by John Bellamy Foster | Apr 7, 2009
The World Crisis of Capitalist Globalization and its Impact on China In referring in my title here to “A Failed System” I do not of course mean that capitalism as a system is in any sense at an end. Rather I mean by “failed system” a global economic and social order...
by Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith | Apr 7, 2009
Source: Labor Strategies Jeremy Brecher’s ZSpace Page Today’s Economic Crisis in Historical Perspective The superlatives of the global economic meltdown of 2008 are, well, superlative. Professor Noriel Roubini of New York University says the current crisis...
by Ervand Abrahamian | Jun 25, 2009
Obituaries for the Islamic Republic of Iran appeared even before it was born. In the hectic months of 1979—before the Islamic Republic had been officially declared—many Iranians as well as foreigners, academics as well as journalists, participants as well as...
by Lee Sustar | Jul 26, 2009
THE ELECTION of Barack Obama last November seemed to promise a new era for organized labor. With Obama in the White House and a solid Democratic majority in Congress, it appeared that unions would finally be able to get action on their main legislative agenda—passage...
by Daniel Krähmer | Oct 13, 2010
The Crises of Civilisation – Towards a Post-Carbon Economy18 – 20 October 2010Heia Safari Ranch, Johannesburg The Cape Town-based Alternate Information and Development Centre (AIDC), together with the Latin American-based Peoples Dialogue will be hosting a...