Strengthening Regionalism
The role of the state in Southern Africa Amongst many other analyses and debates, the more extensive awareness of the active role of the state and of states in the purportedly highly successful...
View ArticlePoor recovery, high costs
Praful BidwaiThe Great Recession shows no clear signs of ending, but conservative solutions to it have already wrought great long-term social damage.read more
View ArticleEmancipatory transformation and alternative development paths within and from...
Alternative ‘regional’ South-South alliances and strategies hold out the most promising possibilities for shifting the global balance of power and creating living non-capitalist alternativesread more
View ArticleFood shouldn't be a pokerchip
Sarah AndersonExcessive speculating makes for yo-yoing corn prices, pushing millions of people into hunger, while big-time gamblers exit in a stampede as soon as the price bubble threatens to pop.read...
View ArticleThe limits of Chinese expansionism
Subtitle: TNI foresees conflicts surrounding Chinese large-scale investments Authors External author(s): Shawn W. Crispin China's fast growing capital expansion within South East Asia is raising...
View ArticleWasted, ravaged, destroyed: a plea for an end to this disastrous economic model.
Susan GeorgeCapitalism isthegreatestwastemachineinventedby mankind: the naturalresourcesof ourplanet have been plundered, and the socialcosts are enormous. read more
View ArticleFarmer by Farmer, an Organic Transition
John Cavanagh Robin Broad After decades of chemicals, farmers in the Philippines are seeing the benefits of organic farming. But what convinced them to make the switch in the first place?read more
View ArticleVoices from the World Social Forum
Susan GeorgeAlthough initiated as a counter-forum to Davos, the World Social Forum has evolved beyond it now, focusing on the root causes of problems facing humanity and developing real alternatives as...
View ArticleThe Coming Global Food Fight
John Cavanagh Robin Broad As anger mounts in response to rising global food prices, small-scale farms rooted in local markets are showing how to avert international disaster and lead the way to "food...
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 ArticleAusterity, debt, social destruction in Europe: Stop!
LocationEuropean ParliamentBrusselsBelgium50° 51' 1.224" N, 4° 21' 6.156" E Coordinate our strengths - Democratic alternatives are necessary and possible! 31 May 2011Event location: European...
View ArticleThe Land Deal Politics Initiative
LDPI Small Grant Competition Part 2 – 2011-12: Call for applications The Land Deal Politics Initiative calls for applications to their small grant competition. Grants are available to undertake...
View ArticleIreland’s Debt Crisis: Roots and Reactions
Andy Storey The Celtic Tiger might just find its strength and appetite for action in the growth of left leaning electorates and local citizens initiatives. The tailspin of economy caused by austerity...
View ArticleAlternatives to neo-liberal globalisation
Where and how? Alternatives to neo-liberal globalisation are needed that not only change people-to-people and South-South relations and situations, but also South-North relations and inter-actions to...
View ArticleA Peoples' vision for a just and inclusive Asia and Europe
Recommendations to the ASEM summit One week before the official Asia-Europe government meeting (ASEM) gathers in Milan, over 400 people from 42 countries in Europe and Asia gathered at the 10th...
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