Thursday, 21 November , 2024

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The New Imperialist Structure

by Samir Amin Contemporary capitalism is a capitalism of generalized monopolies. What I mean by that is that monopolies no longer form islands (important as...

Lapavitsas, Varoufakis and the suffering of the Greek people

Kostas Lapavitsas is a Greek economist working in the SOAS, the British University specialized in the old "colonies". During the whole Greek crisis he...

Greece: An engineered public debt

By Dimitris Lymberopoulos Economist Greece's debt isn't about money Greece's debts really are unsustainable. This is just basically not a debatable point. The reason it's not genuinely...

German debt rules proposal fuels new austerity fear

By Jonathan Packroff Apr 7, 2023 Languages: Deutsch A German non-paper on the reform of European debt rules has been met with strong reactions from economists, who...

Petro Raises a Global Transformations Agenda at CELAC Summit

The Colombian president proposes to use renewable natural resources and ecosystems of global importance as "cards" of geopolitical negotiation. Jan 24, 2023 On Tuesday, Colombian President...

Brazil and Argentina preparing new Latin American currency to ‘reduce reliance...

Brazil and Argentina are making plans for a Latin American currency called the Sur, to “boost regional trade and reduce reliance on the US...

Maduro proposes creating international alliance with nations close to Russia and...

January 14, 2023 Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela, has proposed creating a new international alliance with nations in Latin America and the Caribbean that...

Brazil: a victory in a tragedy underway

by Virgínia Fontes 1 January 2023 Lula’s victory raises many hopes, despite the alliances made too early with a motley array of forces, including those who...

The terrible disaster in Pakistan: A warning for all of us

After the floods, Pakistan needs reparations, not charity Sep 5, 2022 At the time of writing, more than one-third of Pakistan is under water. Flash floods,...

Maïdan, bis repetita au Sri Lanka ?

par Jean-Pierre Page Pour avoir vécu une quinzaine d'années au Sri Lanka, je pense connaître un peu ce pays dont Octave Mirbeau disait "qu'il était...