Who are we?
We are social and political movements struggling against neoliberalism, imperialism, social injustice and war. We are building solidarity between social movements at the local, national and international level. Our approach is both concrete (action-oriented) and intellectual (creating new paradigms). Neoliberalism is currently the dominant form of capitalism, against which several social movements have fought over the years under the banner of «socialism». However that banner has been partially destroyed with the collapse of the Berlin Wall and social movements all over the world are struggling to develop new alternatives.
The most recent articles
EAST ASIE
The end of an era
Saturday 24 January 2009
by Walden Bello
MANILA, Jan (IPS) As the US recession drags Asia down, there has been much speculation about a regional response to the crisis. Seemingly lending substance to this have been a trilateral summit of the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea last December and a flurry of bilateral talks between (...) > continue
PALESTINE - ISRAEL
How to confront a genocidal war
Friday 23 January 2009
Interview with Sergio Yahni, Program Director of the Alternative Information Center (AIC) and member of Alternatives International Governance Board. > continue
ISRAEL-PALESTINE
Israeli Attacks on Gaza: Both Reckless and Failed
Friday 23 January 2009
by Michel Warshawski
Michael Warschawski
One single, solitary thing will be noted to Ehud Barak’s credit: in contrast to many others, he did not dub the bullying rage of the Israeli army in Gaza as a “war”, but made due with the term “operation”.
War is a concept that immediately results in the orgasm of numerous (...) > continue
ISRAEL - PALESTINE
“Exterminate all the Brutes”: Gaza 2009
Thursday 22 January 2009
by Noam Chomsky
On Saturday December 27, the latest US-Israeli attack on helpless Palestinians was launched. The attack had been meticulously planned, for over 6 months according to the Israeli press. The planning had two components: military and propaganda. It was based on the lessons of Israel’s 2006 invasion (...) > continue
PALESTINE
“Resistance Should be our Strategic Choice”
An Analysis of the Palestinian Political Situation in the Wake of the Gaza Attack by Nassar Ibrahim, Alternative Information Center (AIC)
Wednesday 21 January 2009
What is going on in the West Bank in relation to the Israeli attack on Gaza? Why is the reaction not so strong?
The reaction in the West Bank is strongly affected by the internal Palestinian split: the power in the West Bank is presently held by Fatah and the Palestinian Authority. Soon after (...) > continue
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
The Belem Ecosocialist Declaration
Wednesday 21 January 2009
“The world is suffering from a fever due to climate change, and the disease is the capitalist development model.” — Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, September 2007
Humanity’s Choice
Humanity today faces a stark choice: ecosocialism or barbarism.
We need no more proof of the barbarity of (...) > continue
PALESTINE
This Unilateral Cease-Fire is no Cease-Fire at all
Tuesday 20 January 2009
by Abu Yusef
What has been sold to the international community as a show of Israeli mercy - in the form of a ceasefire - is only one more political ploy by Israel’s soon-to-be-criminally-indicted leadership. > continue
Sanctions against Israel
Time for a New Divestment Campaign
Tuesday 20 January 2009
by KEVIN ALEXANDER GRAY
Barack Obama’s inauguration coming as we celebrate of Martin Luther King Day predictably draws linkages between the two. Many use Obama’s election to claim a realization of the “dream.” Others mumble something about a post-racial America. I suspect that King, if alive, would reject such nonsense. (...) > continue
PALESTINE
Components of Power: An Israeli’s Argument Against the Attack on Gaza
Monday 19 January 2009
by Haim Baram, Hagada Hasmalit
During the entire week I read a majority of the responses in the major (Hebrew language) websites and the letters to the editor in the three major Israeli newspapers. There were sensitive and intelligent responses, but the vast majority were bloodthirsty, aggressive, primitive and (...) > continue
ISRAEL - PALESTINE
The Plot Against Gaza
From diet to shoah
Sunday 18 January 2009
by Jonathan Cook
Israel has justified its assault on Gaza as entirely defensive, intended only to stop Hamas firing rockets on Israel’s southern communities. Although that line has been repeated unwaveringly by officials since Israel launched its attack on 27 December, it bears no basis to reality. Rather, this (...) > continue
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