Casino Crash: the end of neo-liberalism? (Video)
The greatest financial crisis since the Wall Street crash of 1929 has been met by an unprecedented set of government actions to stem the tide of destruction. But is there also a coming sea change in economic theory and practice, as well as in politics, in the shift from a free market to intervention in the market? Video clip of the TNI seminar on the crisis.

Global water crisis: Partnerships for the future
Vibhu Nayar and V. Suresh
Public Public Partnerships (PUPs) in the area of public services like water and sanitation have achieved remarkable successes worldwide by forging open, democratic and dynamic relationships between state institutions and communities, providing a strong example for movements against privatisation.
See also Water to the people, by Arvind Sivaramakrishnan

Skewed priorities: How the bailouts dwarf other global crisis spending
Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh and Janet Redman
The approximately $4.1 trillion that the United States and European governments have committed to rescue financial firms is 40 times the money they’re spending to fight climate and poverty crises in the developing world.

Territorial restructuring and the grounding of agrarian reform: Indigenous communities, gold mining and the World Bank
Eric Holt-Giménez
The World Bank’s programme for market-led land reform in Guatemala complements its strategy for opening the Western Highlands to extractive industries – both of which are grounded in helping capital and certain firms to capture markets and rents. Resistance by agrarian reform movements will need to unmask the Bank’s goals, identify fissures in their alliances, take direct action and put forward proposals for redistributive territorial reform.

Das gefährlichste Land der Welt?
Jochen Hippler
Seit dem 11. September 2001 ist Pakistan eines der Schlüsselländer im Kampf gegen den Terrorismus und wird von den USA aufgerüstet - während man sich zugleich weltweit Sorgen macht, ob das Land zerbrechen oder unter die Kontrolle militanter Extremisten geraten könnte.

La agenda para el cambio de Obama y la Cumbre de las Américas 2009
Rick Arnold y Manuel Pérez-Rocha
La victoria electoral de Barack Obama supone una nota de esperanza por un cambio en las relaciones de los Estados Unidos con América Latina, pero deberá trabajar contrarreloj para demostrar la nueva dirección política en la V Cumbre de las Américas que tendrá lugar en Trinidad y Tobago en abril de 2009.

Cultivos de uso ilícito y ecocidio
Germán Andrés Quimbayo Ruiz
Una reflexión comparativa sobre el impacto de los cultivos ilícitos, la política antinarcóticos y otros sectores económicos en los ecosistemas y el ambiente en Colombia.

Melancolía política
Joan Subirats
La noticia de la cumbre de Washington en las páginas de economía no es sino una confirmación de la servidumbre de la política institucional actual a las necesidades prioritarias de las élites económico-financieras, disfrazadas una vez más de "intereses generales".
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