HIC Takes on COP21
HIC is participating in the current Conference of Parties, also known as COP21, which is gathering the 195 countries that have joined and ratified the UN Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) following the Rio Earth
Published : 05 December 2015
Sudan: No Water, Power because of Dams
The people living in villages affected by the construction of two dams in eastern Sudan complain of a “complete cessation of water and electricity services for four months”. When building began on the dams on the
Published : 03 December 2015
Right to the City in Africa
JOHANNESBURG—“This is what I have dreamed of for a long time,” said TJ Ngongoma of Abahlali baseMjondolo. TJ was referring to a pan-African people’s movement of struggling inhabitants and activists on the continent to transform
Published : 30 November 2015
Israel/Palestine: Judaizing the Galilee, Again
Galilee/Naqab Minister Aryeh Deri: “The plan will create tourist attractions and jobs.” Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee Aryeh Deri, intends to spend NIS 20 million on developing sites of religious significance, among
Published : 09 November 2015
Israel Strategy: Gas $ for Land & Space Domination
PM to bypass antitrust chief on Israel gas agreement Statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published in Globes outline the strategy for gas revenues to fund state priorities, including creation of a satellite industry and
Published : 06 November 2015
Urban Gardening could thrive in Egypt
From Berlin to Medellín, Toronto to Dakar, urban gardening is growing in popularity. City dwellers around the world are cultivating their own food in small gardens, on rooftops, in abandoned lots and other scraps of
Published : 06 November 2015
Urban Gardening in Cairo?
Urban gardening could thrive in Egypt, if the state stays out of the way From Berlin to Medellín, Toronto to Dakar, urban gardening is growing in popularity. City dwellers around the world are cultivating their own
Published : 06 November 2015
Democratic Land Control and Human Rights
In this article, we argue that democratic land control is inseparable from human rights. It is important to understand demands for democratic land control in the context of broadly distinct political conditions that in turn
Published : 02 November 2015
Palestine: Israel Legalizes 800 Settler Homes
JERUSALEM: Israel has retroactively legalised some 800 homes in four settlements in the occupied West Bank, the interior ministry said. They included 377 homes in the Yakir settlement, 187 in Itmar and 94 in Shilo in
Published : 31 October 2015
