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Jail Inmates Recite Prayer for Harmony
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 Mandal teach an all religion prayer to 2800 inmates of different religions. The prayer has been tailor-made for these inmates with the aim of spreading…
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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 civilians indiscriminately. More than 60 senior religious leaders from Religions for Peace signed an international appeal by faith leaders to ban cluster bombs. The worldwide…
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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 development communities to launch a new initiative that places women and girls at the center of the fight against global poverty. An unprecedented US$1.5 billion…
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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, Indians, Coloureds and Whites participated together in resisting apartheid laws. As a result of this successful campaign, a nation-wide movement was launched to convene a…
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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 living conditions of farm labourers. Satyagraha also pays tribute to freedom fighter Chris Hani, a stalwart of the South African liberation struggle. This year we…
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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 in Inanda to the Battery Beach in Durban in the spirit of peace and non-violence. The march was held on Sunday 20 April 2008 and…
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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 tertiary education spanned over thirteen years starting from 1960 to 1973 and culminated in a Fullbright Scholarship to obtain a Masters in Education in Ohio.…
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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 Reddy at the Satyagraha Centenary Conference in New Delhi, India The theory of Satyagraha sees means and ends as inseparable. The means used to obtain…
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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 article can be an important guideline.] Agricultural biodiversity was a key item on the agenda of the just concluded meeting in Rome of the scientific…
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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 talking about them, but what do they mean in your life? It is important for ordinary citizens to have an understanding of what this rate…