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Certaines institutions internationales prennent des gants et maintiennent un peu d’ambiguïté sur le thème de « l’économie verte », une idée qui semble sympa (qui peut être contre une économie plus écologique ?) mais sur laquelle je reviendrai car son usage par les dominants et par les milieux d’affaires (...)

"(The) water crisis is largely our own making. It has resulted not from the natural limitations of the water supply or lack of financing and appropriate technologies, even though these are important factors, but rather from profound failures in water governance.” – UNDP on water governance
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"If we want to save life and humanity, we are obliged to end the capitalist system." Bolivian President Evo Morales
We hear and read that the economy is rebounding – again – and this during a multi billion dollar presidential campaign. Gee. Threats of more foreign wars are also unrelated to (...)

A decisão do governo de erradicar a pobreza é mobilizadora para um amplo espectro do campo democrático e popular. Nesse sentido, a economia solidária permite que se supere a condição de miséria, evitando a transformação de miseráveis em trabalhadores que passarão a vivenciar a alienação e a exploração no (...)

The Budget provides proof of the United Progressive Alliance government having forgotten the importance of its own “flagship schemes”.
BUDGET 2012-13 provides conclusive proof that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has lost its way. It has managed the remarkable feat of upsetting (...)

Le rapport « Jeans mortels » sur la pratique du sablage dans le secteur textile au Bangladesh publié aujourd’hui, met les marques H&M, Diesel et Zara sous pression. Alors que ces dernières affirment ne plus recourir à la technique du sablage pour donner un aspect usé à la toile, l’enquête menée (...)

Ce texte a initialement été publié en portugais sur Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil, et il a été traduit par Fernanda Grégoire, traductrice bénévole pour rinoceros.
La 17ème conférence des Parties de la Convention-Cadre des Nations Unies sur le Changement Climatique (COP 17) s’est conclu le 11 décembre et (...)

Dependência e Subdesenvolvimento é uma reconstituição cuidadosa da interpretação de Celso Furtado sobre o caráter perverso do capitalismo contemporâneo e seus impactos devastadores sobre a periferia da economia mundial. O estudo de João Paulo Camargo Hadler coloca em evidência o impasse a que chega a (...)

Por trás do tsunami monetário existe uma opção de distribuição de renda a favor dos ricos. Ao contrário dos gastos fiscais, que usam empréstimos do setor privado e receita de senhoriagem para financiar o gasto público de infraestrutura e a favor dos menos afortunados, a política de expansão monetária em (...)

Le Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau (FAME) vient d’avoir lieu, et il a été l’occasion, pour les mouvements de la société civile, de proposer de véritables alternatives à la privatisation de l’eau prônée par le Conseil Mondial de l’Eau.
Voici quelques articles sur la thématique de la gouvernance de l’eau (...)

Le Brésil n’est pas seulement gouverné par deux femmes, la présidente Dilma Roussef et Gleisi Hoffman, l’équivalent de notre Premier Ministre, on retrouve aussi une femme à la tête de l’entreprise la plus importante du pays, Petrobras. Malgré cela, le Brésil se situe au 82ème rang mondial en termes de (...)

En el lustro 2006-2010, las políticas de producción agrícola y de tierras de Bolivia no lograron cambiar el modelo latifundista y agroexportador dominado por grandes empresas predominante en periodos anteriores, estimó el Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario (Cedla), punto focal (...)

We are facing a cynical response from the elites concerning the ecological and economic crises. What is being sold to us as green economy is nothing but an attempt to have a new round of expansion of capitalism. It is an extension of neoliberalism, a new green Washington consensus, attempting (...)

Today marks the launch of OurKingdom’s version of ‘Common Sense’, a new ebook by Dan Hind about the Occupy movement and deliberative politics. We are publishing the pamphlet in partnership with Myriad Editions and the New Left Project ↑ , who have brought out their own editions. Below, Guy (...)

Federico Engels dice: “No debemos lisonjearnos demasiado de nuestras victorias humanas sobre la naturaleza. Esta se venga de nosotros por cada una de las derrotas que le inferimos. Es cierto que todas ellas se traducen principalmente en los resultados previstos y calculados, pero acarrean, (...)

El Índice de Equidad de Género (IEG) mide la brecha entre hombres y mujeres en educación, actividad económica y empoderamiento político. Social Watch calcula un valor de la brecha de género para cada una de las tres áreas, en una escala del 0 (cuando, por ejemplo, ninguna mujer recibe educación pero (...)

Deslizarse en bicicleta requiere equilibrio, confianza y autocontrol, atributos necesarios para que las mujeres se apropien del espacio público, proclama un grupo de ciclistas feministas de la capital chilena.
¿Qué tienen que ver los derechos de las mujeres con pedalear sobre dos ruedas? La (...)

In June this year, the United Nations Conference of Environment and Development (UNCED) popularly known, as the Rio Earth Summit will commemorate 20 years. It was originally held in Brazil in 1992. You may recall that in 2002, South Africa hosted the World Summit on Sustainable Development (...)

Journalist Paul Mason covered the uprisings of 2011 as they occurred. His new book "Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere," explains why they all happened at once.
We’re at an inflection point in history, a shift not just in our politics but our consciousness, says Paul Mason, BBC Newsnight economics (...)

By the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), 2-vol. Set (296 pages and 496 pages), 80$
This is India’s first and most comprehensive survey presented in an attractive 2-volume set on the state of its water and its management. It is the 7th Report in our highly popular SOE Series. It would be (...)