The book the Anti-Development State: the political economy of permanent crisis in the Philippines was just released in Manila.The book by Dr. Walden Bello and co authored by, Mary Lou Malig, Herbert Docena and Marissa de Guzman...
Read More26-27 APRIL 2004Activists from ten countries in East and Southeast Asia met in Bangkok to discuss the state of play in trade liberalisation, and to develop a common agenda to oppose it. In particular, we highlighted the urgency...
Read MoreInternational mobilizations that took place on 20th March against occupation of Iraq proved that the resistance of the peoples of the world against neoliberal globalization and militarism is evermore growing stronger. Korean...
Read MoreWith the November 15 “transition” plan in tatters, the United States has been forced to salvage its stage-managed plans for a political transition by launching a pre-emptive offensive against forces that could pose a...
Read MoreNEGOCIACIONES AGRÍCOLAS: MÁS PROBLEMAS EN EL HORIZONTE PARA EL TERCER MUNDO por Aileen Kwa* [Nota de la editora: Desde que este artículo fuera escrito, muy poco ha cambiado. El Foro Social Mundial se...
Read MoreEl negocio de la reconstrucción en Irak, liderado por EEUU, está fallando porque se trata menos de una reconstrucción que de un gran negocio. Nueve meses después de la invasión, el...
Read MoreLAS ARISTAS POLÍTICAS DE LA FIEBRE DEL POLLO EN TAILANDIA por Chanida Chanyapate e Isabelle Delforge* La ambición de Tailandia por convertirse en "la cocina del...
Read MoreSPECIAL ISSUE on WARS, LIES AND VIDEO GAMESFALLUJA AND THE FORGING OF THE NEW IRAQWalden BelloTHE KILLING GAMEGerard GreenfieldClick here for the PDF version
Read MoreBy Walden Bello A defiant slogan repeated by residents of Falluja over the last year was that their city would be “the graveyard of the Americans.” The last two weeks has seen that chant become a reality, with most...
Read MoreBy Gerard Greenfield How will the history of the US-led military aggression against Iraq be told? For many activists in the peace and antiwar movements this is – by necessity – a question for tomorrow. It is clearly...
Read More28-30 May 2004 Bangkok, Thailand Following the collapse of the WTO’s Cancun Ministerial in 2003 and given the fact that negotiations in the WTO and in the Free Trade Area of the Americas are currently stalled, the...
Read MoreIN THIS ISSUE of Focus on Trade we look at the G20, the developing country coalition that threw a sizeable spanner in the works during last year's WTO ministerial. Although their role as a potential counterpower to the...
Read MoreBy Devinder Sharma*IN mid 1980, the sale of Banita, a young girl from Kalahandi in Orissa, shocked the nation. Two decades later, the nation did not notice the cries of a one-month old baby who was sold by her mother for a...
Read MoreAn interview with Joao Pedro Stedile by Roldao ArrudaThe main leader of the Landless Workers Movement (MST), economist Joao Pedro Stedile, remains hopeful that President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva will fulfil his promise, spelled...
Read MoreTHE emergence of the G20 as a force in the WTO negotiations was one of the many factors contributing to the collapse of talks at the 5th ministerial held in Cancun last September. The G20 – named to commemorate the...
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