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Editor's pick: Articles of the week

Bonfires for the global vanities
Phyllis Bennis
After eight dark years of devastating wars and consistent violations of international law, a new US administration will provide an opportunity for change, but it will take a powerful, mobilised anti-war movement to hold a new administration accountable for promises made.
 

The new US administration should propose global fiscal stimulus plan
Barry Gills suggests a strategy for a co-ordinated global fiscal stimulus plan that the incoming Obama/US team could propose in the forthcoming G20 summit negotiations.
 

A facilitating framework for free investment and capital
Myriam Vander Stichele explains the push for the liberalization of capital flows, investment and financial services and the push to make such liberalization binding. She concludes that the financial crisis may have a silver lining in finally allowing the debate about regulation needed to re-orient the financial system towards supporting society.
See also Bigger role for Financial Stability Forum (FSF)

 

Dehors la droite!
Entrevue avec Susan George par Guy Taillefer
La crise financière est une possibilité de restructuration citoyenne de l'économie.

 
The global economic crisis: An historic opportunity for transformation - multi-language
An initial response from individuals, social movements and non-governmental organisations in support of a transitional programme for radical economic transformation - added versions in seven languages
 


Global perspectives

The Swinging of the Pendulum: The Global Crisis and Beyond'
Barry Gills draws lessons from the global crisis and charts a new course towards greater and lasting social and economic stability, justice, and environmental sustainability.

Needed, a paradigm shift
V. Suresh and Vibhu Mayar
Water is a part of the global commons. Only new initiatives between the State and the citizen, based on transparency, can ensure fair access to water for everyone.

Trading our way into trouble? (Videos)
Although carbon trading doesn't have any track record of having reduced emissions effectively, it has been chosen as a main policy response to climate change because of its compatibility with the economic agenda of privatisation and the idea of the omnipotence of the market. In these video presentations, TNI’s Kevin Smith talks about carbon trading, the Clean Development Mechanism and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

Militarization and the War on Drugs in Peru
Ricardo Soberón interviewed by Yásser Gómez
The aim of a US military base in Peru is not the war on drugs, but control over territory and the containment of the Bolivarian project in South America.

There will be no war
Boris Kagarlitsky
With Russia and Ukraine facing another economic crisis, the chances for serious confrontation are nil.
See also Peeved but not Protesting

Tata Motors move to Gujarat less than secularPraful Bidwai
Tata Motors’ decision to shift the production site of its ultra-cheap Nano car from the communist-ruled West Bengal state to Gujarat -- scene of the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom -- has caused consternation and dismay among liberals and secular-minded people all over India.

Regulation delivers, markets don't
Praful Bidwai
The failure of India's largest private airline can be traced to the US-style deregulation, which, contrary to the laissez-faire dogma, led to a fare rise and a decline in service.

The US-Iraq agreement on maintaining US troops in Iraq
Phyllis Bennis
The expiration of the UN mandate at the end of the year should lead to an immediate recognition of the illegality of the US occupation of Iraq and the withdrawal of all US troops.

Whining about winning in Iraq
Saul Landau
The Republicans absurdly distort the language to describe what war has inflicted on Iraq and its people.

“W:” Bush ultra lite
Saul Landau and Farrah Hassen
Rather than dramatise why and how Bush and Cheney circumvented the internal checks and balances within the national security apparatus, Oliver Stone's “W” offers caricatured version of critical events leading to war and carnage.

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"En Colombia se aplica experiencias de Irán, Afganistán y otros conflictos"
Mariana Cantero entrevista a Ricardo Vargas
Colombia es un verdadero campo de experimentación en la lucha contra la insurgencia. Se están aplicando experiencias de lo que Estados Unidos ya han hecho en Irán, Afganistán y otros conflictos.

 

Más allá del altruismo: EE.UU. Bolivia y el ATPDEA
Ruggero Fornoni
Programas que ofrecen preferencias arancelarias, como el ATPDEA, les permiten a los gobiernos que las conceden influir las posiciones y decisiones de los gobiernos que las reciben.

 

Suspensión del trabajo de la DEA en Bolivia
Los expertos del Transnational Institute no están sorprendidos por la decisión de Morales, más bien al contrario. En declaraciones a Radio Nederland, Pien Metaal, investigadora del TNI, dice que lo que le sorprende es que la medida no se haya adoptado antes.

 


Nueva publicación

Síntomas de abstinencia: Cambios en el mercado de las drogas del sudeste asiático
Drogas & Conflicto documentos de debate 16
La reducción del opio en Birmania y Laos, que ha sido anunciada como un éxito importante de la política internacional de drogas, está teniendo consecuencias devastadoras tanto para los campesinos como para los usuarios de drogas.

 


Perspectiva global

Política y comunicación 2.0
Joan Subirats
La democracia en la Red exige garantías de que el máximo nivel de disenso sea posible, siempre que la "toxicidad" de lo emitido no nos acabe generando problemas que colectivamente no podamos ni queramos asumir.
Véase también: Presupuestos en época de crisis

“W”: Bush ultra ligero
Saul Landau y Farrah Hassen
En vez de dramatizar por qué y cómo Cheney sorteó los controles y balances internos dentro del aparato de seguridad nacional, la pelicula de Oliver Stone ofrece una seudo versión caricaturesca y en astracán de hechos críticos que llevaron a la guerra y la carnicería.
Véase también: El lloriqueo por ganar en Irak


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World Trade Order and the Beginning of the Decline of the Washington Consensus
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