El Salvador’s Self-Proclaimed Dictator Is On Trial
September 27, 2024 | Nayib Bukele is persecuting water defenders on trumped up charges. In reality, he’s the one on trial.
Articles by John Cavanagh
Is Mining Money Behind the Arrest of Salvadoran Water Defenders?
February 1, 2023 | The five detainees include leaders of the campaign that won the world’s first metals mining ban in 2017 -- a ban the cash-strapped government may be moving to overturn.
Water Is Life. Can We Protect It?
March 17, 2021 | Americans will have to fight hard to protect their water from corporate greed. They can learn a lot from El Salvador.
Trump Isn’t the First to Threaten WHO, but His Threat Is the Most Dangerous
May 4, 2020 | The story line from Reagan to Trump is the same: undermining global public health to serve narrow interests. Only now, we’re in a pandemic.
Russia and America: Confronting Empire
June 30, 2015 | Many Russians and Americans would rather see their governments helping other countries than hurting them. That means facing some hard truths.
What the Nobel Committee Got Right
November 4, 2014 | In calling out corporations for profiting off child labor, Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi recognized that you can't have peace without justice.
Meet the Company Suing El Salvador for the Right to Poison Its Water
September 3, 2014 | In an obscure World Bank court, a multinational mining firm is suing El Salvador for attempting to protect its citizens from deadly mining pollution.
The Moment for Climate Justice
May 7, 2014 | As global civil society calls for a renewable energy revolution, the U.S. Congress is considering an African energy initiative that leaves the door wide open to fossil fuels.
Responding to Haiyan: A Typhoon Tax
November 21, 2013 | We need a national climate response to match the scale of the Philippines typhoon and the extreme weather happening in other parts of the world.
An Agreement on Arms — With No Teeth
April 3, 2013 | While the Arms Trade Treaty doesn't do anything to affect American gun owners, it's so weak that it doesn't seem to affect anybody at all.