Thousands Call for Peace in Colombia

May 21, 2012 By

The Real News Network Thousands of victims of violence march in Bogota tell warlords they want an end to the conflict More at The Real News


Filed Under: Conflict, Human Rights, Inequality, Insurgency, Justice, Latin America, Politics, Social Justice, Video Tagged With: ,

Hopes To Heal Economy Through Devaluation, Which Has Hit Poor Hard

May 17, 2012 By

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE, May 17, 2012 (IPS) – As Malawi’s poor struggle to afford food and other staple items since the 48 percent devaluation of the local currency against the dollar, economic commentators are optimistic that the move will provide an opportunity to boost the country’s export [...]


Filed Under: Africa, Development, Inequality, Poverty, Report, Trade Tagged With: ,

U.N. Warns of Social Fall-Out from Spain’s Austerity Plan

May 10, 2012 By

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Gustavo Capdevila GENEVA, May 10, 2012 (IPS) – An expert body of the United Nations has warned the Spanish government that the severe budget cutbacks it is applying must not undermine its commitment to upholding the economic, social and cultural rights of the country’s people. Austerity measures [...]


Filed Under: Economic Crisis, Featured, Inequality, Social Justice, Unrest Tagged With: , ,

U.S.: "Money Isn’t Speech, Corporations Aren’t People"

January 22, 2012 By

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kanya D’Almeida NEW YORK, Jan 21, 2012 (IPS) – In most mainstream media the words "corruption" and "election fraud" accompany images of makeshift polling stations manned by armed guards in Burma or burning tires beside tattered ballot boxes in South Sudan – the insidiousness of stolen elections [...]


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INDIA: Advancing Economy Reveals a Hungry Underbelly

January 21, 2012 By

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By K.S. Harikrishnan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Jan 21, 2012 (IPS) – Even a year after Rani, a three-year-old tribal girl in the backward Wayanad district of southern Kerala state, was treated in a government hospital for gastroenteritis she remains grossly underweight and suffers from frequent bouts of diarrhoea. Rani [...]


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Banks Holding 1.4 Trillion, Could Create 19 Million Jobs

December 22, 2011 By

The Real News Network December 21, 2011 Bob Pollin: Study looks at impact of 1.4 trillion in excess liquid asset holdings if put in productive investments More at The Real News


Filed Under: Economic Crisis, Economic Policy, Finance, Inequality, United States, Video Tagged With: ,

INEQUALITY DESTROYS LIVES

December 6, 2011 By

Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies Originally presented on  TEDtalksDirector  – Oct 24, 2011 We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when… Editor’s Note: Nothing could better reflect the purpose and orientation of this [...]


Filed Under: Development, Inequality, Social Justice, Video

Microfinance Works – For the Rich

November 18, 2011 By

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Raquel Martinez VALLADOLID, Spain, Nov 18, 2011 (IPS) – Jesús Guerra, a volunteer at this week’s Fifth Global Microcredit Summit in this Spanish town, was nonplussed by the expensive gold watch sported by a banker from a developing country. "When I volunteered to help at the Summit [...]


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CHINA: Only Business Occupies Shanghai

November 16, 2011 By

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Antoaneta Becker SHANGHAI, Nov 16, 2011 (IPS) – As China’s financial centre and a pinnacle of domestic wealth, Shanghai could have been in the forefront of a home-grown movement against income disparity of the like sweeping New York’s Wall Street and London’s City. Instead it remains a [...]


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India Can Do Much More

November 15, 2011 By

Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By Devinder Kumar IDN-InDepth NewsReport MUMBAI (IDN) – Some soul-searching mingled with self-praise and encouragement from abroad as the India Economic Summit 2011 wrapped up after intensive discussions on November 14 in Mumbai, the commercial and entertainment capital of India. ‘Linking Leadership with Livelihood’ was the overall theme of the [...]


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