Alejandro Bendaña* If the goal is development — best defined as sovereign democratic social transformation — then we must not speak of making the present "aid" modalities more effective, but of...
Read MoreCALL TO ACTION AGAINST THE G8 Resisting Free Trade, Militarism and Fighting for Real Solutions to Climate Change The G8 Summit will be held this year from July 7-9 in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan. This will be a culmination of a...
Read MoreBy Walden Bello* Skyrocketing oil prices, a falling dollar, and collapsing financial markets are the key ingredients in an economic brew that could end up in more than just an ordinary recession. The falling dollar...
Read MoreBy Jerry Harris JH. Tell me about the work of Focus on the Global South NB. Focus on the Global South was set-up about six years ago. Our mission is policy and advocacy work on the issues of globalization, particularly in the...
Read MoreFilipino academic and activist Walden Bello has been named the Outstanding Public Scholar of 2008 by the International Political Economy section of the International Studies Association (ISA). He will receive the award at the group’s annual convention to be held in San Francisco, California from March 26-29, 2008. Special events honoring Bello include a panel on his work on Thursday March 27, 2008 during the annual meeting. On Friday evening, March 28, Bello will join other scholar activists in speaking at a public event at City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave, in San Francisco, co-sponsored by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Press.
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PRESS RELEASE January 22, 2008 As President Arroyo flies to Davos, Switzerland today to join 27 heads of states and thousands of business leaders from all over the globe for the annual World Economic Forum, Filipino activists,...
Read MoreBoaventura de Sousa Santos* Enough has been said about the crisis of the left, and part of what has been said has worked as self-fulfilling prophecy. The mortal fatigue of history is the mortal fatigue of the women and men...
Read MoreALEJANDRO KIRK OF THE INTER PRESS SERVICE, IPS, INTERVIEWS WALDEN BELLO ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE WSF. The WSF as an "open space" idea can either be implemented in a liberal direction or in a committed, progressive...
Read MoreChico Whitaker* We can evaluate the WSF with two different attitudes: wishing that the WSF disappears ("folding up its tent") or wishing its continuity. If we are not convinced of its utility, and consider it a...
Read MoreIS THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM APPROACHING A POINT OF CRISIS ?A NOTE TOWARDS A DEBATE ON THE WSF GLOBAL DAY OF ACTIONJai Sen on behalf of CACIM* Follow this link for the “open debate” THE PRESENT CONTEXT : A...
Read MoreTHE CONTRIBUTION OF THE US SOCIAL FORUM: A REPLY TO WHITAKER AND BELLO'S DEBATE ON THE OPEN SPACE Thomas Ponniah* The achievements of the US Social Forum experience contribute a great deal to debates concerning the...
Read MoreAileen Kwa, Geneva The US and EU have stubbornly opposed opening the Green Box. No real discussion has taken place in terms of examining this nature and impact. They have merely insisted that it is non-trade distorting, and...
Read MoreIPSnews Interview with Dr. Walden Bello, executive director of Focus on the Global South HALIFAX, Canada, Jan 15 (IPS) – In 1992, Dr. Walden Bello issued a macro-economic warning about the so-called Asian...
Read MoreMillions of women and men, organizations, networks, movements, trade unions from all parts of the world the January 26th will act together all around the globe to show that another world is possibleOn January 22, 2008 at least...
Read More[English ] LA POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA DE LA IZQUIERDA LATINOAMERICANA EN EL GOBIERNO El caso de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela (1996-2006) por Edgardo Lander y Pablo Navarrete* (Este informe fue publicado...
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