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Are Green Resource Wars Looming?
Trying to simply recreate a green equivalent of our present world, vehicle by vehicle, could prove but another formula for disaster.
To Argue With the King of Growth
The myth of growth in our culture, whereby we perceive the accumulation of material and financial wealth as a proxy for social progress and human well-being. The example of Washington state illustrates how modern society struggles to abandon the illusion of limitless expansion, even when it tries to do right by its citizens.
Economics and Politics for Liberation: an Interview with Ndongo Sylla
The writer, researcher and activist Ndongo Samba Sylla speaks about his work, French imperialism in Africa, and the struggle for economic and political liberation in Senegal and the continent.
Scientific Capitalism
The problem of the neoliberal revolution is not, therefore, that scientists have become venal when once they were angelic. It is that while money was previously a side-effect of scientific inquiry, now it is its main purpose. And, typically, the moment scientists start profiting, they stop doing science.
How Mondragon Became the World’s Largest Co-Op
In Spain, an industrial-sized conglomerate owned by its workers suggests an alternative future for capitalism.
Different Strokes: Women in the Tamil Mahabharatas
A compressed version of the lecture that retired JNU scholar, professor Vijaya Ramaswamy, was to deliver in Chennai recently. According to media reports, the event was cancelled in the wake of objections from rightwing activists.