This conflict is essentially over policies that put the avaricious demands of financial markets ahead of the needs of the people, writes Diana Johnstone.
Tag: Neoliberalism
AMLO’s Attempt to Transform Mexico
Jeremy Corbyn lost the U.K. election but progressive Mexican leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been in power for one year. He is carrying out the plans described in his 2018 book “New Hope for Mexico,” writes Rick Sterling.
The Most Unpopular Government in UK Political History
The disillusionment will be on the same scale as Boris Johnson’s bombastic promises, writes Craig Murray.
More Austerity for Developing Countries: It’s Bad News, and It’s Avoidable
As the West questions damaging austerity policies, it is becoming the new normal for the rest of the world, write Isabel Ortiz and Thomas Stubbs.
‘The Test of a Country Is Not the Number of its Millionaires’
With an eye on the protesters in Baghdad and Santiago and the voters in Argentina and Bolivia, Vijay Prashad contemplates Gandhi’s simple standard for civilization.
PEPE ESCOBAR: The Age of Anger Exploding in Serial Geysers
The presidential election in Argentina pitted the people against neoliberalism and the people won. What happens next will have a tremendous impact all over Latin America and serve as a blueprint for assorted Global South struggles.
Weep for Catalonia, Weep for Liberalism in Europe
As Catalans are imprisoned for democratic efforts guaranteed by the UN, the EU should be condemned for ignoring an obvious breach of human rights, says Craig Murray.
Italy’s Confused, Radicalized Response to Migrants
Attilio Moro calls for concrete policies to tame the forces of global capitalism which, while overlooked by both sides of the debate, have been driving mass illegal immigration.
The Precipitous Barbarisation of Our Times
Roberto Savio confronts an era of greed, fear and “populocracy.”
EU Elections Spotlight Europe’s Weakened Left
Attilio Moro analyzes why the failures of neoliberalism are feeding right-wing populism in Europe.