The World Crisis and Beyond - Building a New Global Solidarity
This declaration is the outcome of an international conference on alternatives and transformation paths to overcome the regime of crisis-capitalism, that took place in Brussels in October 2009. Organised by The Transnational Institute, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and World Forum for Alternatives.
Recent publications from Alternative Regionalisms
Crisis and alternativesIn the long term we have to transcend capitalism as it cannot ensure a decent livelihood for all nor is it compatible with preserving necessary ecological balances. In the short-term we must start out with basic social democratic demands. |
Occupy the left or ignore it?Why the traditional Left needs to understand, be willing to be challenged, and fully embrace the Occupy and Indignado movements. |
Financial Governance Beyond the CrisisDr. Pedro Paez talks about the creation of a new financial architecture in Latin America, based on principles of redistribution, environmental sustainability and social cohesion rather than market principles that dominated the old architecture. |
The impact of free trade on the financial crisis … and vice versaBehind the currency wars and the worsening global economic crisis lies a largely unquestioned free trade model that both contributed to the crisis and, without radical reform, is a major obstacle to overcoming it. |
