Research institutes from around the world have come together to start an international discussion responding to the broad crises of our times, writes Vijay Prashad.
In a world divided by the Cold War, the Almaty declaration of 1978 was a triumph for humanity, write Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram. Then came the 1980s.
Formal democracies retain their constitutions and their laws, their elections and their public hearings – all part of the panoply of modern democracies. They fail, however, to actually listen to the suffering of the people, writes Vijay Prashad.
No amount of clean technology, industrial growth or boosts to GDP will avert the economic and climate crises inextricable to profit-driven extraction, writes Lee Wengraf.
In anticipation of a cascade of debt defaults in Africa, beginning with Zambia, Vijay Prashad says it’s vital to strengthen the flagging campaign for debt forgiveness and cancellation.