RSA Animate - Crises of Capitalism

South of the Border, Upside Down World Review

Manufacturing Consent Latin America-Style, Click for article reviewing the reviews

South of the Border Posters; Hernan Reig. Click for my review of the film

Quien Dijo Miedo, Katia Lara

Katia Lara lanzando su documental en Buenos Aires

La hondureña y directora de la nueva película documental “Quien Dijo Miedo”, Katia Lara, lanzó su documental en Buenos Aires. Fuimos  a comer después del estreno y se ve que su documental es un trabajo de amor por su pueblo y su resistencia al poder golpista. Se [...]

1810 stirrings of independence, 1910 the Belle Époque, 2010 the A.B.C.D. of poverty

Plastic waiting chairs await me in the spacious immigration offices built for streams of millions of European poor from Italy, Spain and other nations at war. The huddled masses arrived flea-bitten and seasick in their millions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These fine buildings are reminiscent of the best [...]

Negotiation or Dictate

Editorial:
The Guardian newspaper in the UK received an email with a file found on the computer of a “European” hotel, which you can read below.

Yes we know the British don’t really live in Europe, rather Europe lives off the British coastline, but wait I digress. Back to the negotiations in Copenhagen and now in Bonn…

Are [...]

Editor's submission to Evo's conference

The Structural Causes of Climate Change

What follows is a discussion of structural problems in the relationship between national economies and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The emphasis is on the role of transnational capital itself, independent of national political economics.

It is argued that in order to prevent further environmental degradation, pollution and climate change, the [...]

Beyond Copenhagen: Common Ownership, Reparations, Degrowth and Renewable Energy Technology Transfer By Kolya Abramsky

The task of collectively taking over the key means of production and decommodifying the major processes through which goods are produced and humans reproduce their existence are immense. The tasks of technology transfer as part of a wider process of reparations combined with degrowth are perhaps even bigger tasks. We are certainly not yet ready, especially in northern countries, where the major emissions cuts have to be made. [...]