“The Left is a bit stuck in what needs to be done today”
“Where did we go wrong? Why has this happened? You can’t just blame the enemy. Why should the enemy be nice to you?” PLUS: Ali´s TV programme on corruption in Brazil
In the belly of the beast
German workers have been fighting for a fair contract at Amazon’s shipping facilities. The ongoing struggle has become one of the toughest labour disputes in modern German history
No permanent solution for the right to food
In Buenos Aires, countries form the Global South were being asked to pay yet again, by agreeing to even more demands. Once again, they left empty handed
Who controls our food?
The purchasing and sales policies of agrifood corporations promote a form of agriculture that revolves around productivity – at the expense of the weakest links in the chain: farmers and workers
A World Court for Corporations
How the EU plans to entrench and institutionalize Investor-State Dispute Settlement
The Return of Chile’s Left
For the first time in nearly fifty years, genuine left, popular forces reestablished themselves on the electoral landscape, threatening the power of the bipartisan duopoly that has dominated Chile’s post-Pinochet democracy
The myth of Germany as a ‘Climate Saviour’
Germany is by no means an ecological pioneer or a champion of climate protection. This is a country whose wealth is based on a both socially and environmentally highly destructive economic model
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
“We need a powerful vision”
“We cannot leave the field to a neoliberalism married to hideous, reactionary values. A progressive future is not guaranteed. We must work to bring it about, and we will”
Trade Deals and the Future of the Anti-Globalisation Movement
The beating heart of this global resistance was always Latin America – the continent that has most fundamentally challenged the economic theory and practice of the US and Europe governments
