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Editor's Picks

G-20: Will the global economy resurface?
Walden Bello
The G20 summit is trying to resolve the crisis by recycling failed institutions that are part of the problem, thus unwittingly following Marx's maxim that history first repeats itself as tragedy, then as farce.

 

Profiting without producing
Marcos Arruda
The world financial system will collapse with disastrous consequences for the socio-economy and the environment, unless those who wield institutional power decide to change radically the role of money and indebtedness, and the underlying meaning of development.
See also New international financial institutions for a new global financial architecture

 

Possible break-up of the Euro area
Boris Kagarlitsky
The economic and social collapse in Eastern Europe poses an unprecedented threat to the EU project. Given that EU’s inflexible and authoritarian bodies are blocking countries from adopting the necessary crisis measures, maybe it is time to close this project and start a new one.

 

Climate crunch
Oscar Reyes
The economic crisis is leading to falling carbon emissions - so why is it not good for the climate?
See also We’re having a climate camp in the City

 

Inequality: Can the foreign aid industry help roll it back?
David Sogge
Throughout its 60 year history, the main purposes of foreign aid have been mercantile and political; rarely the goal was fighting poverty. Today's financial crisis offers an opportunity to challenge that and build a system that would focus on addressing social and economic inequalities.

 

Piracy and the digital revolution
Nick Buxton
Are teenagers freely swapping music, films and other files over the internet undermining corporate control of entertainment and creating a revolutionary culture of sharing and universal access to knowledge?

 


New publications

Changing the flow: Water movements in Latin America
Beverly Bell, Jeff Conant, Marcela Olivera, Crossley Pinkstaff, Philipp Terhorst
This booklet collects twelve brief interviews with water activists from Latin America as well as declarations from a historic gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in August 2008, where leading figures in the social movements of the Americas came together to envision the way forward for community-controlled water management. Critical reading for proponents of the Right to Water.

 

A partnership among equals?
The proposed EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) seeks to pry open Asian markets, resources and economies to EU investments and multinational corporations that will have far reaching impact on the region. This publication by the EU-ASEAN FTA campaign seeks to contribute towards an informed public debate on trade relationships between Southeast Asia and with Europe.

 


Global perspectives

The failed war on drugs in Mexico
Manuel Pérez Rocha
US counter-drug assistance to Mexico has contributed to 5700 drug-related deaths in 2008. Effective assistance should be focused on structural reforms to the police and judicial systems and include full observance of human rights and civil society participation.
See also Empire and Latin America in the Obama era

The unknown war
Boris Kagarlitsky
There is a quiet but grim war taking place on the streets of Moscow. Bands of fascists and anti-fascists are pitched in a brutal struggle that is rarely mentioned in public or in the mass media.
See also Seal protection - the Russian way

Next year’s news
Saul Landau
FBI Agents yesterday arrested Perverz Omit, a resident of Virginia, charged with several counts of murder for allegedly directing a bomb-laden drone into Washington DC’s Studwell Friends School.

Iraq in the balance
Fred Halliday
The contribution of Iraq's neighbours could be vital in turning uncertain progress into a definitive settlement of the country's conflicts.

What is withdrawing 'responsibly' from Iraq? (video)
Paul Jay talks to Phyllis Bennis
The Obama administration has a commitment to a major reduction in the size of the occupation, but there is no commitment to a real withdrawal.



Tribute to Smitu Kothari

Praful Bidwai, Susan George, Walden Bello pay tribute to Smitu Kothari, an inspiring Indian social movement leader who worked for de-militarisation and nuclear disarmament, against corporate globalization, and was active in building South Asian people's solidarity.

 

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Selección del editor

Las consecuencias de la crisis para el Sur serán devastadoras
Entrevista a Walden Bello, por Henning Heine
La economía mundial es como un submarino que, tocado, se halla en rápida caída hacia zonas abisales, y las consecuencias para el Sur serán devastadoras

 

Afganistán y Colombia, países de droga y conflicto
Amira Armenta
Los nuevos planes para Afganistán se parecen a los viejos planes para Colombia.

 

Otro PIB, otra realidad
Joan Subirats
La UE está culminando la revisión de la contabilidad nacional, que incluiría la alteración de los parámetros de medición del PIB. La sorpresa está en que los cambios propuestos no apuntan a una medición más integral de la riqueza y del bienestar, sino que se pretende incluir actividades como la prostitución, el contrabando y el tráfico de drogas en el cálculo del PIB.

 


Perspectiva global

Tercer sector social
Joan Subirats
La política no se acaba en las instituciones, pero las carencias de la esfera gubernamental no pueden ocultarse por la acción solidaria y el esfuerzo civil. Cada quien ha de asumir las responsabilidades que le corresponden.

Noticias del año que viene
Saul Landau
Agentes del FBI arrestaron ayer a Perverzo Omit, residente de Virginia, acusado de varias causas de asesinatos por supuestamente dirigir un avión sin piloto cargado de explosivos contra la Escuela Amigos de Studwell en Washington.

New from our network

The Wrong Direction: Why the EU-India free trade agreement will not help India through the economic crisis
TRAIDCRAFT

India-EU Free Trade Agreement: Should India open up the banking sector? (PDF)
Kavaljit Singh
Madhyam.org.in

Long-awaited ruling on indigenous lands in Brazil comes at a price
FIAN

Tribunal Supremo de Brasil confirma demarcación de tierra indígena
FIAN

Transforming the world in crisis
Prague NGO declaration

www.rethinkingfinance.org

Globalisation and the Global Politics of Justice
Edited by Barry K. Gills

El crepúsculo de la era trágica del petróleo. Pico del oro negro y colapso financiero (y ecológico) mundial
Ramón Fernández Durán

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Economic Meltdown: The "Dollar Glut" is what finances America's global military build-up
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La superabundancia de dólares financia el fortalecimiento militar de EE.UU.
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La crisis financiera, guía para entenderla y explicarla
Juan Torres López en colaboración con Alberto Garzón Espinosa

Events

2-3 April
Global Progressive Forum
Watch coverage of Susan George: Making trade work for people
Brussels, Belgium

8 April
Impacts of EU-Andean Community Free Trade Agreement
Amsterdam, Netherlands

8 abril
Impactos del Tratado de libre comercio UE-Comunidad Andina

Amsterdam, Netherlands

16 – 19 abril
IV Cumbre de los Pueblos
Trinidad y Tobago

16 – 19 April
IV Summit of the People
Trinidad and Tobago

25-26 abril
Propuesta metodológica para el desarrollo de las jornadas de participación en el marco de la red estatal por los presupuestos participativos
Córdoba, España

23-25 April
World-Systems Analysis and the Challenges of the 21st Century
Campaign to challenge the G20

San Diego, California

13 - 15 August
The global food crisis
Susan George and Walden Bello speaking
Zacatecas, Mexico

In the media

Nuestra responsabilidad con África
Revista 80 dias, 31 marzo 

Milhares de pessoas pedem ao G20 mais justiça social
Ultimo segundo, 31 marzo 

From Oslo to Cádiz: “We will not pay for your crisis!”
newsdesk.se, 31 March

Tens of thousands join Put People First protest to demand economic justice
Socialist Worker, 31 March

Crisis will give rise to political changes in Russia
The Baltic course, 28 March

Mallika Sarabhai : MP Candidate from Gandhinagar for Lok Sabha 2009
webnewswire.com, 31 March 

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