It's a little hard to give a Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture at an Occupy meeting. There are mixed feelings that go along with it. First of all, regret that Howard is not here to take part and invigorate it in his particular way, something that would have been the dream...
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The Future of Banking
During the three years that have elapsed since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 –an event which heralded the most serious global financial crisis since the 1930s – CEPR’s policy portal Vox, under the editorial guidance of Richard Baldwin, has produced 15 books...
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism | by Wolfgang Streeck
The collapse of the American financial system that occurred in 2008 has since turned into an economic and political crisis of global dimensions. [1] How should this world-shaking event be conceptualized? Mainstream economics has tended to conceive society as governed...
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism | by Wolfgang Streeck
The collapse of the American financial system that occurred in 2008 has since turned into an economic and political crisis of global dimensions. [1] How should this world-shaking event be conceptualized? Mainstream economics has tended to conceive society as governed...
Death of an Anti-Imperialist | by Yusuf Ansar
Muammar Gaddafi’s killing will prove to be more beneficial to western powers than Libyans EXACTLY 100 years ago, Benito Mussolini’s fascist Italy began its invasion and subjugation of Libya. On 23 October 1911, Italian warships and land forces began the assault of...
Death of an Anti-Imperialist | by Yusuf Ansar
Muammar Gaddafi’s killing will prove to be more beneficial to western powers than Libyans EXACTLY 100 years ago, Benito Mussolini’s fascist Italy began its invasion and subjugation of Libya. On 23 October 1911, Italian warships and land forces began the assault of...
The Food Crisis Strikes Again | by Esther Vivas
The threat of a new food crisis is already a reality. The price of food began to rise to record levels again, according to the FAO Food Price Index of February, 2011, which does a monthly analysis of global prices of a basic food basket made up of grains, seed oils,...
The Food Crisis Strikes Again | by Esther Vivas
The threat of a new food crisis is already a reality. The price of food began to rise to record levels again, according to the FAO Food Price Index of February, 2011, which does a monthly analysis of global prices of a basic food basket made up of grains, seed oils,...
The Unlikely Secret Agent, Ronnie Kasrils, Jacana Media, 2010
Ronnie Kasrils has just received the Alan Paton Award for his recent book, The Unlikely Secret Agent. He shares here with Amandla! his experience and the process of writing the novel, and expresses himself on the tragedy of losing his life partner, Eleanor.I had...





