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Presented to the ‘Repoliticizing Debt’ conference Queen’s University Development Studies, Kingston, Canada, 30-31 May 2012 Introduction It is now conventional wisdom amongst political economists that accumulation crisis, geopolitical maneuvres and financialization...
Introduction The moment when one becomes newly curious about something is also a good time to think about what created one’s previous lack of curiosity. So many power structures-inside households, within institutions, in societies, in international affairs-are...
In Senegal a manipulated ruling to allow power hungry President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term, in Nigeria fuel price increases that spurred a national crisis, general strikes and violent state repression, secession struggles in Mali in which scores have been...
The release of the Green Paper on National Health Insurance (NHI) has rekindled the heated debate around reforming South Africa’s health system. After a decade of denialism and neglect in the public health sector, it is evident that health is in a state of crisis and...
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....
Presentation at the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, Cape Town, November 2011 Apartheid is a system of racial domination, in which a dominant group exploits, oppresses, marginalizes and excludes subordinate groups. The specific forms of these practices may vary from...
The G20 is no more legitimate than its progenitor the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and USA). It was launched by the industrialized countries three years ago when they were beginning to feel the effects of the biggest economic crisis since the 1930’s....
Address by Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, District Six Museum, Cape Town, November 6 2011 As with all other aspects of South African life - political, social, economic -...
The economic crisis that has shaken the world may have started in Wall Street but it has been made much worse by the actions of both the European institutions and European member states. Much of the so-called debt crisis was caused not by states spending too much, but...