Category Archives: General

How Brazil And China Are Investing In Africa

Posted on November 10, 2015 by agogo22

After the economic slow-down, inflation and recession – and perhaps, some most pessimistic might say, the eminent down-fall of BRICS, all eyes turn to Africa as the new best thing regarding investments. Brazil and China have already been investing heavily … Continue reading →

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Autumn in Manchester. 

Posted on November 8, 2015 by agogo22

  

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Migrant solidarity in London and Manchester

Posted on November 7, 2015 by agogo22

Two activists, Ewa Barker and Kate Bradley, discuss their involvment in migrant solidarity in London and Manchester Ewa Barker initiated Manchester to Calais. Here she explains the dynamic within the movement in Manchester The response to our page on Facebook was … Continue reading →

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Gary Smith: Capturing the Life of Human Streets

Posted on November 7, 2015 by agogo22

I encountered the photographic work of Gary Smith Some years ago through our mutual interest in Favela Rocinha. Since then my life has been enriched consistently by the candor and humanity of the way he documents the lives of people. … Continue reading →

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Bringing Abortion into the Brazilian Public Debate: Legal Strategies for Anencephalic Pregnancy

Posted on November 6, 2015 by agogo22

Luís Roberto Barroso, “Bringing Abortion into the Brazilian Public Debate: Legal Strategies for Anencephalic Pregnancy,” Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies ed. Rebecca J. Cook, Joanna N. Erdman, and Bernard M. Dickens (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014) pp 258-278, … Continue reading →

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Street Market

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

Originally posted on The Final Third:
The scene in the market looks like a painting, each vegetable and fruit washed clean and placed just so. Palettes of garlic cloves mix with an unending size and color of hot peppers swirled…

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1.4 million Brazilians sign zero deforestation bill

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

Campaigners deliver 1.4 million signatures supporting the zero deforestation bill to the Brazilian congress Photo © Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado. For the past three years, Greenpeace Brazil has been collecting signatures in support of a bill to establish a zero deforestation … Continue reading →

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A penguin saved from an oil slick and the unusual friendship with a man in a Brazilian fishing village

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

By Sophie McAdam | Truce Activist   In 2011, João Pereira De Souza found a penguin on the beach of his home in South-East Brazil. The bird, a Magellanic penguin, was covered in oil and needed serious TLC. De Souza … Continue reading →

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ARCA, an arched retreat in the Brazilian rainforest | Atelier Marko Brajovic

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

The humid forest of Brazil’s Costa Verde is the setting for this unusual small house. Nicknamed “Arca” (“Ark”) by the locals for its resemblance to an overturned vessel, the arched house was built as a getaway by architect Marko Brajovic. … Continue reading →

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Apocalyptic London

Posted on November 3, 2015 by agogo22

Originally posted on City Jackdaw:
As fog blanketed parts of the country, this amazing photograph was tweeted by passenger Sarah Wells as she flew into London, showing the skyline of our engulfed capital. “Flew into foggy London. Views are beautiful-this…

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