by John Feffer, Emily Schwartz Greco | Dec 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
The United States wasn’t the only country transformed by the social activism of the 1960s. Peace activists, Greens, and cultural hippies practically turned Germany upside down. And the man who has symbolized this thoroughgoing change more than any other German...
by Chiara Becker, Erik Leaver | Dec 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
A distinct mixture of cross-cultural communication, intra-gender relations, and love of all things soccer, Football Under Cover (2008) documents the story of one German recreational female soccer team’s quest to play a historical game of soccer against the...
by fpifadmin | Nov 3, 2008 | War & Peace
As Arianna Huffington writes, “the thing about $3,000,000,000,000 is that, at a certain point, it becomes hard to ignore.” Pundits are saying we’re already in a recession. The connection between the war and the economy is increasingly clear and...
by John Feffer | Oct 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
One of the most profound migrations in history is taking place today. Cities are swelling all over the world with the influx of farmers and peasants. But it is in China, the world’s most populous country, that this great migration has the potential to remake...
by John Feffer, Emily Schwartz Greco | Oct 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
A little over a decade after a terrifying genocide left a million people dead, Rwanda has recovered enough to become a tourist destination in central Africa. As veteran journalist Stephen Kinzer reports in his new book A Thousand Hills, Rwanda is an orderly, peaceful,...
