Global Crisis: A Russian Perspective
Interview information Interviewee(s): Boris KagarlitskyThe world systems analysis is failing to explain and respond to the current crisis in global capitalism.Multimediaread more
View ArticleVideo: Re-orienting the Left: India
MultimediaNo single political movement in India should assume that it represents the nucleus of a radical left alternative, but be ready to build principled alliances.read more
View ArticleBolivia right to reject Cancun climate farce
Subtitle: Nick Buxton on Bolivia's unique stance at Cancun Authors External author(s): Simon Butler Bolivia alone stood up to the world at December’s UN climate conference in Cancun, Mexico; daring...
View ArticleCrack capitalism or reclaim the state
A debate Hilary Wainwright John Holloway Fascinating debate between two leading left thinkers on whether the state can be democratised, how labour can be empowered and the best ways to confront...
View ArticleAnother missed opportunity
Obama in Latin America Manuel Perez RochaObama's trip to Latin America: about gaining economic advantages, ignoring historical and recent diplomatic interferences and strategically placed...
View ArticleAccepting Fait Accompli
Achin VanaikIndia should not use the Mazen-Beilin understandings of October 1995 as a base for foreign policy regarding the Israel - Palestine conflict. Any outline of parameters based on this document...
View ArticleGlobal Inequalities, Alternative Regionalism and the Future of Socialism
Tom ReiferThis paper examines global inequalities and the future of capitalism and socialism through an investigation of the oligarchic wealth on which the current global order is based and also looks...
View ArticleSupranational governance: a challenge to building resilient states and peace
David SoggeIn troubled areas, the vital work of building peace and resilient states continues to be undone by weak and distorted governance at the supranational level. read more
View ArticleCritical Perspectives and Alternative Solutions to the Eurozone Crisis
Governing the EU TNI2011 witnessed the implementation of some of the most comprehensive undemocratic structural changes in the EU since the Lisbon Treaty. Alternative proposals for a progressive exit...
View ArticleThe Apple Connection
Walden BelloiPad and iPhone are engineering masterpieces, but they also epitomise the social relations of production today where capital is free and labour is repressed.read more
View ArticleRising Powers and the Future of Global Governance
LocationThe University of SussexBrightonUnited Kingdom50° 50' 34.5876" N, 0° 7' 52.7232" WSee map: Google Maps16 May 2012 - 17 May 2012Event location: The University of SussexBrightonUnited KingdomSee...
View ArticleDangerous Weapons
How International Investment Rules Undermine Social and Environmental Justice Across the world, citizens and social movements are mounting strong and effective campaigns to fight the environmental and...
View ArticleIndia’s fading regional influence: Falling between two stools
Praful BidwaiIndia’s neighbourhood is in great turmoil, but New Delhi seems unable to fashion a coherent, balanced, mature and self-confident response to it. In particular, India has dealt with Sri...
View ArticleThe Great European Fire Sale
A visual overview of privatisation of public services and assets enforced on crisis countries by the European Commission and European Central Bank. And the popular resistance movements to defend public...
View ArticleTax the Rich
Lessons for India from the Human Development Report Praful BidwaiThe Human Development Report 2013 highlights the rise of the Global South as the main drivers of the world economy, but rapid economic...
View ArticleThatcher’s Voices in the Air
David SoggeKeynes, convinced of the power of ideas over that of “vested interests”, famously held that “Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic...
View ArticleOffshore firms not paying tax share
A LEADING international political economist has warned that democracy is being damaged by the insidious creep of transnational corporations into government policy and their refusal to adopt...
View ArticleTrade deal branded 'rule for the corporation by the corporation'
Susan George chairs the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She says the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement could give powerful companies the right to challenge domestic laws which restrict their...
View ArticleThe IISS Cartagena Dialogue: The Trans-Pacific Summit
LocationCartagenaColombiaThe IISS Cartagena Dialogue will focus on the developing relations between the Latin American states of the ‘Pacific Alliance’ and key countries from the Asia-Pacific.read more
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