By Aileen Kwa* As the WTO majors – the European Union and the United States – increase the pressure to reach a “framework” agreement in the agricultural negotiations by July, it now appears clearer than ever...
Read MoreBy Mary Lou Malig* After the major blow it suffered in Cancún, Mexico, the World Trade Organization (WTO) went into a deathly silence and analysts predicted the demise of the organization if it did not pull itself out of its...
Read MoreBy Aileen Kwa* 11 June, 2004: A dirty divide and rule game is being played out at the WTO by the European Commission (EC) ahead of the July General Council meeting, in a last ditch attempt to weaken the developing country bloc...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello One thing you can say about Ronald Reagan: he knew when to cut and run. When a suicide bomber took the lives of 241 US marines in Lebanon in 1983, he withdrew the US intervention force without batting an eyelash,...
Read MoreAgriculture negotiations in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) continue with little change in sight, with both developed and developing countries apparently willing to sacrifice the rights of the majority of their populations to...
Read MoreBy Jacques-chai Chomthongdi* Thailand is known as one of the top food exporters in the world, particularly in rice. But a study on Thailand shows that while its rice exports are increasing, farmers do not benefit from...
Read MoreAN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO FROM THE IRAQ SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN-PHILIPPINES4 June 2004Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President Republic of the PhilippinesYour Excellency:Assuming the presidency of...
Read MoreBy Gerard GreenfieldThe Agricultural Commodity Price Crisis: Back on the Agenda?As one of the key issues that deadlocked the 5th WTO Ministerial in Cancun and triggered its collapse, the debate over agricultural trade...
Read MoreBy Gerard GreenfieldThis article was also published on Z-net: http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=56&ItemID=5639 Over a ten-year period from 1961 to 1971 the US used an estimated 77 million litres of...
Read MoreAnti-war coalition steps up pressure on Philippine government to withdraw support to the war MANILA (May 21)- Anti-war activists in the Philippines denounced the Arroyo administration for its silence over the...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* The Abu Ghraib horror show has angered the Arab world and shamed most Americans. Yet, in the short term, it is its impact on the US Army that is most threatening to the Bush administration’s Iraq expedition. All...
Read More– Raghav NarsalayNearly a century ago, Rudyard Kipling wrote memorable lines depicting how imperialists used natives from Eastern countries to defend and/or capture territories on Eastern soil. To quote...
Read MoreBy Walden BelloThe scandal now shaking the Bush administration over Iraq is testimony to the truth in the saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” There are, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld...
Read Morehttp://www.solidarites.ch/journal/index.php3?action=4&id=1513&aut=45L’auteur de ce texte est un économiste militant, responsable de Focus on the Global South à Bangkok. Il est l’une des principales...
Read MoreActivists shame Iraqi Governing Council minister, derail Iraq business forum in ManilaMANILA (May 3) – Filipino anti-war activists disrupted the presentation of a visiting Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) minister in a...
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