Walter Rodney was assassinated on June 13, 1980. At the time of his assassination, Forbes Burnham was the President. Since the assassination, there have been numerous calls for an investigation into the circumstances of the killing. The brother of Walter Rodney,...
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Revolt and Revolution – Syrian Illusions and Syrian Realities | by Reuven Kaminer
If one tries to read most of the more serious material dealing with the Syrian crisis, one cannot but notice that the discussion has polarized around two major approaches. And after the polarization, it seems that the participants in this debate are merely scouring...
Rio+ 20: Greed Economy alive and well in the hotels of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil–Alongside the multilateral government negotiations happening at the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development are business negotiations and so-called “public-private partnerships” being driven by corporate networks such as the Consumer Goods...
Can capitalism survive the end of growth? | by Cy Gonick
Richard Heinberg. The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality New Society Publishers, 2011 Publisher & Coordinating Editor of Canadian Dimension Industrialized economies have grown most years since the mid-19th century. Globally, economic output per...
Green energy won’t save the earth without social change | by Ian Angus
The most popular techno-fix for global warming is green energy. If energy companies would only deploy wind, hydro, solar, geothermal or nuclear, then emission-intensive fossil fuels will eventually disappear. But will that actually work? A new study by Richard York of...
The spearing of Labour History
Many matters of national and regional importance have been neglected in the past two weeks, submerged beneath the fuss and furore caused by the charade surrounding the satirical Spear painting. Callers to radio shows noted that issues such as the shambles in education...
Israel, apartheid, and the Hasbara machine | by Ran Greenstein
Ran Greenstein responds to the recently published pieces by Richard Goldstone and Benjamin Pogrund which reject the analogy of Israel and apartheid. It is not common for the Hasbara machine, disseminating Israeli state propaganda, to be exposed in such a way. As if by...




