Tous les articles et traductions

As most countries miss deadline to demonstrate openness on petroleum, mining revenues, an international initiative that seeks to promote more openness about how countries profit from their oil, gas, and mining resources should not weaken its modest membership standards because governments are (…)

Corporate globalization in the ‘real’ world economy lay behind what appeared at first to be a strictly financial crisis. It was hooked on debt, a deadly vice which eventually crushes everything in its grip, to the point where no-one knows the value of anything. So it could be that, in August (…)

Un reportage télévisé troublant sur les origines de la pandémie mondiale de la grippe porcine, rebaptisée en terme plus diplomatique “grippe H1N1” : les responsables seraient les élevages industriels de porcs ou plutôt, comme il est dit dans la vidéo, le modèle économique dont ils font partie. (…)

Groups like Conservation International are among the most trusted "brands" in America, pledged to protect and defend nature. Yet as we confront the biggest ecological crisis in human history, many of the green organizations meant to be leading the fight are busy shoveling up hard cash from the (…)

Après la décision de l’Europe de limiter ou révoquer les brevets revendiqués par le laboratoire privé Myriad Genetics sur deux gènes impliqués dans le cancer du sein, le débat sur la brevetabilité du patrimoine génétique humain rebondit aux Etats-Unis. Plusieurs universités américaines et (…)

Desde que se creó en 1989, el régimen internacional de lucha contra el blanqueo de capitales no está funcionando tan bien como debería. Tras dos décadas de esfuerzos fallidos, los expertos siguen estudiando cómo poner en práctica un sistema que funcione.
En este número de Crimen y (…)

Ben Amunwa looks at how the settlement of the Wiwa v Shell case affects the ongoing Niger Delta crisis, and the settlement’s implications for human rights, environmental justice and the control of resources in the region. Read more

Something important is happening in Cleveland: a new model of large-scale worker- and community-benefiting enterprises is beginning to build serious momentum in one of the cities most dramatically impacted by the nation’s decaying economy. The Evergreen Cooperative Laundry (ECL)—a worker-owned, (…)

Los activistas pro ciberderechos llevan desde 2008 alertando de los peligros que esconde el Acuerdo Comercial contra la Falsificación (ACTA), que negocia en secreto EEUU con varios países, la Unión Europea entre ellos. Pero hoy, es la primera vez que un organismo oficial ha alzado la voz en (…)

Si creemos a los ministros de Finanzas del G-7, Haití está a punto de conseguir algo que se merecía desde mucho tiempo atrás: el "perdón" total de su deuda externa. En Puerto Príncipe, el economista haitiano Camille Chalmers ha estado siguiendo estos acontecimientos con un optimismo cauto. La (…)

La Coalition française de l’Action mondiale contre la pauvreté (AMCP) fait partie des coalitions nationales qui se sont créées en 2005 à l’occasion de la cam- pagne mondiale lancée à Porto-Alegre. Toutes ras- semblent des acteurs de solidarité internationale et de lutte contre (…)

A ETH Bionergia, pertencente ao Grupo Odebrecht, anuncia hoje o acordo de união com a Brenco, criando umas das maiores empresas do setor sucroalcooleiro no país, capaz de, em três anos, produzir 3 bilhões de litros de álcool. O setor continua se consolidando – ou se concentrando, dependendo do (…)

À propos de l’ouvrage de Dominique Nora, "Les pionniers de l’or vert", Grasset, 2009.
Capitalisme vert ? Emplois verts ? Technologies vertes ou propres ? Vit-on une transformation profonde de notre modèle économique ? L’hypothèse est captivante : la raréfaction des énergies fossiles – plus (…)

La Grèce est-elle responsable de la situation dans laquelle elle se trouve ? Et, du coup, de la situation dans laquelle elle a mis la zone euro, dont la monnaie semble être devenue à risque ? En partie, sans doute. Mais ne lui faisons pas porter le chapeau tout entier, car elle n’est pas seule (…)

A ‘normal’ working week of 21 hours could help to address a range of urgent, interlinked problems: overwork, unemployment, over-consumption, high carbon emissions, low well-being, entrenched inequalities, and the lack of time to live sustainably, to care for each other, and simply to enjoy life. (…)

WHAT began as a service aimed at empowering marginalised people like Kamlesh from East Delhi is being increasingly eyed by the corporates. If this happens, the entire microfinance (MF) concept could be turned on its head. Read more

Nearly 10 years after Argentina’s economic collapse sparked a movement, worker-run cooperatives endure another crisis. Report from Argentina on the state of the workers’ co-op movement there, which sprouted in the aftermath of the country’s 2001 economic collapse. Divisions within the movement, (…)

The birthplace of the World Social Forum (WSF), conceived as an alternative to international meetings pursuing free-market economics, Brazil is on its way to becoming a major economic power, analysts say. The question is, what kind of model will it adopt to avoid the behaviour it has previously (…)

Four years on from nef’s “Growth isn’t Working”, this new report goes one step further and tests that thesis in detail in the context of climate change and energy. It argues that indefinite global economic growth is unsustainable. Just as the laws of thermodynamics constrain the maximum (…)

In 2006-08, Maharashtra (India) saw 12, 493 farm suicides. That is 85 per cent higher than the 6,745 suicides it recorded during 1997-1999. And the worst three-year period for any State, any time. The dismal truth is that very high numbers of farm suicides still occur within a fast decreasing (…)