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    Farmer by Farmer, an Organic Transition
    February 2011
    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?

    Global Crisis: A Russian Perspective
    January 2011
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    The world systems analysis is failing to explain and respond to the current crisis in global capitalism.

    The Return of Fascism
    December 2010
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    The logic of Russian fascists has always stood in sharp contrast to the logic and traditions of the development of the nation.

    When world recession knocks at the door it's time to change
    October 2010
    Marcos Arruda

    Since economic growth dependent on fossil fuels cannot persist, we must challenge the financial market ideology which continues to take precedence over human well being and the evironment.

    Controlling People Through Language
    September 2010
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    Market reforms have given rise to new revisions of the language, and all personal activities are now expressed in terms of buying and selling.

    Small country, big struggle
    September 2010
    Mike Marqusee

    Might Western leaders' silence on the human rights abuses of Swaziland's repressive and venal monarchy, compared to the frequently expressed outrage at Zimbabwe's Mugabe, have something to do with King Mswati's enthusiasm for neoliberalism and western corporations?

    Lenin’s Loss Is Stalin’s Gain
    April 2010
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    The dumbing-down of the masses is the primary achievement of the last two decades of so-called "reform” in Russia. Society has changed radically, and the mechanism by which cultural identity is formed has been seriously undermined, if not completely destroyed.

    The Class War on Leninsky Prospekt
    March 2010
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    Protests sparked by last month’s fatal car accident in Moscow reveal the depth and scale of the anti-corporate mood in today’s Russia.

    The three legacies of Darwin
    January 2010
    Achin Vanaik

    The legacy of Darwin is not only the knowledge that there is a biological continuum between the animal and the human worlds, but also that there is a link between culture and nature. If only mainstream economics could learn from the life sciences which Darwin did so much to nourish, it might...

    Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge launched
    November 2009
    Hilary Wainwright

    An international coalition has launched Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge as a response to the recent agreement of the European Commission on the “protection” of Internet access, brought under the pressure of the lobbies of the culture industry.

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