Ha-Joon Change on riots

Ha-Joon Chang on riots in Europe against austerity.

Iraq oil

Update on Iraq oil with a link to a book on the subject.

Colombia labor

In Colombia, workers for a GM plant have sewn their mouths shut as part of a hunger strike. They protest their awful working conditions, claiming GM fires them when they get injured on the job.

Media Ireland

Vincent Browne on Denis O'Brien and interference in editorial matters.

Quebec

Very good article on the Quebec students' strike movement.

Mexico mining

David Bacon on Canadian mining corporations in Mexico displacing communities.

Austerity

Ha-Joon Chang: austerity has never worked.

Bank profits drug trade

A new study from Colombia shows that most bank profits from the drug trade are reaped by western countries, especially by than banking system.

David Bacon on immigrants and the 1986 Act and a follow up article. And another one is here.

Achcar on the left in the Arab Spring.

Afghanistan drugs

Cites a CRS report on total counternarcotics spending in Afghanistan 2002-2010: $4.7 bn.

Documentaries

Films on social justice.

Syria

Gilbert Achcar on Syria.

Greece military spending

Very good article on military spending in Greece and the economic crisis.

Russia drugs

Article on Russia's drug policies.