Economics

The Move the Money–NYC Coalition and Council Member Carlina Rivera will hold a rally in support of Resolution 423-2022 calling on Congress and the President to move significant funds away from the military budget to fund social services. It also…

Three major issues dominated 2023: the conflict in Ukraine, the economy and the conflict in Palestine. The first two upheavals began in 2022, the third in 2023. In all three cases, developments brought about a head-on collision with largely concealed…

Dear Secretary General whatever the global issues and problems under consideration, a dramatic fact emerges: humanity is not capable of giving concrete, immediate and common answers. The institutionalized powers of the current system are unable to do so because the…

In the framework of the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of China before the UN, this report, backed by 35 organisations, highlights the negative impacts of Chinese investments and its persistent disregard for human rights and environmental…

The corporate lobbying drumbeat kept banging ever louder — and in the end led to a dramatic downfall of one of the key Green Deal initiatives for ecosystems, health and food security. By Nina Holland Last week MEPs of the…

Amid other crises, China’s economy has reeled from Western decoupling efforts. While several countries stand to gain from this process, it has only partially reduced China’s extensive global influence. By John P. Ruehl The 10th anniversary of the Belt and…

Registration is now open for the International Conference “Financial Sovereignty: Debt, Plunder and Resistance”, which will take place in the city centre of São Paulo, Brazil, on 23, 24 and 25 October. The main objective of the meeting is to…

In a previous editorial (What Must Be Done TMS 11 Sep 2023), I made the point that public discourse may not manifest underlying objective facts that play a key role in causing it. For example, something that I am calling an objective…

A Greek immigrant writes a respond to the NYTimes New York Times published a news article “Greece, Battered a Decade Ago, Is Booming” by Liz Alderman, with additional reporting from Niki Kitsantonis (Monday, Sept. 25 / in print on Saturday, Sept. 30, Section B,…

The Nigerian crisis has been building up for months. Inflation and low wages, as well as the government’s announcement to suspend fuel subsidies, which would have a strong impact on the cost of living, are at the basis of this…