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Global Famine

1 June 2008 - by Michel Chossudovsky

Humanity is undergoing in the post-Cold War era an economic and social crisis of unprecedented scale leading to the rapid impoverishment of large sectors of the World population. National economies are collapsing, unemployment is rampant. Local (...)
From false to real solutions for climate change

22 May 2008 - by Patrick Bond

Amidst her welcome critique of the biofuel mania, Vandana Shiva’s ZNet commentary (December 13, 2007) also made this point: “The Kyoto Protocol totally avoided the material challenge of stopping activities that lead to higher emissions and the (...)
Evo Morales’ 10 Commandments to save the Planet

Bolivian President Evo Morales said today that to save the planet requires putting an end to the capitalist model and for the North to pay its Ecological Debt. This was the first of 10 points presented by Morales at the inauguration of the UN’s (...)
Chomsky: Poorer Countries Find a Way to Escape U.S. Dominance

1 March 2008 - by Michael Shank

The famous critic lays out the emerging alternatives to the U.S.-dominated international financial institutions of the last century.
Green shoots amidst debt chaos

4 December 2007 - by Eric Toussaint

December 2007 As regards North/South relations, we are at present in a situation which is exactly the opposite of the financial crises of the past 25 years. The credit bubble has begun to deflate and is moving towards the developing countries (...)
INDEPENDENT PEOPLES TRIBUNAL ON THE WORLD BANK

World Bank officials shy away from participation ’TRIBUNAL FINDS UNDUE INFLUENCE OF BANK ON INDIA’S NATIONAL POLICIES’

http://www.worldbanktribunal.org PRESS RELEASE 24 September 2007, New Delhi New Delhi: The four day Independent Peoples Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank in India concluded here today hearing numerous depositions indicting the Bank’s policy and (...)
DRC: a demonstration of plunder and submission

11 July 2007 - by Eric Toussaint, Damien Millet

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a textbook case for those who wish to understand complex notions like the pillage of a country’s wealth, the intolerable loss of a State’s sovereignty, or the concept of odious debt. The manner in which (...)
International press

A Well of Hypocrisy

21 July 2006 - by George Monbiot

One man uses gas and oil money to help the poor. The other uses it to buy guns. Guess who gets vilified...
Stiglitz: Those Who Must Be Compensated Are the Bolivians, Not the Companies

6 June 2006 - by Rosa Rojas

The manner in which Bolivia negotiates with the affected companies will be the key factor, according to the financial organization. The failure of the neoliberal model imposed by the US is evident, maintains the Nobel laureate in (...)
The Struggle for Latin America’s Water

14 August 2004 - by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke

Water privatization provokes a political backlash as Latin Americans take the global lead in demanding water democracy. Latin America is blessed with an abundance of fresh water. The region contains four of the world’s 25 largest rivers-the (...)
The winner and loser of WB fossil fuel finance

The Enregy Tug of War

28 May 2004 - by Seen

SEEN Press Release, 22 April 2004 World Bank funnels taxpayer funds for poverty reduction to Halliburton, Big Oil WASHINGTON - The Institute for Policy Studies released a report that shows that most oil projects supported by the World Bank (...)
Water Privatization: The WB’s Latest Market Fantasy

9 January 2004 - by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke

The impacts of World Bank and IMF structural adjustment programs on countries in the Global South have been well-documented in the areas of health and education, food security and jobs. However, less is known about the impacts of the World (...)