Most people interested in Syrian affairs used to believe that the country was extremely stable. The regime’s media fed this belief, constantly reiterating the assertion that Syria was the most secure and stable country in the world. In fact, however, this stability...
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A Marxist Critic on the Keynesian analysis of the economic crisis | by Henri Houben
John Maynard Keynes keeps a main influence on the current economic thinking. Even if the neo-liberal movement dominated over the last decades, the Keynesian ideas remain enduring, especially at times of recession. When the subprime mortgage crisis started, it was...
A Marxist Critic on the Keynesian analysis of the economic crisis | by Henri Houben
John Maynard Keynes keeps a main influence on the current economic thinking. Even if the neo-liberal movement dominated over the last decades, the Keynesian ideas remain enduring, especially at times of recession. When the subprime mortgage crisis started, it was...
The employment guarantee scheme in India | by Kaustav Banerjee
Mass joblessness is an everywhere phenomenon in the developing world. The existence of an ever-growing reserve army of labour manages to keep working wages below a living minimum. Hence, the majority of the working class in any third world economy can get nicely tied...
Somalia: Failing Responses to a Failed State | by Hiba Zayadin
Somalis have once again found themselves fleeing starvation, drought, and conflict. Thousands of Somalis with washed-out ribs and blown-up empty bellies roam their country in search of aid. According to the UN, 10 million people are currently on the verge of...
Panetta To Netanyahu:” Israel May Not Survive The Current Arab/Islamic Awakening” | by Franklin Lamb
Beirut: Three weeks after being named by President Obama in January 2009 as the 19th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and during his first day on the job which was February 12, 2009, Leon Panetta, now US Secretary of Defense, signed off on a March...
New Hopes, Looming Threats | EPW Editorial
The extreme Right in Israel and the United States are standing in the way of justice to the Palestinians.The new spirit of assertion by the hitherto supine al-Fatah leadership of Palestine and the degree of support it has received from governments across the world...
Zimbabwe: A tale of two Chinas | by Khadija Sharife
‘The last time I spoke to my mum, she said “mwanangu tichiri musango” – meaning my son, we are still in the bush,’ said 'China', a Zimbabwean civil society activist based in South Africa.In late March this year, China's mother was forced to flee death in Mbare, on the...



