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Open letter to the UN Secretary General. The life of the planet in question. A proposal

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…

Latin American organisations, including Chile, present report to the UN on human rights violations by Chinese companies

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 two-year lobbying campaign to sabotage pesticide-reduction

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…

Why We’re Seeing Shifting Patterns in Global Manufacturing

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…

International Conference “Financial Sovereignty” to take place in São Paulo

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…

Who or What Will Do What Must Be Done?

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…

Poverty in Greece or economic miracle

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,…

General strike in Nigeria: wages, subsidies, cost of living, Nigerian people rise up.

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…

Academics in solidarity with Viome, the factory self-managed by its workers

Dear colleagues, Most of you are already familiar with the worker recuperated factory of VIOME which is under workers’ control. The workers of VIOME in Thessaloniki, Greece, have stood up against unemployment and poverty by carrying through a long struggle…

Ukrainian produce has sparked disagreement in the EU

By George Bovt Ukrainian agricultural exports have caused tension within the European Union. The “grain deal” that allowed Ukraine to export its produce across the Black Sea has collapsed, exacerbating the issue. Kiev must now route more exports through neighboring…

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