Resistance & Alternatives

The Apple Connection

February 2012
Walden Bello

iPad and iPhone are engineering masterpieces, but they also epitomise the social relations of production today where capital is free and labour is repressed.

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.

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.

Eric Holt-Giménez: What's wrong with the industrial food system and the challenges facing food justice movements

January 2012
Eric Holt-Giménez

In the industrial or corporate food regime, hunger is a staple commodity. Agrarian and food justice movements have come a long way in building an alternative system, but there are still many challenges.

Olivier de Schutter: What is agroecological farming? And why should it be upscaled?

January 2012
Olivier de Schutter

The food crisis and the environmental crisis are two sides of one coin, so any solution to hunger and food security must also be sustainable and contribute to ecological integrity.

 

Dismantling the Power of TNCs & Reclaiming Development Alternatives

December 2011

In spite of the collapse of the neoliberal model in the face of systemic crises, the TNCs are repositioning and reinventing themselves. How can social movements and civil society better campaign against these corporate crimes and develop strategies to dismantle corporate power.

Ireland’s Debt Crisis: Roots and Reactions

November 2011
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 policies should be countered by a transparent debt audit.

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Civil Society Gaining Ground

November 2011
Tom Kramer

Local organisations have adopted different strategies towards the authoritarian government in Burma. Focussing on the dynamics of civil society Tom Kramer looks into the possibilities and risks of growing international interest in engagement with these groups.

Hunger, Food and (Agroecological) Alternatives

November 2011

Today, a billion people live in hunger. Can we feed the world and achieve economic development while conserving ecosystems and improving the livelihoods of peasants and the rural poor?

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 more neoliberal austerity lying down. The question already being asked by many observers is - where to now for the popular demonstrations?