Activists from across Latin America and the world marched on Friday November 30 to reject the G20 Summit which brings together and celebrates the most powerful and divisive leaders of the world and their anti-people policies
A host of activities have been planned to highlight altrernatives to the neoliberal model proposed by the G20 and international finance
The protests against the gathering of global leaders provides an opportunity to develop political platforms that can mount a more sustained resistance to the neoliberal agenda
Left-wing academics and politicians from across the world spoke at the forum, which served as the official opening to the 8th edition of the Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Social Sciences (CLACSO)
The return of IMF ‘oversight’ over Argentina’s economy means sharp cuts in social security, wage stagnation, crackdowns on protesters and left-wing politicians, and huge profits for finance capital. A new dossier by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research looks at the crisis and the possibilities of resistance
As Argentina prepares to host the G20 heads of state summit, it stares at a long period of social and economic crises that are likely to be the byproducts of IMF-dictated austerity policies implemented by president Mauricio Macri
In continuation of the strong people’s mobilization in response to the attempt to increase the price of fuels in the month of July and with the slogan of “Where is Petrocaribe money?”, various people’s sectors of Haitian society once again took to the streets on the national day of struggle, October 17.
The World Bank, in it’s report, wants the countries to move towards deregulation of labour laws as a solution to accommodate this changing nature of work, and financing of social security measures through levying taxes such as VAT (value added tax) and cutting subsidies.
Instead of seeking to alter the “free-trade regime” to address the grievances of American workers, Trump, singling out China as the enemy, has declared an economic war which will hurt workers in the US, China and in the developing world
A number of trade unions called for 36-hour strikes to denounce the IMF agreement and the anti-worker and anti-people policies of the government
Protestors warns that IMF directives will put the country again in deep crisis
The past week in Argentina saw massive protests and the further devaluation of the Argentine peso, bringing the country closer to an economic crisis
