Seeds of Suicide
- Vandana Shiva
“Monsanto is an agricultural company.
We apply innovation and technology to help farmers around the world produce more while conserving more.”
“Producing more, Conserving more, Improving farmers lives.”
These are the ...
BRICS go over the wall
- Pepe Escobar
Reports on the premature death of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have been greatly exaggerated. Western corporate media is flooded with such nonsense, perpetrated in this particular case by the head of Morgan Stanley Investment ...
A message from Slovenia to the World: We take responsibility for each other!
- OccupyLjubljana
We demand that the irresponsible and the unpunished government officials, bankers and CEO’s withdraw from the democratic process we are creating at this moment in Slovenia.
Maribor, Liberty Square
We know exactly what we don’t want. ...
The Dark Age of Money
- James C. Kennedy
If you often wonder why ‘free market capitalism’ feels like it is failing despite universal assurances from economists and political pundits that it is working as intended, your intuition is correct. Free market ...
The end of the New World Order
- Seumas Milne
The upheavals of the early 21st century have changed our world. Now, in the aftermath of failed wars and economic disasters, pressure for a social alternative can only grow
In the late summer of 2008, two events in quick succession signalled ...
6 Things You Should Know About the $21 Trillion the World's Richest People Are Hiding In Tax Shelters
- Sarah Jaffe
$21 trillion. That's how much the world's richest people are hiding in offshore tax havens worldwide. Or it may be more, as much as $32 trillion—the real amount is, of course, almost impossible to track.
While governments slash spending ...
Destroying the Commons: How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta
- Noam Chomsky
This column is adapted from an address by Noam Chomsky on June 19 at the University of St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland, as part of its 600th anniversary celebration.
Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Carta, one of ...
La povertà nel mondo è diminuita?
- Vicenç Navarro
Qualche settimana fa la Banca mondiale ha pubblicato un breve comunicato stampa di sei pagine, che ha fatto scorrere molto inchiostro. La Banca mondiale segnalava che, malgrado la recessione mondiale, la povertà estrema era diminuita nel mondo. ...
La pauvreté a-t-elle diminué dans le monde ?
- Vicenç Navarro
Il y a quelques semaines, la Banque mondiale a publié un bref communiqué de presse de six pages, qui a fait couler beaucoup d'encre. La Banque mondiale signalait que, malgré la récession mondiale, la pauvreté extrê ...
¿Ha descendido la pobreza en el mundo?
- Vicenç Navarro
Hace unas semanas el Banco Mundial publicó una breve nota de prensa de seis páginas, que causó gran impacto. La noticia no era para menos. El Banco Mundial señalaba que, a pesar de la recesión mundial, la pobreza ...
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