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3 February 2007, by Raúl Zibechi
Evo Morales’ First Year
If the first year government is enough time to assess the course of an administration, the one-year anniversary of Evo Morales (who took office on Jan. 22, 2006) finds him in the midst of a path (…) -
31 December 2006, by Walden Bello
GLOBALIZATION ON THE EDGE
When it first became part of the English vocabulary in the early 1990s, globalization was supposed to be the wave of the future. Fifteen years ago, the writings of globalist thinkers such as (…) -
15 December 2006, by Niko Kyriakou with Martin Markovits
Chavez’s Way Forward
Hugo Chavez’s resounding victory in well-monitored elections earlier this month shows that the self-styled socialist’s controversial leadership and big social spending have genuinely won over (…) -
25 November 2006, by Greg Albo
Empire’s Ally: Canadian Foreign Policy
Since the coming into power of the Stephen Harper Conservative government in January of this year, there has been much gnashing of teeth over the foreign policy stance of Canada. -
22 November 2006, by Donald Cucioletta
The Neoconservative Debacle
The George W. Bush presidencies of 2000 and 2004 were the beneficiaries of the conservative coalition, which came into existence under the Reagan administration of 8 years in the Whitehouse. -
22 November 2006, by Donald Cucioletta
After the Election
The results of the November 7th elections are in and the Democrats have wrested the majority in Congress from the Republicans. The Democrats will now preside in the House of Representatives and (…) -
20 November 2006
If we were Venezuelan we would vote for Chavez!
Venezuela is going to the polls again on December 3. For the twelfth time in a row, the Venezuelan people face the challenge of defeating their country’s right wing, which acts as the electoral (…) -
13 November 2006, by Mavis Anderson
No to US Interference
Fidel Castro’s recent announcement that he would temporarily transfer power to his brother Raul and others in the Cuban Government has led to much speculation about the course of events in both (…) -
6 November 2006, by Walden Bello
Chain-Gang Economics
"The world [is] investing too little," according to one prominent economist. "The current situation has its roots in a series of crises over the last decade that were caused by excessive (…) -
31 October 2006, by VANAIK Achin
Full speed ahead towards confrontations
Shinzo Abe’s accession to premiership in Japan accurately expresses and symbolizes the new Japan that has been in the making over the last few years under the tutelage of his predecessor, (…) -
23 October 2006
The Presidential Swindle
When balloting stopped on the evening of July 2nd at the end of Mexico’s 2006 presidential election, the eyes of the nation turned to the two main tv networks to await the result of exit polls. (…) -
12 October 2006, by Fred Halliday
The Left and the Jihad
The approaching fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States highlights an issue much in evidence in the world today, but one that receives too little historically-informed and (…) -
3 October 2006, by Walden Bello
The Collapse of Democracy
Even before Thaksin, Thai democracy was already in severe crisis owing to a succession of elected but do-nothing or exceedingly corrupt regimes since 1992. Its legitimacy was eroded even further (…) -
29 September 2006, by Raúl Zibechi |
Landless Workers Movement: The Difficult Construction of a New World
“Breaking down the fences of the large estates was not as difficult as fighting the technological packages of the transnationals,” Huli recounts as he sits in his kitchen and pours hot water into (…) -
25 September 2006, by
SAMY L. A.
Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation Work: Weakening Civil Society?
The relief and rehabilitation work that was supposed to have been commenced in the wake of the December 2004 catastrophic tsunami that claimed thousands of life-both human and animal and left many (…) -
23 September 2006, by Siddharth VARADARAJAN
Time to check the dangerous drift
The road map for the formation of an interim government with Maoist participation is more or less in place. But powerful forces are intervening to derail the process. -
21 September 2006
Hugo Chavez speaks ou at the UN
Representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you. First of all, I would like to invite you, very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it. Noam (…) -
17 September 2006, by Greg Palast
Will the real Hugo Chavez Stand-Up?
