"The speed with which climate change is advancing and affecting the populations of the poorest and most vulnerable countries will subject them to the combined impact of the world recession, global warming and the effects of the agricultural policies imposed on so many countries."
Toxic capitalism
5 November 2008, byThe crisis that we are witnessing today is shaking the very foundations of neo-liberal capitalism. It is unfolding at an accelerating speed, and nobody is capable of saying where it will lead.
This article does not try to follow its unfolding step by step, because it would be likely to be outdated by the time it was published . It seeks rather to suggest some keys to interpret this crisis and to demonstrate what is at stake on the social level.
“The climatic crisis will combine with the crisis of capital…”
5 November 2008, byThe point of view that I will defend is that the crisis which started in August 2007 represented a real break which put an end to a long phase of expansion of the world economy. This break heralds the beginning of a process of crisis whose characteristics in terms of the number of intermingled factors are comparable with those of the crisis of 1929, although this one takes place in a very different context and these factors are necessarily different.
Barack Obama: A Campaign with Issues
5 November 2008, byThere will be no real progress on health care, education, sustainability or any other meaningful goal without freeing up the resources that are being poured into the colonial occupation of Iraq and the overwhelming U.S. military budget. On one point Barack Obama is perfectly clear, and in harmony with John McCain: He’ll expand the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan.
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