An Article by George Monbiot, British writer and political activist, published at "The Guardian" on April 30, 2012
A one-sided justice sees weaker states punished as rich nation... 
An article by Tiberio Graziani, President of IsAG – Institute for Advanced Studies in Geopolitics and Auxiliary Sciences, director of Geopolitica, Journal of IsAG
The structurin... 
An Article by Javier Solana, President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics, for El País, published at "The Guardian" on March 29, 2011
Our role as a bridge b... 
An Arcticle by Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor Emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, published at Outlookindia.com on May 10, 2012
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An Interview with Joseph Stiglitz, professor at Columbia University and a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, published at U.S.News &a... 
A Note by Kamran Mofid, Founder of the NGO "Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative", published at his Blog on May 7, 2012
Voters in France and Greece d... 
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is being observed by the United Nations for the 10th time on May, 21
Initially the Universal De... 
Opening address by Founding President of the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations" Vladimir Yakunin at the opening of the Plenary Meeting of the 9th ... 
The second part of Interview with Walter Mignolo, William H. Wannamaker Professor and Director, Center for Global studies and the Humanities, Duke University ... 
- Written by WPF Dialogue of Civilizations
- Published on 21 May 2012
World Day for Cultural Diversity
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is being observed by the United Nations for the 10th time on May, 21
Initially the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity had been adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at its thirty-first session on November 2, 2001. The Declaration was later welcomed by the UN General Assembly. Adoption of this document occurred soon after September 11th terrorist attacks and became a reaction on the growing conflict potential in the globalizing world.
Reality of the modern world, where interdependence of nations gets stronger, makes it urgent the preservation of humankind’s cultural diversity. Simultaneously globalization processes often cause conflicts between nations, thus contributing to atmosphere of intolerance on a global scale.
- Written by Outlookindia.com
- Published on 17 May 2012
Noam Chomsky
An Arcticle by Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor Emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, published at Outlookindia.com on May 10, 2012
The Occupy movement has been an extremely exciting development. Unprecedented, in fact. There’s never been anything like it that I can think of. If the bonds and associations it has established can be sustained through a long, dark period ahead — because victory won’t come quickly - it could prove a significant moment in American history.
The fact that the Occupy movement is unprecedented is quite appropriate. After all, it’s an unprecedented era and has been so since the 1970s, which marked a major turning point in American history. For centuries, since the country began, it had been a developing society, and not always in very pretty ways. That’s another story, but the general progress was toward wealth, industrialization, development, and hope. There was a pretty constant expectation that it was going to go on like this. That was true even in very dark times.
- Written by WPF Dialogue of Civilizations
- Published on 16 May 2012
Vladimir Yakunin
Opening address by Founding President of the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations" Vladimir Yakunin at the opening of the Plenary Meeting of the 9th Annual Session of the Rhodes Forum, October 7, 2011
Only real involvement in the life processes of the whole world allows us to ensure appropriate perception and response to the challenges of the modern age, to conscientiously create scenarios and prerequisites for the future beyond the boundaries of one’s own identity, and, most importantly, to sustain the diversity of humankind.
- Written by U.S.News & World Report
- Published on 15 May 2012
Joseph Stiglitz
An Interview with Joseph Stiglitz, professor at Columbia University and a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, published at U.S.News & World Report on September 10, 2006
Not only is the world not flat, but also there is growing inequality around the world, and there is a growing gap between the rich and the poor. The world is becoming less flat as that inequity grows. One way to think about globalization is simply the lowering of transport and communications costs. As we become more interdependent we need to solve together a whole host of problems. If the world is going to do it, we should do so in a way that reflects our fundamental values: democracy, fairness, respect for the individual, concern for the poor.
- Written by Hong Kong Advanced Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies
- Published on 14 May 2012
Walter Mignolo
The second part of Interview with Walter Mignolo, William H. Wannamaker Professor and Director, Center for Global studies and the Humanities, Duke University (Interviewed by Christopher Mattison), published by Hong Kong Advanced Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies of City University of Hong Kong on April 19, 2012
...the concept of the communal requires, like many other concepts, to be clearly defined so that it is not confused with and appropriated by what is known as Western ideas of “the common good" or "the common wealth” and of the “commons”: The first is liberal, the second Marxist. The communal is neither liberal nor Marxist, but decolonial. The communal is a way to advance one of the legacies of the Bandung Conference: neither capitalism nor communism, but decoloniality.
