ALAI this week - 21/1/2022
The MST has donated more than 6000 tons of food during the pandemic
The campaign was made possible only through the level of organization developed over the 37 years of the MST’s existence, based on the production of food by women and men from their backyards, vegetable gardens and solidarity plots.
MST
Are Western wealthy countries determined to starve the people of Afghanistan?
The economic and humanitarian crises being faced by Afghanistan are a direct result of the cutoff of $8 billion in annual aid and the freezing of $9.5 billion of the country’s “foreign exchange reserves” by the United States.
Vijay Prashad
The most expensive Christmas of the century... (so far)
Monetary authorities are again faced with the trilemma of controlling inflation, keeping stock and commodity markets at their current dynamics, or allowing economic growth. Monetary policy instruments to control inflation are somewhat limited;
Oscar Ugarteche, Bertin Acosta
More progressive taxation needed for social progress
Governments must find novel ways to finance the large-scale spending needed. More progressive tax reforms should enable governments to mobilize desperately needed revenue to fund development for all.
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
None dare call it ‘encirclement’
On entering the White House, President Biden promised to reverse many of the unpopular policies of his predecessor, but strategy towards China was not among them.
Michael Klare
The future of human life on Earth depends on us
The outbreak of Covid-19 is an invitation to reflection: why have we reached the current point, threatened by an invisible virus that has brought the militaristic powers and their fanciful imperial drive to their knees? What changes must we make if we want to guarantee a future for ourselves and for our descendants?
Leonardo Boff
Julian Assange case: 4 things that the media doesn’t tell you
As a US extradition looms over Julian Assange and the Wikileaks founder continues to remain in prison without charge, this is a list of the most important facets of his case that mainstream media often overlooked.
Anish R M
António Guterres’s hour
António Guterres should seize on this opportunity to establish himself as a world leader. In order to accomplish that he will have to step out of the UN headquarters and into the world and the corridors of public and private power, in search of solutions that ensure that collective global health will ultimately prevail.
Boaventura de Sousa Santos