You’d think George Bush would get down on his knees and kiss Hugo Chávez’s behind. Not only has Chávez delivered cheap oil to the Bronx and other poor communities in the United States. And not (…) -
11 September 2006, by Siddharth VARADARAJAN
The quest for world order
The Manmohan Singh Government’s foreign policy may or may not be independent. What is certain is that it is not effective or imaginative. -
31 July 2006, by Walden Bello
Collapse Best for Developping Countires
THE COLLAPSE on Monday 24 July of the Doha Round of World Trade Organization negotiations in Geneva is one of the best things to happen to the developing world in a long while. -
31 July 2006
The IMF: Shrink it or Sink it: A Consensus Declaration and Strategy Paper
The following document was collectively drafted over a period of two months by representatives of organizations that attended the "Strategy Session on the International Monetary Fund" at the (…) -
24 July 2006, by ANTENTAS Josep Maria
Resistance to neoliberalism
The victory of the African National Congress (ANC) in the democratic elections of 1994 marked the end of apartheid in South Africa, after a long period of negotiations between the forces of the (…) -
27 June 2006
National Initiative to save the country
Based on the high sense of national and historical responsibility and due to the dangers facing our people and for the sake of reinforcing and consolidating the Palestinian internal front and (…) -
26 June 2006
Legitimate resistance
bitterlemons: After Sunday’s operation at Kerem Salem/Shalom, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is threatening that the era of Israeli restraint is over. What is your reaction? Sarraj: Well we have (…) -
13 June 2006, by Peter Rauschenberger
Building a People’s Movement in “really existing capitalist” Hungary
15 years have passed since in our country the soviet type political and economic system was replaced by capitalism and multi-party representative democracy. The task of building a solid framework (…) -
5 May 2006, by Daniel CHAVEZ
The watering down of people power in Porto Alegre
Between 1989, when the radical Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, the Workers’ Party) won the election for mayor, and 2004, when its candidate was defeated, the government and people of Porto Alegre, (…) -
4 May 2006, by Raúl Zibechi
Between Neoliberalism and Leftist Governments
After scoring resounding victories, the indigenous movements of South America are encountering new challenges, both on an institutional and state level, that they have not been able to answer. (…) -
4 May 2006, by Roger BURBACH
Bolivia’s radical realignment under Evo Morales
With the nationalization of Bolivia’s natural gas and petroleum resources President Evo Morales, the country’s first Indian president, is dramatically reshaping his country’s destiny. On 1 May he (…) -
4 May 2006
Background on the Insurrection in Nepal
Nepal is in the midst of a veritable civil war. Renowned military scientist Clausewitz said that war is a continuation of politics. But Nepal is witnessing a peculiar situation in which politics (…) -
3 May 2006
Palestinian unioins criticise "Blackmail" by donors and call on Hamas to protect workers benefits
Seventeen powerful Palestinian trade unions have accused Western governments of "blackmail" for withholding aid from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian National Authority (PNA), while demanding that (…) -
24 April 2006, by Marjorie P. LASKY
Women in Iraqi Kurdistan
The study of Iraqi women’s lives is complicated by the fact that Iraq is a country cobbled together from various ethnicities, tribes, social classes, and even religions, all of which influenced (…) -
7 April 2006, by Linn HJORT
Sexism, Youth and HIV in South Africa
The HIV/AIDS crisis in southern and South Africa has spread enormously wide and has caused a lot of social problems and individual suffering on a general level. Among all people living with (…) -
25 March 2006, by Jean NANGA
Mali and Niger: Neoliberal Globalisation vs the Poor
The year that has just ended has been rich in promises concerning the future of Africa. The big institutions of the capitalist metropolises have proclaimed their generous intentions: from Tony (…) -
20 March 2006, by Ray FULCHER
PAKISTAN: Kalabagh dam threatens livelihood of millions
Pakistani General Pervez Musharraf’s government plans to commence construction of a massive dam in 2016 on the Indus river at Kalabagh, near the border between the Punjab and North West Frontier (…) -
20 February 2006, by Edgardo LANDER
Racism and the Colonial Legacy in Venezuela
An analysis of the declarations of the opposition and a good portion of Venezuelan intellectuals, before and after the referendum, form the privileged limits for exploring the presence of colonial (…) -
4 December 2005, by Carlos TORRES
Elections in Venezuela:
After several attempts at deposing the government of President Hugo Chávez various right wing political groups decided to withdraw from the parliamentary elections that took place Sunday, December (…) -
24 November 2005, by Patrick Bond
Dispossessing Africa’s Wealth
Exactly how much wealth does Africa lose every year? Third World repayments of $340 billion each year flow northwards to service a $2.2 trillion debt, more than five times the G8’s development aid (…)