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Deglobalization, English

The Deglobalisation Paradigm: A Critical Discourse on Alternatives

[Dorothy Grace Guerrero]  Introduction The continuing and intensifying global economic crisis that started in the Eurozone and the United States (US), and has reverberated in India, China and other developing countries, is a concrete manifestation of the depth reached by globalisation. The world has experienced a number of financial crises before. However, the combination of the economic and ecological crises, the impacts of drastic reforms … Continue reading The Deglobalisation Paradigm: A Critical Discourse on Alternatives

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English, Others, Various

Catching the Power of the Wind

[Thomas Berry, October 24, 1975] A Statement of the Occasion of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the United Nations at the Spiritual Summit Conference V On this thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations we wish to indicate to you our esteem for the work you have accomplished. For thirty years this body has carried within itself many of the larger hopes and destinies … Continue reading Catching the Power of the Wind

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Eduardo Gudinas, English, Vivir Bien

Buen Vivir: Today’s tomorrow

[Eduardo Gudynas] Buen Vivir or Vivir Bien, are the Spanish words used in Latin America to describe alternatives to development focused on the good life in a broad sense. The term is actively used by social movements, and it has become a popular term in some government programs and has even reached its way into two new Constitutions in Ecuador and Bolivia. It is a plural concept … Continue reading Buen Vivir: Today’s tomorrow

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Aseem Shrivastava, English, Others

The planet – and we – are in peril

[Aseem Shrivastava] In his victory speech President Obama spoke of a planet in peril. In doing so he fell prey to the cognitive lapse that pits us against the environment, rather than part of it, and miscommunicates the nature of the ecological threat as just another problem to be fixed with more technology. “We should fear the consequences of changing the composition of the atmosphere.” James … Continue reading The planet – and we – are in peril

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Alternatives, Deglobalization, Degrowth, Economy..., Ecosocialism, English, Feminism, Mother Earth Rights, Various, Vivir Bien

Economy for Life in our Earth community

[Versión en español] Brief Background: This living document is a result of an extensive process led by the Social Movements for an Alternative Asia (SMAA), Gerak Lawan, La Via Campesina and the supporters of the #EndWTO Campaign. A draft document was written and circulated online before the #EndWTO Week of Action parallel to the 9th Ministerial of the World Trade Organization in Bali, Indonesia last … Continue reading Economy for Life in our Earth community

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Degrowth, English, Tim Jackson

Prosperity without growth?

[Tim Jackson]  Economic growth is supposed to deliver prosperity. Higher incomes should mean better choices, richer lives, an improved quality of life for us all. That at least is the conventional wisdom. But things haven’t always turned out that way. Summary Economic growth is supposed to deliver prosperity. Higher incomes should mean better choices, richer lives, an improved quality of life for us all. That … Continue reading Prosperity without growth?

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Aseem Shrivastava, English, Others

Sharing the pie

[Aseem Shrivastava] Policymakers say that the size of the pie in developing countries has to be enlarged before it can be distributed more equitably. But the way a country’s economy grows will determine whether there is anything left to distribute at the end of the growth process. “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” Albert Einstein Three closely related … Continue reading Sharing the pie

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Economy..., English, István Mészáros

The Only Viable Economy

[István Mészáros] 1. Once upon a time the capitalist mode of production represented a great advance over all of the preceding ones, however problematical and indeed destructive this historical advance in the end turned out—and had to turn out—to be.  By breaking the long prevailing but constraining direct link between human use and production, and replacing it with the commodity relation, capital opened up the dynamically unfolding possibilities … Continue reading The Only Viable Economy

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Ecosocialism, Español, Michael Lowy

Manifiesto ecosocialista

[Joel Kovel y Michael Löwy 2001] English Version Introducción. La idea de este manifiesto ecosocialista fue lanzada en conjunto por Joel Kovel y Michael Löwy en un taller sobre ecología y socialismo celebrado en Vincennes, cerca de París, en septiembre de 2001. Todos sufrimos de un caso crónico de la paradoja de Gramsci, al vivir en un tiempo cuyo viejo orden está muriendo (arrastrando a … Continue reading Manifiesto ecosocialista

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Ecosocialism, English, Michael Lowy

An Ecosocialist Manifesto

[Joel Kovel and Michael Lowy, Sept 2001] Versión en español Introduction The idea for this ecosocialist manifesto was jointly launched by Joel Kovel and Michael Lowy, at a September, 2001, workshop on ecology and socialism held at Vincennes, near Paris. We all suffer from a chronic case of Gramsci’s paradox, of living in a time whose old order is dying (and taking civilization with it) while … Continue reading An Ecosocialist Manifesto

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Alternatives, Analysis, Economic, Global, István Mészáros, Others

