In Europe we are at a new stage of class confrontation. Despite the systemic crisis not only of finance but of the whole of the mode of accumulation and reproduction of 'financial market capitalism,' this system has been able to maintain itself. Its transnational...
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Fact sheet: How the wealthy are doing in the post financial crisis era
Far from wallowing in squalor, the super-rich have been raking it in since the rest of the world had to radically downscale its life expectations in the aftermath of the Great Recession. In 2011 total global wealth exceeded figures recorded before 2007, although...
Fact sheet: How the wealthy are doing in the post financial crisis era
Far from wallowing in squalor, the super-rich have been raking it in since the rest of the world had to radically downscale its life expectations in the aftermath of the Great Recession. In 2011 total global wealth exceeded figures recorded before 2007, although...
The SPEAR – up whose arse? | by Allan Horowitz
The recent controversy about the artist Brett Murray's "The Spear" painting provoked furious verbal and other acrobatics. Those who opposed the public showing of the painting did so claiming not to be censoring an exposed penis per se, but to be objecting to the...
The RIO+20 U.N. Conference: An Ecosocialist Assessment | by Ecosocialist International Network
Representatives of governments from all the world will be present at the Rio+20 U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, June 2012. What can we expect from this so-called “Earth Summit” from a social and ecological perspective? Nothing! Or, to be charitable, very...
Towards an ecosocialist network | by Grant Brookes
Text of a presentation by Grant Brookes at the conference Socialism 2012: Class Struggle in Aotearoa, held June 1-3 in Wellington, New Zealand, sponsored by the Workers Party New Zealand. I had some reservations, when I was asked to speak in this session, about an...
Can a Nigerian Squeeze the Poor for the World Bank? | by Patrick Bond
In coming days, the World Bank will have a new president. Smart money backs Barack Obama’s choice: Dartmouth College president Jim Yong Kim. But two weeks ago, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was endorsed by her Pretoria counterpart, Pravin Gordhan....
Indigenous people: a key to environmental rescue
A 60 000-year track record on ecologyInterview with Clayton Thomas-Muller, founder of Defenders of the Land in Canada. Michael Welch (MW): Clayton Thomas-Muller, you’re on staff with the Indigenous Environment Network and a founder of Defenders of the Land. What...
Target: Africa | by John Feffer
An informal competition took place during the Bush years for the title of "second front" in the war on terror. Administration officials often referred to Southeast Asia as the next major franchise location for al-Qaeda, with the Philippines in particular slated to...




