Pakistan: The IMF’s Conditional Loan and its Cost
Pakistan may have been saved, but not the people.
Africa | Imperialism | Online Blog | Racism
Slave Trade Legacies in Britain and the Question of Reparations
The author seeks to unearth the history of slave trade in Britain, and examines the institutions that granted it political, social and economic legitimacy. He also gives a spirited call for reparations.
Can Thailand End Military Rule?
Even if the conservative forces do not allow the young leader of the Move Forward Party (MFP), Pita Limjaroenrat, to become the next prime minister, it seems impossible for the military to resist for long the momentum of the MFP.
The Return of Child Labor in the United States – Two Articles
“The Return of Child Labor Is the Latest Sign of American Decline”; and: “To Hear the Wail of the Children: Hard Exploitative Times”. Concerted efforts are being made in the USA to weaken or repeal statutes that have inhibited or prevented the possibility of exploiting children.
2.4 Billion People Did Not Have Constant Access to Food, Hunger Stunts 148 Million Children, Says UN Report
Approximately 2.4 billion individuals, largely women and residents of rural areas, did not have consistent access to nutritious, safe, and sufficient food in 2022, said UN’s latest report. As many as 783 million faced hunger, and 148 million children suffered from stunted growth.
Failed Fukushima Fixes Falling Like Dominoes
In the 12 years since the Fukushima meltdowns, Tepco’s disaster response efforts, always heralded as fixes, have been a series of hugely expensive failures. Also: “Despite Warnings, IAEA Approves Japan Release Plan for Contaminated Fukushima Water”.
Corporate Profits Were Biggest Driver of Inflation in Europe, IMF Admits
“Rising corporate profits account for almost half the increase in Europe’s inflation over the past two years as companies increased prices by more than spiking costs of imported energy”, wrote IMF economists this June.
Online Blog | Racism | USA
The History of Affirmative Action Exposes its Reactionary Weaknesses
We need a little history and political context for affirmative action in higher education in this country (the USA), so we can better grasp what this Supreme Court ruling banning the use of race as a consideration in college admissions really means.
Developmentalism Versus Ecosocialism
Transcript of a conversation with two ancestors: Livio Rangel, a lifelong organizer and educator from Venezuela, and Joel Kovel from the USA, co-author of the Ecosocialist Manifesto. The conversation seeks to build a partnership in the belly of the beast with the revolutionary ecosocialist movements of the global South.
The Warsaw Ghetto: Fighting for Life Itself
The 1943 uprising in Warsaw’s Ghetto is an inspiring story of heroism in the face of overwhelming odds, that has been immortalised by Marek Edelman in ‘The Ghetto Fights: Warsaw, 1941-43’ (1995).