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Una nueva cultura de la sostenibilidad

Por Fernando Cembranos, Yayo Herrero, Marta Pascual, Antonio Hernández, Charo Morán, Nerea Ramírez, Álvaro Martínez de la Vega, Beatriz Errea, José Carlos Puentes, María González, Águeda Férriz, María Gª Teruel, Editorial Libros en Acción, 342 pp, 16€
Un nuevo título de Libros en Acción (…)

“Não é crise. É que não te quero mais”

, por CASTELLS Manuel

Manuel Castells diz que, diante das novas turbulências financeiras, é preciso propor grandes mudanças — entre elas, reinvenção da democracia
Por Manuel Castells, La Vangardia | Tradução Cauê Seigner Ameni
Quando milhares de [jovens] indignados, [que ocuparam as praças da Espanha], tiram de (…)

A guerra, a dívida e o presidente

Operamundi

, por GOODMAN Amy

O Presidente Barack Obama defendeu seu acordo sobre o teto da dívida no dia 2 de agosto dizendo: “não podemos equilibrar o orçamento nas costas do próprio povo que tem arcado com o fardo desta recessão”. Mas foi isso o que ele e sua panelinha de Wall Street fizeram. Sobre assuntos nacionais, (…)

Planète Emmaüs

Par Sébastien Gracco de Lay

, par Emmaus France

Par Sébastien Gracco de Lay, préface de l’Abbé Pierre (inédit), 128 pages, 29,95 €
Il était une fois… Emmaüs International en images !
Raconter en images l’incroyable richesse humaine et la diversité des actions menées dans le monde par les groupes Emmaüs¸ c’est le fabuleux projet de (…)

Acabemos con el control financiero en la gobernanza europea

Por Susan George

, por TNI

Necesitamos eurobonos y una nueva carta para Europa.
La crisis europea es señal evidente de que hay que librarse de la camisa de fuerza económica impuesta por el Tratado de Lisboa, el Banco Central Europeo y el poderoso sector financiero.
Usted se dio a conocer por su trabajo sobre la crisis (…)

Kenya’s biofuel evictions

By Tracy McVeigh

, by Chinadialogue

In the Tana Delta’s unique wetlands, villagers fight for their plots of land as the government forces them out — to make way for water-thirsty sugar-cane and jatropha plantations.
Gamba Manyatta village is empty now, weeds already roping around the few skeletal hut frames still standing. The (…)

Our food system is making people sick

By K. I. Hope

, by Corporate Accountability International

Corporate America & obesity: why Americans can’t Live on food stamps
America is gaining weight and the most vulnerable populations are those with low levels of education and income, as well as those with black or Hispanic heritage. The most obese state in the country, Mississippi, also (…)

$35 billion of oil plus an "uncontacted" tribe equals coverup

By David Hill

, by Truthout

What do you do if you want to build a pipeline to move 300 million barrels of oil but an "uncontacted" tribe is in the way? Employing consultants who claim they don’t exist certainly helps.
On July 22, Peru’s Energy Ministry gave the green light to Anglo-French company Perenco to build a (…)

Interview with patron Noam Chomsky

, by Russel Tribunal on Palestine

Interviewed by Frank Barat, Coordinator of the Russel Tribunal on Palestine, Noam Chomsky answers a series of six questions regarding the major current international issues such as the role of intellectuals in challenging the established order, the Arab Revolutions or corporate power. He ends up (…)

Obama is NOT “Caving” to corporate interests

By Jeff Cohen

, by Common Dreams

In a campaign almost as frenzied as the effort to get Barack Obama into the White House, liberal groups are now mobilizing against the White House and reported deals that would cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits. They accuse President Obama of being weak and willing to “cave” (…)

China: ni dólar ni euro ¡oro!

Por Antoaneta Becker

, por Inter Press Service (IPS)

La preocupación de China por el lento fallecimiento del dólar justifica su publicitada compra de deuda de gobiernos europeos. Pero, con la crisis del euro en ciernes, los mandarines financieros chinos buscan un pilar más sólido para sus reservas de divisas que ya suman tres billones de dólares. (…)

How the soaring price of bread will shake the foundations of the global economy

By Christian Parenti

, by SACSIS

What can a humble loaf of bread tell us about the world?
The answer is: far more than you might imagine. For one thing, that loaf can be “read” as if it were a core sample extracted from the heart of a grim global economy. Looked at another way, it reveals some of the crucial fault lines of (…)

ALEC Exposed: Warming Up to Climate Change

By Jill Richardson

, by Common Dreams

As the U.S. suffers through catastrophic tornadoes, heat waves, and other climate extremes - no doubt just a small taste of what the climate crisis will bring in the future - polluting industries and the politicians that serve them want to convince you that excess carbon dioxide in the (…)

Consumers Reject Patents on Foodstuffs

, by La Déclaration de Berne

The European Patent Office awarded Syngenta a patent on melons „with a pleasant taste“, after an opposition filed by another seed company to revoke the patent had been rejected. According to a poll among Swiss consumers a majority of respondents reject such patents as well as the food products (…)

Cycle des minerais et étapes de développement

Par Monica Bruckmann

, par ALAI

Cet article a initialement été publié en espagnol, et il fait partie d’un dossier intitulé Ressources naturelles et géopolitique de l’intégration sudaméricaine. Il a été traduit par Florence Veillon, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros .
Sans aucun doute, une étude de l’évolution de la (…)

La financiarisation des ressources naturelles

Par Monica Bruckmann

, par ALAI

Cet article a initialement été publié en espagnol, et il fait partie d’un dossier intitulé Ressources naturelles et géopolitique de l’intégration sudaméricaine. Il a été traduit par Amélie Boissonnet, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros .
L’analyse économique et politique des ressources (…)