Friday, Jan 27th 2012
CoF | WIN THE LIGHTS, CAMERA, SOCIAL ACTION! AWARD 2011
Take a photograph or send us a one-minute video that you have created on Income Inequality — Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor — entries are open now and can be sent to info@claimingourfuture.ie
Closing date is 9th May. All entries will be acknowledged and [...]
Mark Weisbrot | Emerging out of the IMF’s shadow
There have been some significant changes in the IMF in recent years, mostly in the area of research, where the fund has acknowledged that controls on capital inflows are a legitimate tool for governments to use. There has been some limited lending without conditions. And although the [...]
A West Bank anachronism | Ahmad Samih Khalidi | Comment is free | The Guardian
Barring unforeseen developments, it appears as if the PLO and its Ramallah-based arm, the Palestinian Authority, it appears, will head to the UN general assembly in September seeking international recognition of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem [...]
The following is the introduction to the Manifesto on the crisis of the Euro, which was produced by Attac Germany’s Scientific Council on March 1st 2011.
The statement accompanying it says:
“The public debt crisis can only be overcome through fundamental reforms of the global financial system as well as the EU”
In order to get an understanding [...]
An open letter written to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Alain Juppé calling for an urgent change to France’s current policies in Africa. Signatories below. This letter was originally published in l’Humanite on April 1st 2011. This translation by David Lundy was published in l’Humanite in English.
Four years ago, on the eve of presidential [...]
Transgression of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is considered a serious breach of freedom. Citing national interest and security, political leaders are inundating their citizens with a xenophobic and racist rant which is void of ideology, instead reflecting prejudice with the premise of leaders being in harmony with the people.
Conveniently forgetting that humanity is [...]
An interview with Catherine Mills, economist and social protection specialist, shows how to build a new health system based on solidarity. This interview was originally published in l’Humanité on March 31st. It was translated by David Lundy for l’Humanité in English.
Is the objective of the proponents of the Bachelot law really to privatize our health [...]
Tahrir Documents » The Great People of Egypt
The people of Egypt did not undertake their great revolution—for which they sacrificed copious amounts of blood and the dearest of martyrs—in order to simply exchange one tyrant with another. Rather, they did it in order to breathe the sweet smell of freedom, taste the nectar of honor, [...]
It is quite difficult to comprehend the credibility granted to the economic establishment in terms of defining the options that we can adopt to address our economic problems. This is all the more extraordinary when considered against what can only be described as the worst reputational performance by any set of associated professions in history. [...]
This article was originally posted on John’s blog Key Trends in Globalisation on the 17th of April. Reposted with permission.
Summary
Media attention regarding Europe’s economy has largely focussed on the debt crisis in Greece, Ireland and Portugal, together with some discussion of whether the radical cuts in public spending in the UK will undermine its [...]
