On Radio786 in Cape Town from 9:30-10:30pm tonight, Ashraf was the interviewer, and to open, David van Wyk of Bench Mark Foundation (church-backed research group) did a terrific job setting out the extent of the crisis, including the social and labour plans which were...
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The failed emergence of Egypt, Turkey and Iran | by Samir Amin
These three Middle Eastern states should normally have been found in lists of today’s ‘emerging’ states. They have each attempted, in the past, to modernise as a response to the challenge from Europe. Egypt attempted this under Pacha Mohamed Ali of the nineteenth...
The Emerging Left in the ’Emerging’ World | by Jayati Ghosh
There is much more dynamism within the global left, especially in the South, than is often perceived. The rejection of capitalism in many of left movements in the South tends to be accompanied not only by imagining alternatives, but also by shifting views about what...
Why Ecological Revolution? | by John Bellamy Foster
Correction (February 3, 2010)--Passage on Himalayan glaciers in paragraph 5 of article originally published January 2010. This article was written for presentation at the Workshop on Marxist Theory and Practice in the World Today, Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics and...
Who’s really South Africa’s foreign policy ‘master’? | by Dale T. McKinley
If one has been relying solely on more recent mainstream press coverage and associated NGO–academic interpretations to understand and analyse South Africa’s foreign policy/diplomacy, then is be only a slight exaggeration to say that the overwhelming conclusion must be...
Extreme Weather Set To Worsen With Climate Change: IPCC | by Elias Biryabarema
KAMPALA - An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts are likely across the globe this century as the Earth's climate warms, U.N. scientists said on Friday.The U.N....
Relax: alternative hedonism and a new politics of pleasure | Kate Soper
A predictable consequence of the current recession has been a renewal of interest in the politics of welfare and community values. As they seek to patch up a fresh consensus amidst the fallout from the latest crisis of capitalism, both sides of the party political...
The Ecology of Marxian Political Economy | John Bellamy Foster
This article is an extended version of a talk delivered at the Marxism 2011 Conference, University College of London, July 3, 2011. It is no secret today that we are facing a planetary environmental emergency, endangering most species on the planet, including our own,...

