G20
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Restructuring the Bretton Woods Twins: Jayati Ghosh Interviewed by Prabir Purkayastha
The problem with the IMF, with the World Bank, with the WTO, with the policies of the United States is that they have reflected the interests of large multinational capital. What we have now with more people at the high table, more countries represented at the high table, is that larger segments of international large… Continue reading
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Class War at the Copenhagen Climate Change Talks
In December the world’s rulers will meet in Copenhagen to discuss what they will do when the notably unsuccessful Kyoto Protocol expires. They won’t be alone. Lobbyists from the aviation, petrochemical and mining industries will be pressurising them in defence of their ‘right’ to alter the planet’s climate by pumping millions of tonnes of greenhouse… Continue reading
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The Myth of Policing By Consent By Kevin Blowe
The belief that the police are now our servants and their independence from the state guarantees their impartiality and accountability is an enduring one. It is summed up in the most often quoted maxim of Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Metropolitan Police, that ‘the police are the public and the public are the… Continue reading
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Olga CHETVERIKOVA: Crisis as a way to build a global totalitarian state
Events are following the same path as the Great Depression in 1929-1933: a financial crisis, an economic recession, social conflicts, establishing totalitarian dictatorships, inciting a war to concentrate power, and capital in the hands of a narrow circle. This time, however, the case in point is the final stage in the ‘global control’ strategy, where… Continue reading
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Luis Bilbao: The grand duel — At the Fifth Summit of the Americas, a crucial battle is to be waged By Luis Bilbao
The time has arrived: to align with the North to engage in the futile business of saving capitalism, or define positions and accelerate towards South American unity, the complementary solidarity of the region’s economies and authentic sovereignty towards the good life for all. That is the option for which there is no possible postponement. Continue reading
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Andrei KONUROV: NATO uses Afghanistan to turn into a global organization
Although the participants of the G20 summit managed to avoid debates, the agreement they had achieved appears to be very unreliable and as the crisis will go deeper, no signs of cooperation will remain. And the crisis will surely go stronger since all the measures the allies had agreed on, are actually in no way… Continue reading
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Craig Murray: Lies and Innuendo in the Ian Tomlinson Case
You cannot separate this brutalisation of power from the illegal war that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, and thousands of our own soldiers, on the basis of a lie but really to secure oil. Continue reading
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Bernanke’s Financial Rescue Plan: The growing prospect of a U.S. default by Mike Whitney
There are myriad problems with Bernanke’s lending facilities which are nothing more than a crafty way of transferring wealth from the Fed to private industry via low interest loans. Continue reading
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Morales about the IMF: “the wolf can not keep the flock”
Evo Morales has denounced Friday the injection of more than 1,000 billion dollars through the IMF against the global crisis, saying that countries at the root of the crisis can not solve it, or his words, that ‘the wolf can not keep the flock.’ Continue reading
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“Death of a Demonstrator in London Was Not So ‘Natural’: Police Provoked Confrontations” by YVKE Mundial with Pueblos Sin Fronteras
Activists interviewed by an alternative journalism collective Pueblos Sin Fronteras reported that the police provocation made the protests violent, penning demonstrators in separate corrals and preventing them from moving for hours, without access to water, food, or restrooms. This may explain the collapse of a citizen who died this Wednesday while the demonstrators were being… Continue reading
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COHA: The G20 and Latin America: A “Rendezvous With Destiny” or a False Start?
The debilitating ramifications of the crisis are not geographically localized, and therefore, any solution requires a global response that includes not only the most developed nations, but also the emerging market economies of the world. Continue reading
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Baton charges and kettling: police’s G20 crowd control tactics under fire
Police tactics of containing thousands of people for several hours at the Bank of England protests and using batons against climate camp protesters were condemned yesterday as an infringement of the right to demonstrate. Continue reading
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Indymedia London: Video of police attack on G20 climate camp
This short film shows the campers calling out “this is not a riot” and holding their arms in the air, while riot police surge forward wielding batons and shields in an unprovoked attack. Bikes, tents and personal belongings were damaged and lost in the attack. Continue reading
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Global Recession: Protectionism and Diversification in the U.S. and South America
As the economic crisis continues to globalize, South American nations are pursuing various trade deals, implementing economic stimulus packages, and imposing new tariffs in response. All of these individual national efforts seek to soften the blow delivered by the downturn, but it is unlikely that they alone will solve the problem. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 