No future for UNASUR?
Colombia’s impending withdrawal has left UNASUR on the edge of collapse. Why has the organization continued to struggle?
Free public transport for all – dream and reality
Daniel Santini from Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in São Paulo was in Estonia to talk about mobility experiences and free public transportacion in Brazil
A Tunisian perspective on the 2018 WSF in Bahia
I must say that I left Brazil with the same questions that I ask myself after the past editions that I attended. Does it make sense after the lack of political impact of the final edition to keep taking part and contributing to the WSF dynamic?
Merkel, Schulz and their governing parties are the losers
The Christian Democrats received their second worst results in the history of the republic. Government formation will not become easy for Angela Merkel
Services, Democracy and Corporate Rule in the Trump Era
TiSA is in fact aimed at freeing corporations providing transnational services from what they view as burdensome and needlessly differing national and local regulations. The agreement is also designed to pry open public services to commercial involvement
Greek politics: Checking the facts
Whereas Greece had been regarded by the German public as an idyllic holiday destination, overnight it became a crisis-ridden country full of artful dodgers and creative accountants that attracted torrents of derision, polemics and rancour from German politicians and media
Paris is burning
There is an emergent climate justice movement that insists on putting those who are most affected by climate change first and that brings together communities on the frontlines of resistance with indigenous people, environmentalists, trade unionists, and so many others