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The World Forum for Alternatives is an international network aimed at supporting the international convergence of social movements and other actors of the Civil Society from below.
It creates spaces for reflection and coordination, providing social movements and ONGs, with tools for information and analysis on the globalization of resistances, and contributing to broadcast information about the existing international struggles.
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 Venezuelan Workers Organise, Draft Proposals for New Labour Law
Rachael Boothroyd | Venezuelanalysis.com
The reduction of the working day to a maximum of 7 hours, eliminating subcontracted work and increasing maternity leave to a period of 5 months are some of the proposals which have been put forward by thousands of workers across Venezuela in an effort to write the country’s new Labour Law, said President of the Socialist Bolivarian Workers’ Central, Will Rangel on Monday.
Turkey: Free Healthcare for All – All Who Can Pay
Emre Deliveli | Economonitor.com
The Turkish economy is periodically struck by balance-of-payments crises caused by the discrepancy between insufficient savings and a weak industrial base.
Further Thoughts on Real Estate’s Impact on China GDP
Patrick Chovanec | Economonitor.com
In my previous post, I offered a rough-and-ready estimate of the impact that a real estate slowdown could potentially have on China’s impressive rate of GDP growth. Based on some of the official figures for 2011, released earlier this week, I concluded that a mere leveling off (zero percent growth) in property investment — much less an actual contraction — could easily push China into “hard landing” territory.
American Faux History: Could We Have Avoided the Civil War?
Fabius Maximus | Economonitor.com
The campaign of Ron Paul reminds us of two of the three great lies that comprise such a large fraction of American history: slavery, stealing land from the Indians, and the role of government in US economic development. These not only exacerbate divisions in our society but provide a weak foundation for us — preventing us from clearly understanding our past and charting a course for the future. Here we take a brief look at slavery, part one. Tomorrow see why did the South leave the Union?
First attempts to limit farm chemicals
Rocío Alorda | Alainet.org
Use of highly toxic pesticides and other farming chemicals in Chile is rampant, posing serious health risks and damages for the farmers who use them. In response, on Dec. 19, the Agriculture Ministry banned the import, export and sale of several of these substances that could cause cancer among other diseases. They include chlordecone, alfa-HCH, beta-HCH, pentachlorophenol , endosulfan, alachlor and aldicarb.
Thematic Social Forum, Porto Alegre. Declaration of Social Movements Assembly
ASM | Alainet.org
We, people of all continents, gathered in the Assembly of the Social Movements during the Thematic Social Forum Capitalist Crisis and Social and Environmental Justice, fight against the causes of a systemic crisis expressed as the economic, financial, political, food, and environmental crisis, that puts at risk the survival of humankind. Decolonizing oppressed peoples and confronting imperialism is the main challenge of the social movements of all over the world.
Venezuela: US sanctions threat against LA 'absurd'
Rachael Boothroyd | greenleft.org.au
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has criticised the US State Department’s “absurd” decision to threaten Latin American countries with sanctions should they engage in trade with Iran.
Old Sudan and new Sudan. Political crisis and the search for comprehensive peace
Christopher Zambakari | pambazuka.org
North and South Sudan will not find durable peace so long as the marginalised population in the border States continues to die. There must be stability in Abyei, Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, Eastern Sudan and Darfur.
South Africa: The reign of thugs
Pedro Alexis Tabensky | pambazuka.org
One way of measuring the quality of a democracy is to assess the behaviour of its police. The recent brutal attack on the Unemployed People’s Movement leader Ayanda Kota reveals the sad state of democracy in South Africa.
South Africa: People's land, housing and jobs summit
Jared Sacks | pambazuka.org
By taking back the commons, thousands of poor and working-class people, together with many middle-class allies, are saying that they no longer want to live in a city which remains segregated.
Nigeria: Was it a 14-day dream?
Sokari Ekine | pambazuka.org
It may appear like business as usual but people do not experience such an outpouring of solidarity and power and remain unchanged. The apathy barrier has been broken and there has been a shift in consciousness.
‘This is not the democracy that we fought for’
Ricado Jacobs | pambazuka.org
Jeff Conant, for GJEP, interviews South African member of La Via Campesina
‘The uprisings in Egypt and everywhere remind us that direct action is an important pillar for the poor and the oppressed all over the world.’
Meeting the Employment Challenge in the GCC
Masood Ahmed | Economonitor.com
The issue of how to create more jobs is high on the minds of policymakers everywhere. The economies of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—are no exception.
China’s 2011 GDP Numbers
Patrick Chovanec | Economonitor.com
The other day, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the end-of-the-year GDP figures of 2011. According to official tallies, China’s GDP grew 8.9% in the 4th Quarter, a steady but modest decline compared to 9.7% in Q1, 9.5% in Q2, and 9.1% in Q3. GDP growth for the full year was 9.2%.
New York Times Tells Us Only Chinese Near Slave Labor Could Handle Steve Jobs’ Demands
Yves Smith | Economonitor.com
A New York Times story, “How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work,” uses an Obama dinner with Silicon Valley titans to frame its tale of why the US middle class should roll over and die. I am of course exaggerating for effect. But not by as much as you might think. The story by Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher does a very good job of explaining why Asia, and China in particular, has come to dominate consumer electronics manufacture, using the iPhone as focus.
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