The global crisis, solutions, and implications for EU Trade Policy (video)
The world needs protectionism – protection from transnational corporations whose control of European trade policy continues to cause negative social and environmental impacts. Susan George and Myriam Vander Stichele debate MEP Ignasi Guardans and Chief Economist DG Trade, Gaspar Frontini, in TNI's Debating Europe series.
Coming up: Walden Bello debates European Commission Economic analyst Gert-Jan Koopman (on 17 March)

Obama to announce Iraq troop withdrawal
Phyllis Bennis
If Obama's announcement had meant the withdrawal of all US troops and mercenaries, it would be something to celebrate, but the reality of 50,000 troops remaining in Iraq means that the occupation is far from over.

Mexico: neither a failed state nor a model
Manuel Perez Rocha
Mexico has been portrayed in the US either as a failed state, thus justifying the militarisation of the southern border, or as an economic model to promote the North American Free Trade Agreement. The Obama administration should dismiss both stereotypes and tackle the economic policies that have caused social and economic divisions.

Et tu, Daniel? The Sandinista revolution betrayed
Roger Burbach
Since becoming the president of Nicaragua in January 2007, Daniel Ortega's policies have been largely reactionary and authoritarian, betraying the broad support that he had as a former leader of the Sandinista revolution.

Re-examining the "agrarian movement-NGO" solidarity relations discourse
Saturnino M. Borras Jr
The demands of transnational agrarian movements for their own autonomous voice and representation have transformed their relationship with NGOs, and clarified the kind of solidarity that is acceptable to both.

At the 1 April meeting of the G20 in London, leaders of the world's major economies and global financial institutions will meet to discuss ways out of the deepening economic crisis caused by the economic model promoted by those same institutions. Across the world, people are mobilising to demand accountability and propose alternative models of development. Find out more on how to get involved>>

Civic Driven Change
Citizen's Imagination in Action
Alan Fowler and Kees Biekart (eds)
This volume is a product of the Civic Driven Change Initiative, a year-long process of thinking, writing and debating aimed at developing and communicating a perspective of change in societies that stems from citizens rather than states or markets. In the context of state and market crisis, Civic Driven Change makes an important contribution on how to think about alternatives.

Alternativas desde una mirada radicalmente crítica
Edgardo Lander
No es posible salir desde la actual crisis ecológica y social siguiendo los mismos patrones tecnológicos que nos han llevado a donde estamos. Simultáneamente, debemos frenar y derrotar esta extraordinaria máquina de destrucción, de guerra, de desigualdad, que es hoy la sociedad capitalista.

“Refuerzan el pensamiento único”
Atilio Boron entrevistado por Julián Bruschtein
La universidad latinoamericana se convirtió en “un cenáculo blindado por un pensamiento absolutamente fragmentario y tecnocrático”, advierte Atilio Boron.

Que la JIFE se ponga a tono con los años que corren
Amira Armenta
El debate sobre las drogas ha tomado recientemente un giro muy interesante. La Comisión Latinoamericana sobre Drogas y Democracia –de la cual hacen parte ex presidentes latinoamericanos y expertos internacionales– ha abogado recientemente por un cambio de paradigma. La repercusión mediática internacional de este pronunciamiento ha sido impresionante.
Véase también el blog: Drogas y conflicto en Colombia

O colapso global: uma visão não-ortodoxa
Walden Bello
Ultimamente, o capitalismo ensaiou três escapatórias coxas para sair dos meandros obscuros da sobreprodução: reestruturação neo-liberal, globalização e financiarização. A globalização, que propiciou que as economias crescessem em conjunto, significou também que se afundassem juntas, a uma velocidade sem paralelo e sem um fim à vista.