Marginalisation of the majority world

A complex interplay of discrimination, global poverty, inequality and deepening socio-economic divisions, together make for key elements of global insecurity. While overall global wealth has increased, the benefits of this economic growth have not been equally shared. The rich-poor divide is actually growing, with a very heavy concentration of growth in relatively few parts of the world, and poverty getting much worse in many other regions. The ‘majority world’ of Asia, Africa and Latin America feel the strongest effects of marginalisation as a result of global elites, concentrated in North America and Europe, striving to maintain political, cultural, economic and military global dominance.

India's 21st-century war

Paul Rogers | Open Democracy | November 2009

Issues:Climate change, Global militarisation, Marginalisation

Tagss:India, Maoists, Naxalite insurgency

In an age of climate change and deepening inequality, the spreading Naxalite insurgency in India - not al-Qaida - may show the world its future.

This article was originally posted on openDemocracy.

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Posted on 11/11/09

Gorbachev - Twenty years after the fall of Berlin wall the world is no fairer

Mikhail Gorbachev | The Guardian | November 2009

Issue:Marginalisation

Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Berlin wall, one of the shameful symbols of the cold war and the dangerous division of the world into opposing blocks and spheres of influence. Today we can revisit the events of those times and take stock of them in a less emotional and more rational way.

Original article published in the Guardian and based on an address delivered to the World Political Forum conference, 'Twenty Years After: The World(s) Beyond the Wall' held in Italy, 9-10 October 2009.  

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Posted on 8/11/09

The heart of India is under attack

Arundhati Roy | guardian.co.uk | October 2009

Issues:Climate change, Competition over resources, Marginalisation

Odd, isn't it, that even after the Mumbai attacks of 26/11, the government was prepared to talk with Pakistan? It's prepared to talk to China. But when it comes to waging war against the poor, it's playing hard

This article was originally posted in the guardian.co.uk's comment is free section.

Picture: Dongria Kondh’s Sacred Mountain in Orissa (angryindian.blogspot.com)

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Posted on 4/11/09

Women debate a new way forward for the World's financial system

Ruth Sunderland | The Observer | October 2009

Issue:Marginalisation

Many in the west are blind to the fact that poverty and social injustice create a breeding ground for conflict. "An Iraqi youth recently said to me that if he and his family were hungry and he couldn't get a job, he would go to fight with whoever will pay him".

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Posted on 18/10/09

Share the World's Resources (www.stwr.org)

Issue:Marginalisation

Tag:WEBSITE

This website presents an extensive database of the latest news, analysis and information on a variety of international issues. There are currently over 2,000 articles available covering issues ranging from globalization to poverty, climate change, people power and much more.

The objectives of Share the World's Resources are Read more »

A world in need: The case for sustainable security

Paul Rogers | Open Democracy | September 2009

Issues:Climate change, Competition over resources, Global militarisation, Marginalisation

A hurricane of crises across the world - financial meltdown, economic recession, social inequality, military power, food insecurity, climate change - presents governments, citizens and thinkers with a defining challenge: to rethink what "security" means in order to steer the world to a sustainable course.  The gap between perilous reality and this urgent aspiration remains formidable.

SustainableSecurity.org Associate Editor Paul Rogers, highlights the need for fresh, effective and transforming approaches to security. 

This article was originally posted on openDemocracy

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Posted on 12/09/09