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    An excess of democracy
    February 2012
    Hilary Wainwright

    The philosophy and experience of radical movements in the 1960s and 70s are in several ways complementary to the ideas of the direct action movements of today. Hilary Wainwright examines the possibility of forging a new kind of political economy by learning from the best of both of them.

    State of Corporate Power 2012
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    January 2012
    TNI

    Who are the global 1%? What companies do they run? How do they escape accountability? Check out TNI's powerful infographic displays that expose the social and environmental costs of global corporate power.

    The Davos Class
    January 2012
    Susan George

    The Davos class run our major institutions, know exactly what they want, and are well organized, but they have weaknesses too. For they are wedded to an ideology that isn't working and they have virtually no ideas nor imagination to resolve this.

    The War on Colombia’s Poor
    January 2012
    Ross Eventon

    The EU's proposed free trade agreement with Colombia will worsen the already serious human rights violations in the country, as its drive to access to cheap raw materials for European corporations means forcing local people off their land.

    The politics of climate change and the global crisis
    January 2012
    Praful Bidwai

    In his book Bidwai addresses the impacts of climate change and the politics of the international climate negotiations; and second, lndia as an example of an 'emerging economy' major polluter, which can potentially both aid or obstruct the fight against climate change.

    Critical Perspectives and Alternative Solutions to the Eurozone Crisis
    December 2011
    TNI

    2011 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 from the euro crisis are laid out here.

     

     

     

    European Democracy Now!
    November 2011
    TNI

    While banks and European leaders negotiate the next public bail out of private greed, and the financial speculation that caused the crisis continues unheeded, Europeans have shown that like many people around the world, from Tahrir to Syntagma Square and Wall Street, they are not going to take...

    Legalised Profiteering?
    November 2011
    Nick Buxton

    The secretive and lucrative world of international investment arbitration has enriched a small coterie of multi-billion dollar international firms, which actively promote and even help finance litigations against states and have fought fiercely to prevent changes to an unjust international...

    Will the Mercozy deal save Greece and the Euro?
    November 2011
    Susan George
    Fiona Dove
     Yiorgos Vassalos, Dominique Plihon, Kenneth Haar

    In a podcast debate, four activist researchers debate why the European Union is wedlocked to economic policies that will only worsen the crisis and further undermine democratic control of public budget.

     

     

    Occupy Wall Street: New politics and new milestones
    November 2011
    Phyllis Bennis

    The occupy movement has achieved an incredible and much-needed shake-up of a long-standing political stasis in the US and elsewhere, but it is crucial now to highlight the connection between failed foreign policy, bloated military spending and illegal wars, and the economic crisis at home.

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