Making Rights Real: Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State (Chicago Series in Law and Society)
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
It's become commonplace to say we can't put the nuclear genie back in the bottle. There's a grain of truth to this, but it doesn't mean we can't still make complete nuclear disarmament a reality.
Kurashi - News From Japan (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
The Right Livelihood Foundation , which was founded in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull to "recognize work that he felt was ignored by the Nobel Prizes," will give an honorary award to David Suzuki. The prize will be handed out at the Swedish Parliament on December 4, 2009. The prize citation for Suzuki says: "For his lifetime advocacy of the socially responsible use of science, and for his...
CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
A Swedish award widely described as the "alternative Nobel prize" has gone to activists from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Australia and New Zealand. Rene Ngongo, of Greenpeace, was one of the recipients of the annual "Right Livelihood Award" for his efforts to protect the Congolese rain forest. Catherine Hamlin, an Australian doctor who lives in Ethiopia, was honoured for...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
A Congolese, a New Zealander and an Australian on Tuesday won the alternative Nobel prizes for their courage and contribution to environment protection, health care and non-proliferation. Rene Ngongo from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Alyn Ware from New Zealand and Catherine Hamlin from Australia will each receive 50,000 euros (74,000 U.S. dollars) with their Right Livelihood Awards, also known...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
A New Zealand peace activist is one of three people who have won Right Livelihood Awards, also known as the "alternative Nobel".The ?50,000 ($100,000) prize will be presented to Tauranga-born Alyn Ware, 47, in Stockholm on December...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Stockholm - Peace activist Alyn Ware of New Zealand has for some 25 years worked to promote peace and nuclear disarmament. On Tuesday, he was named co-winner of the 2009 Right Livelihood Award for these efforts. Ware, born in 1962, was a pioneer in i...
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