Walden Bello
Activist • Academic • Journalist • Writer
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Challenges and Dilemmas of the Public Intellectual
Thinking over Barry’s assignment last night, I would say that there are three key lessons I have learned:...
Debate on the Future of the WSF
Following the first "Global Day of Action", which took place on January 26th, and after 7 years of existence, the...
How to Manufacture a Global Food Crisis: Lessons from the Philippines, Mexico, and Africa
When tens of thousands of people staged demonstrations in Mexico last year to protest a 60 percent increase in the price of...
Will Capitalism Survive Climate Change?
There is now a solid consensus in the scientific community that if the change in global mean temperature in the 21st...
Selected Economic, Political, and Social Trends in Asia in a Global Context
- Rise of China and, to a less extent, India as central event in Asia over the last 20 years. - China’s relation to...
The Global Financial System in Crisis
Owing to the devastating impact of uncontrolled gyrations and permutations of speculative capital, there were calls for...