Terry Collingsworth is a managing partner of the Conrad & Scherer Washington, D.C. office. As a labor and human rights attorney, he specializes in litigating cases that seek to hold multinational firms accountable for human rights violations in their global operations.
Joel R. Charny is the Vice President for Policy at Refugees International. He has extensive experience working in the areas of human rights and development.
John has a BA from Dartmouth College and a MA from Princeton University. He worked as an international economist for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (1978-1981) and the World Health Organization (1981-1982). He directed IPS's Global Economy...
Robin Broad is a professor of international development at American University and co-author of Development Redefined: How the Market Met Its Match.
Frida Berrigan serves on the Board of the War Resisters League and is a columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus.
Bama Athreya is the executive director of the International Labor Rights Forum, an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide.
In the current crisis on the Korean peninsula, the Obama administration is virtually repeating the 2004 Bush playbook, one that derailed a successful diplomatic agreement forged by the Clinton administration to prevent North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Only North Koreans can change North Korea. Attempting to impose a solution from outside – whether from Beijing, Seoul, or Washington – will just not work. North Koreans are a proud people, even more so after several decades of austerity and government-sponsored nationalism. Like Afghans and Iraqis, they will not take kindly, to say the least, to military invaders. And they know the limitations and leverage points of their society better than any outside political missionary bent on a softer version of regime change.
Chechen separatists — often Muslim — have fought side by side with Islamic extremists against the United States.
Even if you have not been to steamy Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, Mumbai’s well-known outdoor laundry facility, there is a chance that your clothing has. Densely packed against Mumbai’s central rail system, this iconic complex is the largest of many sites that collect, hand wash, dry, and deliver much of the city’s laundry. It’s also one of many reminders that the modern economy has not transcended the realities of undercompensated manual toil.