What are the implications of the rise of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) for agrarian and environmental transformations, worldwide and in the BRICS countries in particular? This is the main issue with which the BRICS Initiative for Critical Agrarian Studies (BICAS) has been concerned since 2013, when it was launched in Beijing by a collective of largely BRICS... Read more

Instead of jobs and relief, the Obama administration offered only half-measures to struggling people in the Rust Belt and beyond.

Walden Bello comparte algunas reflexiones sobre lo que significó Seattle para los cambios en los sistemas de conocimiento, analiza cómo, a pesar de la profunda crisis del neoliberalismo, el capital financiero ha conseguido mantener un enorme poder, y apela a una nueva visión integral de una sociedad deseable.

Walden Bello shares some reflections on the meaning of Seattle for change in knowledge systems, discusses how despite the deep crisis of neoliberalism, finance capital has managed to retain tremendous power, and appeals for a new comprehensive vision of the desirable society.