04/02/2012
The role of central banks
Central banks are said independent if they obey the dictates of international banking. Hungary is a revealing case. In the new Parliament, the Fidesz (54%) and the Jobbik (18%), approved changes to the Hungarian Constitution with an ultra-qualified majority. By Umberto Mazzei (02/02/2012)
Oil and imperialism
The imperial scramble for oil is heating up, and with it the risks of war that may have unforeseeable consequences. As part of this imperial strategy there is a manipulation of the oil markets by transnational oil companies and financial interests. By Alberto Rabilotta. (23/01/2012)
The Modern Immigrant Rights Movement
A division has marked the U.S. immigrant rights movement. On one side are well-financed advocacy organizations with links to the Democratic Party and large corporations. On the other side are organizations based in immigrant communities, and among labor and political activists. Third article on the US migratory labor phenomenon, by David Bacon. (20/01/2012)
Two years after the earthquake: from mourning to rejection
Two years after the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010, in addition to mourning the tragic death of loved ones, various groups of Haitian people, and in particular the displaced persons, demonstrate their rejection of the living conditions and the present situation in Haiti. By Wooldy Edson Louidor. (13/01/2012)
The demolition of Canada
The huge crisis of capitalism is opening the way for the dominant financial plutocracy to destroy all of the significant social and economic measures that the people have won. It looks as if nothing can resist this brutal steamroller. And Canada is no exception. By Alberto Rabilotta. (10/01/2012)
The second cold war and South America
The "war against terror" inaugurated by George W. Bush as a response to the September 11 2001 attack is now giving way to a strategy of "containment" of China, the new strategy laid out by the Pentagon to encircle, and eventually stifle the asiatic power, with the objective of maintaining US global supremacy. The new course of the Empire includes South America. By Raúl Zibechi. (24/12/2011)
New regional organization is a big step forward for the hemisphere
Latin America has become politically independent of the United States, there have been many changes in economic policy as a result, and these changes have brought higher living standards. CELAC will continue to advance these positive changes, including regional economic integration, co-ordination around foreign policy, and conflict resolution. By Mark Weisbrot. (23/12/2011)
The true colors of green economy
Although Rio+20 was supposed to review the commitments made, the state of the real problems and the strategies to resolve them, the issues on the agenda are green economy and new forms of global environmental governance. By Silvia Ribeiro (19/12/2011)
On outrage and alternatives
In recent months, different expresions of resistance to capitalism have spread across the globe, bringing into debate themes such as organization, programmes, alternatives, among others. The December edition of ALAI’s Spanish language magazine América Latina en Movimiento -in co-edition with FEDAEPS- looks into these issues. (06/12/2011)
The Green Economy: the Wolf in Sheep’s clothing
In 1983, when the Earth’s ecological crisis was becoming ever more apparent, the United Nations General Assembly decided to create an international commission (the World Commission on Environment and Development) to analyse the planet’s environmental situation and how it related to development goals. By Edgardo Lander (01/12/2011)
Central America in the hurricane of globalization
The Central American region's insertion in neoliberal globalization, climate change and the impact of the food crisis, pressure on natural resources, militarization, greater U.S. interference and resistance of communities, are some of the issues addressed in América Latina en Movimiento No. 470 (November 2011). This edition was prepared jointly with the Cry of the Excluded. (01/11/2011)
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