Structural Crisis Needs Structural Change

[István Mészáros] When stressing the need for a radical structural change it must be made clear right from the beginning that this is not a call for an unrealizable utopia. On the contrary, the primary defining characteristic of modern utopian theories was precisely the projection that their intended improvement in the conditions of the workers’ lives could be achieved well within the existing structural frameworkof the criticized … Continue reading Structural Crisis Needs Structural Change

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Global, Nature, Nnimmo Bassey

We need to overturn the system

[Nnimmo Bassey interview by Ethan Cox, June 2013] When we speak of Nigeria, and of the Nigerian people’s inspired resistance to the devastation wrought by multinational oil companies such as Shell, the name of the late, and great, Ken Saro-Wiwa is inescapable. But many others have continued to toil in the shadows over the years since Saro-Wiwa’s death. Nnimmo Bassey is one such activist who is … Continue reading We need to overturn the system

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Economic, Various

Global spillovers from the growth slowdown in emerging economies

[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] A concern highlighted in the latest OECD Economic Outlook is the growth slowdown in the large emerging market economies (EMEs). With the six BRIICS alone now accounting for 30% of world GDP (at PPP rates) and 15% of global equity markets, a slowdown in EMEs has larger effects on the global economy than in the past, via trade and financial cross-border … Continue reading Global spillovers from the growth slowdown in emerging economies

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Economic, English, Various

Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion

[UNICEF] A Rapid Review of Income Distribution in 141 Countries. This working paper: (i) provides an overview of global, regional and national income inequalities based on the latest distribution data from the World Bank, UNU-WIDER and Eurostat; (ii) discusses the negative implications of rising income inequality for development; (iii) calls for placing equity at the center of development in the context of the United Nations development … Continue reading Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion

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Economic, English, Nature, Various

The End of Growth

[Richard Heinberg] Introduction: The New Normal (Versión en español) The central assertion of this book is both simple and startling: Economic growth as we have known it is over and done with. The “growth” we are talking about consists of the expansion of the overall size of the economy (with more people being served and more money changing hands) and of the quantities of energy and material … Continue reading The End of Growth

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Analysis, Economic, Español, Nature

El Fin del Crecimiento

[Richard Heinberg] Introducción: La nueva normalidad (English version) La afirmación central de este artículo es tan simple como sorprendente: El crecimiento económico tal como lo hemos conocido ha terminado. El “crecimiento” así como se ha venido llamando, consiste en la expansión permanente de la economía global, con cada vez más personas atendidas, más dinero cambiando de manos, y mayores cantidades de energía y bienes materiales fluyendo … Continue reading El Fin del Crecimiento

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Alternatives, Español

¿Qué es Alternativas Sistémicas?

English Estamos viviendo una crisis sistémica que sólo puede ser resuelta con alternativas sistémicas. Lo que la humanidad enfrenta no es sólo una crisis ambiental, económica, social o institucional. Esta es una crisis de la humanidad y del sistema de la Tierra. Es una crisis sistémica provocada por el sistema capitalista en su incesante búsqueda de crecimiento y ganancias sin fin a expensas del planeta … Continue reading ¿Qué es Alternativas Sistémicas?

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Alternatives, Español, Raúl Prada

La potencia de la vida

[Raúl Prada Alcoreza]  ¿Quiénes somos? ¿Qué somos? ¿Para qué nos constituimos tal como hemos llegado a ser en el momento presente? Estas preguntas son cruciales al momento de sentirnos interpelados por los desafíos del presente; ¿cómo afrontar todas las problemáticas acumuladas? ¿Seremos capaces de solucionarlas o los problemas que enfrentamos nos van a desbordar? Para decirlo en términos dramáticos: ¿vamos a destruir el planeta donde … Continue reading La potencia de la vida

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Analysis, Economic, English, Socio cultural, Various

Humanity Divided: Confronting Inequality in Developing Countries

[UNDP Report] The report makes the basic point that in spite of the impressive progress humanity has made on many fronts over the decades, it still remains deeply divided. Key messages of the report are: During the last two decades, income inequality has significantly increased in many countries. On average — and taking into account population size — income inequality increased by 11 percent in developing … Continue reading Humanity Divided: Confronting Inequality in Developing Countries

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Alternatives, Analysis, Français

Quelles alternatives au néolibéralisme ?

[Genevieve Azam] La globalisation néo-libérale a trouvé sa justification dans le principe simple : il n’y a pas d’alternative (TINA). Après des années de recherches et publications restées relativement confidentielles, des années de construction de réseaux,  fondations et autres think tank, après les premières applications concrètes dans le Chili de Pinochet, c’est l’effondrement des pays du bloc dit « socialiste » qui a permis l’affirmation au grand jour … Continue reading Quelles alternatives au néolibéralisme ?

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