Anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, feminist, environmentalist and socialist alternatives are necessary We the social movements from all over the world came together on the occasion of the 8th World Social Forum in Belém, Amazonia, where the peoples have been resisting attempts to usurp Nature, their lands and their cultures. We are here in Latin America, where over the last decade the social... Read more
Intervista con Susan George. Di Giuliano Battiston... Read more
As the WSF was winding down in Belem in Brazil, Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo spoke with Walden Bello about his thoughts on this year's meeting.... Read more
Por siglos, el productivismo y el capitalismo industrial han destruido nuestras culturas, explotado nuestra mano de obra y envenenado a nuestro medio ambiente.Ahora, con la crisis climática, la Tierra esta diciendo “ya basta”!Una vez más, las personas que han creado el problema nos dicen que también tienen las soluciones: el comercio de emisiones de CO2, el llamado "carbón limpio", más energía... Read more
The International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, meeting at the WSF in Belem do Para, Brazil, from 27 January to 1 February 2009, recognized that:... Read more
El editor de TerraViva, Alejandro Kirk, dialogó con Bello. Alejandro Kirk: En el contexto de la actual crisis mundial, ¿cuál es la tarea más relevante del FSM? Walden Bello: Estamos en una coyuntura histórica muy crítica, en la que el capitalismo neoliberal se está deshaciendo. Pienso que el FSM es un sitio donde deberían tener lugar discusiones muy serias, en términos de anticipar la probab... Read more
The World Social Forum has an urgent and crucial task: battling the social democratic response to the global crisis of capitalism now under way, and push for a democratic control of economy and state, says Walden Bello.... Read more
Así caracterizó Edgardo Lander, integrante del Consejo Hemisférico del Foro Social de las Américas, a los desafíos de los movimientos sociales que plantean alternativas al neoliberalismo.... Read more
The Ecological Options Network Walden Bello, a fellow of the Transnational Institute, is professor of sociology at the University of the Philippines , president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition and senior analyst at Focus on the Global South.
Iraq-satiated Democrats face a formidable political challenge: If they win in November, can they extricate the country from Bush’s illegal war, which apparently can’t be won by US military forces and has drained material and psychic resources? Obama and Clinton promise to withdraw the troops -- well, most combat forces by 2010. They don’t say what they’ll do with the 1... Read more
