Israel: Rise of the Right
Phyllis Bennis
Perhaps the only hope that can be taken from the disturbing rise of the Right in Israeli elections is that the harsh authenticity and brutal illegality of the Israeli occupation will have to be recognized.

The global collapse: a non-orthodox view
Walden Bello
Capitalism tried three ultimately flawed escape routes from the conundrum of overproduction: neoliberal restructuring, globalisation, and financialisation. Globalisation, which ensured that economies that went up together, has also meant they have gone down together, with unparalleled speed and no end in sight.
See also Asia: the coming fury

Paradigm Shift
The Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, which includes prominent ex-Presidents, and received inputs from TNI, says "Prohibitionist policies based on the eradication of production … as well as on the criminalization of consumption have not yielded the desired results” and calls on the international community to rectify the 'war on drugs' strategy.
See also First Southeast Asian informal drug policy dialogue cohosted by TNI (video)

WSF: is another world possible?
Tim Costello and Brendan Smith
Participants of this year's World Social Forum knew more than ever before that they were right about the failure of corporate-led globalisation. The new development for the global justice movement, however, was the collaboration of hitherto quite separate networks responding to the urgent need to develop alternatives.
See also Alternative views of the economic crisis

The convenient crisis of civilisation
Christophe Aguiton
Global recession may offer the indigenous people of the Andes the chance to redefine themselves in a post-colonial environment. The concept of “vivir bien” (live well) offers a potentially universal perspective based on the defense of the common, which includes not only natural resources but also knowledge and traditions based on solidarity and mutuality.

From rural livelihoods to agricultural growth
The land policies of the UK Department of International Development
Lies Craeynest
This paper examines the policies and practices on land of the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom. After a market-led approach to land distribution in the 1980s, DFID made some changes towards a rights-based land policy, but this has since regressed.

Pardon for mules in Ecuador, a sound proposal
TNI/Washington Office on Latin America
The Ecuadorian government’s decision to release 1,500 people sentenced for small-scale drug trafficking is an important step in the process of reforming draconian legislation regarding controlled substances. It is also is a sound and pragmatic example worthy of being applied in other countries.

¿Quién sostendrá a la nueva constitución en Bolivia?
Atilio Borón
El nuevo triunfo de Evo Morales en el referendo constitucional lo identifica como el primer presidente genuinamente legítimo de la historia boliviana. Pero ¿cuál será el sujeto social que sostenga la vigencia de la nueva constitución contra la oposición derechista?
Véase también:Profundizando la democracia en Venezuela

Liquidar la Doctrina Monroe
Saul Landau y Philip Brenner
El presidente Barack Obama podría mejorar rápidamente las relaciones de EE.UU. con Latinoamérica si anunciara la muerte de la Doctrina Monroe y presidiera su funeral.
Véase también:Apabullado por el espectáculo y La crisis oculta