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Globalization
Beginning or end of the tariff war between the US and China? ¿Inicio o fin de la guerra arancelaria entre los Estados Unidos y China?

Para la izquierda internacional, la lucha no terminará mientras prevalezca el actual sistema global de comercio y economía, basado en las normas de la OMC y la globalización neoliberal.

Beginning or end of the tariff war between the US and China? Beginning or end of the tariff war between the US and China?

For the international left, the struggle is not over as long as the current global system of trade and economy, grounded in WTO norms and neoliberal globalization, prevails.

Western-led globalization might end, but the new globalization might have an Eastern face

The appetite around the world has increased for an alternative to Western globalization, but this does not necessarily mean deglobalization

India’s rich keep getting richer

Journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty explains the dichotomy of two Indians finding a place among the top ten billionaires of the world while billions struggle for a livelihood. He explains the policy paradigm that led to this moment

Bush Obama 9/11 How can the US wake up from its post-9/11 nightmare?

The only hope for the future is to abandon the futile quest for hegemony and instead commit to peace, cooperative diplomacy, international law, and disarmament.

Anti-G20 mobilizations in Italy: Strengthening environmental struggles and remembering Genoa 2001

Social movements are organizing street mobilizations and counter-summits during the meeting of G20 environment ministers from July 20-23. This G20 meeting takes place exactly 20 years after the killing of Carlo Giuliani during the G8 summit in Genova.

Walden Bello| Is COVID an opportunity for Food Sovereignty?

Walden Bello, from Focus on the Global South, shows how the COVID-19 crisis exposed the fragility of the present corporate and free trade driven food supply system

Indonesia, COVID and Deglobalization of Food Systems

Indra Lubis of the Indonesia Political Economy Association, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small farmers and informal workers in Indonesia

How pandemics are related to ecological crises

The globalization of food, along with myths about “miracle” cures and “superfoods” and changing food habits, are wreaking havoc. Much of this can be prevented