Éric Toussaint interviewed by Benito Perez for the Swiss newspaper Le Courrier from Geneva Éric Toussaint knows what is at stake in development finance. Founder of the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt (CADTM) in 1990, the Belgian political scientist was...
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As the 2014 elections approach and the ANC continues to weaken under Zuma's leadership a host of new political parties and formations, from Agang to WASP, are beginning to enter the political scene from. The latest emerge is the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) led by...
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International The Citizens' Revolution advances in Ecuador The radical social and economic reforms of President Rafael Correa, known as the Citizens' Revolution, received an overwhelming stamp of approval by the Ecuadorian people when he won more than 60% of the votes...
Discussion with Charles Abrahams: Class action suit on 100 years of mineworker neglect
Silicosis lawsuit filed against South Africa's gold miners. After decades of chronic and systematic neglect of mine-related diseases, a bold class action suit was filed in August on behalf of up to half a million black mineworkers, who had been worked to death or sent...
Angola helps out Portugal | by Augusta Conchiglia
The former colony has become an unexpected source of jobs and investment for Portugal in the global downturn. Angola is Sub-Saharan Africa’s third largest economy, after South Africa and Nigeria (1). It is already one of Africa’s biggest oil producers, with an average...
Rio+20: An opportunity to rekindle the movement | by Ian Rappel
It’s that time of the decade again. In June we will see the world’s attention focus upon another United Nations-sponsored international environment conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (“Rio+20″). Twenty years ago the UN’s conference at the same venue took place in an...
We need a system change to solve climate change by Ian Rappel
Twenty years since the Rio Earth Summit, Ian Rappel looks at the growing ecological crisis and how we can rekindle resistance. It's that time of the decade again. In June we will see the world's attention focus upon another United Nations-sponsored international...
A BIG Idea: A Minimum Income Guarantee
An Interview with Karl Widerquist Karl Widerquist is a lecturer in politics in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. He serves on the coordinating committee of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee...
Promise-breaking at the World Bank | by Patrick Bond
Promise-breaking at the World Bank, Part 1: Before That 66th birthday month of his, March 2012, was auspicious for adding a little spice to his dreary life, but no, it just can’t last. Born in March 1946 alongside his evil twin, IMF, in Savannah Georgia, after...




