swati Sathe Superintendent of Arthur Road Jail has suggested that Mumbai Sarvodaya… Continue reading Jail Inmates Recite Prayer for Harmony
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International Appeal to Ban Cluster Bombs
(New York, 18 April 2008) Senior leaders of different faiths from Religions for Peace joined an international movement to help ban cluster bombs, which like landmines kill and maim innocent… Continue reading International Appeal to Ban Cluster Bombs
Religious Leaders Help Fight Global Poverty
(Washington, DC, 15 April 2008) Leaders of different faiths in Religions for Peace, the world’s largest and most representative multi-religious coalition, joined together with members of the international women’s and… Continue reading Religious Leaders Help Fight Global Poverty
50th Anniversary of the Potato Boycott
The 1952 Defiance Campaign by the African National Congress, that protesting against racial laws saw workers throughout the country respond in large numbers. It was the first time that Africans,… Continue reading 50th Anniversary of the Potato Boycott
Editorial Comment – April 2008
This year South Africa commemorates many significant anniversaries and in this edition we focus on the 50th Anniversary of the Potato Boycott, which drew attention to the repressive working and… Continue reading Editorial Comment – April 2008
Salt March Promotes Ubuntu
By Satyagraha Reporters This year’s Gandhi Salt March drew massive support from the public, national and provincial ministers and religious organizations. Thousands of people marched 22km from the Phoenix Settlement… Continue reading Salt March Promotes Ubuntu
Paddy Kearney Icon of Peace and Nonviolence
By Indhrannie Pillay Gerald Patrick Kearney, fondly referred to as Paddy, was born on 28 August 1942 in Pietermaritzburg. He matriculated from St Charles’ College in Pietermaritzburg in 1959. His… Continue reading Paddy Kearney Icon of Peace and Nonviolence
Gandhi and Satyagraha Validity and Relevance Part Two
By Dr C. Sheela Reddy, PhD Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science & Public Administration, SV University, Tirupati A three part series of a paper presented by Dr C Sheela… Continue reading Gandhi and Satyagraha Validity and Relevance Part Two
Biodiversity and Land Reforms – A Neglected Linkage
By S. Faizi, Trivandrum – India. [Faizi is a renowned ecologist specializing in international environmental policy. In the wake of South Africa’s redistribution of land and agricultural policy redevelopment, this… Continue reading Biodiversity and Land Reforms – A Neglected Linkage
Interest Rates and You
“Interest rates are prices for loanable funds or prices of funds invested lent out or borrowed for various periods of time” What are interest rates? Very often we hear economists… Continue reading Interest Rates and You